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NASCAR’s three nationwide sequence are entering the final sail of the season at Phoenix Raceway. No longer handiest will a Cup champion be topped this Sunday, however the Xfinity and Truck Sequence will also judge a 2020 title holder over the weekend, offering a doable sight at future up-and-comers to raise to the tip sequence.
The Truck championship, the Lucas Oil 150, is Friday at 8 p.m. on FS1. Matt Crafton won final yr’s championship, however missed the cut for the final four this season. Crafton’s ThorSport Racing teammate Grant Enfinger is making an appearance in the title sail this yr alongside three GMS Racing drivers Zane Smith, Sheldon Creed and Brett Moffitt.
The Xfinity Sequence championship will sail the following day on the tune, and would possibly perhaps well perhaps characteristic drivers from four groups, all fielding either Chevrolet or Ford equipment. Cup Sequence rookie Tyler Reddick won final yr’s Xfinity title.
This yr, the Xfinity champion can be one of the following: Justin Allgaier, Dart Briscoe, Austin Cindric or Justin Haley. The Desolate tract Diamond Casino West Valley 200 is 5 p.m. Saturday on NBCSN.
Under are the final four Truck Sequence and Xfinity Sequence drivers contending for the winner-pick-all races this weekend at Phoenix.
Grant Enfinger, No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford F-150
Enfinger, 35, has won a profession-easiest four races this season, origin with the Daytona 500. He also won races at Atlanta and Richmond all the plot in which by the favored season, and most recently won at Martinsville in the Round of 8 to attain to the championship event. Enfinger has raced fleshy-time in the Truck Sequence for ThorSport since 2017. He earned 10 top-five finishes, however went winless final season.
Right here’s Enfinger’s first time racing in the Championship 4. He has two top-five finishes at Phoenix in three begins on the tune and final accomplished in fifth establish on the raceway, however he’s coming off the momentum of a preserve at Martinsville and would possibly perhaps well perhaps begin first on Friday.
Zane Smith, No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet Silverado
Smith, 21, is advancing to the championship sail as a chain rookie, making him the 2020 Sunoco Rookie of the one year in Vans. He earned two wins — one at Michigan and one at Dover — and six top-fives this season. A pair of third-establish finishes in the 2 most newest races, at Martinsville and Texas, helped Smith clinch the final relate in the championship sail on ingredients. 5 stage wins all the plot in which by the favored season boosted him to a second establish seeding heading into the playoffs.
Smith will sail a truck at Phoenix for the most fundamental time this weekend, however he accomplished fifth on the tune final season in the Xfinity Sequence driving for JR Motorsports.
Sheldon Creed, No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet Silverado
Creed, 23, is in his second fleshy-time season in the sequence with his GMS Racing staff. No longer handiest did Creed stable his first Vans preserve this yr at Kentucky, however he won three extra races after that — on the Daytona avenue direction, adopted by races at Gateway and Texas. His most newest preserve in the Round of 8 despatched Creed by to the championship sail.
He accomplished 12th at Phoenix final yr, however Creed has 13 profession top-five finishes in the sequence, eight of which came this season. This would possibly perhaps be the yr for the motive force, who would possibly perhaps well perhaps even be an X-Games gold medalist, to capitalize on his accepted season sail with a championship title.
Brett Moffitt, No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet Silverado
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He’s earned 10 top-10 finishes this season and reached the playoffs on ingredients, with five stage wins all the plot in which by the favored season. He modified into ranked fifth in ingredients entering the postseason and earned his relate in the championship sail with yet every other fortuitously-timed event: His first and handiest preserve of the season at Kansas in the Round of 8.
Moffitt is taking a undercover agent to preserve yet every other sail this Friday to become a two-time Truck Sequence champion. He won the 2018 championship with Hattori Racing Enterprises and has experience competing in every of NASCAR’s three nationwide sequence. He modified into the 2015 Cup Sequence Rookie of the one year.
Justin Allgaier, No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro
Allgaier, 34, is an skilled Xfinity driver. He’s making his fourth Championship 4 appearance in five years, however he has yet to preserve the title.
Allgaier modified into the 2018 accepted season Xfinity champion and earned his establish in this yr’s final event with three wins all the plot in which by the favored season (Dover and assist-to-assist Richmond races) and enough playoff ingredients. With non-playoff driver Harrison Burton successful two races in the Round of 8, ingredients grew to become needed to attain, and a solid sail in the latest sail at Martinsville for Allgaier helped him impact one of the four spots. He won Stage 2 at Martinsville and accomplished in second establish.
The motive force has, by a long way, the most Xfinity begins at Phoenix (20), outnumbering Austin Cindric — with the second-most begins — by 15 races. Of these events, Allgaier has seven top-fives and two wins.
Dart Briscoe, No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang
Briscoe, 25, is mostly a driver to stumble on as he’s making the bounce to Cup next season in the No. 14, replacing Clint Bowyer. Briscoe has emerged as a gradual title contender, notching 9 wins over the direction of his second fleshy-time Xfinity season this yr, origin with Las Vegas in February and most recently successful at Kansas in the Round of 8 to become the handiest driver to preserve his scheme into the Championship 4.
He has yet to preserve or rating a top-five at Phoenix after three Xfinity races on the tune, however Briscoe’s been a power all season and would possibly perhaps well perhaps cap his season with yet every other preserve.
Austin Cindric, No. 22 Crew Penske Ford Mustang
Cindric, 22, dominated the summer, successful half of the sequence’ ten races between July and August, however his final preserve came as part of that roll, on the Daytona avenue direction in August. He superior to the Championship 4 on ingredients for his first appearance in the playoff finale in his third fleshy-time season in Xfinity. Cindric will plot the circulate to the Cup Sequence in 2022 driving the No. 21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing.
Cindric has two top-fives at Phoenix, however has no longer won on the tune in his five begins. This weekend can be his sixth strive for a preserve on the tune and first strive for a chain title.
Justin Haley, No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro
Haley, 21, won three superspeedway races this season — two at Talladega and one at Daytona. His second preserve at Talladega came in the Round of 12, incomes Haley needed playoff ingredients all the plot in which by the Round of 8. His most newest finishes have been steady enough, with two top-10s at Kansas (fourth) and Texas (seventh), as effectively as a 12th-establish attain at Martinsville, to enhance him to the championship event in his second fleshy-time Xfinity season.
Haley will return to Kaulig Racing next yr and is taking a undercover agent to inform the staff’s first championship title.
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