Connor Zilisch took the top qualifying spot of the NASCAR Xfinity Championship 4 contenders in a tiebreaker over Justin Allgaier at Phoenix Raceway.

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.

On pit road, immediately after the race, newly crowned NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Jesse Love was in tears at earning a major career accomplishment. On the other end of the spectrum, Connor Zilisch was in tears because he was denied a championship that surely would have been his under any other format.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship race will be aired on the radio by the Motor Racing Network. MRN has affiliates all across the country, and their feed can also be streamed on NASCAR.com as well as the NASCAR app. The race can also be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Commercial-free is something rarely heard of in the world of NASCAR, where television broadcasts are essentially filled with ad buys, and the race cars are essentially 200 miles per hour rolling billboards.

Xfinity is set to treat fans with a special send-off as its title sponsorship of NASCAR's second-tier series ends this season.

Alpha Prime Racing team owner Tommy Joe Martins had to be restrained after a physical altercation with one of his team’s crew chiefs following Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series season finale at Phoenix Raceway.

Sam Mayer will sit out the final race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season after being suspended by NASCAR following a post-race run-in with Jeb Burton at Martinsville.

Connor Zilisch opened up about the heartbreak of losing to his best friend Jesse Love, who won the 2025 Xfinity Championship.