The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race is a
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, ...
stock car race held at
Phoenix Raceway in
Avondale, Arizona
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Avondale, incorporated in 1946, has experienced rapid ...
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It is one of five NASCAR races run with a length measured in kilometers; the
Ruoff Mortgage 500
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(the other Cup Series race at Phoenix which is held in the spring) and three of the Cup Series' road course events (the
Toyota/Save Mart 350,
Go Bowling at The Glen and
Bank of America Roval 400
The Bank of America Roval 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race that is held annually at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, United States, with the other one being the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the race.
As of the 201 ...
) are the others.
History
After previously being the second-to-last race of the NASCAR Cup Series season for several years, the event became the last race of the season for the Cup Series starting in 2020, replacing
the race at
Homestead-Miami Speedway, and the
fall race at Martinsville replaced this race as the second-to-last race of the season.
In 2020, the race did not have a title sponsor and was named the Season Finale 500. NASCAR did not use that name again in 2021 and instead called it the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.
In its three years as the last race of the Cup Series season, the driver who won the championship also won the race:
Chase Elliott in
2020
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Kyle Larson in
2021
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and
Joey Logano in
2022
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Past winners
Notes
*1998 & 2015: Race shortened due to rain.
*2004, 2008, 2016 & 2018: Race extended due to
NASCAR overtime
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Multiple winners (drivers)
Multiple winners (teams)
Manufacturer wins
References
External links
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1988 establishments in Arizona
NASCAR Cup Series races
Recurring sporting events established in 1988
Annual sporting events in the United States