NASCAR Cup Series Championship

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Date & Time
Sun 5th November 2023 12:00am Local
Sun 5th November 2023 12:00am UTC

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League
NASCAR Cup Series

Season
2023

Round
Round 41

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Phoenix Raceway

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Description

The NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the chairman of NASCAR to the most successful NASCAR Cup Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. The Drivers' Championship was first awarded in 1949 to Red Byron. The first driver to win multiple Championships was Herb Thomas in 1951 and 1953. The current Drivers' Champion is Chase Elliott, who won his first NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2020.
Overall, thirty-four different drivers have won the Championship, with Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jimmie Johnson holding the record for most titles at seven. Johnson has the record for most consecutive Drivers' Championships, winning five from 2006 to 2010. Thus far, every champion has originated from the United States.

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Result List

01	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	312 Laps
02	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske NASCAR	312 Laps
03	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	312 Laps
04	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	312 Laps
05	Chris Buescher	Roush Fenway Racing	312 Laps
06	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	312 Laps
07	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	312 Laps
08	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	312 Laps
09	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	312 Laps
10	Darrell Wallace Jr.	23XI Racing	312 Laps

Result Description

For the first time in 10 years of the elimination playoff format, the NASCAR Cup Series champion failed to win the title race-not that it mattered one bit to 2023 champion Ryan Blaney.
When he took the checkered flag in second place in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, the driver of the No. 12 Ford gave Team Penske its second straight title in NASCAR’s premier series and gave Ford a sweep of Championship Weekend at Phoenix Raceway.
In a fierce battle for the title against 2021 champion Kyle Larson, Blaney edged ahead of the Hendrick Motorsports driver on Lap 292 and secured second place behind Chastain, who grabbed the top spot from Denny Hamlin after a restart on Lap 282.
Chastain crossed the finish line 1.230 seconds ahead of Blaney.

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