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NASCAR - Phoenix: Reutimann seemed to have a brake failure and went heavily into the wall rear end first.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Pitstoppers now include Newman, Harvick, Earnhardt and Bowyer.
NASCAR - Phoenix: There's a small fire on Reutimann's car too. It's basically flat from the rear window back! He's getting out.
Crash
NASCAR - Phoenix: Reutimann's BK Toyota has huge damage, the whole rear end is gone. He's radioing the crew suggesting a brake issue and seems to be OK.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Yellow on lap 190. Reutimann has crashed.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus told him he'd just have to "dig in" after that tap from Edwards dropped him to 25th. He's now 15th and flying.
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NASCAR - Phoenix: Johnson is again making better progress than Kenseth. The points leader takes 16th from team-mate Gordon, while Kenseth is 24th.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Newman is back in front. Prior to the pit dice rolling his way, he had been around 15th in most stints.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Johnson is up to 21st, Kenseth is 26th.
NASCAR - Phoenix: At this point it seems almost everyone is on a different pitstop strategy to everyone else, between different pit laps, different two/four/no tyre change choices. Somehow Front Row's David Gilliland is up to fifth!
Green flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Ryan Newman leads the restart on lap 168 (he didn't pit), but Joey Logano is swiftly past him.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Total shambles of a pitstop. Seems the JGR crew either wasn't expecting Kenseth or didn't know what the tyre plan was. He's now 29th. Johnson is 25th.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Bad stop for Kenseth! It takes 25s due to an issue on the left front.
Johnson is pitting too.
Johnson is pitting too.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: With the yellow out, Gordon and Kenseth are among the drivers heading for the pits.
Crash
NASCAR - Phoenix: Caution now as JJ Yeley gets into the wall. Johnson has tumbled to 26th in that incident!
NASCAR - Phoenix: That didn't last long as Gordon swiftly repasses him.
Kenseth is up to eighth, Johnson has just had a brush with Edwards and run way wide!
Kenseth is up to eighth, Johnson has just had a brush with Edwards and run way wide!
Green flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Restart time on lap 157 with this very shuffled post-pitstop field.
Jamie McMurray, who has been lower top 10 at best today, jumps Gordon for the race lead.
Jamie McMurray, who has been lower top 10 at best today, jumps Gordon for the race lead.
NASCAR - Phoenix: So the race order is now: 1 Gordon; 2 McMurray; 3 Newman; 4 Biffle; 5 Logano; 6 Gilliland; 7 Hamlin; 8 Bowyer; 9 Ambrose; 10 Kenseth; 11 Burton; 12 Almirola; 13 Earnhardt; 14 Keselowski; 15 Harvick; 16 Johnson.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Leaders head for the pits, midfielders mostly don't. This will jumble things.
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NASCAR - Phoenix: Kenseth is getting frustrated...
"I don't even know what to tell you to try to fix. It's so aero-tight I can't even explain it," he tells his crew over the radio.
"I don't even know what to tell you to try to fix. It's so aero-tight I can't even explain it," he tells his crew over the radio.
Crash
NASCAR - Phoenix: That started with David Reutimann spinning, pinching Patrick, Allgaier and Whitt into the wall.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Multi-car shunt at Turn 4, with Cole Whitt into the wall and Danica Patrick among the others involved. Back to yellow.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Kenseth is being absolutely swamped. His restart wasn't great and cars that have just taken on fresh tyres at that stop are attacking from all sides. He's slipped to 23rd.
Green flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Back to green on lap 137 of 312. Kenseth is up to 15th following a load of midfield pitstops.
Keselowski holds the lead, Johnson moves to fourth.
Keselowski holds the lead, Johnson moves to fourth.
Crash
NASCAR - Phoenix: NASCAR orders Kvapil to park up. Blaney was just a few cars behind his blow-up so oil seems a good bet for his spin cause.
Doesn't look like any frontrunners are pitting.
Doesn't look like any frontrunners are pitting.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Yellow! Travis Kvapil's BK Toyota is pouring smoke, and Dave Blaney's Baldwin Chevrolet is backwards into the wall.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Johnson takes fifth from Kurt Busch, while Kenseth is hurling himself into another gaggle of midfielders.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Kenseth is having to push hard and take some risks, but he's now back up to 23rd and clear of Bowyer and Logano, the other frontrunners to pit under that yellow.
Harvick has just taken second from Kahne, Johnson is sixth.
Harvick has just taken second from Kahne, Johnson is sixth.
Green flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Back to green on lap 121. Keselowski grabs the lead from Kahne this time.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Kenseth is now 28th.
Crash
NASCAR - Phoenix: Hill was side by side with fellow backmarker Josh Wise when he spun into the wall.
Several cars pit, including Kenseth! He's been very unhappy with his handling in this stint.
The stop takes 19.9s as JGR makes changes. Kenseth has to hope this works...
Several cars pit, including Kenseth! He's been very unhappy with his handling in this stint.
The stop takes 19.9s as JGR makes changes. Kenseth has to hope this works...
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Yellow again, FAS Lane's Timmy Hill has shunted.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Johnson now up to sixth as he becomes the latest to pass Menard.
Kahne is holding a one-second lead over Keselowski.
Kahne is holding a one-second lead over Keselowski.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Wasn't a great restart for Johnson, he's back to seventh behind Harvick and Gordon.
Kenseth remains 16th, just behind some very fraught racing.
Kenseth remains 16th, just behind some very fraught racing.
Green flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Back to green on lap 105 of 312. Kahne holds the lead at first, but Keselowski attacks further around the lap and nearly snatches it.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Those pitstops have turned things around.
Kahne, Edwards, Keselowski and Menard just changed two tyres, they jumped to first through fourth places.
Of those who changed all four tyres, Hendrick pair Johnson and Gordon leapfrogged Harvick. They're now fifth, sixth and seventh.
Kenseth changed all four too, but his stop was nearly 15s compared to 12s for the most rapid. He's now down in 16th.
Kahne, Edwards, Keselowski and Menard just changed two tyres, they jumped to first through fourth places.
Of those who changed all four tyres, Hendrick pair Johnson and Gordon leapfrogged Harvick. They're now fifth, sixth and seventh.
Kenseth changed all four too, but his stop was nearly 15s compared to 12s for the most rapid. He's now down in 16th.
Crash
NASCAR - Phoenix: It was Nemechek! Replays show he brushed the wall.
NASCAR - Phoenix: Leaders all pit. Assume the issue was debris, although the TV cameras homed in on Joe Nemechek's Toyota for a while as if to say "he did it".
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Phoenix: Yellow on lap 101, not clear why yet. Expect to see pitstops.
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