Harvick doubles up in Phoenix
Kevin Harvick took his second win in two days as he won the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix International Raceway
Harvick took the win in Friday night's Busch series race at Phoenix, and a late run to the front tonight saw him do it again.
Tony Stewart completed a remarkable run from the back to finish second, with Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer completing the top five runners. Kenseth's third place moved him into the points lead, nine ahead of seventh place finisher Jimmie Johnson.
It was a question of fuel mileage for everyone, and most of the field managed to make the gamble pay off.
However, those that didn't included Greg Biffle, who fell from second to sixteenth in the final two laps, and his teammate Mark Martin, who dropped from third to eleventh.
At the start of the race it was all Greg Biffle, before Mark Martin took the lead just after a lap 100 caution and red flag for a multi-car crash, Kyle Busch also damaging his car in a separate incident and later receiving a five lap penalty for colliding with a car under the red flag.
The race then stayed green for almost 100 laps, during which time Tony Stewart continued his march through the field, having started at the rear of the field for not starting on the tyres he qualified on.
Martin was first out of the pits at the caution but had to return to the pits to tighten a loose wheel, sending him to the rear of the lead lap runners.
Clint Bowyer led a few laps before Stewart's run to the front saw him take the lead. But another caution soon after saw Biffle move into the lead.
As the laps wound down Biffle looked comfortable, but in the closing laps Stewart began to catch him. Then Harvick caught Stewart, and then almost immediately ran down Biffle, taking the lead with 10 laps remaining which he held to the chequered flag.
Pos Driver Make Laps 1. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 312 2. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 312 3. Matt Kenseth Ford 312 4. Carl Edwards Ford 312 5. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 312 6. Kasey Kahne Dodge 312 7. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 312 8. Bobby Labonte Dodge 312 9. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 312 10. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 312 11. Mark Martin Ford 311 12. Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 311 13. Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 311 14. Brian Vickers Chevrolet 311 15. Jamie McMurray Ford 311 16. Greg Biffle Ford 311 17. Ken Schrader Ford 311 18. Tony Raines Chevrolet 311 19. Jeff Green Chevrolet 311 20. Dale Jarrett Ford 311 21. Casey Mears Dodge 311 22. Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 311 23. Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 310 24. Kurt Busch Dodge 310 25. Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 310 26. Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 310 27. Dave Blaney Dodge 309 28. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 309 29. David Stremme Dodge 308 30. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 307 31. Kyle Petty Dodge 306 32. Brent Sherman Dodge 305 33. Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 301 34. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 289 35. Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 283 36. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 259 37. Elliott Sadler Ford 247 38. Scott Riggs Dodge 229 39. Ryan Newman Dodge 221 40. Reed Sorenson Dodge 206 41. Robby Gordon Chevrolet 116 42. Michael Waltrip Dodge 98 43. 02 Brandon Ash Dodge 98
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