NASCAR Cup Series

Somehow at the end of the race in Phoenix, I understood how the little girl in Poltergeist felt when she looked at the TV and said, “They’re back!”

Last week must have been a dream. I mean the euphoria of a new young star winning the biggest race of the season with a team that has few resources but a long history couldn’t possibly have happened.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: ENDING A NEARLY TWO-YEAR WINLESS STREAK, WELCOME HOME. "Are you kidding me? Pinch me man, pinch me."

Kyle Busch (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Jeff Gordon dominated Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway by leading 138 of the 312 laps run. This was Gordon’s first Sprint Cup Series win since April 5, 2009 at Texas Motor Speedway.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished Eight “We’ll take a top 10. It was a pretty good day for the Shell/Pennzoil Dodge today. Steve (Addington, crew chief) and the guys gave me a fast car for qualifying."

AJ ALLMENDINGER – No. 43 Valvoline Ford Fusion (Finished 9th) – “It was all right. I don’t know why this race kind of works out like that. You always get some yellows early and guys doing two tires and no tires."

Due to Phoenix International Raceway’s (PIR) racing surface being “used up its life expectancy”, following Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 the track will undergo a complete makeover.

TREVOR BAYNE - No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion - "I don't know what happened. We were battling with the 13 car a little bit and I don't know if it was the 38 car behind us or who, but something happened."

JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET, involved in 13 car accident on the backstretch on lap 66 after being involved in earlier multi-car incident on lap 59: WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? "It looked like the No 83 (Brian Vickers) had some trouble on the outside."