Fantasy Racing Scouting Report – Phoenix

[box border=”full”]This post is a recap of what happened earlier this year at Phoenix[/box]

Phoenix Top Ten Starters

1. Brad Keselowski
2. Joey Logano
3. Jamie McMurray
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6. Greg Biffle
7. Kyle Larson
8. Kyle Busch
9. Aric Almirola
10. Kurt Busch

Full Phoenix Starting Lineup

Pre-ace Notes

There was a competition caution on lap 35.

Brad Keselowski was without his crew chief. He flew home for the birth of his child.

Justin Allgaier started in the rear of the field in a backup car.

All three Joe Gibbs Racing cars used different setups.

Kyle Busch won the Nationwide Series race the day before.

Race Notes

Joey Logano started in the outside lane of the first row and he led laps 1-37.

Kevin Harvick started in 13th and he was able to move up through the field without much difficulty. He was up to 6th in the first 4 laps. His strength was getting back into the throttle quicker than other cars. He was in 4th place on lap 17. His car was in a league of it’s own.

Austin Dillon lost 12 spots in the first 11 laps.

Kasey Kahne struggled early and was in 22nd on lap 18. He was loose in and loose off in the turns.

Running order on lap 19: 22,2,48,4,88,1,18,16,31,24 … 43,41,14,11,42,15,20,55,99,47, … 13,5,27,9,78,17,38,10,34,23 … 33,51,95,3,26,7,30,83,36,32 … 66,35,87

Jamie McMurray was loose on lap 23. He was running in 6th at the time.

Running order on lap 58: 22,2,4,88,24,48,18,41,43,1 … 11,31,20,99,16,14,55,78,27,15 … 42,5,47,13,10,3,9,17,34,51

Kevin Harvick passed Joey Logano for the lead on lap 74.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Joey Logano for second place around lap 92.

Kurt Busch was in 7th place on lap 98.