2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race: Weather forecast for the season's final race at Phoenix Raceway

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race is here, and fans are in for a high-octane season finale stock-car racing weekend of the season at the Phoenix Raceway on November 2. This year's edition at the one-mile-long track will mark the 38th annual Championship Race.

Thirty-seven NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be in action for practice on Friday, October 31, at 5:35 pm ET, followed by qualifying on Saturday at 5 pm ET before Sunday’s afternoon race. The main event will be spread over 312 laps in Avondale, Arizona, divided into three stages, totaling 312 miles.

Weather forecast for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race

Here’s the weather report for NASCAR’s three national series finale at Phoenix Raceway, as per dailydownforce.com:

Friday, October 31, 2025

NASCAR Truck Series Championship Race: High 86°F, Low 79°F, Wind 3-5 mph, and 0% chance of rain.

Saturday, November 1, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying: High 85°F, Low 78°F, Wind 5 mph, and 0% chance of rain.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race: High 85°F, Low 78°F, Wind 5 mph, and 0% chance of rain.

Sunday, November 2, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race: High 87°F, Low 76°F, Wind 3 mph, and 0% chance of rain.

Full entry list for NASCAR’s 2025 Phoenix Championship race

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race iteration is set to see 37 Cup cars lined up on the grid. Here's a look at the list of drivers who will be vying to win the season finale race:

1. #1 - Ross Chastain
2. #2 - Austin Cindric
3. #3 - Austin Dillon
4. #4 - Noah Gragson
5. #5 - Kyle Larson (CC)
6. #6 - Brad Keselowski
7. #7 - Justin Haley
8. #8 - Kyle Busch
9. #9 - Chase Elliott
10. #10 - Ty Dillon
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin (CC)
12. #12 - Ryan Blaney
13. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
14. #17 - Chris Buescher
15. #19 - Chase Briscoe (CC)
16. #20 - Christopher Bell
17. #21 - Josh Berry
18. #22 - Joey Logano
19. #23 - Bubba Wallace
20. #24 - William Byron (CC)
21. #34 - Todd Gilliland
22. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
23. #38 - Zane Smith
24. #41 - Cole Custer
25. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
26. #43 - Erik Jones
27. #44 - J. J. Yeley (i)
28. #45 - Tyler Reddick
29. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
30. #48 - Alex Bowman
31. #51 - Cody Ware
32. #54 - Ty Gibbs
33. #60 - Ryan Preece
34. #66 - Casey Mears (i)
35. #71 - Michael McDowell
36. #77 - Carson Hocevar
37. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
38. #99 - Daniel Suárez

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Edited by Yash Soni