What channel is the NASCAR race at Phoenix on? Betting odds and how to watch
(i) ineligible for driver points, # series rookieKevin Harvick isn’t looking backward heading into this weekend’s race at Phoenix. He’s not the favorite to win this Sunday, according to the oddsmakers, but Harvick probably doesn’t care.
He called it a “silly question” when asked about whether his No. 4 Ford team is still an automatic threat at the one-mile dogleg oval where he won nine times in his Cup career. The question was asked because Harvick’s last win at the track was in 2018 and his latest finish in a race was 20th at Las Vegas last weekend.
“I would consider us a challenger at just about any racetrack that you go to, but you’re not going to be that way all the time,” Harvick said. “So I think as we go to Phoenix, you expect to go there and perform well.”
BetMGM is giving the best odds to defending Cup champion Chase Elliott (+500), who secured his title win at the Phoenix Raceway last fall. The next Cup race, the Instacart 500, is Sunday at 3:30 p.m. EST on FOX.
In addition to Harvick, series veterans Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin are also expected to perform well at Phoenix (+600), as is Joey Logano (+800), who won last year’s first race at Phoenix. All of those drivers are looking to secure their first win of the 2021 season.
Keselowski is starting on the pole this weekend. His last finish at Phoenix was a second place in the 2020 championship race.
Kyle Larson (+1000) was also slated to start the race in the front row after he dominated last weekend’s event at Las Vegas to earn his first NASCAR win since his suspension last year. His victory marked the fourth different driver to win a race this season, continuing a trend of parity across the field and emphasizing Hendrick Motorsports’ early success this season. William Byron won the race prior to Las Vegas at Homestead-Miami.
Both Larson and Byron will drop to the rear for the start of Sunday’s race, along with Cody Ware, after their teams twice failed pre-race inspection completed Saturday evening. Byron was slated to start 10th and Ware was slated to start 31st.
The race is 312 miles with stages ending on laps 75, 190 and 312.
NASCAR this weekend: How to watch the race at Phoenix
- Race: Instacart 500
- When: Sunday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m.
- How to watch/listen: FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
- Distance: 312 laps, 312 miles on the one-mile dogleg oval
- Stages: Laps 75, 190, 312
- Last year’s winner: Joey Logano
NASCAR Cup at Phoenix starting order
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 2 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 5 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 11 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 20 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 9 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 18 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 12 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 22 |
| 10 | William Byron | 24 |
| 11 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 |
| 12 | Kurt Busch | 1 |
| 13 | Austin Dillon | 3 |
| 14 | Erik Jones | 43 |
| 15 | Ryan Preece | 37 |
| 16 | Michael McDowell | 34 |
| 17 | Chris Buescher | 17 |
| 18 | Kevin Harvick | 4 |
| 19 | Ryan Newman | 6 |
| 20 | Matt DiBenedetto | 21 |
| 21 | Alex Bowman | 48 |
| 22 | Ross Chastain | 42 |
| 23 | Tyler Reddick | 8 |
| 24 | Cole Custer | 41 |
| 25 | Bubba Wallace | 23 |
| 26 | Chase Briscoe # | 14 |
| 27 | Daniel Suárez | 99 |
| 28 | Anthony Alfredo # | 38 |
| 29 | Justin Haley (i) | 77 |
| 30 | BJ McLeod (i) | 78 |
| 31 | Cody Ware (i) | 51 |
| 32 | Aric Almirola | 10 |
| 33 | Corey LaJoie | 7 |
| 34 | Garrett Smithley (i) | 53 |
| 35 | Quin Houff | 0 |
| 36 | Josh Bilicki | 52 |
| 37 | Timmy Hill (i) | 66 |
| 38 | James Davison | 15 |
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This story was originally published March 14, 2021 at 8:00 AM.
