An Unbelievable End to the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Season | Final Laps at Phoenix

The Joe Gibbs Toyota teammates are on the inside. The Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet teammates are on the outside. Coming to the bush line, restart zone. Chase Briscoe leads this field to green. And maybe to a championship. Hamlin and Larson are side by side. Huge advantage for Denny Hamlin here. Watch the 24 of Byron. Blaney in the middle. Josh Berry in that 21 on the low side. Kyle Busch there in the 8. Berry gets a little wiggly. Here comes Hamlin on the inside of his teammate. Larson's up high. They're three wide. Three wide coming in to the front stretch in the dog leg. And William Byron makes it four. Byron to the lead. You know that there's a championship on the line right here, right now. Look at the way they're driving. How about that move by Denny Hamlin? He did not fight William Byron on corner entry. He just checked up, went to the bottom, and made the pass. Patience, understanding the strength of his car. What a smart move. Closing in on three laps to go. The performance behind the wheel and the car have been just unbelievable today. What a great race car. What a great job by the driver, pit crew, everybody. Kim. Oh, boy. William Byron. William Byron has a tire issue, and the caution is out. He can't believe it, and nor can Hamlin. So close to the end. Have a listen. Oh, as soon as he lifted, he knew he was in trouble. Just cannot keep it from hitting the wall. Did all he could, but it's just nothing you can do to get the car slowed down enough from where it blew. And now, this sets up. Clearly, the 24 is in trouble if you're thinking about a championship. But you mentioned it a minute ago. Martin and Briscoe on two tires, staying in that position, fourth and fifth. They're not out of it. Here we go. Hamlin leads the field to green. Dave Byrne standing by. James Small asked Chase Briscoe, what do you think of the two right sides? Only last time he said, I would have rather have been on offense. So expect them to go for four here. This is the qualifying set that he went one fast lap on yesterday, Parker. Should be the same situation, Kyle Larson. 20 years, Denny Hamlin has been trying to win a championship. He was three laps short, Parker, of making it happen. Chris Gale, in his first ever championship four, doesn't hesitate for one second. He said the call is tundra. They brought him down pit road. It's going to be four fresh tires to Steve's point. This is what won the truck series championship Friday night. But Hamlin is going to lose a ton of track position here. We're in NASCAR overtime to decide this 2025 championship. Is it going to be Kyle Larson? Is it going to be Denny Hamlin? Here we go to determine the championship. NASCAR overtime presented by Credit One Bank. Hamlin on that far right. Look for the big P on the hood. And he's almost level with Larson. Larson's way up high. And look at Larson shoot around them all. Logano gets a little bit squiggly. Keselowski leads. Three wide down into turn three. Kyle Larson has the advantage here. White flag is out. Final lap of the season presented by Credit One Bank. There is less than a mile between Kyle Larson and a second NASCAR Cup Series championship. Hamlin isn't within reach. Incredible day. Incredible scenes. And the 33-year-old from Elk Grove, California. Kyle Larson comes to the line and is a two-time champion. Let's go, Steve! Let's go! I can't believe it. When the day looked done. Never give up. Let's go! Steve Larson just had the drive of his life to enter a special club of two-time NASCAR champions. And Denny Hamlin, you can only imagine, is devastated. He was three laps from home. Three laps from home, the caution required a pit stop. Four tires, more grip. Larson with two tires in track position. Kyle Larson is the champ when it looked so, so much like it was going to Joe Gibbs Racing. Mr. H, Mr. Hendrick, Rick is here to celebrate his 15th cup championship as an owner. As the Hendrick team are now with their man.