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NASCAR Heads to Pheonix

Alex Bowman made a two-tire stop pay off in overtime at Las Vegas, outrunning Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson for the victory. Now the NASCAR Cup Series shifts to Phoenix Raceway where Martin Truex, Jr. won the spring race but Larson won the Championship race in the fall. 

 

Hendrick placed three drivers in the top five with William Byron running fifth. Larson, the defending series champion, moved into the points lead by six over Truex. Denny Hamlin, who finished third in the standings last season and had 25 top-10 finishes in 36 races, has been running at the finish just once in three races and is 30th in the point standings.

 

Practice is at 12:30 pm Saturay and qualifying is at 1:35 pm. Race time is 2:30 pm Sunday afternoon.

 

The Xfinity race runs at 3:30 pm Saturday with practice at 10:30 am and qualifying at 11 am. 

 

Ty Gibbs pulled away on a restart with six laps remaining at Las Vegas and claimed his first victory of the season.

 

Gibbs jumped to second in the standings behind Noah Gragson, who finished second at Las Vegas. Gragson, A.J. Allmendinger and Justin Allgaier have finished in the top 10 in all three races. Gragson has finished in the top five in all three. The race featured 17 lead changes, 11 caution flags and a 42-minute red flag for light snow and rain.

 

Last year Austin Cindric won after starting third. 

 

The Camping World Truck Series returns when the circuit shifts to Atlanta Motorspeedway. 

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