Loop Data Box Score : Phoenix Raceway

Straight Talk Wireless 500

Phoenix Raceway , Phoenix, AZ

Sunday, March 8th, 2026 Race 4 of 36 2026 Season
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  • Phoenix Raceway
  • Straight Talk Wireless 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Joey Logano
  • Age: 35
  • Team : No 22 - Shell Pennzoil Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
  • Joey Logano won the Pole Award for the Straight Talk Wireless 500 with a lap of 26561 seconds, 135537 mph
  • This is his 34th pole in 619 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2026
  • This is his third pole in 35 races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2026 and his 20th in 24 races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Austin Cindric (third) posted his third top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway It is his first in four races this season
  • Connor Zilisch (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 312
  • Margin of Victory: 0.399 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 32 Minutes 12 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 88.219
  • Cautions: 12 for 86 laps
  • Lead Changes: 23
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,112 (13.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • Straight Talk Wireless 500
  • Race Winner: Ryan Blaney
  • Age: 32
  • Team : No 12 - Dent Wizard Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler
  • Ryan Blaney won the Straight Talk Wireless 500, his 18th victory in 382 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2026
  • This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 21 races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Christopher Bell (second) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 13 races at Phoenix Raceway It is his second top-10 finish in 2026
  • Kyle Larson (third) posted his 16th top-10 finish in 24 races at Phoenix Raceway
  • Connor Zilisch (29th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 60 points over Ryan Blaney
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Straight Talk Wireless 500 at Phoenix Raceway : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Ryan Blaney 5 17 3 1 1 32 7.4 4 102 52 50 59 57.84 38 83.3 28 9.0 312 120.70 65
Christopher Bell 12 1 1 2 1 13 2.7 10 41 18 23 37 90.24 119 100.0 176 56.4 312 139.50 54
Kyle Larson 2 13 4 3 2 26 11.2 -1 68 66 2 46 67.65 1 77.6 0 0.0 312 95.10 36
Ty Gibbs 14 4 2 4 1 19 6.5 10 51 49 2 50 98.04 9 99.4 12 3.9 312 103.60 36
Denny Hamlin 11 3 6 5 1 16 5.5 6 64 49 15 57 89.06 10 99.7 5 1.6 312 112.40 47
Bubba Wallace 28 12 7 6 2 29 12.4 22 96 62 34 60 62.50 1 67.6 0 0.0 312 90.70 37
William Byron 9 8 8 7 1 33 10.1 2 89 78 11 57 64.04 1 86.9 1 0.3 312 95.70 32
Tyler Reddick 8 5 5 8 3 17 5.8 0 67 59 8 63 94.03 8 99.7 0 0.0 312 109.00 39
Michael McDowell 16 11 10 9 2 33 15.5 7 77 90 -13 38 49.35 0 56.1 0 0.0 312 81.30 28
Erik Jones 32 24 15 10 10 34 23.8 22 132 114 18 15 11.36 0 15.7 0 0.0 312 62.80 27
Shane van Gisbergen 18 33 22 11 3 36 21.4 7 118 94 24 19 16.10 1 34.3 0 0.0 312 75.40 26
Todd Gilliland 30 26 16 12 3 31 17.9 18 154 126 28 34 22.08 0 26.3 0 0.0 312 70.00 26
Ryan Preece 13 14 14 13 1 34 17.7 0 103 121 -18 38 36.89 0 55.8 4 1.3 312 73.30 24
Chris Buescher 17 9 25 14 3 30 12.5 3 49 56 -7 22 44.90 0 67.0 0 0.0 312 81.70 30
Brad Keselowski 37 16 18 15 1 37 24.2 22 149 159 -10 10 6.71 0 5.8 0 0.0 312 54.80 22
Austin Dillon 25 10 9 16 8 27 16.9 9 123 116 7 56 45.53 0 43.9 0 0.0 312 71.20 21
Kyle Busch 29 36 21 17 10 37 30.7 12 83 88 -5 8 9.64 0 4.5 0 0.0 312 44.30 20
Riley Herbst 22 25 13 18 11 33 22.3 4 104 113 -9 13 12.50 0 13.5 0 0.0 312 53.50 19
AJ Allmendinger 23 20 11 19 3 26 18.3 4 116 125 -9 21 18.10 0 25.0 0 0.0 312 59.80 18
Carson Hocevar 7 6 12 20 2 31 13.0 -13 77 76 1 47 61.04 0 75.6 0 0.0 312 74.70 21
Austin Hill 27 31 26 21 21 37 29.9 6 89 108 -19 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 39.50 0
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21 29 24 22 18 37 26.3 -1 122 134 -12 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 312 44.50 15
Chase Elliott 26 19 28 23 2 31 20.0 3 98 127 -29 23 23.47 0 18.6 0 0.0 312 54.50 14
Cody Ware 34 32 27 24 4 37 31.7 10 43 60 -17 0 0.00 0 2.6 0 0.0 312 34.50 13
John Hunter Nemechek 15 18 19 25 9 26 17.6 -10 84 91 -7 19 22.62 0 13.5 0 0.0 312 62.00 12
Ty Dillon 33 22 20 26 11 35 24.5 7 148 139 9 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 311 42.70 11
Zane Smith 24 21 17 27 12 37 25.2 -3 100 102 -2 15 15.00 4 9.0 0 0.0 294 52.70 10
Ross Chastain 6 15 30 28 2 32 18.5 -22 71 57 14 36 50.70 4 54.8 0 0.0 286 75.40 10
Connor Zilisch 19 27 23 29 3 37 27.1 -10 102 104 -2 0 0.00 0 1.0 0 0.0 281 39.20 8
Daniel Suarez 4 23 29 30 4 31 21.1 -26 87 112 -25 17 19.54 2 24.4 0 0.0 254 55.20 11
Joey Logano 1 2 31 31 1 17 8.3 -30 21 30 -9 19 90.48 13 80.8 73 28.9 253 107.50 23
Josh Berry 10 30 32 32 1 32 19.9 -22 66 93 -27 30 45.45 0 43.9 13 5.1 253 55.50 5
Anthony Alfredo 31 28 33 33 7 37 29.1 -2 61 89 -28 3 4.92 0 3.5 0 0.0 217 33.30 0
Austin Cindric 3 7 34 34 2 19 15.0 -31 31 25 6 29 93.55 2 69.2 0 0.0 216 85.70 13
Cole Custer 36 35 35 35 27 36 34.0 1 44 44 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 159 25.80 2
Noah Gragson 35 34 36 36 26 36 33.8 -1 51 51 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 155 25.50 1
Chase Briscoe 20 37 37 37 3 20 25.1 -17 31 22 9 26 83.87 0 41.4 0 0.0 131 60.20 1