Full starting grid for 2021 Instacart 500 at the Phoenix Raceway

The eighth race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season is set for this weekend. The Instacart 500 is set to run on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET. The race will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET and air on FOX. Quite a few drivers in the field have found success at this race, and there’s no telling which one will come out on top in what’s shaping up to be an unpredictable year.

Pole-sitter Brad Keselowski (+600) has the second-best odds to win at DraftKings Sportsbook, despite having zero wins at Phoenix in the Cup Series. He’ll be joined by Kyle Larson (+900), who won last weekend’s Pennzoil 400, on the front row. Denny Hamlin (+650) has one Instacart 500 win under his belt and will start third on the grid, while the odds-on favorite, Chase Elliott (+550), will start in sixth. Last year’s champ, Joey Logano (+800) will start in the ninth position.

There were no qualifying runs for this weekend’s race, as the starting lineups for Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series races were determined through a performance-metrics formula. It is being used for all but eight weekends this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The performance metric is split like this: 25 percent of the metric comes from a driver’s finishing position from the previous race, 25 percent comes from the car owner’s finishing position from the previous race, 35 percent comes from the team owner’s points ranking, and 15 percent comes from the fastest lap from the previous race.

Here is the full lineup for Sunday’s Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway.