AVONDALE, Ariz. - Before Kyle Larson and William Byron took to Phoenix Raceway on Saturday to qualify for Sunday's Championship 4 tilt in the NASCAR Cup Series, the Xfinity Series had a little business to take care of in terms of setting the starting lineup for its own finale on Saturday night.
While Corey Day isn't eligible for an Xfinity Series championship, he is back in the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet one, final time in 2025. After an impressive showing in Friday's practice in which the 19-year-old turned in the session's fourth-best lap, he followed that up with a single lap of 27.852 seconds on Saturday, good enough for the 15th starting spot for Saturday's Xfinity finale.
Day made a start at Phoenix in the ARCA Series West earlier this season, finishing 10th.
The Xfinity Series Championship Race is slated to start at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday with Sunday's Cup Series title tilt set for a 3 p.m. green flag.
Here's a look at how the field will line up:
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NASCAR Xfinity starting lineup
- Brandon Jones, 27.49
- Taylor Gray, No. 54, 27.593
- Sheldon Creed, No. 00, 27.639
- Justin Allgaier, No. 7, 27.644
- Connor Zilisch, No. 88, 27.644
- Jesse Love, No. 2, 27.651
- Aric Almirola, No. 19, 27.689
- Nick Sanchez, No. 48, 27.75
- Dean Thompson, No. 26, 27.796
- Ryan Sieg, No. 41, 27.802
- Jeb Burton, No. 27, 27.817
- Harrison Burton, No. 25, 27.83
- Justin Bonsignore, No. 18, 27.834
- Carson Kvapil, No. 1, 27.842
- Corey Day, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 28.852
- Austin Hill, No. 21, 28.853
- Kyle Sieg, No. 39, 27.858
- Sammy Smith, No. 8, 27.895
- Parker Retzlaff, No. 4, 27.921
- Brenden Queen, No. 11, 27.95
- Christian Eckes, No. 16, 28.029
- Connor Mosack, No. 99, 28.056
- Blaine Perkins, No. 31, 28.091
- Brennan Poole, No. 44, 28.12
- Leland Honeyman, No. 70, 28.198
- Josh Bilicki, No. 91, 28.214
- Anthony Alfredo, No. 42, 28.262
- Nick Leitz, No. 28, 28.277
- Jeremy Clements, No. 51, 28.314
- Ryan Ellis, No. 71, 28.325
- Patrick Emerling, No. 07, 28.38
- Garrett Smithley, No. 14, 28.408
- Daniel Dye, No. 10, 28.42
- Stefan Parsons, No. 35, 28.504
- Glen Reen, No. 5, 28.624
- Joey Gase, No. 53, 28.636
- Josh Williams, No. 45, 28.827
- Dawson Cram, No. 74, 28.966
NASCAR schedule, TV info for Phoenix
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Saturday, Nov. 1
- 5 - Cup Series qualifying (TruTV)
- 7:30 - Xfinity Series championship race (CW)
Sunday, Nov. 2
- 3 p.m. - Cup Series race (NBC)
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NASCAR Xfinity Series practice results
- Connor Zilisch, No. 88, 28.045
- Brenden Queen, No. 11, 28.07
- Jesse Love, No. 2, 28.082
- Corey Day, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 28.143
- Austin Hill, No. 21, 28.183
- Sammy Smith, No. 8, 28.198
- Aric Almirola, No. 19, 28.202
- Brandon Jones, No. 20, 28.233
- Jeb Burton, No. 27, 28.258
- Nick Sanchez, No. 48, 28.273
- Harrison Burton, No. 25, 28.335
- Connor Mosack, No. 99, 28.374
- Dean Thompson, No. 26, 28.399
- Justin Allgaier, No. 7, 28.41
- Carson Kvapil, No. 1, 28.419
- Ryan Sieg, No. 41, 28.421
- Jeremy Clements, No. 51, 28.429
- Taylor Gray, No. 54, 28.46
- Kyle Sieg, No. 39, 28.461
- Christian Eckes, No. 16, 28.467
- Justin Bonsignore, No. 18, 28.469
- Brennan Poole, No. 44, 28.502
- Sheldon Creed, No. 00, 28.524
- Daniel Dye, No. 10, 28.539
- Blaine Perkins, No. 31, 28.602
- Parker Retzlaff, No. 4, 28.607
- Anthony Alfredo, No. 42, 28.66
- Nick Leitz, No. 28, 28.665
- Leland Honeyman, No. 70, 28.821
- Stefan Parsons, No. 35, 28.844
- Ryan Ellis, No. 71, 28.852
- Josh Williams, No. 45, 28.947
- Josh Bilicki, No. 91, 29.082
- Patrick Emerling, No. 07, 29.113
- Garrett Smithley, No. 14, 29.255
- Glen Reen, No. 5, 29.361
- Joey Gase, No. 53, 29.545
- Dawson Cram, No. 74, 29.662