Winner and losers from NASCAR in Phoenix

Photo finish, wild events, many tire options and one appears invincible Christopher bell Phoenix Racewe had highlights from the fourth round of the 2025 NASCAR season. Both NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series race ended in dramatic fashion, as was the Arca race on Friday night. While the first three races of the year were considered to be the ‘wildcard’ program, Phoenix proved to be unexpected and at the same time the fight for victory came to a very final turn.

Now, let’s take a look at the biggest winners and losers from the thrilling weekends of racing in Phoenix.

Winner: Bell handles pressure … again

Christopher Bell really did this, Not yet seen with the current era of the race car to win three cups in a row in an achievement (Dating back in 2022). And while it is easy to call it ‘winner’ for that fact, we are taking a different view. Not only did Bell win these breeds, but they did a lot of pressure and nail-righting to the very end. None of these was Sunday’s drive to win Joe Gibbs Racing Driver.

At first, he was widened in Atlanta, when the race was battling out in a three-wide position due to caution of conversion. Bell reached fourth in the final restarted to win that race. Next week in Cota, he worked hard with a two -time cup champion Kyle Busch Finally for several laps before completing the pass, only then one charging will be dealt with William Bayron And Tyler radicFinally, there was Phoenix, where they closed the teammate Denny Hamlin And lurch Kyle Larsen A dramatic photo to draw three-peat into the finish. Bell shows that when the pressure is on, it is ready to get up on the occasion.

Lost: Initial error refuses people to win a true shot in victory

The ruling cup series champion and four times Phoenix winners came into the race with high expectations. Once again, he had one of the cars defeating Sunday, but a self-inspired error put him on the back leg for most parts of the incident. Very quickly he immersed his left-side tires under a moment under a moment under a moment, resulting in a drive-throat penalty that sent him to the back of the ground. His team then used one of the two sets of option tires that he was available to regain some track positions, which made him a real loss for the final run. We only got a glimpse of the actual capacity of number 22 as Logano finished 13th after 81 lap.

Winner: Goodyer brings action with several tire compounds

The use of several tire compounds was a complete and excellent success on Sunday. Strategy made for continuous action in the entire region Ryan Pris In the same stage, the 33rd increased from 3 to 3 to 3rd, while the other deposited their tires for the end. With Erizona Oval proved to be difficult, the tires were a huge plus in ensuring that something is always around the track. Hopefully, we see a lot more than Goodyer and NASCAR in future after Sunday’s race.

Los: Brisco blames for restarting pileup

Brisko First scored 100 valuable points in the week when Gibbs Racing won her appealBut unfortunately, Saubhagya did not follow him in Phoenix. At Lap 99, the brisko justin climbed the right part of the Justin Haley’s car and triggered a large -scale accident, eliminating seven cars from the race and damaging many others. Brisco hit more hardly Carson Hoswar Number 19 blowing the window on the right side from the car and slammed the outside wall. Later, he took responsibility for this, said “This is the biggest thing that you can crash in Phoenix.”

Winner: Phoenix and its late race restart

It sounds like the key Dramatic finish in Phoenix This is to ensure that there is always a two-lap dash for the checker flag. At the end of this week, the three races (ARCA, XFINITY and Cup) ended in this way, and in each race victory, two drivers had door-to-door through the final set of corners in a spectacular performance to win the race. If you have added a margin of victory from XFINITY and CUP race, it will still be less than the same tenth. In fact, Bell’s victory was actually the first lap pass to win the entire history of cup racing throughout the Phoenix Raceway. The only fault was Fans in Atlanta who did not really get to see one of a finish …

Watch: Eric Almarola bests Alex Boman with contact on the finish line

Los: Austin Hill denies entry wrong

Austin Hill made a rare mistake at the end of this week, or as he said: “This can be the most dumb move I ever did in racing.” Hill, which is already closed in the Xfinity playoffs in Atlanta two weeks ago, was running out of the top-five in Phoenix during the mid-race restart. However, his car suddenly shot on the track and collected two others, destroyed number 21 Richard Children Racing Chevrolet. A replay revealed that Hill actually touched the inner wall while entering the corner, tried to be slightly less than the car ahead of it. Contact took care of her across the track, ruined himself, but also Sheldon Creed and Dean Thompson.

Watch: Austin hills on the restart after contact with the inside wall

Winner: Ryan Seag converted garage Misap to the top run

The experienced driver/owner is used to stand against him, but it was a unique challenge for the weekend seam and number 39 team. A lip on the entry of the garage stall caused a significant nose damage to their car in the garageForcing your team to scramble and take out the backup car. Starting from the back of the field, Seag proceeded to move forward, put the fourth in a wild impressive rebound how the day started.

Losers: AllGier can’t hold a break in Phoenix

In the Xfinity series, Justin Ongier When the series comes into Phoenix, often defeats the driver. However, it also seems that he has detected in every possible way to lose this race. Even when he won the 2024 Xfinity title in Phoenix, he faced many failures and to overcome the victory in the final lap to preserve his championship. In the last spring in Phoenix, he blew a tire and crashed while leading the closing laps.

While there are many other examples, the latest came in this last weekend. ALLGAIER led 130 out of 208 laps in a completely major performance, but regrettably, a late race caution forced the race to overtime. Once again, it did not work for the an agglomere because he widen in Turn 1 and came to the fifth place as the race in the field was four-wide for the lead. He was later completely removed, and makes sense. Since its most recent Phoenix win in 2019, Ongier has led a total of 396 laps on the track without winning another Phoenix.

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