Shriners Children's 500

Shriners Children's 500

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Phoenix Raceway
Location	Avondale, Arizona, United States
Corporate sponsor	Shriners Hospitals for Children
First race	2005
Distance	312 mi (502.115 km)
Laps	312 Stage 1: 60 Stage 2: 125 Final stage: 127
Previous names	Subway Fresh 500 (2005–2006) Subway Fresh Fit 500 (2007–2009, 2011–2013) Subway Fresh Fit 600 (2010) The Profit on CNBC 500 (2014) CampingWorld.com 500 (2015) Good Sam 500 (2016) Camping World 500 (2017) TicketGuardian 500 (2018–2019) FanShield 500 (2020) Instacart 500 (2021) Ruoff Mortgage 500 (2022) United Rentals Work United 500 (2023)
Most wins (driver)	Kevin Harvick (5)
Most wins (team)	Stewart-Haas Racing (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (12)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.022 mi (1.645 km)
Turns	4

The Shriners Children's 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona since 2005. It is one of two Cup Series races at the track, the other being the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race. Christopher Bell is the defending race winner.

Race history

As part of the 2005 schedule changes, a second date was awarded to what was then Phoenix International Raceway in the spring. Subway would be the title sponsor of the new race. As there was already a race sponsored by Subway on the schedule (the now Xfinity 500 at Martinsville), the name "Subway Fresh 500" was devised to reduce confusion. Subway later added the word "Fit" to the sponsorship to promote its Fresh Fit combo choices.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2007 race, Jeff Gordon won for the first time at Phoenix from the pole (the first winner from the pole at Phoenix), scoring his 76th Cup Series win (tying Dale Earnhardt). After the race, Gordon celebrated with a black flag with Earnhardt's famous No. 3 on it.^[1]

With the new 2010 NASCAR start time rule change that starts races only at 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, and 7:30 pm Eastern Time, track officials were concerned that the new start time (45 minutes earlier than in the past) would put the majority of the race in the day instead of the planned night. At that time of year in Phoenix, sunset takes place at roughly 7:00 pm MST (because Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, this is the same as Pacific Daylight Time). As a result, the race was stretched to 600 km (372.8 mi) so that the extra 100 km (62.1 mi) would take place during the day, and most of the race would still take place at night as planned.^[2]

Ruoff Mortgage was the title sponsor of the race in 2022

The race saw three changes in 2011. After only 1 year as a 600 km race, the race returned to 500 km and 312 laps that year, it was moved from Saturday to Sunday, it was run entirely during the daytime for the first time, and it became the second race of the Cup Series season, replacing the race at Auto Club Speedway. Jeff Gordon would win the race again that year, snapping a 66-race winless streak (the longest of his career) and tied Cale Yarborough with his 83rd career win.

In 2013, Carl Edwards won the Subway-sponsored race in a Subway-sponsored car and snapped a 70-race winless streak.

In 2015, this race became the fourth race of the season, replacing the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway which was moved from March to April due to bad weather plaguing the spring Bristol race for numerous years. This move allowed for the creation of a three-race west coast swing with the Phoenix race now being between the races at Las Vegas and Fontana, providing cost efficiencies to the teams. (The race at Atlanta became the second race of the season in 2015, replacing Phoenix.^[3])

In 2023, United Rentals became the title sponsor of the race, replacing Ruoff Mortgage.^[4] In 2024, Shriners Hospitals for Children replaced United Rentals as the race's title sponsor.^[5]

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
							Laps	Miles (km)
2005	April 23	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	Irwin Industrial Tools/Sharpie	312	312 (502.115)	3:02:16	102.707	Report	[6]
2006	April 22	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	312	312 (502.115)	2:54:51	107.063	Report	[7]
2007	April 21	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DuPont	312	312 (502.115)	2:53:48	107.71	Report	[8]
2008	April 12	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Lowe's	312	312 (502.115)	3:01:14	103.292	Report	[9]
2009	April 18	5	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	CarQuest/Kellogg's	312	312 (502.115)	2:53:16	108.042	Report	[10]
2010	April 10	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Tornados	378*	378 (608.332)	3:48:14	99.372	Report	[11]
2011	February 27	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger/AARP	312	312 (502.115)	3:01:49	102.961	Report	[12]
2012	March 4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	FedEx Office	312	312 (502.115)	2:50:35	110.085	Report	[13]
2013	March 3	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Subway	316*	316 (508.553)	3:00:15	105.187	Report	[14]
2014	March 2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Jimmy John's	312	312 (502.115)	2:51:23	109.229	Report	[15]
2015	March 15	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Jimmy John's	312	312 (502.115)	2:57:01	105.753	Report	[16]
2016	March 13	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Jimmy John's	313*	313 (503.724)	2:45:53	113.212	Report	[17]
2017	March 19	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Grainger	314*	314 (505.334)	3:00:41	104.271	Report	[18]
2018	March 11	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Jimmy John's	312	312 (502.115)	2:53:13	108.073	Report	[19]
2019	March 10	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Skittles	312	312 (502.115)	3:04:05	101.693	Report	[20]
2020	March 8	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	Shell/Pennzoil	316*	316 (519.742)	3:20:50	94.407	Report	[21]
2021	March 14	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats & ATVs	312	312 (502.115)	3:00:20	103.808	Report	[22]
2022	March 13	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	Mahindra Tractors	312	312 (502.115)	3:06:34	100.339	Report	[23]
2023	March 12	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Valvoline	317*	317 (510.161)	3:00:18	105.491	Report	[24]
2024	March 10	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Rheem	312	312 (502.115)	3:00:45	103.568	Report	[25]
2025	March 9										Report

• 2010, 2013, 2016–2017, 2020, and 2023: Race extended due to NASCAR overtime.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
5	Kevin Harvick	2006, 2014–2016, 2018
2	Jeff Gordon	2007, 2011
	Ryan Newman	2010, 2017

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
6	Stewart-Haas Racing	2010, 2014–2016, 2018, 2022
5	Hendrick Motorsports	2007–2009, 2011, 2023
4	Joe Gibbs Racing	2012, 2019, 2021, 2024
2	Roush Fenway Racing	2005, 2013
	Richard Childress Racing	2006, 2017

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
11	Chevrolet	2006–2011, 2014–2017, 2023
5	Ford	2005, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2022
4	Toyota	2012, 2019, 2021, 2024

References

1. "Memorable Moments: Phoenix". NASCAR. November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
2. "News & Media". NASCAR.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
3. "NASCAR reveals 2015 schedules for national series". NASCAR. August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
4. "United Rentals to sponsor NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 19, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
5. "Phoenix Raceway's NASCAR Cup Series Race on March 10, 2024 Will Become the Shriners Children's 500". Shriners Hospitals for Children. November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
6. "2005 Subway Fresh 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
7. "2006 Subway Fresh 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
8. "2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
9. "2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
10. "2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
11. "2010 Subway Fresh Fit 600". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
12. "2011 Subway Fresh Fit 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
13. "2012 Subway Fresh Fit 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
14. "2013 Subway Fresh Fit 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
15. "2014 The Profit on CNBC 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
16. "2015 CampingWorld.com 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
17. "2016 Good Sam 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
18. "2017 Camping World 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
19. "2018 Ticket Guardian 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
20. "2019 Ticket Guardian 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
21. "2020 Fan Shield 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
22. "2021 Instacart 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
23. "2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
24. "2023 United Rentals Work United 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
25. "2024 Shriners Children's 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

External links

• Phoenix Raceway race results at Racing-Reference

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