Kevin Harvick has dominated The Profit on CNBC 500 in Phoenix winning his first race since joining Stewart-Haas Racing and setting himself up for a NASCAR title tilt.
Despite it being just his second race with the team, Harvick entered the race as an overwhelming favourite and delivered, despite the best efforts of Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. It his fifth win at Phoenix and 24th overall for his career.
Harvick led 224 of the 312 laps at the one-mile track, including the final 24, leaving Earnhardt to battle with front row starters Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, who finished third and fourth, respectively, for Team Penske.
“Man, this just solidifies so many things and so many decisions,” said Harvick.
“It’s been so much work with all the time and effort that these guys (the crew) have put in–but what a race car.
“Rodney Childers has just done a phenomenal job of putting this team together. These guys all want to win. That’s why they came here. That’s why I came here, too.
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson finished fifth and sixth, with Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray completing the top 10.
A challenging race for Australia’s Marcos Ambrose who battled car balance throughout to finish in 22nd.
VIDEO: Race Wrap from Phoenix
RESULTS: The Profit on CNBC 500 – Phoenix
|
POS |
Car # |
Driver |
Make |
Start Pos. |
Laps |
Laps Led |
Final Status |
Points |
Bonus Points |
|
1 |
4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 13 | 312 | 224 | Running | 48 | 5 |
|
2 |
88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 5 | 312 | 0 | Running | 42 | 0 |
|
3 |
2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 1 | 312 | 3 | Running | 42 | 1 |
|
4 |
22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 2 | 312 | 71 | Running | 41 | 1 |
|
5 |
24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 17 | 312 | 4 | Running | 40 | 1 |
|
6 |
48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 4 | 312 | 0 | Running | 38 | 0 |
|
7 |
31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 15 | 312 | 6 | Running | 38 | 1 |
|
8 |
99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 23 | 312 | 1 | Running | 37 | 1 |
|
9 |
18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 7 | 312 | 0 | Running | 35 | 0 |
|
10 |
1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 3 | 312 | 0 | Running | 34 | 0 |
|
11 |
5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 11 | 312 | 0 | Running | 33 | 0 |
|
12 |
20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | 19 | 312 | 0 | Running | 32 | 0 |
|
13 |
15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 14 | 312 | 1 | Running | 32 | 1 |
|
14 |
13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | 18 | 312 | 0 | Running | 30 | 0 |
|
15 |
43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 9 | 312 | 0 | Running | 29 | 0 |
|
16 |
14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 20 | 312 | 0 | Running | 28 | 0 |
|
17 |
16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 6 | 312 | 0 | Running | 27 | 0 |
|
18 |
17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 21 | 312 | 0 | Running | 26 | 0 |
|
19 |
11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 12 | 312 | 0 | Running | 25 | 0 |
|
20 |
42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 8 | 312 | 0 | Running | 24 | 0 |
|
21 |
9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 29 | 311 | 0 | Running | 23 | 0 |
|
22 |
78 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | 27 | 311 | 0 | Running | 22 | 0 |
|
23 |
27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 22 | 311 | 0 | Running | 21 | 0 |
|
24 |
3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 24 | 311 | 0 | Running | 20 | 0 |
|
25 |
55 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 16 | 311 | 0 | Running | 19 | 0 |
|
26 |
47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 25 | 310 | 0 | Running | 18 | 0 |
|
27 |
26 | Cole Whitt | Toyota | 31 | 310 | 0 | Running | 17 | 0 |
|
28 |
34 | David Ragan | Ford | 30 | 310 | 0 | Running | 16 | 0 |
|
29 |
38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 28 | 309 | 2 | Running | 16 | 1 |
|
30 |
51 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 43 | 309 | 0 | Running | 14 | 0 |
|
31 |
36 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 39 | 308 | 0 | Running | 13 | 0 |
|
32 |
33 | Brian Scott | Chevrolet | 32 | 308 | 0 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
33 |
95 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 26 | 307 | 0 | Running | 11 | 0 |
|
34 |
7 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 41 | 307 | 0 | Running | 10 | 0 |
|
35 |
83 | Ryan Truex | Toyota | 34 | 307 | 0 | Running | 9 | 0 |
|
36 |
10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 33 | 306 | 0 | Running | 8 | 0 |
|
37 |
35 | Blake Koch | Ford | 37 | 306 | 0 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
38 |
32 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 40 | 302 | 0 | Running | 6 | 0 |
|
39 |
41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 10 | 292 | 0 | Engine | 5 | 0 |
