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• Kyle Larson explains difference in short-track package at Richmond

The Next Gen era hasn’t been kind to short-track racing, something NASCAR is hoping to fix moving forward. The result is a new short-track package, just like the one used earlier this month at Phoenix Raceway....2024
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• Kevin Harvick: ‘Aggravated, agitated’ Kyle Busch was close to Days of Thunder moment

The start to the 2024 Cup Series season hasn’t been kind to Kyle Busch. Busch, the two-time Cup Series champion, has finished 26th, 22nd and 25th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Phoenix Raceway and Bristol Motor Speedway, respectively....2024
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• Denny Hamlin reflects on what was wrong with his car at Phoenix

Denny Hamlin sat on the pole for last Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway and appeared to be one of the faster cars on the racetrack. Hamlin tied Tyler Reddick for the most laps led (68), but when looking to pass him for the lead on Lap 212, spun out to bring out a caution....2024
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• Denny Hamlin places blame Phoenix Raceway over Next Gen short track package for difficulties passing

Denny Hamlin is placing the majority of the blame for some NASCAR fans hating on last weekend’s race on Phoenix Raceway itself, not the Next Gen short track package....2024
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• Dale Earnhardt Jr. weighs in on NASCAR horsepower debate

Horsepower, horsepower, horsepower. It’s been one of the main talking points in NASCAR during the Next Gen car era but ramped up even more this past weekend both before and following Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway....2024
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• Kevin Harvick calls for NASCAR to increase horsepower

Drivers across NASCAR are pleading with the sanctioning body to increase horsepower in the Next Gen car in the aftermath of this past Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway....2024
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• Joey Logano mad at John Hunter Nemechek after Phoenix race

Joey Logano has now crashed out of three of the first four NASCAR Cup Series races this season and he left Phoenix Raceway none too pleased with John Hunter Nemechek for his latest setback. Logano already was having a challenging race, having lost a lap and racing for the free pass, when he got turned […]...2024
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• Call811.com to be Entitlement Partner for NXS

Call811.com to be Entitlement Partner for NXS NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Phoenix Raceway, March 9th Phoenix Raceway announced that Call811.com, the national call-before-you-dig online resource, will be the entitlement partner for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Race on Saturday, March 9, at 2:30 p.m. MST. The race will officially be named the Call811.com Every Dig. Every Time. 200. “I...2024
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• NASCAR Atlanta Motor Speedway Race Weekend Recap

NASCAR Atlanta Motor Speedway Race Weekend Recap Winners: Daniel Suárez (Cup); Austin Hill (Xfinity); Kyle Busch (Trucks) NASCAR Cup Daniel Suárez Slips by Blaney, Busch in Three-Wide Photo Finish for Atlanta Victory It was a race of breathtaking four-wide action into corners not built to accommodate such derring-do. And it was totally appropriate that Sunday‘s Ambetter Health ...2024
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• NASCAR Cup Series: Major penalty mitigated — for now
William Byron now leads the NASCAR Cup Series point standings for the first time in the 2023 season, despite a 60-point penalty earlier this season. For the second straight NASCAR Cup Series season, Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron was the first driver to reach two wins, winning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway back […] NASCAR Cup Series: Major penalty mitigated ̵...2023
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• NASCAR decision sets a very dangerous precedent
Denny Hamlin’s 25-point penalty being upheld sets a dangerous precedent that NASCAR drivers are only penalized if they admit intent. The contact between the No. 11 Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin and the No. 1 Chevrolet of Trackhouse Racing Team’s Ross Chastain during overtime of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway […] NASCAR decision sets a very dangero...2023
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• NASCAR: Chase Elliott’s team now has negative points
Following the 100-point penalty, the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team of Chase Elliott now has negative points in the NASCAR owner standings. Chase Elliott was the only full-time Hendrick Motorsports driver who was not docked 100 points and 10 playoff points after last Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. NASCAR confiscated the hood […] NASCAR: Chase Elliot...2023
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• NASCAR: Denny Hamlin changes his mind after Ross Chastain incident
Denny Hamlin has now decided to appeal the penalty NASCAR issued to him after he admitted to intentionally ruining Ross Chastain’s race at Phoenix Raceway. Running in the top 10 after an overtime restart in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin knew he was probably going to lose […] NASCAR: Denny Hamlin changes his mind after Ro...2023
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• NASCAR driver now has negative points after huge penalty
Justin Haley now has negative points in the NASCAR Cup Series standings after being penalized following the race at Phoenix Raceway. Following Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, one which was won by Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron, much of the focus turned to Hendrick Motorsports because of the fact that all four […] NASCAR driver now has negative p...2023
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• NASCAR: Hendrick decision looming on Chase Elliott replacement
A decision will likely be made soon regarding who will replace Chase Elliott in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott was ruled out of this past Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after he suffered a serious leg injury in a Colorado snowboarding accident on […] NASCAR: Hendrick decision looming on Ch...2023
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• NASCAR crew chief suspended over rule that no longer exists
NASCAR has already suspended a crew chief for a race ahead of the 2022 Cup Series season — and for a rule that technically no longer exists. The final race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season this past Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway was also the final race of the Generation 6 car, as […] NASCAR crew chief suspended over rule that no longer exists - Beyond the Flag - Beyond the Fl...2021

