NASCAR: Phoenix International Raceway: What you need to know about Sunday’s race

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Distance: 312 laps (stages of 75, 75, 162), or 312 miles (500 kilometers).

Where: Phoenix International Raceway, a 1.51-mile, asphalt oval in Avondale, Ariz.

When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

TV: Fox.

Radio: Motor Racing Network.

Last year’s winner: Kevin Harvick.

Also this week: DC Solar 200, Xfinity Series, Phoenix International Raceway, 4 p.m., Saturday, Fox.

Worth mentioning: Harvick has finished no lower than fourth in six of Phoenix’s past seven races.

Who’s Hot/ Who’s Not

HOT

Martin Truex Jr.: Victory at Las Vegas helps stop a Ford mini-streak.

Kyle Larson: Back-to-back runner-up finishes at Atlanta, Las Vegas.

Kevin Harvick: So he hasn’t won – he leads the points and is usually great at Phoenix.

NOT

Kyle Busch: A classless move going after Joey Logano after Las Vegas race.

Jimmie Johnson: Slow start (no top 10s yet) for seven-time champ.

David Scott

This story was originally published March 16, 2017 at 6:04 PM with the headline "NASCAR: Phoenix International Raceway: What you need to know about Sunday’s race."