If Matt Kenseth doesn't race in NASCAR again after next Sunday, he went out in a blaze of glory by denying Chase Elliott his golden ticket to the championship round and ending year and a half winless drought in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
Denny Hamlin's day was dominant, but contact with Chase Elliott late in the Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway knocked him out of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Despite a last-minute rag-tag pit crew, due to extraneous circumstances, William Byron took advantage of a late caution to exit pit road ahead of the dominant driver of the race and drove on to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Ticket Galaxy 200 at Phoenix Raceway.
Brennan Poole's run at a championship in the 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series season ended in the garage after slamming the wall twice in the Ticket Galaxy 200 at Phoenix Raceway.
Ben Rhodes' Playoff run came to an end late Friday night when he got turned into the wall, and a teammate, in the closing laps of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
NASCAR heads to Phoenix Raceway this week as all three series have one final race to determine who will comprise their Championship 4. The Camping World Truck Series kicks off the activities Friday evening with the Lucas Oil 150 followed by the XFINITY Series Ticket Galaxy 200 Saturday afternoon. Sunday’s Can-Am 500 will close out the weekend’s events with the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at 2:30 p.m. on NBC.
Ryan Blaney will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday after winning the pole for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
While Jimmie Johnson can mathematically point his way into the championship round, this weekend's Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway is realistically a must-win scenario.
