AVONDALE, AZ. – The NASCAR Cup Series continues today with the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, in Avondale, Arizona. The green flag is slated to drop at 3:30 p.m. Eastern (12:30 p.m. Pacific) on FS1.
Several streaming services will broadcast the game live and you can watch the big race at no cost by utilizing free trials from Fubo ($20 off first month) and DirecTV Stream.
Sling is also offering promotional offers to new customers.
It’ll look to be another race in which the headliners are William Byron and a sizzling Christopher Bell, who has already punched his ticket to the NASCAR postseason with two victories under his belt.
Bell recently won the NASCAR EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix with a winning time of 3:07:20. Now, he’ll look to defend his title in the Shriners Children’s 500, which he won last year with a winning time of 3:00:45.
Byron won the Shriners Children’s 500 in 2023 and the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix in 2024, and will look to disrupt Bell’s winning ways.
Here is a full race recap of last year’s Shriners Children’s 500:
What is the Shriners Children 500?
The Shriners Children’s 500 is 312 laps around a one-mile tri-oval at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. It’s an annual race in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Who is racing in the NASCAR Shriners Children’s 500?
- Ross Chastain (Trackhouse Racing)
- Austin Cindric (Team Penske)
- Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing)
- Noah Gragson (Front Row Motorsports)
- Kyle Larson (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Brad Keselowski (RFK Racing)
- Justin Haley (Spire Motorsports)
- Kyle Busch (Richard Childress Racing)
- Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Ty Dillon (Kaulig Racing)
- Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Ryan Blaney (Team Penske)
- AJ Allmendinger (Kaulig Racing)
- Chris Buescher (RFK Racing)
- Chase Briscoe (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Christopher Bell (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Josh Berry (Wood Brothers Racing)
- Joey Logano (Team Penske)
- Bubba Wallace (23XI Racing)
- William Byron (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Todd Gilliland (Front Row Motorsports)
- Riley Herbst (23XI Racing)
- Zane Smith (Front Row Motorsports)
- Cole Custer (Haas Factory Team)
- John Hunter Nemechek (Legacy Motor Club)
- Erik Jones (Legacy Motor Club)
- Tyler Reddick (23XI Racing)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Hyak Motorsports)
- Alex Bowman (Hendrick Motorsports)
- Cody Ware (Rick Ware Racing)
- Ty Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Ryan Preece (RFK Racing)
- Michael McDowell (Spire Motorsports)
- Carson Hocevar (Spire Motorsports)
- Katherine Legge (Live Fast Motorsports)
- Shane van Gisbergen (Trackhouse Racing)
- Daniel Suárez (Trackhouse Racing)
Which women is racing in the NASCAR Cup Series race?
Katherine Legge will make her debut and become the 17th woman to ever compete in a NASCAR Cup Series race. It’s the first time a woman has competed in the NASCAR Cup Series in seven years (Danica Patrick, 2018). Legge will drive the No. 78.
Here’s more information on how you can watch the NASCAR Cup Series race:
What: NASCAR Cup Series: Shriners Children’s 500
When: Sunday, March 9, 2025
Time: 3:30 p.m. Eastern (12:30 p.m. Pacific)
Where: Phoenix Raceway | Avondale, AZ
Channel: FS1
Best Streaming Options: Fubo (free trial and $20 off first month), DirecTV Stream (free trial), Sling (promotional offers)
Channel finder if you have cable: You can access the channel by using the channel finders online: Verizon Fios, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV and Dish.