NASCAR Cup Series

The second race of NASCAR’s three-week western swing takes place Sunday afternoon at Phoenix International Raceway, a place where Joey Logano took the checkered flag in November and advanced to the championship final the following week at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Here’s a look at Ford’s history at the one-mile facility.

Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion, has had great success at Phoenix International Raceway, having won eight times in his career. He’s been most dominant over the last five years, having won six of the last nine Monster Energy Cup Series races at the facility, including four straight at one point. Crew chief Rodney Childers spoke about the team’s two-day organizational test session at PIR last month, and his hopes for this weekend.

Martin Truex Jr. was able to pass Brad Keselowski with two laps left in Sunday's Kobalt 400 and capture his eighth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win. Truex Jr. also became the first driver to win every segment along with the race victory.

Stewart-Haas Racing cars were the class of the field the first two races of the season, with a win in the Daytona 500 by Kurt Busch and most laps led in both the 500 and the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway by Kevin Harvick. Unfortunately, a 10th-place finish by Clint Bowyer was the highlight of a lousy day from the four-car organization.

Kyle Busch and Joey Logano made contact both on the track on the final lap and on pit road after the race concluded at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

A strong on-track performance by Erik Jones and the No. 77 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry was overshadowed by a tough afternoon on pit road, forcing the Furniture Row Racing team to settle for a still respectable 15th-place finish in the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Lucas Oil Chevrolet Team Finish 25th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway "Today just wasn't our day. We didn't qualify all that well on Friday and battled from behind from the beginning."

Recap: Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion team were in position to win their second consecutive Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race in Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS), but a broken suspension piece late in the race left them with a fifth-place finish. Keselowski, a two-time LVMS winner, began the race from the pole position and led the event until a lap 18 caution flag brought him down pit road for four tires, and wedge and air pressure adjustments.

After having to go to a back-up car, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. solidly ran in the top-20 for the majority of the race before suffering a mechanical issue with 12 laps remaining in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event at Las Vegas forcing him to settle with a 33rd-place finish.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford Fusion, fought for position inside the top 15 for much of the final two stages of Sunday afternoon’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, recording a 13th-place finish.