Practice Results: NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix

Spire Motorsports teammates Carson Hocevar and Michael McDowell led the way in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Phoenix Raceway. Hocevar’s best lap, which paced the field, was a 27.163 second (132.533 mph) lap around the 1-mile oval.

Here are the complete NASCAR Cup Series practice results for the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, race 4 of 36.

2025 Shriners Children’s 500 Practice Results

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Best Lap	Laps
1	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Miner Docks, Doors and More Chevrolet	27.163	--	132.533	1	56
2	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports Workforce Chevrolet	27.165	0.002	132.523	1	68
3	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing Mobil 1 Toyota	27.170	0.007	132.499	40	75
4	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Menards / Monster Ford	27.172	0.009	132.489	38	71
5	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Fry's / Thomas' / Philadelphia Ford	27.205	0.042	132.329	29	63
6	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Z by HP Chevrolet	27.248	0.085	132.120	28	61
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Sport Clips Haircut Toyota	27.276	0.113	131.984	28	71
8	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota	27.298	0.135	131.878	29	65
9	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing Reser's Fine Foods Toyota	27.303	0.140	131.854	34	66
10	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota	27.306	0.143	131.839	3	39
11	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford	27.319	0.156	131.776	38	72
12	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing Leidos Toyota	27.320	0.157	131.772	33	72
13	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota	27.325	0.162	131.747	36	74
14	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Würth Ford	27.358	0.195	131.589	37	78
15	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Best Friends Chevrolet	27.358	0.195	131.589	40	70
16	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford	27.364	0.201	131.560	37	60
17	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing Consumer Cellular Ford	27.371	0.208	131.526	22	61
18	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Kubota Orange Days Sales Event Chevrolet	27.378	0.215	131.492	40	71
19	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet	27.409	0.246	131.344	28	66
20	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	27.421	0.258	131.286	46	68
21	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing Zone / QuikTrip Chevrolet	27.442	0.279	131.186	3	57
22	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota	27.454	0.291	131.128	1	55
23	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Chevrolet	27.459	0.296	131.105	5	58
24	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team Haas / Andy's Ford Ford	27.484	0.321	130.985	24	54
25	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports Aaron's Rent to Own Ford	27.502	0.339	130.900	35	67
26	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	27.507	0.344	130.876	2	68
27	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Frontline Enterprises Ford	27.533	0.370	130.752	22	49
28	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports Ram Self Storage Chevrolet	27.542	0.379	130.709	35	68
29	35	Riley Herbst #	23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota	27.549	0.386	130.676	33	54
30	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet	27.552	0.389	130.662	39	75
31	88	Shane Van Gisbergen #	Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet	27.555	0.392	130.648	35	65
32	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing CELSIUS Chevrolet	27.597	0.434	130.449	34	62
33	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing Solomon Plumbing Ford	27.604	0.441	130.416	36	64
34	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing Eero Ford	27.629	0.466	130.298	2	71
35	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Mighty Fire Breaker Ford	27.676	0.513	130.077	30	51
36	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing Hybrid Light Chevrolet	27.733	0.570	129.809	37	64
37	78	* Katherine Legge	Live Fast Motorsports DROPLiGHT Chevrolet	28.342	1.179	127.020	25	43