William Byron starts on the pole for the championship race, with Kyle Larson in 4th, Christopher Bell in 13th, and Ryan Blaney in 15th. Byron leads the race, with Kevin Harvick in second. Larson falls to 5th, while Bell and Blaney are in 9th and 11th respectively. Byron wins the opening stage, with Harvick and Ross Chastain following behind. Larson settles in 4th, while Blaney moves up to 5th. Harvick, Chastain, and Byron are the top 3 off pit road for the second stage. Byron continues to lead, with Larson, Blaney, and Bell in pursuit. The gap between Byron and Harvick is around 1 second.
10 to go in stage 2. 175 laps complete. Buescher Chastain Harvick Truex Byron Blaney Larson Wallace Keselowski Jones.
Harvick, Chastain, Byron the top 3 off pit road. @Blaney lost some spots. 200 laps to go @phoenixraceway.
Lap 75 of 312: Byron leads still. Then Larson, Blaney and Bell run 4-5-6 behind Harvick and Chastain. Gap between the No. 24 and No. 4 is sitting around 1 second or so.
Stage 2 restart: Byron holds the lead over Harvick and Chastain. Larson settles in P4, Blaney up to P5 (restarted P8), Bell in P7 for now.
Back to green for the start of the second stage. 68 laps complete Byron Harvick Chastain Larson Buescher Wallace Truex Blaney Bell Hamlin the top 10.
Off pit road at Lap 65: Byron maintains over Harvick, Chastain, Larson (+1), Buescher (+1), Wallace (-2), Truex, Blaney (+2), Bell and Hamlin. #NASCAR
Off pit road: Byron Harvick Chastain Larson Blaney comes out 8th, Bell 9th.
Off pit road and before the choose: Byron, Harvick, Chastain, Larson, Buescher, Wallace, Truex, Blaney, Bell, Hamlin
off pit road: Byron Harvick Chastain Larson Buescher Wallace
OK, here come the first pit stops of the day. Race off pit road: Byron, Harvick, Chastain, Larson, Buescher. Wallace loses two spots. Blaney gains two spots to P8.
Byron wins opening stage. Byron Harvick Chastain Wallace Larson .. 9th-Bell 10th-Blaney
15 laps left in stage 1. Byron over Harvick by Larson has fallen to 5th. Bell and Blaney are 9th and 11th.
Byron on the pole for the championship race. Champ 4: 1-Byron 4-Larson 13th-Bell 15th-Blaney ... top-10: Byron Truex Harvick Larson Wallace Hamlin Jones Chastain Buescher Reddick