For the third straight Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway, it was Kyle Busch taking home the victory as he dominated the event, leading the most laps before the race was ended prematurely due to rain.
After Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s big win last weekend in the Daytona 500, the big question was whether he could keep the momentum rolling and do well in The Profit on CNBC 500 this weekend. The critics have been answered as Earnhardt came home with a solid second place finish.
Kevin Harvick, though, known as, "The Closer," for the past couple of seasons, Harvick did it all on Sunday, leading 224 of the 312 laps, as he went on to easily cruise to victory at The Profit for CNBC 500, Presented by Small Business Fueling America.
With 35 laps left in the Blue Jeans Go Green 200, the skies would open up and rain would begin to fall. After a two-hour rain delay, NASCAR would make the decision to call the race.
After scoring the pole for the Sprint Cup Series race yesterday, Brad Keselowski kept the momentum rolling as he would score the pole for today's Nationwide Series Blue Jeans Go Green 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Kevin Harvick, a four-time winner at Phoenix International Raceway, paced Saturday morning practice, logging in 42 laps during the session, including the quickest one.
Brad Keselowski had a game plan coming into the debut of NASCAR's version of knockout qualifying. Keselowski turned a lap of 139.384 mph on Friday to set a new track record at Phoenix International Raceway, knocking out fellow Team Penske teammate, Joey Logano.
Last weekend, Regan Smith made the last lap pass on Brad Keselowski to grab the win in the DRIVE4COPD 300. Then on Sunday, his team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500. So at the JR Motorsports shop this week, Smith said that there were a lot of happy guys.
After winning the Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt Jr. went on a whirlwind media tour that saw him travel across the United States and talk to a variety of people about his win. Earnhardt Jr. said today at Phoenix that every stop of the tour was enjoyable and he enjoyed talking about the win with everyone.
The 2026 Daytona 500 champion from Corning, California, was awarded the pole position for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 event at Charlotte due to rain canceling Saturday's qualifying session.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse, has one career NASCAR Cup Series victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway with that coming in the Bank of America 500 in 2015.
Joe Gibbs Racing owner and founder Joe Gibbs was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Charlotte Motor Speedway.
