We do not know the place the 4 finalists will end in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Sequence
However we all know the place they will begin.
Championship weekend rolled alongside Saturday at Phoenix Raceway and Cup qualifying is over, setting the beginning lineup for Sunday. In his closing Cup Sequence race as a full-time driver, Martin Truex Jr. will start in pole place.
4 drivers of playoffs (every spherical was three races) and with an opportunity to win the Cup championship — Joey Logano (Crew Penske), William Byron (Hendrick Motorsports), Tyler Reddick () and defending champion Ryan Blaney (Crew Penske).
And this is your every day reminder: None of them has to win Sunday’s race to turn out to be the champ, however merely end forward of the opposite three, as Blaney did final 12 months when he completed second behind Ross Chastain.
JORDAN DENIED:
NASCAR lineup for championship race at Phoenix
Martin Truex Jr., No. 19
Joey Logano, No. 22
Ross Chastain, No. 1
Kyle Larson, No. 5
Chase Elliott, No. 9
Ty Gibbs, No. 54
Christopher Bell, No. 20
William Byron, No. 24
Harris Burton, No. 21
Tyler Reddick, No. 45
Austin Cindric, No. 2
Chase Briscoe, No. 14
Justin Haley, No. 7
Denny Hamlin, No. 11
Carson Hocevar, No. 77
Alex Bowman, No. 48
Ryan Blaney, No. 12
John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
Erik Jones, No. 43
Corey LaJoie, No. 51
Noah Gragson, No. 10
Daniel Hemric, No. 31
Jimmie Johnson, No. 84
Chris Buescher, No. 17
Kyle Busch, No. 8
Derek Kraus, No. 16
Brad Keselowski, No. 6
Zane Smith, No. 71
Bubba Wallace, No. 23
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
Kaz Grala, No. 15
Todd Gilliland, No. 38
Ryan Preece, No. 41
Daniel Suarez, No. 99
Michael McDowell, No. 34
Austin Dillon, No. 3
JJ Yeley, No. 44
Chad Finchum, No. 66
Josh Berry, No. 4 (crashed)
Jeb Burton, No. 50 (didn’t run qualifying lap)
How you can watch Sunday’s NASCAR championship race
Protection of Sunday’s championship race will start at 3 p.m. on NBC.
Up to date odds for NASCAR championship
From Arduous Rock Bets
+190: Ryan Blaney
+260: William Byron
+275: Joey Logano
+350: Tyler Reddick