NASCAR at Phoenix race results, highlights from Joey Logano's win at FanShield 500

Austin Anderson

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A second victory of the season seemed possible for Joey Logano on Lap 136. It seemed like a long shot on Lap 137. 

He sat in the fifth position going into a pit stop. His crew took off a tire and it rolled from the inside half of the pit box out to the outside half of the pit box. He was sent to the rear for an uncontrolled tire on pit road. Slowly but surely, Logano made his way through the field on the remaining 175 laps before passing teammate Brad Keselowski for the lead with 20 laps to go. He never looked back en route to his second victory in the season's first four races.

Logano would have liked to win it in the first 312 laps. He likely would have, too, but two cautions in the last 10 laps led to the first overtime of the 2020 season. He had the lead on the restart with Kevin Harvick right behind, looking for his shot to take get by. But with only two laps in the extra session, Logano ended the overtime period where he started it: at the front of the pack.

The FanShield 500 is Logano's 25th career win. He's just the fourth driver to reach 35 wins before the age of 30.

"That was a pretty intense last 30 minutes or hour of the race," Logano said. "Couldn't be more proud of this team. Two wins already in the books. We got to keep this thing rocking."

Chase Elliot and Kevin Harvick started the race in the first and second positions, respectively, and dominated the race early on. Elliot led a race-high 94 laps, including the first 61, and finished seventh. Harvick led the second-most laps, 67, and finished .276-seconds behind Logano. Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five. 

It's only the fourth race of the season, but the FanShield 500 in Phoenix might have provided drivers and fans a glimpse into how the championship race could play out in November. Homestead-Miami Speedway has been the final race in the NASCAR playoffs for the last 18 years, but this season the champion will be determined in Phoenix.

ISM Raceway underwent a $178 million upgrade this offseason. The FanShield 500 was NASCAR's first chance to show it off — and also the last chance for drivers to get a feel for it before the final race of the season in November. The last time NASCAR raced at ISM Raceway, there were only eight lead changes in the entire race. Fans were, quite frankly, bored with such little action. The move was made to go from the "high downforce" cars to "low downforce" cars with much smaller spoilers and front overhangs, which decreases control and emphasizes skill.

NASCAR got exactly what it wanted. Sunday's race was filled with action, 20 lead changes and exciting restarts.

Sporting News tracked live race results and lap-by-lap highlights from NASCAR's  race at Phoenix Raceway. Follow below for complete results from the FanShield 500 :

NASCAR at Phoenix live updates, highlights from FanShield 500

7:09 p.m. — Joey Logano wins it! He holds off a late push from Kevin Harvick and captures his second win of the season.

7:06 p.m. —  OT:

7:03 p.m. —  Another caution. We're headed to overtime. 

7:01 p.m. —  Logano, Harvick, Kyle Busch, Larson, Bowyer are the top five on the restart.

6:58 p.m. —  Another caution with nine laps to go. Should be five laps to go when we restart.

6:53 p.m. — A lot of positive reactions to the reductions of the spoiler and front overhang. It's made for a fun race, no doubt.

6:53 p.m. —  Logano is in the lead. Harvick is second and Keselowski is third. 

6:44 p.m. — Another caution off the restart. Logano nearly got turned but stayed straight. Truex ended up being the one to hit the wall.

6:42 p.m. —  Another caution — this time for Chris Buescher. Kyle Busch wins the race off pit road. Keselowski is still in the lead, followed by Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Alex Bowman, Martin Truex Jr, Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola.

6:35 p.m. — Kyle Larson took the lead off the restart but Keselowski took it right back.

6:30 p.m. —  A decent amount of cars stayed out, including Keselowski and Elliot who are in first and second, respectively. 43 laps to go.

6:27 p.m. —  A tough break for rookie Tyler Reddick: crashes into the wall which brings out a caution. Reddick was a real threat to finish very well.

6:18 p.m. —  Caution out after Erik Jones hit the wall. 59 laps to go.

6:10 p.m. —  The decision to get four new tires over two during the last caution has paid off. Mike Joy just said the drivers who only took two tires have lost 38 spots combined.

6:08 p.m. — Logano in the lead. Harvick up to second and Chase Elliot passes Tyler Reddick for fifth. 

6:04 p.m. —  Something to watch with 90 laps to go.

5:53 p.m. —  Caution: 100 laps to go. Reddick has fallen to eighth. Chase Elliot is still climbing, now in 10th. Keselowski in the lead.