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"“Hopefully this is the first of many this year," Christopher Bell said after winning the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway."

2023
"After two years racing in IndyCar, seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was back in a stock car for testing at Phoenix Raceway."

2022
"Radioactive for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway."

2021
"Daniel Hemric moved Austin Cindric in the final corner on the final lap at Phoenix Raceway to win the race and the 2021 Xfinity Series Championship in WILD finish"

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"Ryan Newman is spending his weekend at Phoenix Raceway, displaying his humorous spirit less than a month after that scary Daytona 500 accident."

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"ISM Raceway, formerly Phoenix Raceway is […]"

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"Newman comes off a year in which he went to victory lane at Phoenix Raceway, snapping a winless streak that had grown to 127 races."

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"Many of the racing scenes in the 1989 film were shot at Phoenix Raceway."

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"Listen to the best scanner sound from the Can-Am 500 at Phoenix Raceway."

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"NASCAR is staying west as the circuit moves to Phoenix Raceway."

• Draiver making first appearance on Harrison Burton's No. 21

This weekend‘s Shriners Children‘s 500 at Phoenix Raceway will offer Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Draiver team their first at-track experience with NASCAR‘s new short-track aero package. The first three races of the 2024 season were held at different types of tracks, with Daytona and Atlanta offering superspeedway drafting, and Las Vegas Motor Speedway […]...2024
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• Call811.com to be Entitlement Partner for NXS
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• Brakes Plus scheme for Denny Hamlin at Phoenix

Denny Hamlin‘s No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE will feature Brakes Plus as the primary sponsor this weekend at Phoenix Raceway. Part of the Mavis family of brands, Brakes Plus has grown to more than 150 locations across six states. In addition to excellent brake and auto repair services, Brakes Plus offers tire rotation, oil changes, […]...2024
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• Daniel Hemric: "You never know it's going to be that moment"

Hemric made his first NASCAR national series start in 2013 in a Truck Series race at Martinsville, Va. Despite 12 second-place finishes over the next eight seasons in Trucks and Xfinity, he was unable to crack Victory Lane.But when he finally did last Saturday at Phoenix Raceway in the 2021 Xfinity Series championship race, not only did a career’s-worth of emotion come with it, but also a ...Keep ...2021
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• NASCAR: Update on driver contracts for beyond the 2020 season
With the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season at a standstill as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, let’s take a look at driver contracts for 2021 and beyond. When Team Penske’s Joey Logano took the checkered flag to win at Phoenix Raceway almost two weeks ago, not many fans expected that to be the final […] NASCAR: Update on driver contracts for beyond the 2020 season - Beyond the F...2020
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• NASCAR live stream: How to watch Phoenix race for free without cable
Here are all the live stream options for Sunday's NASCAR race at Phoenix Raceway, including a few streaming services that offer free trials....2020

• Kyle Larson explains difference in short-track package at Richmond
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• Dale Earnhardt Jr. weighs in on NASCAR horsepower debate
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• Chandler Smith wins NASCAR Xfinity Series race in overtime at Phoenix Raceway
Chandler Smith won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway Saturday afternoon after Justin Allgaier experienced a tire failure with only five laps to go, resulting in a dramatic 2-lap overtime finish....2024
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• William Sawalich earns #ARCA Redemption

