The final week of the NASCAR season has arrived and three champions will be crowned in the desert at Phoenix Raceway.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Xfinity Series final fours both feature once-in-a-generation seasons from Corey Heim and Connor Zilisch, respectively, while the Cup Series has a very evenly matched championship 4.
Kaden Honeycutt, Tyler Ankrum and Ty Majeski make up the rest of the Truck finale, while the Xfinity Series features Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love and Carson Kvapil in addition to Zilisch.
Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Chase Briscoe and Kyle Larson are the four Cup drivers vying for the title.
Who will be the champion for each series? Will there be upsets in the lower divisions, and will the champion be the winner each time?
Kevin Nix answers this week’s question for NASCAR Mailbox on Frontstretch’s YouTube channel.
Kevin Nix has been with Frontstretch since February 2023. Hailing from Gilbert, Arizona, his dream is to be in the NASCAR media sphere full-time. He is a video assistant, working on the back end to streamline video and audio quality of all at-track interviews. Nix also writes about news every Monday for the site.
Nix graduated with a Master's Degree in Sports Journalism from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Arizona. He also has bachelor's degrees in Communications and Political Science. In his downtime, he likes to read, play video games and take walks in the Arizona weather - when it's not too hot.
If Heim (11 Wins) and Zillisch (10 wins) don’t win their respective championships, there’s going to be rioting in the streets (not really…)
Cup gets a little fuzzier. Denny (6 wins) Bell (4 wins and out of the chase) Blaney, (has 3 and is outside looking in). Van Gisbergen (has 5 wins!)
If some of Denny’s karma comes back to bite him in the butt, that would be a shame. He deserves to win this one. One accident or flat tire and your chances are over.