Ryan Newman ends 78 race winless drought at Phoenix

RACE RECAP | PHOENIX
10 Joey Logano
9 Clint Bowyer
8 Kyle Busch had the race won, but 4 tires ended up being the wrong call
7 Carl Edwards
6 Matt Kenseth
5 Juan Pablo Montoya led a ton of laps
4 Mark Martin
3 Jimmie Johnson led the most laps
2 Jeff Gordon

VICTORY LANE

1 Ryan Newman takes home his first win driving for Stewart Haas Racing in the #39 car. Ryan held off Jeff Gordon during the Green-White-Checkered finish. He ends a winless slump of 78 races.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Kasey Kahne and Kurt Busch got into each other with Denny Hamlin receiving some damage. Kasey finished 43rd, Kurt ended up 35th

-Jamie McMurray spun in a cloud of smoke

-Brian Vickers 83 machine found the wall

-Brad Keselowski brought out the 6th caution by slapping the wall going three wide

-Juan Pablo Montoya got into the left rear of Jimmie Johnson late in the race while battling for second and the 48 wasn’t same after leading a ton of laps

-A late caution when Scott Riggs blew a tire right in front of leader Kyle Busch set the scene for an exciting finish

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