Re: Fresh Fit 500 @ Phoenix
This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Phoenix International Raceway for Sunday's Sunday Fresh Fit 500. To help you make your fantasy racing picks, Motor Racing Network brings you our weekly detailed look at some of the field for the 312-lap event.
Who's HOT at Phoenix
• Jimmie Johnson leads all drivers in wins (4), laps led (744) and average finish (2.5) in the eight races with the COT.
• Mark Martin, winner of this event in 2009, has finished in the top 10 in his last four starts.
• Denny Hamlin has finished sixth or better in six of the last nine races.
• Jeff Gordon, the 2007 spring winner, has finished in the top 10 in 17 of his 24 starts.
• Ryan Newman, the defending race winner, finished in the top five in both races in 2010.
• Carl Edwards led 93 laps en route to the win last fall.
• Kurt Busch has posted four top 10s and led 212 laps in four of the last five races.
Keep an Eye on at Phoenix
• Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle have average finishes of 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, in the eight races with the COT at Phoenix.
• Jamie McMurray will race the same car that he posted a top 10 with at PIR last fall.
• Juan Pablo Montoya led 104 laps and finished fifth in this event last year at Phoenix.
• Clint Bowyer has finished in the top 10 in two of his last three starts at Phoenix.
• Tony Stewart finished second in this event in 2009 and has a 16.8 average finish in four Phoenix starts with Stewart-Haas.
• AJ Allmendinger won the pole and finished 15th last April at Phoenix.
• Jeff Burton has the fifth best average finish (11.7) in the last 10 races at Phoenix.
• Kevin Harvick equaled his best finish (sixth) last fall since sweeping both races in 2006.
• Matt Kenseth finished in the top 10 in both Phoenix races last season.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. has two top 10s and 150 laps led in the eight races with the COT