Last Updated on March 11, 2018 4:46 pm by admin
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at ISM Raceway (all times local):
1:27 p.m.
Kyle Busch won the first 75-lap stage of the NASCAR Cup Series race at ISM Raceway, and Kevin Harvick moved up to second in his bid for a third straight victory.
Busch took the lead from Kyle Larson on Lap 56 after Larson had led every green-flag lap. Busch won the Phoenix fall race in 2015, and has nine Xfinity and two Truck wins at the desert track.
Larson passed Martin Truex Jr. on the first lap, lost the top spot to Truex on the first pit stop, and jumped ahead again off the restart.
Harvick started 10th on the mile oval where he has a record eight victories. He won the last two weeks in Atlanta and Las Vegas.
Larson was third in the stage, followed by Denny Hamlin and Truex.
Corey LaJoie lost an engine on Lap 26, bringing out the caution period that served as the scheduled Lap 35 competition caution.
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12:45 p.m.
Kevin Harvick started 10th at ISM Raceway, chasing his third straight NASCAR Cup Series victory and record-extending ninth at the desert track.
He’s also was trying to get past penalties for technical violations found after his Las Vegas victory last week.
Defending series champion Martin Truex Jr. started from the pole, followed by the Hendrick Motorsports trio of Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman. Team Penske’s Logano started fifth. Logano is the last driver to win three in a row, accomplishing the feat in 2015.
Morning rain gave way to sun well before the drivers hit the track. On Friday, light rain delayed the Xfinity Series race for two hours.
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