William Sawalich earns #ARCA Redemption Rain-Shortened Victory at Phoenix A late-race spin from the lead at Phoenix Raceway last March prevented William Sawalich from winning in his ARCA Menards Series debut. The reigning ARCA Menards East Series champion earned redemption in Friday’s General Tire 150 by putting together a typically efficient run from the pole. A thunderstorm desce...2024
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• Weekend Preview: Phoenix Raceway

Ryan Blaney seeks one-spot improvement at Phoenix with new rules package Four deuces might make a powerful poker hand, but the last thing Ryan Blaney wants to see this weekend is another “2” in his results column at Phoenix Raceway. It‘s not that three straight second-place finishes have been unkind to the driver of the […]...2024
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• Why adding NASCAR Mexico to Clash weekend is 'a no-brainer'

The Mexico-based NASCAR series made its U.S. debut in March 2013 at Phoenix Raceway but has not been back since.When NASCAR announced that the Clash would return to the LA Memorial Coliseum and its ¼-mile made-from-scratch asphalt oval this season, it decided to add an invitational, non-points Mexico series race as well.For NASCAR’s continuously expanding international efforts as well as its ...Ke...2024
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• NASCAR Cup Series: Major penalty mitigated — for now
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• NASCAR: Hendrick decision drops two drivers out of playoffs
Two drivers who had been in the provisional NASCAR Cup Series playoff picture are now on the outside looking in after the Hendrick Motorsports decision. After the NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway three weeks ago, all four Hendrick Motorsports teams — and their three active full-time drivers — were docked 100 points and […] NASCAR: Hendrick decision drops two drivers out ...2023
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• One NASCAR Cup Series team has negative points
One NASCAR Cup Series team — and driver — have negative points in the standings after the 2023 season’s first six races. After the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season’s fourth race at Phoenix Raceway, NASCAR dropped the hammer on several teams and drivers. The most notable penalties came following the confiscation of the hood louvers […] One NASCAR Cup Series team has negat...2023
• NASCAR: Why were only the Hendrick penalties rescinded?
Hendrick Motorsports had the points portion of the penalties issued to their four teams rescinded by a NASCAR appeals panel on Wednesday. After it was discovered that the hood louvers on each of the four Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets had been illegally modified at Phoenix Raceway, NASCAR dropped the hammer on the organization by penalizing all […] NASCAR: Why were only the Hendrick penalti...2023
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• Kevin Harvick: ‘Aggravated, agitated’ Kyle Busch was close to Days of Thunder moment
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• Shriners Children's 500 live updates: Top moments from Sunday's NASCAR action :white_check_mark: 1

The 2024 NASCAR season continues Sunday with the Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway. Here are the top moments!...2024
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• Phoenix Raceway is sold out for NASCARs Shriners Childrens 500

Phoenix Raceway announced today that the grandstands are sold out for the Shriners Children‘s 500. It marks the sixth consecutive NASCAR Cup Series sellout at Phoenix Raceway and serves as a testament to the momentum created by the exciting racing the 2024 season has produced to date. The Shriners Children‘s 500 is the second NASCAR […]...2024
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• Patrick Emerling partners with MMI Tank & Industrial Services for Phoenix

NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Patrick Emerling announced today that MMI Tank & Industrial Services, based in Phoenix, will join him as a new marketing partner for this weekend‘s race at Phoenix Raceway. “When we learned of the opportunity to collaborate with Patrick Emerling, a distinguished NASCAR driver, we seized the moment with enthusiasm,” said Division […]...2024
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• Brakes Plus scheme for Denny Hamlin at Phoenix
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• NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Las Vegas)

#NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Las Vegas) Winners: Kyle Larson (Cup); John Hunter Nemechek (Xfinity); Rajah Caruth (Trucks) NASCAR Cup Kyle Larson holds off Tyler Reddick for the #Win Kyle Larson had to use all his consummate skills behind the wheel to hold off Tyler Reddick after a restart with 27 laps left. Larson had short-run speed, enough to build significant advantages early in a ...2024
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• NASCAR Atlanta Motor Speedway Race Weekend Recap
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• Justin Allgaier – Driven by desire, fueled by family

As Justin Allgaier prepares for the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship race at Phoenix Raceway, he does so with the confidence and experience of a seasoned veteran in the sport....2022
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• Daniel Hemric: "You never know it's going to be that moment"
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• NASCAR: Chase Elliott may have started a long-awaited trend
Chase Elliott’s 2020 NASCAR Cup Series championship-winning season may have started a huge wave of momentum for Georgia sports. When NASCAR headed to Phoenix Raceway last November for the Championship 4, it had only been a few weeks since the Atlanta Braves blew a 3-1 lead in the NLCS to the eventual World Series champion […] NASCAR: Chase Elliott may have started a long-awaited trend ...2021
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• Radioactive: Phoenix – “Trying to stay calm, but I’m (expletive) over it!”

