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Phoenix Raceway 500

Track Information
Track Name:	Phoenix International Raceway
Location:	Phoenix, Ariz.
Track Type:	FLAT SHORT TRACK
Track Length:	1 miles
Track Layout:	OVAL
Banking:	11 Degrees
Seating Capacity:	78500
Home Page:	http://www.phoenixintlspeedway.com
Track Weather Info:	Phoenix International Raceway - Weather

Race Information
Race Name:	Phoenix Raceway 500
Date, Time:	11/8/2020, 3:00 PM EST
Race Number:	#36 of 36 races in the 2020 season
Track Name:	Phoenix International Raceway
Race Distance:	312 miles, 312 laps

Past Race Averages
Average race finish time:	0:3:00
Average Speed:	107.25 MPH
Average # of cautions:	7 - 42 laps
Average # of lead changes:	11
Average # of drivers leading:	6

Phoenix Raceway 500 - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2019	Denny Hamlin	Kyle Busch	Ryan Blaney	Kyle Larson	Kevin Harvick
2018	Kyle Busch	Brad Keselowski	Kyle Larson	Aric Almirola	Kevin Harvick
2017	Matt Kenseth	Chase Elliott	Martin Truex	Erik Jones	Kevin Harvick
2016	Joey Logano	Kyle Busch	Kyle Larson	Kevin Harvick	Kurt Busch
2015	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Kevin Harvick	Joey Logano	Kyle Busch	Jimmie Johnson
2014	Kevin Harvick	Jeff Gordon	Matt Kenseth	Brad Keselowski	Denny Hamlin
2013	Kevin Harvick	Kasey Kahne	Jimmie Johnson	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Kurt Busch
2012	Kevin Harvick	Denny Hamlin	Kyle Busch	Kasey Kahne	Ryan Newman
2011	Kasey Kahne	Carl Edwards	Tony Stewart	Jeff Burton	Ryan Newman
2010	Carl Edwards	Ryan Newman	Joey Logano	Greg Biffle	Jimmie Johnson

The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below.

Total Points

Kevin Harvick - 1364

Denny Hamlin - 1271

Chase Elliott - 1208

Brad Keselowski - 1201

Martin Truex - 1193

Joey Logano - 1179

Ryan Blaney - 1140

Kyle Busch - 1031

Bowman Alex - 1020

Kurt Busch - 957

Average finish

David Ragan - 4

Kevin Harvick - 7.3

Denny Hamlin - 9.5

Brad Keselowski - 10.3

Kyle Larson - 11

Martin Truex - 11.7

Justin Haley - 12

Chase Elliott - 12

Joey Logano - 12.1

Aric Almirola - 13.3

Races won

Kevin Harvick - 9

Denny Hamlin - 7

Chase Elliott - 4

Brad Keselowski - 4

Joey Logano - 3

Martin Truex - 1

Ryan Blaney - 1

Bowman Alex - 1

Kurt Busch - 1

Kyle Busch - 1

Top 5 finishes

Kevin Harvick - 20

Denny Hamlin - 17

Chase Elliott - 14

Kyle Busch - 14

Martin Truex - 14

Brad Keselowski - 12

Joey Logano - 11

Ryan Blaney - 11

Erik Jones - 9

Kurt Busch - 7

Top 10 finishes

Kevin Harvick - 26

Brad Keselowski - 23

Martin Truex - 22

Chase Elliott - 21

Denny Hamlin - 20

Kyle Busch - 20

Joey Logano - 20

Kurt Busch - 19

Aric Almirola - 18

Ryan Blaney - 16

Listed below is the official starting order grid for this race. Drivers are listed on the row in which they will be starting. The qualifying speed is also displayed, unless the driver failed to qualify and was force to use a provisional to enter the race. In this case, the field contains provisional.

Click the hyperlink on the driver's name to jump to a page containing his trends, stats, and angles for this race.

Official Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Qualifying Speed	Position	Driver	Qualifying Speed
1	1	Chase Elliott		2	Joey Logano
2	3	Brad Keselowski		4	Denny Hamlin
3	5	Ryan Blaney		6	Bowman Alex
4	7	Kurt Busch		8	Kyle Busch
5	9	Clint Bowyer		10	Aric Almirola
6	11	Kevin Harvick		12	Matt DiBenedetto
7	13	Martin Truex		14	Erik Jones
8	15	Cole Custer		16	Matt Kenseth
9	17	Christopher Bell		18	Austin Dillon
10	19	Ryan Newman		20	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
11	21	Tyler Reddick		22	Ty Dillon
12	23	Bubba Wallace		24	Ryan Preece
13	25	William Byron		26	Jimmie Johnson
14	27	John Hunter Nemechek		28	Corey Lajoie
15	29	Michael McDowell		30	Daniel Suarez
16	31	Chris Buescher		32	JJ Yeley
17	33	Timmy Hill		34	Quin Houff
18	35	Brennan Poole		36	James Davison
19	37	Joey Gase		38	Josh Bilicki
20	39	Garrett Smithley

Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race.

