{"id":11954,"date":"2014-02-28T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=11954"},"modified":"2014-03-02T18:19:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T23:19:17","slug":"nascar-at-phoenix-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/28\/nascar-at-phoenix-2014-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Phoenix 2014: Weekend Schedule, Start Time, Practice, Qualifying, TV and Weather Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10812\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10812\" alt=\"Jeff Zelevansky\/Nascar via Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/phoenix.jpg\" width=\"559\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/phoenix.jpg 559w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/phoenix-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Zelevansky\/Nascar via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASCAR heads to Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona this weekend for the second races of the 2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series will race at the 1.0 mile track.\u00a0The Camping World Truck Series is off this week. The Nationwide Series will run the\u00a0<em>Blue Jeans Go Green 200<\/em>\u00a0on Saturday and the Sprint Cup cars will run <em>The Profit on CNBC 500<\/em> on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Below you will find the Phoenix race weekend schedule, \u00a0including the race start time, practice and qualifying times, tv info, and weather at the track \u00a0if you are headed out to see the races this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first race that the Sprint Cup series will run the <a title=\"NASCAR announces changes to qualifying, introduces knockouts\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/01\/22\/nascar-announces-changes-to-qualifying\/\">new qualifying<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Weekend Schedule:<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>All times are listed (ET)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Friday, February 28<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n1:00 pm-1:50 pm \u00a0Nationwide Series Practice <strong>TV: Fox Sports 1<\/strong><br \/>\n2:00 &#8211; 3:30 pm Sprint Cup Series Practice <strong>TV: Fox Sports 1<\/strong><br \/>\n5:00 pm-6:25 pm Nationwide Final Practice<strong> TV: Fox Sports 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6:35 pm\/ET Sprint Cup Series Qualifying <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/02\/28\/brad-keselowski-wins-pole-at-phoenix-full-qualifying-results-for-the-profit-500k\/\">Keselowski wins pole, Qualifying Results<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Saturday, March 1<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n11:00 &#8211; 11:55 am Sprint Cup Series Practice <strong>TV: Fox Sports 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">12:10 pm\/ET Nationwide Series Qualifying <strong>TV: Fox Sports 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n2:00 &#8211; 2:50 pm Sprint Cup Series Final Practice <strong>TV: Fox Sports 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3:30 pm\/ET Nationwide Series Race\u00a0<em>Blue Jeans Go Green 200<\/em> (200 laps, 200 miles) <span style=\"color: #339966;\">Green Flag Start Time<\/span><\/strong>: <strong>3:45pm\/ET <a title=\"Kyle Busch wins Nationwide Series race at Phoenix, Full Results for Blue Jeans Go Green 200\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/01\/kyle-busch-wins-nationwide-series-race-at-phoenix-full-results-for-blue-jeans-go-green-200\/\">Busch wins, Full Results<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><!-- linkunitmedium --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 468px; height: 15px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6139055459619465\" data-ad-slot=\"2165284737\"><\/ins><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Sunday, March 2<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>3:00 pm\/ET Sprint Cup Series Race <em>The Profit On CNBC 500k<\/em> (312 laps, 312 miles) <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/02\/kevin-harvick-wins-at-phoenix-full-results-for-the-profit-on-cnbc-500\/\">Kevin Harvick wins, Full Results<\/a><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Race Day Info:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>NNS:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Grand Marshal:\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Kevin Rogers,<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0President of the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Honorary Starter:\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Diann Prechel<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, \u00a0former Director of Cotton Incorporated\u2019s Board of Directors<br \/>\n<\/span>National Anthem:\u00a0<strong>Lee DeWyze,\u00a0<\/strong><em>American Idol\u00a0Season 9 winner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sprint Cup:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><b>Grand Marshal<\/b>: Marcus Lemonis, of CNBC&#8217;s &#8216;The Profit,&#8217;<br \/>\n<b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Honorary Starter\/Wave Green Flag<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">: Marcus Lemonis<br \/>\n<\/span><b>National Anthem<\/b>: trumpet soloist Jesse Maguire<br \/>\n<b>Honorary pace car driver<\/b>: UFC fighter \/ FOX Sports analyst Chael Sonnen<\/p>\n<h2>Last Time:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>NNS: <\/strong>Kyle Busch won both the Spring and Fall race in 2013.<br \/>\n<strong>Sprint Cup:<\/strong> Carl Edwards \u00a0in March 2013, Kevin Harvick in Fall 2013<\/p>\n<h2>Weather:<\/h2>\n<p>Friday: Temperatures will be in the high 70&#8217;s, with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of rain.<br \/>\nSaturday: Temperatures will be in the high 60&#8217;s, but rain is a culprit today. 70% chance of rain. Track has Air Titan and lights.<br \/>\nSunday: Temperatures will be in the high 60&#8217;s again, with showers in the AM. 30% chance of rain. Looking good for race time.<\/p>\n<h2><em>If you found this post informative please share it with your friends on Facebook or Twitter. We appreciate it! Follow us on Twitter @tireballNASCAR for race weekend news.<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR heads to Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona this weekend for the second races of the 2014 season. Both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series will race at the 1.0 mile track.\u00a0The Camping World Truck Series is off this week. The Nationwide Series will run the\u00a0Blue Jeans Go Green 200\u00a0on Saturday and the Sprint [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[760],"tags":[789,708,863],"coauthors":[674],"class_list":["post-11954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-other-racing","tag-front","tag-nascar","tag-pir2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11954"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}