Michael Annett started the 200-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Phoenix International Raceway from the 21st position. Annett finished the second event of the season as follows:
Brad Keselowski (No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger R/T) Finished 2nd YOU WERE LEADING, AND THEN ELLIOTT SADLER WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND YOU. WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE? “You know all them (Richard) Childress cars were fast."
Joey Logano (eighth) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Phoenix International Raceway Denny Hamlin (ninth) started on the pole position and led four times for 56 laps at the one-mile race track.
RICKY STENHOUSE JR., No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Mustang (Finished 3rd) – WHAT MORE DID YOU NEED THERE AT THE FINISH? “I think we had the fast race car there at the end."
Regan Smith was holding on to the pole with two cars remaining in Saturday’s qualifying session at Phoenix International Raceway. But then Mark Martin and Tony Stewart both ran quicker laps, dropping Smith to a third-place starting spot for Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 Sprint Cup race.
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1, QUALIFIED 2ND: TELL US ABOUT YOUR QUALIFYING LAP OUT THERE: “It actually wasn’t bad. Everybody was loose and we tightened up and got a little too tight. It is still a really good run for the Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevy. It is a good starting spot, just where we need to be.”
MARK MARTIN, No. 55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing Qualified: 1st How does it feel to get your 52nd career pole? "I can't say enough for MWR (Michael Waltrip Racing), Aaron's and my team giving me such great Toyotas. "
A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 15th “It was okay. You know I messed the first lap up pretty bad and at that point the second lap was just survival. "
Greg Biffle, No. 16 3M Ford Fusion (Qualified 7th) – “Oh man. My car is so fast it isn’t even funny. I never got loose and my car was flat stuck out there. I guess I just ran higher than everybody has been running down there and I got in the gray."
Briscoe’s victory in Cook Out Southern 500 marked the 104th overall win for SHR. It was the organization’s milestone 70th points-paying NASCAR Cup Series victory, its first of the season and its fourth at Darlington.
In a three-way battle for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Championship, Chevrolet’s Kyle Larson put on a commanding performance in much of the 500-mile event.
If controlling his own destiny were the bottom line Sunday night at Darlington, Chris Buescher would’ve been in the right position as the 2024 NASCAR Playoffs picture was decided.
