Joey Logano already had an affinity for Phoenix Raceway. The Team Penske driver had won on the mile oval three times, including the 2022 Cup Series title, and had 15 top-10 finishes in 31 races since 2009.

William Byron was the final driver to make a qualifying effort Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, and it turned out the best was saved for last. Byron won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race with a

Katherine Legge (28.060 sec.) is slated to make her NASCAR Cup Series debut with Live Fast Motorsports. The four-time IMSA race winner will become the first internationally born woman to race in Cup since Christine Beckers and Lella Lombardi in the 1977 July Daytona race.

Joey Logano speaks with crew with his wife, Brittany, and their daughter, Emilia, Love before a Feb. 25 NASCAR Cup Series race in Hampton, Ga. AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano already had an affinity for Phoenix Raceway.

It was elation for William Byron, who took the pole position for Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix, but it came at the expense of Joey Logano, who was knocked from what would have been Team Penske's 700th pole across all disciplines of racing.