NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Instacart 500
The Place: Phoenix Raceway
The Date: Sunday, March 14
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: FOX, 3 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 312 miles (312 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 75),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 190), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 312)
What To Watch For:
Phoenix Raceway has hosted 49 NASCAR Cup Series races dating back to the inaugural event on Nov. 6, 1988. The first Cup race was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Alan Kulwicki.
The 49 Cup races at Phoenix have produced 25 different pole winners and 25 different race winners.
Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman lead the series in poles at Phoenix with four each.
Kevin Harvick leads the series in wins at Phoenix with nine. With a win this weekend, Harvick has the opportunity to become just the sixth driver to win 10 or more races at a single track; joining Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, David Pearson and Jimmie Johnson.
There are seven former NASCAR Cup Series Phoenix winners entered this weekend looking for their first win of the 2021 season: Kevin Harvick (nine wins), Kyle Busch (three), Denny Hamlin (two), Joey Logano (two), Ryan Newman (two), Chase Elliott (one) and Kurt Busch (one).
The youngest race winner in the series at Phoenix is Kyle Busch (11/13/2005 – 20 years, 6 months, 11 days) and the oldest is Mark Martin (04/18/2009 – 50 years, 3 months, 9 days).
Six of 49 races have been won from the pole or first starting position; the most recent was Chase Elliott’s win last November. Now the 25-year-old, Chase Elliott, is looking to become the seventh driver in series history to win consecutive races at Phoenix; joining Davey Allison (1991, 1992), Jeff Burton (2000, 2001), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003, 2004), Kevin Harvick (2006 sweep, 2013-2015), Jimmie Johnson (2007, 2008 sweep) and Kyle Busch (2018, 2019).
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