{"id":7110,"date":"2026-03-05T07:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/?p=7110"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:10:15","slug":"nascar-phoenix-sunday-march-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/nascar-phoenix-sunday-march-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Phoenix Sunday, March 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong><br><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year in this race, <strong>Christopher Bell<\/strong> passed <strong>Denny Hamlin<\/strong> on the final lap for his 3rd straight win.&nbsp; <strong>Bell<\/strong> won 3 of the first 4 races to start last season then went winless the next 24.&nbsp; In the championship finale last year, <strong>Denny Hamlin<\/strong> was leading &amp; three laps away from his first championship when the caution came out.&nbsp; <strong>Kyle Larson<\/strong> went on to celebrate his 2nd title.&nbsp; <strong>Ryan Blaney<\/strong> finally won at Phoenix for the first time after finishing runner-up in 4 of the previous 6 Phoenix races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">60th Phoenix NASCAR Cup Series race \u2013 First race: 1988 (38 Years ago)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Phoenix races settled by pass in final lap last year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Harvick: 9 Phoenix wins \u2013 Most all-time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Harvick: Last win with Childress \u2013 Phoenix 11\/10\/13 \/ First win with Stewart-Haas \u2013 Phoenix 3\/2\/14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closest Phoenix finish: .010 Seconds (3\/16) Kevin Harvick over Carl Edwards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kyle Larson only driver to finish top 5 both Phoenix races last season \u2013 Finished 3rd &amp; 3rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Josh Berry, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott &amp; Denny Hamlin finished top 10 both Phoenix races last season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denny Hamlin led 211 Phoenix laps last season \u2013 Most of all drivers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Bell only repeat winner last 6 Phoenix races (2 Wins) \u2013 4 Others 1 win each<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last to win back-to-back Phoenix races: Kyle Busch 11\/18 &amp; 3\/19 (Ryan Blaney won last Phoenix race)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Byron Stage 1 winner both races in 2025 \u2013 Finished 6th &amp; 33rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 6 Phoenix races<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 of top 5 closest finishes in 2025 came at Phoenix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Phoenix caution laps: 73 (3\/20 &amp; 3\/25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Phoenix win for 8 of last 11 Phoenix winners \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Chase Briscoe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Byron, Ross Chastain, Christopher Bell &amp; Ryan Blaney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hendrick Motorsports won 13 Phoenix races with 9 different drivers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 Won first career race at Phoenix \u2013 Alan Kulwicki 1988, Bobby Hamilton 1996 &amp; Chase Briscoe 3\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Rookie of the Year contenders won Phoenix \u2013 Tony Stewart 1999 &amp; Kyle Busch 11\/05<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX Last year in this race, Christopher Bell passed Denny Hamlin on the final lap for his 3rd straight win.&nbsp; Bell won 3 of the first 4 races to start last season then went winless the next 24.&nbsp; In the championship finale last year, Denny Hamlin was leading &amp; three laps away from his first&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,18,6,7,8,9,19],"class_list":["post-7110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-17","tag-broadcasting","tag-chris-myers","tag-chris-myers-sports","tag-fox-sports","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}