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2024 NASCAR Cup Series Race Four Phoenix

Cars in field: 36
Pole: Denny Hamlin (11)
Outside pole: Ty Gibbs (54)
Stages: 60-125-127
Weather: Sunny, 73°F, Wind E 13 mph

Caution lap 5 of 312 for a spin by Derek Kraus (16) who collects Austin Dillon (3) and Austin Cindric (2).

Tyler Reddick (45) passes Ty ‘LittleJoe’ Gibbs (54) for the stage one win.

Restarting on lap 69 of 312 with ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) and Tyler Reddick (45) on the front row.

Green flag pit stops underway on lap 114 of 312.

Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) wins stage two.

Caution on lap of 312 for a spin by Kyle ‘KyBu’ Busch (8).

Restarting on lap 202 of 312 with ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) and Tyler ‘TyRed’ Red (45) on the front row.

Ross ‘WatermelonBoy’ Chastain (1) tagged the wall on lap 202 of 312.

Caution on lap 203 of 312 for a crash involving Joey Logano (22) with help from behind by the usual suspect John Hunter ‘JHN’ Nemechek (42). Logano collected Josh Berry (4), Derek Kraus (16), Corey LaJoie (7), Zane Smith (71) in the incident.

Restarting on lap 212 of 312 with ‘Desperate’ Denny Hamlin (11) and Tyler ‘TyRed’ Reddick (45) up front.

Hamlin (11) spins in front of the field, everybody got around him, but the caution finally comes out on lap 215 of 312.

Some pit, some stay out.

Erik Jones (43) bounces off the wall on lap 221 of 312, then continues on. The race stays green.

On lap 308 of 312 lead CBell is 6.443 seconds ahead of second place Chris Buescher (17).

Christopher ‘CBell’ Bell (20) wins 5.649 seconds ahead of second place Chris Buescher (17).

Finally the boredom is concluded. That was a boring Phoenix race. It had a little more action than the usual Phoenix event, but it was boring all the same.

MRN’s Jeff Striegle said, “It was a matter of which Toyota team would win today” and that just about summed up the level of excitement and engagement not generated by the event for me.

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GO Hendrick 48 & 9!!!!