Phoenix Gives Team Penske a Win and a Pair of Wrecked Race Cars
Blaney celebrated in Victory Lane while Joey Logano and Austin Cindric saw promising days end in crashes during a chaotic final stage.
Blaney celebrated in Victory Lane while Joey Logano and Austin Cindric saw promising days end in crashes during a chaotic final stage.
Justin Allgaier looked finished after a disastrous pit stop dropped him deep in the field, but the 39-year-old veteran simply rolled up his sleeves, charged from 21st to the front, and stole the Phoenix race from Jesse Love with ten laps to go.
After a rookie season highlighted by five road-course victories, Shane Van Gisbergen is beginning to show the kind of consistency on ovals that could make him a genuine championship contender.
The veteran Joe Gibbs Racing driver says he’s still a little angry at Phoenix after last year’s title-deciding race — even if, as he joked, the track itself can’t feel it.
Three wins in three races has put Tyler Reddick firmly at the center of the NASCAR spotlight — something the 23XI Racing driver admits can make even a successful week feel hectic.
Joey Logano delivered a blistering lap in Saturday’s qualifying session at Phoenix Raceway, putting the No. 22 Team Penske Ford on pole while the organization stacked three cars inside the top five.
Three races into the 2026 season, Tyler Reddick has already accomplished something no NASCAR driver has done before — and the rest of the field has noticed.
Alfredo has logged countless simulator laps around Phoenix preparing Hendrick Motorsports for championship races. Now he’ll find out how well that preparation translates when the green flag drops Sunday.
Tyler Reddick arrives at Phoenix Raceway for Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 500 feeling confident and hopeful…
Three straight wins to open a NASCAR season is the sort of thing that lives in barroom hypotheticals and video games—until Tyler Reddick actually goes out and does it.