NASCAR at Phoenix 2015: Start Time, Ticket Info, Lineup, TV Schedule and More

One race rests between the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the finale of the Chase: Sunday's Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

It's the event every driver (minus one, really) had hoped to put himself in great position for in the races prior due to the unpredictable nature of the track.

Yet here is the race before the season-ending event at Homestead, and Jeff Gordon stands alone as the lone automatic driver waltzing into the final round thanks to his win at Martinsville and one Jimmie Johnson stealing last week's checkered flag in Texas.

With everything on the line at a tricky course and plenty of non-Chase drivers looking to play the spoiler, this is the event to watch this weekend. Here's everything to know.

Viewing Details

Where: Phoenix International Raceway

When: Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2:30 p.m. ET

Watch: NBC

Live Stream: NBC Live Extra

Tickets: ScoreBig.com

Sprint Cup Standings

RK	DRIVER	POINTS
1	Jeff Gordon	4082
2	Kyle Busch	4080
3	Kevin Harvick	4079
4	Martin Truex Jr.	4076
5	Carl Edwards	4069
6	Brad Keselowski	4057
7	Kurt Busch	4048
8	Joey Logano	4013
9	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2259
10	Denny Hamlin	2257
11	Ryan Newman	2253
12	Jimmie Johnson	2240
13	Jamie McMurray	2235
14	Paul Menard	2208
15	Matt Kenseth	2197
16	Clint Bowyer	2153

NASCAR at Phoenix Entry List 

Pos.	Car No.	Driver
1	48	Jimmie Johnson
2	41	Kurt Busch
3	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr
4	19	Carl Edwards
5	78	Martin Truex Jr
6	42	Kyle Larson
7	20	Erik Jones
8	4	Kevin Harvick
9	5	Kasey Kahne
10	18	Kyle Busch
11	24	Jeff Gordon
12	1	Jamie McMurray
13	11	Denny Hamlin
14	22	Joey Logano
15	27	Paul Menard
16	3	Austin Dillon
17	43	Aric Almirola
18	2	Brad Keselowski
19	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr
20	16	Greg Biffle
21	10	Danica Patrick
22	31	Ryan Newman
23	47	AJ Allmendinger
24	13	Casey Mears
25	51	Justin Allgaier
26	6	Trevor Bayne
27	15	Clint Bowyer
28	9	Sam Hornish Jr
29	55	David Ragan
30	83	Matt DiBenedetto
31	14	Tony Stewart
32	40	Landon Cassill
33	26	J.J. Yeley
34	38	David Gilliland
35	7	Alex Bowman
36	46	Michael Annett
37	23	Jeb Burton
38	35	Cole Whitt
39	32	Joey Gase
40	34	Brett Moffitt
41	98	Ryan Preece
42	33	Ryan Ellis
43	62	Timmy Hill

Drivers to Watch 

Joey Logano 

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So it's come to this for Joey Logano.

The man who swept the last round with three checkered flags looked like the favorite, then was on the wrong end of an intentional wrecking at Martinsville that got Matt Kenseth suspended.

Few worries, though, as Logano could just return to form in Texas last weekend, right? Wrong. He blew a tire early in the race, had a radio malfunction and didn't return until he was 66 laps down before finishing 40th—all after starting fourth.

It's win-or-go-home time for Logano. He spoke with USA Today's Brant James about the situation:

"

This was a must-win situation as well. If we finished second today we would be in the same boat going into Phoenix. I feel great about our chances at Phoenix. It has been a great race track for us in the past. I felt like this track was a great one for us as well. It is unfortunate that we finished how we did.

"

Logano has never won at Phoenix, so an ability to reel in No. 1 and grab an automatic bid to the final round would be quite, well, befitting of a champion.

Kevin Harvick

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Just as last week was an event at a kind track for Johnson, this week it's all about Kevin Harvick.

In fact, Harvick is the guy hinted at in the intro who didn't really need to set himself up well for Phoenix—he might as well own the track considering he boasts the checkered flag there at the last four Sprint Cup events and has the most wins there of any active driver.

Talk about the perfect situation for a guy already sitting in third place. He finished eighth at Martinsville and followed it up with a third-place showing in Texas.

Despite having momentum and history on his side, it doesn't sound like Harvick enters this weekend anything close to complacent.

"There are a lot of good race car drivers and lots of circumstances that could play out to have things go wrong," he said, according to the Sports Xchange (via WISN.com). "You go there with a fresh start like you've never won there before and try to get the car dialed in."

Harvick knows a thing or two about what drivers can do with their backs against the wall. He faced an elimination situation at Dover back at the start of October and pulled off the win. 

This time around, he's sitting pretty, but he knows better than to simply coast around the track Sunday.

Jeff Gordon 

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It's easy to brush aside Gordon thanks to his automatic bid in the first race of the round, but to do so would ignore the fact that he finished ninth last weekend in Texas, an improvement on his starting spot of 18th. 

Gordon isn't one to rest on his laurels, especially in what is his farewell season. Last week, he and his team used Texas as a teaching tool for the Championship Round, according to Fox Sports' Tom Jensen:

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I thought we learned a lot this weekend. I think we certainly know that our cars are fast because our teammate won. Congrats to him. I think that's awesome he beat the No. 2 (Brad Keselowski). That is spectacular, I'm going to give him a big hug for that. At the same time I think that we were here to execute and push hard, try to win, but also to just learn what we could. I thought we learned some stuff.

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Expect more of the same from Gordon and Co. this weekend. If last week's ninth-place showing was a learning experience, it's not hard to see Gordon in contention late while doing similar things this weekend.

Even if he was well out of the Chase running, Gordon would be one to watch given his impending retirement. The fact that he's assured a spot in the final round, though, makes Sunday all the sweeter.

Stats and info courtesy of ESPN.com unless otherwise specified.