Logano was in the mix at the season-opening Daytona 500 but ended up finishing 35th in a late-race crash that had Kyle Busch fuming. He finished fourth at Atlanta but struggled on the road course at Circuit of Americas in Austin, Texas, last week to finish 24th. Logano will start on the front row on Sunday.

It's another unique race to open the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as the stars and cars tackle the challenging one-mile oval of Phoenix Raceway. The Shriners Children's 500 welcomes the series to Phoenix on Sunday,

The last car in the qualifying order will be the first to take the green flag in tomorrow’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. With a time of 26.930 seconds, William Byron was the only car to run a sub-27 second time to claim his second career pole at the Arizona 1-mile oval.

Joey Logano speaks with crew with his wife, Brittany, and their daughter, Emilia, Love before a Feb. 25 NASCAR Cup Series race in Hampton, Ga. AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano already had an affinity for Phoenix Raceway.

It was elation for William Byron, who took the pole position for Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix, but it came at the expense of Joey Logano, who was knocked from what would have been Team Penske's 700th pole across all disciplines of racing.