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season, and the 6th running of the event. The race was held on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent asphalt tri-oval shaped speedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 150 laps, but was increased to 165 laps due to multiple

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restarts. In a wild finish, Brent Crews, driving for

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, made a last lap pass on

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to earn his third career

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win, his first career

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win, and his first win of the season. Crews and Queen dominated the entire race, leading nearly every lap of the event, with Queen leading a race-high 95 laps. To fill out the podium, Treyten Lapcevich, driving for Venturini Motorsports, would finish in 3rd, respectively.

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Background

Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked

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race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The

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track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two

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race weekends annually including the final championship race since

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. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART,

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, USAC and the

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. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR. The raceway was originally constructed with a road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend. Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and the last track on the schedule.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.

Starting lineup

Practice and qualifying were originally scheduled to be held on Friday, March 7, at 2:30 PM and 3:30 PM MST, but were both cancelled due to inclement weather. The starting lineup was determined by last season's owners' points (including 2024 West Series points). As a result, Brent Crews, driving for

, was awarded the pole.

Starting lineup

Race results

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA Main) ;Drivers' Championship standings (ARCA West) *Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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