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• FINAL LAPS: Hemric moves Cindric in final corner to win race and Championship

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• Where 2 Watch: NASCAR television schedule for Phoenix
NASCAR is staying west as the circuit moves to Phoenix Raceway. So you don't miss a second of the action, here's your complete television schedule. ...2015
• Miracle Man: Ryan Newman is attending the Phoenix race weekend
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• Jimmie Johnson readjusts to Cup car in testing at Phoenix

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• Joey Logano wins second NASCAR Cup Series title

Joey Logano dominated the championship race Sunday as he led 187 of the 312 laps on his way to the victory at Phoenix Raceway....2022
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• Brandon Jones passes Kyle Busch for big Xfinity win
Brandon Jones' Xfinity win at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday was made even sweeter considering who he beat....2020
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• Upping the ante: NASCAR Wonka's BIG ideas for honoring Jeff Gordon
Phoenix Raceway upped the game by renaming themselves after Jeff Gordon. Why stop there? Our always entertaining friend NASCAR Wonka has a few more ideas on how to honor the No. 24. ...2015
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• Denny Hamlin reflects on what was wrong with his car at Phoenix
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• Denny Hamlin places blame Phoenix Raceway over Next Gen short track package for difficulties passing
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• Two Xfinity lugnut penalties following Phoenix race

NASCAR has issued two lugnut penalties following the Call811.com Every Dig. Every Time 200 Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway. The crew chiefs of #2-Jesse Love (Danny Stockmn) and #48-Parker Kligerman (Patrick Donahue) were each fined $5,000. Click here to download the PDF....2024
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• New short track rules package gets mixed reviews UPDATE

UPDATE: NASCAR saw the expected incremental improvements to its short track package Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. “There were a lot of passes during the race from the data standpoint,” Cup Series managing director Brad Moran told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “The way these races play out, you never know what you‘re going to get. But I […]...2024
• Phoenix TV ratings

Sports Business Journal’s Adam Stern reports that Fox got 4.028 million viewer for Sunday’s Shiners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway. The numbers are up 19% from last year and the race was once again the most-watch sporting event of the weekend. .@FoxTV got 4.028 million viewers for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix, […]...2024
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• Erik Jones frustrated with Chase Briscoe after Phoenix race

Erik Jones qualified in the top five and ran near the front of the field for a majority of Sunday‘s (March 10) Cup event at Phoenix Raceway. After the final restart with 92 laps to go, Chase Briscoe was racing with Jones in the middle of the field when both drivers got four-wide. Things got […]...2024
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• Joey Logano mad at John Hunter Nemechek after Phoenix race
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• Commercial breakdown: 2024 Shriners Children's 500

Whether you viewed the Cup race on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway from the Grandstand, the Hillside, or on your television, you saw a strategic race under a clear blue sky. Christopher Bell eased into Victory Lane as cooly as a long sip on a cold Busch Light. Fans watching at home saw a few commercials […]...2024
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• Phoenix post-race inspection complete

Inspection is complete following the Shriners Children‘s 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway. There were no issues for #20-Christopher Bell. He is officially the winner. The cars of #5-Kyle Larson and #6-Brad Keselowski will go to the NASCAR R&D Center for further inspection....2024
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• Christopher Bell claims victory in Toyota domination of Phoenix

There were so many variables in Christopher Bell‘s victory in Sunday‘s Shriners Children‘s 500 at Phoenix Raceway that it‘s difficult to pinpoint the determinative factor. First, Toyota introduced a new body style in the NASCAR Cup Series this season. Second, NASCAR debuted a new short-track competition package in Sunday‘s race. Third, the Toyotas unloaded for [&helli...2024
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