NASCAR 2025: Preview and odds for Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway

The Shriners Children’s 500 marks the fourth race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. The event is scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 9, at Phoenix Raceway, and the green flag will drop at 3:30 pm ET.

The one-mile, low-banked tri-oval features eight degrees of banking in turns one and two, 11 degrees in turns three and four, and three degrees on the backstretch. The track hosts the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Truck Series.

Thirty-seven drivers have entered 37 spots for the 21st annual Shriners Children’s 500 at the one-mile Phoenix track.

Heading to the Phoenix Raceway, Joe Gibbs Racing driver and the defending winner of the event, Christopher Bell, is the favorite, per the odds table, at +500 odds to win this year’s Shriners Children’s 500, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Bell is in red-hot form, securing back-to-back victories last week this season.

Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney stands in second place at +550 odds to win this weekend’s race. Blaney has already scored one top-five and one top-10 finish in three races this season.

They are followed by Kyle Larson at +850, Chase Elliott at +1000, the 2023 winner of the event William Byron at +1000, and Denny Hamlin at +1100 in the top five highest odds to win the Shriners Children’s 500.

The defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano has the sixth-highest odds at +1200 to win on Sunday.

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Opening odds for the 2025 Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway

Here's a look at the odds for all 37 NASCAR Cup Series drivers competing on Sunday at the Phoenix Raceway:

1. Christopher Bell: +500
2. Ryan Blaney: +550
3. Kyle Larson: +850
4. Chase Elliott: +1000
5. William Byron: +1000
6. Denny Hamlin: +1100
7. Joey Logano: +1200
8. Chase Briscoe: +1300
9. Ross Chastain: +1500
10. Tyler Reddick: +1500
11. Chris Buescher: +2200
12. Ty Gibbs: +2800
13. Kyle Busch: +2800
14. Josh Berry: +3200
15. Brad Keselowski: +3700
16. Bubba Wallace: +5500
17. Alex Bowman: +6500
18. Austin Cindric: +6500
19. Daniel Suarez: +7500
20. Carson Hocevar: +10000
21. Ryan Preece: +13000
22. Cole Custer: +13000
23. Noah Gragson: +13000
24. AJ Allmendinger: +15000
25. Shane van Gisbergen: +15000
26. Michael McDowell: +15000
27. Erik Jones: +15000
28. Justin Haley: +24000
29. Riley Herbst: +24000
30. Austin Dillon: +24000
31. Todd Gilliland: +28000
32. Zane Smith: +34000
33. John Hunter Nemechek: +45000
34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: +45000
35. Katherine Legge: +50000
36. Cody Ware: +50000
37. Ty Dillon: +50000

The live telecast of Sunday’s 312-mile NASCAR Cup Series event can be viewed on FS1, and radio coverage will air on MRN.