Another beautiful day in Avondale, Arizona. It’s expected to be 91 degrees when they take the green flag and the high temperature is expected to be 96 degrees. Wish I were there for the heat, though they always say it’s a dry heat so the static electricity might make me wish I were somewhere more moist. I love dampness since it keeps me from getting shocked as much. As a Georgia girl though I love the heat! Ryan Blaney has the outside pole. Congrats to the Wood Brothers 21 team!<\/p>\n
The race will be 312 laps broken into 75-75-162 lap segments.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 27 of 312 for Corey LaJoie brushing the wall.<\/p>\n
Stage one is over and Squinty-Douchey (Joey Logano) won the stage.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 117 of 312 for Corey LaJoie hitting the wall again.<\/p>\n
Stage 2 is complete with Chase Elliott winning the stage.<\/p>\n
Caution on lap 191 of 312 for a crash by Matt Kenseth into the wall. It was a hard hit. He lost the right front tire. It appeared he walked a bit gingerly to the ambulance.<\/p>\n
Caution is out on lap 204 of 312 for an incident between the 38 of David Ragan and the Gray Gaulding.<\/p>\n
David Ragan said Trevor Bayne is the reason for his wreck. He said Trevor was trying to wreck Danica for three or four laps and they were bouncing off each other and he was a casualty of their shenanigans.<\/p>\n
The MRN guys say the temperature is hitting 98 degrees now – 18:08 eastern time – with 72 laps to go. It is the hottest race day for NASCAR at Phoenix ever.<\/p>\n
Caution is out on lap 256 of 312 due to Cole Whitt hitting the wall after a tire failure.<\/p>\n
Martin Truex Jr’s air gun hose got trapped under his car after he stalled in the pit leading to a terrible pit stop.<\/p>\n
So far its generally been a race where whomever got out front stayed there until a restart occurred .<\/p>\n
Caution is out on lap 306 of 312 from Squinty-Douchey hitting the wall. Looks like another right side tire issue.<\/p>\n
Newman, Stenhouse, and Truex Jr stayed out on the pit stops, so they’re at the front of the field restarting in overtime.<\/p>\n
Newman steals one.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to Daniel Suarez on his seventh place finish. Congrats to the 48 team on the first top 10 finish of the season with a ninth place finish.<\/p>\n
MRN reckons RCR last won in 2010. TV is saying its been four years since Ryan Newman’s last win.<\/p>\n
NASCAR News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Another beautiful day in Avondale, Arizona. It’s expected to be 91 degrees when they take the green flag and the high temperature is expected to be 96 degrees. Wish I were there for the heat, though they always say it’s a dry heat so the static electricity might make me wish I were somewhere more … <\/p>\n\n
Next Race: Fontana<\/h3>\n
GO 48!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"