NASCAR Cup Series

With the 36 hours of Daytona in the rear view mirror, the Cup Series headed to the Valley of the Sun. Here is what was surprising and not surprising from the Subway Fresh Fit 500.

Sunday in Phoenix Biffle followed up his impressive Daytona 500 run with another solid performance in his No. 16 3M Ford Fusion. He never led a lap but with his team continuing to improve on the car during the course of the race was able to mount a late race charge to fall in behind winner Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick.

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.

Denny Hamlin avenged his 2010 hiccup during the 2010 Chase for the Sprint Cup and used good pit strategy to win the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the 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. "

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.