Jeff Gordon didn’t just drive to end hunger Sunday—he drove to end a famine. With a convincing victory in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, where he beat runner-up Kyle Busch to the checkered flag by 1.137 seconds, Gordon ended a 66-race winless streak dating to April 2009 at Texas. The win was Gordon’s second at the one-mile flat track and the 83rd of his care... more.

When one driver leads all 200 laps of a race, and there are only three cautions to slow the pace, it doesn’t leave much left for anyone else. But, the No. 23 North Texas Pipe Dodge team of R3 Motorsports did take away some good points from Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. And, driver Robert Richardson, Jr. completed his first race there since 2008 i... more.

Hopes were high in the Rusty Wallace Racing garages Saturday morning, following Steve Wallace's (No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry) top-ten effort in qualifying for the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Wallace, known as one of the series' strongest short track pilots, put in a lap of 27.301 seconds (131.863 MPH) in the morning qualifying session, good enough to pu... more.

Jason White and his No. 23 GunBroker.com team used a combination of pit strategy and a never give up attitude to score the rookie team’s first top-10 of the 2011 season at Phoenix International Raceway in Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150.     The solid run was a first for White at the 1-mile oval. In three starts at PIR, the Richmond, VA native had two DNF’s due to engine failure and his bes... more.

Andy Lally will drive the No. 71 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet Impala clad in the green Eco-Fuel Saver paint scheme at the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix International Raceway this Sunday.  Eco-fuel Savers will be on board for the next four races as well. Team owner Kevin Buckler is looking forward to a good outing in Phoenix.  “I was really proud of Andy last weekend. He did a great job of scorin... more.

Pos Owner Trk # Points Ldr Nxt +/- Top 25 PPos G/L 1 Kyle Busch 18 87 0 46 4 3 2 Delana Harvick 2 86 -1 -1 45 1 -1 3 Rhonda Thorson 88 71 -16 -15 30 9 6 4 Ricky Benton 92 70 -17 -1 29 2 -2 5 Mike Curb 13 67 -20 -3 26 16 11 6 Tom Deloach 17 66 -21 -1 25 10 4 7 Richard Childress 3 63 -24 -3 22 19 12 8 Rick Ware 1 62 -25 -1 21 6 -2 9 Bob Germain 9 61 -26 -1 20 ... more.

Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10 DNFs Money Won PPos G/L 1 Matt Crafton 0 71 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 $27,875 6 5 2 Clay Rogers 1 70 -1 -1 2 0 0 1 1 0 $44,875 1 -1 3 Cole Whitt # 0 68 -3 -2 2 0 0 0 1 0 $24,650 10 7 4 Johnny Sauter 0 67 -4 -1 2 0 0 1 1 0 $29,270 13 9 5 Timothy Peters 1 66 -5 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 $25,175 7 2 6 Austin Dillon 0 63 -8 -3 2 1 0 1 1 1 $29... more.

from RACER.com-ESPN reports that Lewis Hamilton and Tony Stewart are set to test each other's Formula 1 and NASCAR Sprint Cup cars at Watkins Glen later this summer, in an exhibition along the lines of the famous "Tradin' Paint" ride-swap at Indianapolis involving Jeff Gordon and then-F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya back in 2003. The sports network's Marty Smith reported that the exhibition has be... more.

Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Row 1: 1 99 Carl Edwards SUBWAY Ford 26.224 137.279 2 22 Kurt Busch Shell / Pennzoil Dodge 26.256 137.112 Row 2: 3 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 26.259 137.096 4 18 Kyle Busch Combos Toyota 26.281 136.981 Row 3: 5 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 26.283 136.971 6 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 26.288 136.945 Row 4: 7 56 Martin ... more.

1 Joe Gibbs 18 86 0 54 7 6 2 Delana Harvick 33 85 -1 -1 53 2 0 3 Harry Scott Jr. 30 78 -8 -7 46 6 3 4 Sandra Turner 32 78 -8 0 46 5 1 5 Jack Roush 6 73 -13 -5 41 8 3 6 Joe Gibbs 20 71 -15 -2 39 12 6 7 Steve Turner 38 66 -20 -5 34 11 4 8 Gary Bechtel 99 65 -21 -1 33 9 1 9 Kelley Earnhardt 7 58 -28 -7 26 14 5 10 Andrea Nemechek 87 58 -28 0 26 15 5 11 Jack Ro... more.

Kyle Busch held off a frenetic challenge from Carl Edwards in the closing laps of Saturday’s Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway and collected his 44th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Having won Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the 1-mile track, Busch will try for a weekend sweep Sunday in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 Sprint Cup event. Busch ... more.

Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10 DNFs Money Won PPos G/L 1 Reed Sorenson 0 78 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 $93,946 2 1 2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 0 73 -5 -5 2 0 0 0 2 0 $80,331 4 2 3 Jason Leffler 0 71 -7 -2 2 0 0 0 1 0 $78,721 3 0 4 Danica Patrick 1 58 -20 -13 2 0 0 0 0 0 $68,796 7 3 5 Joe Nemechek 0 58 -20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 $72,546 8 3 6 Aric Almirola 0 56 -22 -2 2 0 0 ... more.

No Lap Infraction Flag Penalty Lap Assessed Notes 79 Pre-Race to the rear W Tail of the field Unapproved Adjustments 66 106 Speed-Exiting pits Y Tail of the Field 112 66 106 Pitting before pit road is open Y Tail of the Field 112 01 106 Pitting before pit road is open Y Tail of the Field 112 16 164 Pitting before pit road is open Y Tail of the field 170... more.

Fin Str Car Driver Team Lap Pts BPts Status TLd LLd 1 1 18 Kyle Busch(i) Interstate Batteries Toyota 200 0 Running 1 200 2 2 60 Carl Edwards(i) Ford Mustang / Ford Drive one. Ford 200 0 Running 3 9 33 Kevin Harvick(i) Rheem / Menards Chevrolet 200 0 Running 4 6 30 Ryan Newman(i) Dollar General Chevrolet 200 0 Running 5 10 32 Reed Sorenson Dollar General Chevrolet 200 39 Running 6... more.

Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Row 1: 1 18 Kyle Busch(i) Interstate Batteries Toyota 26.806 134.298 2 60 Carl Edwards(i) Ford Mustang / Ford Drive one. Ford 27.001 133.328 Row 2: 3 20 Joey Logano(i) SportClips Toyota 27.040 133.136 4 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Dodge 27.143 132.631 Row 3: 5 11 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Toyota 27.158 132.558 6 30 Ryan Newman(i) Dollar General Chevrolet ... more.