5:48 p.m. —  200 laps down and rookie Tyler Reddick is in second place.

5:37 p.m. —  Full results for Stage 2:

5:35 p.m. — A caution from the 51 car means Brad Keselowski takes Stage 2. Harvick is second, Truex Jr. in third, Reddick in fourth. Chase Elliot gets the free pass and is back on the lead lap. 

5:32 p.m. —  Five laps to go in Stage 2. Keselowski, Harvick, Truex Jr, Reddick, Kyle Busch in the top five.

5:19 p.m. —  Chase Elliot goes to pit road for a loose tire. He's sitting in 28th. Keselowski is leading the pack with 30 laps to go in Stage 2. Logano up to 10th. 

5:14 p.m. —  Jimmie Johnson has been strong today. He's in eighth behind Tyler Reddick and trying to hold off Almirola.

5:12 p.m. —  Logano had to restart in 28th for a penalty on pit road. He's up to 15.

5:11 p.m. —  Martin Truex Jr. with a huge surge to take the lead with 50 laps to go in Stage 2.

5:10 p.m. —  Coming out of the caution:

5:03 p.m. —  Caution is out after Austin Dillon slides into the wall. Dillon lost a wheel earlier.

5 p.m. —  Tyler Reddick is in the top-five. The 24-year-old started 29th.

4:54 p.m. —  Kevin Harvick is back in the lead.

4:52 p.m. —   A broken upper control arm ended the day for Ryan Blaney.

4:48 p.m. — Chase Elliot is back in the lead.

4:38 p.m. —  LaJoie to the rear for speeding. Hamlin picks up a penalty for having too many crew members over the wall.

4:32 p.m. —  The complete top ten:

4:31 p.m. — Kevin Harvick wins Stage 1! Chase Elliot comes in second with Logano right behind him. DiBenedetto and Kyle Busch round out the top five.

4:27 p.m. —  Five laps to go in the first stage once the caution ends.

4:24 p.m. — Implications from the crash:

4:21 p.m. —  Another crash right after the green flag came out. Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney hit the wall. Keselowski caught up in it too. The caution is back out on lap 65.

4:20 p.m. —  Two penalities from pit road. Christopher Bell to the back for speeding. Ty Dillon had someone go over all the wall.

4:18 p.m. —  Harvick to the lead off pit road. Elliot had led every lap before the caution.

4:15 p.m. —  Caution! Ricky Stenhouse is into the wall. Lots of action should happen on pit road.

4:05 p.m. —  Kevin Harvick nearly took the lead from Chase Elliot but couldn't quite get there. Those two are over six seconds ahead of DiBenedetto in third.

4 p.m. —  Elliot with six-tenths of a second lead on Harvick. Larson, Hamlin, DiBenedetto round out the top five. 30 laps in.

3:53 p.m. —  Chase Elliot started on the pole position and has kept the lead after the first 16 laps.

3:50 p.m. — You're not wrong, NASCAR.

3:48 p.m. —  We are officially underway in Phoenix.

NASCAR at Phoenix final results 

Pos. Car No.  Driver Manufacturer
1. 22 Joey Logano Ford
2. 4 Kevin Harvick Ford
3. 18 Kyle Busch Toyota
4. 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet
5. 14 Clint Bowyer Ford
6. 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet
7. 9 Chase Elliot Chevrolet
8. 10 Aric Almirola Ford
9. 41 Cole Custer Ford
10. 24 William Byron Chevrolet
11. 1 Brad Keselowski Ford
12. 48  Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
13. 21 Matt DiBendetto Ford
14. 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet
15. 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet
16. 34 Michael McDowell Ford
17. 17 Chris Buescher Ford
18. 37 Ryan Preece Chevrolet
19. 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet
20. 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota
21. 96 Daniel Suarez Toyota
22. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet
23. 6 Ross Chastain Ford
24. 95 Christopher Bell Toyota
25. 38 John Hunter Nemechek Ford
26. 52 JJ Yeley Ford
27. 32 Corey LaJoie Ford
28. 20  Erik Jones Toyota
29. 53 Joey Gase Chevrolet
30. 77 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet
31. 15 Brennan Poole Chevrolet
32. 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota
33. 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet
34. 00 Quin Houff  Chevrolet
35. 51 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet
36. 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet
37. 12 Ryan Blaney Ford
38. 66 Timmy Hill( Toyota

 

Austin Anderson