Aric Almirola and the No. 43 team continue their West Coast swing this weekend with a stop at the first one-mile race track of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season. Almirola and team have a good record at Phoenix International Raceway and hope to continue the consistency this season.
Biffle has 22 Sprint Cup Series starts at Phoenix, earning five top-five and eight top-10 finishes. He has led a total of 389 laps at the one-mile track.
The one-mile oval produces its share of beating and banging. It’s a track that Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer enjoys and if stats are any indication, it’s a track he seems to enjoy most in the spring.
Chris Buescher makes his third NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) on Saturday. In his previous two starts, both coming last season, Buescher earned 15th and 12th-place results.
“This weekend’s race will be a big barometer for where our program is at early in the season. Last fall, we finished fifth there, but after early trouble, we were lapped twice under green. The strategy played out in our favor at the end.
“I’m excited to have Tony come on board for this week’s race,” said team owner Johnny Davis. “He’s been around the sport for a long time and knows all the ins and outs of racing. We’ll go to Phoenix with a really good shot at doing well.”
“Phoenix is a tough one-mile track but it is a lot of fun to race there. This is our first short track of the season so it will allow us to evaluate our cars to see how our car reacts with new rules package and reduced horsepower.
Elliott Sadler will make his 13th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) this Saturday afternoon. In Sadler’s previous 12 starts, he has one win (2012), four top-five and six top-10 finishes at PIR.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stays out west for the second straight week as Phoenix International Raceway hosts this weekend’s NASCAR XFINITY AND NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, led 70 of 180-scheduled laps and executed a race-winning pass with 16 laps remaining to notch his first victory since the 2025 finale and establish his championship-defensive run.
Max Reaves (No. 18 Cook Out Toyota) started from the Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole and led every lap on his way to his fourth ARCA Menards Series win of the season in Saturday’s Spruce 212 at Salem Speedway.
Jesse Love and the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet Team Excel at World Wide Technology Raceway, Finding Victory Lane and Advancing to Within 16 Points of Championship Lead
aylor Gray bounced back from an early race spin to drive through the field and lead Toyota with a fourth-place finish in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
The three-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, posted a lap at 137.124 mph in 32.817 seconds for his 35th Cup career pole and second of 2026 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
The 23-year-old Kvapil from Mooresville, North Carolina, posted a qualifying lap at 133.825 mph in 33.626 seconds for his second consecutive O'Reilly Auto Parts Series pole for the second Chase event of 2026 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
