See Which Racers Make It To The Championship 4

Coverage of this week’s race will begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday on NBC. Although he cleared traffic on the restart, his teammate Kyle Busch had contact with Alex Bowman that altered Bowman’s racing line. So now with Carl Edwards in with his win at Texas, how do they get another one or possibly two drivers into the Championship Four joining Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson? Less than two million viewers wound up watching a race, a decline of more than four million in viewership over the past decade. All will be in the top tier and Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Matt Kenseth finished inside the top seven in an uneventful spring race.

Busch noted he’d learned something about the tires by running the Xfinity race, and he planned to confer with his Cup team to get better prepared for Sunday’s main event.

If you are looking for someone who might be the prohibitive favorite to drive away with the win, it is Kevin Harvick.

“I don’t think I can put it into words”, said Logano, who, along with Busch and Kenseth, was one of six drivers in contention for the final two berths entering the race. We know what it takes to win a championship because we’ve been through that situation once before. They don’t matter! (laughs) The only thing you can say that’s been consistent about this team in the chase is that they are inconsistent.

“We’ve saved our Darlington vehicle – our best auto – for Homestead”.

The closest track that resembles Phoenix is Richmond International Speedway.

It was an incredible performance by the young driver.

After the race, NASCAR announced Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota had one loose lug nut.

Some drivers won’t have the luxury of keeping an eye on the points, however, as winning is their only likely route to advancement. He has finished no better than fourth (2014) for his career and has clinched at least a tie of that mark with his win on Sunday. “Did not want to hit that hard – but we took a shot”. But on the restart, Harvick could not match the surge that Logano made to get out front – and actually ended up losing one spot before the checkered flag flew. The 2004 Cup champ has top 10 finishes in his last four trips, including a sixth-place run earlier this year. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver won the spring race for his fifth triumph in his last six visits.

NASCAR Sprint Cup will crown its season champion next weekend at Homestead-Miami, but first, fans will find out who will be competing for the title. In fact, he is the best driver at compiling top 10 finishes.

The #20 Dollar General team is one point behind the cutoff line for advancing to Homestead. He has won five of the past six races at Phoenix, leading 1,064 laps along the way. I don’t think I wrecked Matt. It was a runner-up finish after rain shortened this event past year. The Arizona native will be at his home track this week and should do well in good equipment.

The only driver Harvick believes is in the same league as he is at Phoenix is Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is sidelined with a concussion and hasn’t raced since July.

“It means a lot”, said Busch, who won his 170th race across NASCAR’s top three touring series.”That’s what we set out to do tonight, and we’ve been really fast here at Phoenix”.