Friday, March 7
ARCA Menards and ARCA West Normal Tire 150 (8 pm ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM)
Saturday, March 8
NXS Kennametal Pole Qualifying (The CW App at 11:30 a.m. ET)
NCS Observe and Busch Mild Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime at 2 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: GOVX 200 (The CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 5 p.m. ET)
Sunday, March 9
NCS Race: Shriners Kids’s 500 (FS1 & FOX Deportes, MRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
Newest Phoenix Raceway Storylines:
· As NASCAR returns to Phoenix Raceway March 7-9, the monitor and the game will band collectively to make a distinction throughout the neighborhood. Race week occasions embrace:
Wednesday, March 5 – Valley of the Solar United Manner Training Package Volunteer Exercise: From 1:00 p.m. to three:00 p.m., be a part of Phoenix Raceway and your fellow campers on the Camper Retailer Pad as we assemble summer season academic kits that shall be distributed to youngsters served by Valley of the Solar United Manner. Campers shall be joined by 2021 DAYTONA 500 champion and Glendale native Michael McDowell.
Wednesday, March 5 – NASCAR Day at Boys and Ladies Membership with Michael McDowell: From 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 2021 DAYTONA 500 champion and Glendale native Michael McDowell and Phoenix Raceway President Latasha Causey will take part in a NASCAR ‘pit cease’ occasion for youth on the Bob Bové Department of the Boys & Ladies Golf equipment of the Valley in Avondale. Please RSVP to Matt Humphrey to cowl the occasion ([email protected]).
Thursday, March 6 – STEM Day at Phoenix Raceway infield with Daniel Suárez: From 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Phoenix Raceway will host its STEM Day the place over 450 college students from throughout the valley will have interaction in enjoyable, academic actions that spotlight the science behind motorsports. Please RSVP to Matt Humphrey to cowl the occasion ([email protected]).
Friday, March 7 – NASCAR Basis Speediatrics Enjoyable Day Competition powered by Kaulig Racing: From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., The NASCAR Basis will host college students from PH Gonzales Elementary College on the Phoenix Raceway halfway (close to Youngsters Zone) for the Speediatrics Enjoyable Day Competition.
Phoenix Raceway has introduced that Dave & Buster’s will carry naming rights for the Dave & Buster’s Gamer Storage, positioned within the infield linked to the NASCAR Cup Collection Storage adjoining to the monitor’s dogleg.
Vital Occasions at Phoenix Raceway:
· Building was accomplished on Phoenix Raceway in January of 1964. The ability was constructed by Richard Hogue, an novice sports activities automobile racer. The ability was constructed within the foothills of the Estrella Mountains and initially consisted of a one-mile oval, 1 / 4 mile drag strip and a 2.5-mile street course.
· The primary race held at Phoenix Raceway was in January of 1968 and the occasion was run on the two.5-mile street course and gained by Don White.
· In October of 1970 Hollywood big Steve McQueen wins the 17 lap ‘Winter Dash’ sports activities automobile race on the monitor’s street course in Porsche 908 from pole place, setting a brand new lap document of 1:41.09
· On Nov. 25, 1973, Phoenix Raceway holds its first USAC Midget race and the occasion was gained by Billy Englehart.
· The primary NASCAR race held at Phoenix Raceway was on November 27, 1977, and it was a NASCAR Winston West Collection (now ARCA Menards Collection West) race gained by NASCAR Corridor of Famer Cale Yarborough.
· Sept. 15, 1985 – Emmett ‘Buddy’ Jobe purchases Phoenix Raceway from Dennis Wooden. On the time, the monitor featured lower than 10,000 reserved seats.
· April of 1987 – Lightning strikes the monitor’s major grandstand, burning nearly all of the construction to the bottom. Reconstruction begins.
· October of 1988 – Building of a three-story suite constructing is accomplished exterior Flip 1. Reserved seating capability is elevated to 30,000 at Phoenix Raceway.
· NASCAR Corridor of Famer Alan Kulwicki gained the primary NASCAR Cup Collection race at Phoenix Raceway on November 6, 1988. Kulwicki carried out his ‘Polish Victory Lap’ following the occasion.
· June of 1991 – Through the summer season months, the infield course is redesigned to a brand new configuration with 11 turns and 1.51 miles of monitor.
· April of 1997 – Worldwide Speedway Company (now NASCAR) purchases Phoenix Raceway from Emmett ‘Buddy’ Jobe.
· June of 2003 – Upgrades to Phoenix – Flip Two is modified for security whereas a tunnel is put in beneath Flip 4.
· November of 2004 – Phoenix Raceway installs monitor lights, which is able to change the best way racing is seen at Phoenix. The lights create 146 million lumens (a typical desk lamp is 25 lumens), for a complete of 1.5 million watts of energy per hour.
· April of 2005 – Phoenix Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber declares the enlargement of the Bobby Allison Grandstand, one of the crucial intensive building tasks within the historical past of the monitor.
· The primary spring NASCAR Cup Collection race was held on April 23, 2005, and was additionally the primary evening race, which was gained by Kurt Busch driving for Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing.
· The monitor underwent its first repave in 2011. The development started in March and concluded in September of that yr. The next modifications have been made through the building interval (March – Sept. 2011):
Widened the frontstretch from 52 to 62 ft and reconfigured pit street with the set up of concrete pit stalls
Pushed the dog-leg curve between Flip 2 and Flip 3 out 95 ft and tightened the flip radius of the dog-leg from 800 to 500 ft
Carried out banking, together with 11-degree banking between Flip 1 and Flip 2; 10-11-degree banking within the apex of the dog-leg; and 9-degree banking in Turns 3 and 4.
March 1, 2013 – Abraham Calderon captures the checkered flag within the inaugural stateside operating of the NASCAR Mexico Collection at Phoenix Raceway.
2014 – Phoenix Raceway celebrated its fiftieth anniversary.
Following the spring race in 2015 the monitor added SAFER barrier. The outer wall across the complete monitor is totally protected by SAFER barrier, the longest stretch of recent barrier was on the entrance stretch which nonetheless had parts of brick wall from when the monitor first opened in 1964.
Monument Hill a.ok.a. “Rattlesnake Hill”, part of the Estrella Mountain vary, overlooks turns 1 and a couple of.
Following the 2017 season, the monitor was renamed from Phoenix Raceway to ISM Raceway. Then in 2019 the monitor was renamed from ISM Raceway again to Phoenix Raceway.
Phoenix Raceway underwent a $178 million modernization following the Spring race of 2018. Upgrades included:
Relocating the beginning/end line to what was beforehand Flip 2 space and reconfigured pit street.
4 new escalators, 9 new elevators, 51 new and upgraded lounge model suites, 11 storage places of work, and three storage suites, new pedestrian tunnel, new infield expertise with storage entry, media heart, driver’s assembly space and victory lane.
Extension of the grandstands round flip 2 and the demolition of earlier entrance stretch grand stands, management tower and TV sales space.
March 26, 2019 – The Valley of the Solar will play host to a brand new championship sporting occasion as NASCAR introduced that the NASCAR Championship Weekend shall be held at Phoenix Raceway, November 6-8, 2020, for the primary time within the sport’s historical past.
