Team Penske qualifies Strong for NASCAR Cup series Championship at Phoenix
Avondale, Arizona – november 1, 2025 – Team Penske drivers posted solid qualifying runs Saturday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway, setting the stage for a championship showdown on Sunday. All three Penske Ford Mustang Dark Horses will start inside the top-10 for the NASCAR Cup Series season finale.
Austin Cindric will roll off fourth in the No. 2 Discount Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Ryan Blaney qualified fifth in the No. 12 Menards/Dutch boy Ford Mustang Dark Horse, while defending champion Joey Logano secured a 10th-place starting position in the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse.
Team Penske boasts a strong history at the one-mile oval, having secured five Cup Series victories at Phoenix Raceway. The team is also riding a streak of three consecutive series championships clinched at the Arizona track.
Logano, a four-time Phoenix race winner (2016, 2020, 2022, 2024), has 33 career Cup Series starts at the track, achieving a top-10 finish in over half of those races. He also holds nine top-five and 17 top-10 results at Phoenix, tying Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the track where he has earned the most career wins. His most recent victory at Phoenix came in last year’s championship race, securing his third Cup Series title.
“Yesterday was definitely a difficult read with as many cautions as we had in practice,” said Cindric. “But I definitely thought we had a fast Discount Tire Ford. These single day qualifying sessions are kind of a beast of their own, going out there and running a fast lap in tricky conditions, so it’s a good, solid start. Qualifying and pit selection are all very important here, so we’ll take that and go try to get a great result from it.”
Sunday’s championship race is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET, with live coverage on NBC and radio broadcasts available on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).