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Simulator - Projected Order Of Finish
Order	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Qual.	Finish	Wins	Odds	Top 5	Top 10	Trouble
1	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Busch Light	11	7.8	143	7 to 1	560	845	95
2	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	4	8.3	91	11 to 1	484	819	89
3	Martin Truex	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops	13	8.4	129	7.8 to 1	582	825	122
4	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Discount Tire	3	9.1	89	11.2 to 1	458	783	113
5	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	8	10	69	14.5 to 1	379	718	111
6	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	1	10.4	87	11.5 to 1	414	733	143
7	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	2	10.8	59	16.9 to 1	285	616	101
8	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield	10	11.8	39	25.6 to 1	249	599	130
9	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Monster Energy	7	11.9	42	23.8 to 1	266	599	137
10	Ryan Blaney	Ford	Menards/MOEN	5	11.9	48	20.8 to 1	257	579	133
11	Bowman Alex	Chevrolet	ChevyGoods.com/Truck Hero	6	12.3	54	18.5 to 1	258	556	146
12	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	Motorcraft/Quick Lane	12	13.5	25	40 to 1	128	373	97
13	William Byron	Chevrolet	Axalta	25	13.8	26	38.5 to 1	155	411	134
14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	Rush/HAAS CNC	9	16.1	18	55.6 to 1	103	252	145
15	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	DOW	18	17.4	10	100 to 1	58	181	138
16	Cole Custer	Ford	HaasTooling.com	15	18.6	9	111.1 to 1	55	152	163
17	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	I Am Second	21	18.7	7	142.9 to 1	49	150	170
18	Erik Jones	Toyota	DEWALT Atomic	14	19.8	7	142.9 to 1	44	117	160
19	Ryan Newman	Ford	Guaranteed Rate	19	20	3	333.3 to 1	20	83	88
20	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Ally	26	20	6	166.7 to 1	31	125	187
21	Matt Kenseth	Chevrolet	Credit One Bank	16	20.2	11	90.9 to 1	36	91	150
22	Chris Buescher	Ford	Fastenal	31	21.8	7	142.9 to 1	22	56	119
23	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	GEICO	22	21.9	2	500 to 1	16	52	79
24	Bubba Wallace	Chevrolet	Door Dash	23	22.7	1	1000 to 1	17	44	143
25	Christopher Bell	Toyota	Rheem/Smurfit Kappa	17	23	5	200 to 1	19	47	190
26	Michael McDowell	Ford	Love's Travel Stops	29	23	1	1000 to 1	13	39	141
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	Kroger	20	23.6	4	250 to 1	12	43	226
28	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	Honey Nut Cheerios	24	23.8	3	333.3 to 1	10	34	178
29	John Hunter Nemechek	Ford	Fire Alarm Services	27	25.5	1	1000 to 1	4	13	127
30	Corey Lajoie	Ford	Pala Casino	28	26.7	1	1000 to 1	2	16	206
31	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	PeacockTV - Can't Not Wat	30	27.5	1	1000 to 1	4	14	124
32	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	35	30.2	0	0 chance	2	5	325
33	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	Fat Boy	32	30.4	0	0 chance	1	2	307
34	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	Victory Lane Oil	39	30.9	0	0 chance	2	9	506
35	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	RacingForTheTruth.com	38	31.2	0	0 chance	1	4	520
36	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	CREEK Enterprises Inc.	34	31.4	1	1000 to 1	2	6	465
37	James Davison	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	36	31.5	0	0 chance	0	2	559
38	Joey Gase	Ford	Ford	37	31.5	1	1000 to 1	2	6	540
39	Timmy Hill	Toyota	RoofClaim.com	33	32.3	0	0 chance	0	1	493

The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page.

Top performers over the last two seasons at track type= FLAT SHORT TRACK.

1.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 6.2. In 12 races, he has 3 wins and 10 top 10 finishes.

2.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 6.9. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 10 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.1. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 10 top 10 finishes.

4.) Martin Truex's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.1. In 12 races, he has 4 wins and 10 top 10 finishes.

5.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.8. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 8 top 10 finishes.

6.) Kyle Busch's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 9.4. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes.

7.) Kurt Busch's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.1. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

8.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.8. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

9.) Clint Bowyer's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 12.5. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

10.) Ryan Newman's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 14.4. In 11 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

Best career performers at Phoenix International Raceway

1.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 9.0. In 35 races, he has 9 wins and 24 top 10 finishes.

2.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 10.4. In 34 races, he has 4 wins and 21 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kyle Busch's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 10.5. In 30 races, he has 3 wins and 22 top 10 finishes.

4.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 11.3. In 30 races, he has 2 wins and 17 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kyle Larson's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 12.0. In 13 races, he has 0 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

6.) Chase Elliott's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 13.0. In 9 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

7.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 13.5. In 22 races, he has 0 wins and 10 top 10 finishes.

8.) Kurt Busch's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 13.7. In 35 races, he has 1 win and 20 top 10 finishes.

9.) Joey Logano's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 14.3. In 23 races, he has 2 wins and 12 top 10 finishes.

10.) William Byron's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 14.4. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

1.) Ryan Blaney's average finish over the past 3 races is 4.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

2.) Bowman Alex's average finish over the past 3 races is 4.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

3.) Brad Keselowski's average finish over the past 3 races is 4.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

4.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 3 races is 4.7. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 5.0. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) Bowman Alex's average finish over the past 10 races is 7.9. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

2.) Chase Elliott's average finish over the past 10 races is 8.9. In 10 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

3.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.0. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

4.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.3. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 4 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.5. In 10 races, he has 2 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.