CONCORD, N.C. – Hendrick Motorsports continues NASCAR’s West Coast swing when the Cup Series heads to Phoenix Raceway for the fourth race of the 2024 regular season.
The Rick Hendrick-owned team has won 13 times at the 1-mile track and three of the drivers in its current lineup – Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and William Byron – have Cup victories there. Byron is the defending race winner. In last spring’s race, all four Hendrick Motorsports drivers (Larson, Byron, Bowman and Josh Berry, filling in for an injured Chase Elliott) finished in the top 10.
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The No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will make its season debut with Larson behind the wheel. This is the first of three primary races for Valvoline on the No. 5. Since coming to Hendrick Motorsports, Phoenix has been one of Larson’s better tracks with a win (coming in the 2021 title race), three top-five finishes, five top-10s, an average finish of 9.66 and 311 laps led.
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The Phoenix race marks Elliott’s first of two events this season in the No. 9 Kelley Blue Book Chevy. His victory at the Arizona track came in the 2020 championship event. Elliott also has five top-five finishes, eight top-10s and 546 laps led at the venue.
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Byron’s new primary sponsor look for the No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will hit the track for the first time at Phoenix. The 2024 DAYTONA 500 winner is the defending spring race winner. He has three straight top-six finishes at Phoenix and six top-10s in his last eight starts at this track.
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For the fourth straight year, Alex Bowman and Ally will have a co-primary sponsor for this race in Best Friends Animal Society. Since 2021, Bowman and Ally have supported Best Friends and its network of partners. This year, both are committed to a combined donation of $4,800 weekly to a local network partner. The Tucson, Arizona, native’s best finish at Phoenix was a sixth-place result in 2016.
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Tune in to watch all the action from Phoenix on Sunday, March 10, at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
William Byron, No. 24 RAPTOR Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Best Friends Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
