Phoenix championship weekend ‘25

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So this weekend at Phoenix we had-
Friday- Corey Heim shoot from something like 10th to 1st in the space of 2 turns or so, being part of a 7 wide spread of trucks on the final restart.
Saturday- saw Jesse Love, who was probably considered the least favorite driver to win the Xfinity championship, won the Xfinity championship for RCR. Essentially negating Connor Zilisch's amazing performance throughout the rest of the season.
Sunday- Denny Hamlin had his first championship within touching distance, having a 3 second lead with 3 to go when a very untimely caution flew. Just as pit strategy had put Hamlin in the lead the previous cycle, pit strategy put him too far back this time to win. Kyle Larson claimed what looked to be a pretty unlikely championship win. Good on him...

So Hamlin still remains cemented in 1st place on the list of "best driver to never win a NASCAR championship", staying just ahead of Mark Martin.