NASCAR Shriners Children’s 500: Weather forecast for the upcoming race at Phoenix Raceway

The 2025 Shriners Children’s 500 is officially back. Fans are in for a high-octane fourth stock-car racing weekend of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season at the Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, March 9. The one-mile, low-banked tri-oval will mark the 21st annual Shriners Children’s 500.

Thirty-seven NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be in action for the qualifying on Saturday (March 8) before Sunday’s afternoon race. The main event will compete over 312 laps in Avondale, Arizona, divided into three stages, adding up to 312 miles.

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Weather forecast for the 2025 Shriners Children’s 500

Here’s the weather forecast for NASCAR’s top two national series at Phoenix Raceway:

Friday, March 7, 2025

ARCA Menards Series race: High 54°F, Low 42°F, Showers & Cloudy, calm wind speed, and 20% chance of rain

Saturday, March 8, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying: High 60°F, Low 54°F, Sunny, calm wind speed, and a 0% chance of rain

Xfinity Series GOVX 200: High 60°F, Low 54°F, Sunny, calm wind speed, and a 0% chance of rain

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Shriners Children’s 500: High 73°F, Low 55°, Sunny, E 5-10 mph, and 0% chance of rain

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Full entry list for NASCAR’s 2025 Shriners Children’s 500

The 2025 iteration of the Shriners Children’s 500 is set to see a total of 37 Cup cars lined up on the grid, which are as follows:

1. #1 - Ross Chastain
2. #2 - Austin Cindric
3. #3 - Austin Dillon
4. #4 - Noah Gragson
5. #5 - Kyle Larson
6. #6 - Brad Keselowski
7. #7 - Justin Haley
8. #8 - Kyle Busch
9. #9 - Chase Elliott
10. #10 - Ty Dillon
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin
12. #12 - Ryan Blaney
13. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
14. #17 - Chris Buescher
15. #19 - Chase Briscoe
16. #20 - Christopher Bell
17. #21 - Josh Berry
18. #22 - Joey Logano
19. #23 - Bubba Wallace
20. #24 - William Byron
21. #34 - Todd Gilliland
22. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
23. #38 - Zane Smith
24. #41 - Cole Custer
25. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
26. #43 - Erik Jones
27. #45 - Tyler Reddick
28. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29. #48 - Alex Bowman
30. #51 - Cody Ware
31. #54 - Ty Gibbs
32. #60 - Ryan Preece
33. #71 - Michael McDowell
34. #77 - Carson Hocevar
35. #78 - Katherine Legge (R)
36. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
37. #99 - Daniel Suárez

Catch the action-packed NASCAR weekend live at the Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 3:30 pm ET on FS1 and MRN.