Qualifying is important each week but can be even more so in a race like Sunday’s, given how quickly cars can go a lap down at a short track like Bristol Motor Speedway.
If you were sitting in the sold-out grandstands at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday afternoon, you might be under the impression that Christopher Bell won the Shriners Children’s 500 in a runaway then and there.
Christopher Bell surged into the lead when Martin Truex Jr. was forced to pit and pulled away for an emotional NASCAR Cup Series win at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday.
Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series event at Phoenix Raceway, capping a stellar qualifying session for Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota on Saturday.
Four deuces might make a powerful poker hand, but the last thing Ryan Blaney wants to see this weekend is another “2” in his results column at Phoenix Raceway.
NASCAR on Saturday displayed a clearly altered glove that Joey Logano wore in qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where aerodynamic-deflecting alterations were so obvious it looked as if he was wearing part of an amphibious costume.