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NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children’s 500 Entry List: Dates, Event Times At Phoenix Raceway

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Christopher Bell recognized a familiar situation developing late during Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas. 

Last year, Bell and Kyle Busch battled for an advantage. They ended up getting into a post-race “conversation” after Bell spun out his former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate. During Sunday’s event, Bell found himself trailing Busch again. This time, however, he passed Busch without incident, en route to claiming the checkered flag for the second week in a row.  

“That was almost deva vu from last year,” Bell told Fox Sports after the race. 

Busch lost momentum with three laps to go, telling his team over the radio that the right rear tire “is done.” Busch remains winless in his past 60 Cup outings. 

Rebounding from a DNF at Daytona, Bell has earned consecutive wins, sitting in a tie with Chase Elliott for fourth in the driver standings with 95 points, 11 behind circuit leader William Byron.

NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule   

Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Phoenix Raceway (All Times ET):

Friday

  • 4:30 p.m.: ARCA Menards Series practice  
  • 5:30 p.m.: ARCA Menards Series qualifying 
  • 8 p.m.: ARCA Menards Series General Tire 150 race

Saturday

  • 11:35 a.m.: Xfinity Series practice 
  • 12:40 p.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying 
  • 2:05 p.m.: Cup Series practice 
  • 3:10 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying 
  • 5 p.m.: Xfinity Series GOVX 200 race

Sunday   

  • 3:30 p.m.: Cup Series Shriners Children’s 500 race

NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children’s 500 Entry List  

 Entry, Driver, Team, Car No. 

  • 1, Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing, No. 1 Chevrolet   
  • 2, Austin Cindric, Team Penske, No. 2 Ford   
  • 3, Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing, No. 3 Chevrolet   
  • 4, Noah Gragson, Front Row Motorsports, No. 4 Ford   
  • 5, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 5 Chevrolet   
  • 6, Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing, No. 6 Ford   
  • 7, Justin Haley, Spire Motorsports, No. 7 Chevrolet   
  • 8, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing, No. 8 Chevrolet   
  • 9, Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 9 Chevrolet   
  • 10, Ty Dillon, Kaulig Racing, No. 10 Chevrolet   
  • 11, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 11 Toyota   
  • 12, Ryan Blaney, Team Penske, No. 12 Ford   
  • 13, AJ Allmendinger, Kaulig Racing, No. 16 Chevrolet   
  • 14, Chris Buescher, RFK Racing, No. 17 Ford   
  • 15, Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota   
  • 16, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 20 Toyota   
  • 17, Josh Berry, Wood Brothers Racing, No. 21 Ford   
  • 18, Joey Logano, Team Penske, No. 22 Ford   
  • 19, Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing, No. 23 Toyota   
  • 20, William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 24 Chevrolet   
  • 21, Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports, No. 34 Ford   
  • 22, Riley Herbst, 23XI Racing, No. 35 Toyota   
  • 23, Zane Smith, Front Row Motorsports, No. 38 Ford   
  • 24, Cole Custer, Haas Factory Team, No. 41 Ford   
  • 25, John Hunter Nemechek, Legacy Motor Club, No. 42 Toyota   
  • 26, Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club, No. 43 Toyota   
  • 27, Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, No. 45 Toyota   
  • 28, Ricky Stenhouse, Hyak Motorsports, No. 47 Ford   
  • 29, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 48 Chevrolet   
  • 30, Cody Ware, Rick Ware Racing, No. 51 Ford 
  • 31, Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 54 Toyota   
  • 32, Ryan Preece, RFK Racing, No. 60 Ford   
  • 33, Michael McDowell, Spire Motorsports, No. 71 Chevrolet   
  • 34, Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, No. 77 Chevrolet   
  • 35, Katherine Legge, Live Fast Motorsports, No. 78 Chevrolet 
  • 36, Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing, No. 88 Chevrolet   
  • 37, Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse Racing, No. 99 Chevrolet