Fantasy NASCAR Scouting Report – Phoenix
[themify_box]This scouting report is a recap of what happened in spring 2016 at Phoenix[/themify_box]
Phoenix Top Ten Starters
- Kyle Busch
- Carl Edwards
- Denny Hamlin
- Kurt Busch
- Jimmie Johnson (Starting in the rear of the field)
- Matt Kenseth
- Kyle Larson
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Phoenix Pre-race Notes
Jimmie Johnson started in the rear of the field.
Kasey Kahne started in the rear of the field.
Ty Dillon drove the #14.
Phoenix Race Notes
Kyle Busch who won the pole selected the top lane. He led the opening 74 laps.
On lap 7 Jimmie Johnson was up to 27th. Kasey Kahne was up to 31st.
15 laps into the race Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the fastest car on the track.
Running order on lap 18: 18,19,41,11,78,22,20,3,42,43 … 88,17,21,4,24,16,1,2,27,14 … 31,48,47,5,6,13,83,23,10,44 … 38,95,7,34,98,46,30,32,15
Notable Moment: 26 laps into the race Clint Bowyer was two laps down running in last (39th). Early in the race he made an unexpected pit stop.
Running order on lap 38: 18,19,41,11,22,78,88,3,20,42 … 4,43,21,24,48,1,17,5,27,2 … 31,14,16,47,83,6,10,13,23,44 … 38,95,7,98,34,46,30,32,15
On lap 39 Jimmie Johnson was up to 15th.
On lap 43 Casey Mears who was running in 28th got lapped.
Kyle Busch really liked his car on lap 44. He was leading at the time.
Big Moment: On lap 52 while around 20th Newman got into the wall hard and pancaked his right side. This led to his last place finish. He melted a bead in his tire.
During the first round of pit stops Kyle Busch took two tires. Everyone else took four.
Notable Moment: During the first round of pit stops Denny Hamlin’s pit crew had an uncontrolled tire. This dropped him from the top five back to about the mid-twenties.
Running order on lap 60: 18,19,88,41,22,4,78,20,3,42 … 5,43,48,24,2,21,14,1,27,17 … 47,83,10,16,6,11,23,44,38,13 … 95,34,98,7,46,15,30,32,31
On lap 75 Dale Earnhardt Jr. passed Kyle Busch for the lead.
Running order on lap 75: 88,18,19,4,41,78,22,20,3,43 … 48,24,42,2,5,21,14,47,27,1 … 17,16,83,10,11,6,23,13,44,38 … 95,34,98,7,15,46,32,30,31
On two tires Kyle Busch was falling back in the field. 10 laps after losing the lead he was back to 4th.
Running order on lap 92: 88,19,4,18,41,78,22,20,48,3 … 43,24,2,5,21,42,14,1,47,27 … 17,83,10,11,16,6,44,13,38,95 … 98,34,7,23,15,46,32,30,31
Kevin Harvick had a great car. On lap 99 he radioed his team and said his car was so much better after some adjustments. On lap 101 he was up to 2nd.
Big Moment: On lap 106 Paul Menard got into the wall hard. He said something broke (melted a tire bead). This led to his 38th place finish.
Running order on lap 132: 19,18,4,88,41,48,22,24,3,43 … 2,78,20,11,42,5,21,14,47,1 … 17,10,16,83,6,23,38,44,95,7 … 98,34,13,15,46,32,30,27,31
Notable Moment: On lap 132 Casey Mears was slow on the track and came to pit road. He had some sort of electrical issue.
Notable Moment: Around lap 138 Landon Cassill made an unexpected pit stop. He was running in the high-twenties at the time and it dropped him to the low-thirties.
Running order on lap 150: 19,18,4,48,88,41,22,24,3,43 … 78,2,11,20,5,21,14,47,42,1 … 17,10,16,83,6,23,44,95,7,98 … 34,38,15,32,46,30,13,27,31
Carl Edwards really liked his car. He was leading on lap 163 and said everything was good.
Big Moment: On lap 163 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. blew a tire and got into the wall hard. He was running around 21st at the time.
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