Denny Hamlin*****
Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin*****
Kurt Busch
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr.
START TIME: 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. local).
GREEN FLAG: 3:45 p.m. ET. (12:45 p.m. local).
Bryan Derbyshire, Founder and CEO of Protecht, the parent company of FanShield, and Casey Callinsky, Chief Operating Officer, will instruct drivers to start their engines at 3:37 p.m. ET (12:37 p.m. local).
TV: Fox. Pre-race broadcast begins at 3 p.m. ET. (Noon local).
RADIO: Motor Racing Network. STREAMING: Fox Sports Go.
RACE DISTANCE: 312 laps around the 1-mile track for a total of 312 miles — or 500 kilometers.
STAGE LENGTHS (laps per stage): Stage 1: 75, Stage 2: 115, Stage 2: 122.
Joey Logano, left, Denny Hamlin, center, and Ryan Blaney race three-wide on a green flag restart during the 2019 playoff race at Phoenix Raceway.
WEATHER: Should be about perfect, with mostly-sunny to sunny skies with a 0% chance of rain and temperatures in the low 70s.
LAST TIME: Denny Hamlin led 143 of 312 laps, edging Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch by .377 seconds in the November playoff race. And one year ago, Kyle Busch led 177 of 312 laps, holding off JGR teammate Martin Truex Jr. by 1.259 seconds in March.
Chase Elliot*
Kevin Harvick
Ryan Blaney
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin*
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr.
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick*
Martin Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex Jr.
Kyle Busch *
Denny Hamlin
Chase Elliott
Green Flag!
Favorites by driver:
Kyle Busch: bigstar, 4me2c. 82harley, Ryu
Elliott: crazed, orziz
Hamlin: superbox, dara, TimeKeeper
Harvick: Marley, minitor
Truex: ranagee
Other drivers:
Almirola
Blaney
Kurt Busch
Logano
Blaney first out, and Hamlin with significant damage.
Kevin Harvick wins stage 1. 10 bonus points to Marley and minitor.