|
40 |
66 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 38 | 292 | 0 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
41 |
23 | Alex Bowman | Toyota | 35 | 230 | 0 | Brakes | 3 | 0 |
|
42 |
30 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 36 | 226 | 0 | Engine | 2 | 0 |
|
43 |
87 | Morgan Shepherd | Toyota | 42 | 28 | 0 | Brakes | 0 | 0 |
STANDINGS
|
Position |
Driver |
Car # |
Points |
Behind |
Starts |
WINS |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
DNF |
|
1 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr |
88 |
90 |
Leader |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
2 |
Brad Keselowski |
2 |
84 |
-6 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
3 |
Jeff Gordon |
24 |
80 |
-10 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
4 |
Kevin Harvick |
4 |
79 |
-11 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
5 |
Jimmie Johnson |
48 |
78 |
-12 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
6 |
Joey Logano |
22 |
75 |
-15 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
7 |
Matt Kenseth |
20 |
70 |
-20 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
8 |
Denny Hamlin |
11 |
68 |
-22 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
9 |
Carl Edwards |
99 |
65 |
-25 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
10 |
Greg Biffle |
16 |
64 |
-26 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
11 |
Casey Mears |
13 |
64 |
-26 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
12 |
Jamie McMurray |
1 |
64 |
-26 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
13 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr |
17 |
63 |
-27 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
14 |
Kyle Busch |
18 |
61 |
-29 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
Ryan Newman |
31 |
60 |
-30 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
16 |
Austin Dillon |
3 |
56 |
-34 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
17 |
Marcos Ambrose |
9 |
49 |
-41 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 |
Kasey Kahne |
5 |
47 |
-43 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
19 |
Reed Sorenson |
36 |
41 |
-49 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
20 |
Tony Stewart |
14 |
37 |
-53 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
21 |
AJ Allmendinger |
47 |
37 |
-53 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
22 |
Aric Almirola |
43 |
35 |
-55 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
23 |
Clint Bowyer |
15 |
34 |
-56 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
24 |
Paul Menard |
27 |
34 |
-56 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
25 |
Brian Vickers |
55 |
33 |
-57 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
26 |
Cole Whitt |
26 |
33 |
-57 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
27 |
Justin Allgaier |
51 |
32 |
-58 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
28 |
Kyle Larson |
42 |
30 |
-60 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
29 |
Bobby Labonte |
|
29 |
-61 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
Kurt Busch |
41 |
29 |
-61 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
31 |
David Ragan |
34 |
26 |
-64 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
32 |
Terry Labonte |
|
24 |
-66 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
33 |
Alex Bowman |
23 |
24 |
-66 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
34 |
David Gilliland |
38 |
24 |
-66 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
35 |
Martin Truex Jr |
78 |
23 |
-67 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
36 |
Josh Wise |
98 |
20 |
-70 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
37 |
Parker Kligerman |
30 |
17 |
-73 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
38 |
Michael Annett |
7 |
17 |
-73 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
39 |
Danica Patrick |
10 |
13 |
-77 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
40 |
Michael McDowell |
95 |
11 |
-79 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
41 |
Ryan Truex |
83 |
9 |
-81 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
42 |
Travis Kvapil |
32 |
6 |
-84 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
43 |
Michael Waltrip |
|
4 |
-86 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
44 |
Landon Cassill |
40 |
0 |
-90 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
45 |
Brian Scott |
33 |
0 |
-90 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
46 |
Trevor Bayne |
|
0 |
-90 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
47 |
Blake Koch |
35 |
0 |
-90 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
48 |
Joe Nemechek |
66 |
0 |
-90 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
49 |
Morgan Shepherd |
87 |
0 |
-90 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
50 |
Dave Blaney |
77 |
0 |
-90 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
51 |
Eric McClure |
|
0 |
-90 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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