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Martin Truex Jr. Race Summary: No. 56 NAPA Filters Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. finished seventh in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 5th DID YOU THINK YOU HAD A FUEL PICKUP PROBLEM AT THE END OF THE RACE? “Yeah, we definitely had something going on there."

What appeared to be a top-10 finish turned out to be a 20th-place result for Regan Smith, who ran out of fuel with two laps remaining in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Kevin Harvick led the most laps in his No. 29 Rheem Chevrolet in today's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. But, as he was making a charge to take back the top spot with less than two laps remaining in the 312-lap/312-mile/500K race, he began to slow on the backstretch coming to the white flag, out of fuel.

Camry driver Denny Hamlin won his first race of the season, and the 18th victory of his career, in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Phoenix International Raceway.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 RHEEM CHEVROLET – FINISHED 2ND: YOU HAD TO SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FUEL AND THEN GO AFTER DENNY HAMLIN (WINNER) IN THE END. WHAT DID YOU LEARN TODAY? I HAVE A FEELING THERE’S A BIG PICTURE IN THIS “Well, just to finish second racing for a win at a place we ran 25th or 30th or whatever we ran here last year;"

GREG BIFFLE, No. 16 3M Ford Fusion (Finished ) – PIT LANE INTERVIEW “It started out really loose and then we would go dead right. We got the balance much better toward the end of that race and got some track position. "

Racing teammates finished first (Elliott Sadler), fourth (Austin Dillon) and fifth (Kevin Harvick). Sadler leads the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by 10 points over Dillon.

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."