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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:	11/7/2021, 3:00 PM EST
Race Number:	#36 of 36 races in the 2021 season
Track Name:	Phoenix International Raceway
Race Distance:	312 miles, 312 laps

Past Race Averages
Average race finish time:	0:3:00
Average Speed:	107.56 MPH
Average # of cautions:	7 - 41 laps
Average # of lead changes:	11
Average # of drivers leading:	6

Phoenix Raceway 500 - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2020	Chase Elliott	Brad Keselowski	Joey Logano	Denny Hamlin	Jimmie Johnson
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

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

Total Points

Kyle Larson - 1412

Denny Hamlin - 1386

Chase Elliott - 1198

Ryan Blaney - 1111

William Byron - 1108

Kyle Busch - 1107

Martin Truex - 1098

Joey Logano - 1087

Kevin Harvick - 1086

Brad Keselowski - 1048

Average finish

Jamie McMurray - 8

Denny Hamlin - 8.6

Kyle Larson - 9.3

Kevin Harvick - 10.9

Chase Elliott - 11.5

Ryan Blaney - 12.1

Martin Truex - 12.3

Joey Logano - 12.7

Kyle Busch - 12.9

Brad Keselowski - 13.1

Races won

Kyle Larson - 9

Martin Truex - 4

Alex Bowman - 4

Ryan Blaney - 3

Kyle Busch - 2

Chase Elliott - 2

Denny Hamlin - 2

Brad Keselowski - 1

William Byron - 1

Kurt Busch - 1

Top 5 finishes

Kyle Larson - 19

Denny Hamlin - 18

Kyle Busch - 14

Chase Elliott - 14

Martin Truex - 12

William Byron - 12

Ryan Blaney - 10

Kevin Harvick - 10

Brad Keselowski - 10

Joey Logano - 10

Top 10 finishes

Kyle Larson - 25

Denny Hamlin - 24

Kevin Harvick - 23

Kyle Busch - 21

William Byron - 20

Chase Elliott - 20

Joey Logano - 19

Ryan Blaney - 19

Martin Truex - 19

Alex Bowman - 16

Listed below is the projected starting order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent qualifying performance, past qualifying results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when projecting the qualifying order. Note: Once the official qualifying results are known, this section will be changed to reflect the official qualifying order. The simulator's projected finish order will also be updated.

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Projected Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Position	Driver
1	1	Denny Hamlin	2	Chase Elliott
2	3	Martin Truex	4	Kyle Larson
3	5	Kyle Busch	6	Ryan Blaney
4	7	Joey Logano	8	Kevin Harvick
5	9	Brad Keselowski	10	William Byron
6	11	Christopher Bell	12	Kurt Busch
7	13	Alex Bowman	14	Tyler Reddick
8	15	AJ Allmendinger	16	Michael McDowell
9	17	Austin Dillon	18	Matt DiBenedetto
10	19	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	20	Chris Buescher
11	21	Erik Jones	22	Aric Almirola
12	23	Justin Allgaier	24	Ross Chastain
13	25	Cole Custer	26	Daniel Suarez
14	27	Bubba Wallace	28	Ryan Preece
15	29	Jamie McMurray	30	Chase Briscoe
16	31	David Ragan	32	Ryan Newman
17	33	Austin Cindric	34	Anthony Alfredo
18	35	Justin Haley	36	Scott Heckert
19	37	BJ McLeod	38	Stewart Friesen
20	39	Derrike Cope	40	Ben Rhodes
21	41	Ryan Eversley	42	Cody Ware
22	43	Corey Lajoie

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	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com	4 *	7.7	195	5.1 to 1	658	861	102
2	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	1 *	8.3	99	10.1 to 1	434	773	58
3	Ryan Blaney	Ford	Menards/Jack Links	6 *	9.6	122	8.2 to 1	494	782	122
4	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	7 *	9.7	81	12.3 to 1	453	787	115
5	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Busch Light #BuschPitBoss	8 *	10.4	60	16.7 to 1	304	641	75
6	Martin Truex	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops	3 *	10.6	67	14.9 to 1	346	714	110
7	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Discount Tire	9 *	11	61	16.4 to 1	337	671	116
8	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	5 *	11.4	54	18.5 to 1	321	638	114
9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	2 *	12.3	44	22.7 to 1	231	513	92
10	Christopher Bell	Toyota	DEWALT	11 *	13.4	39	25.6 to 1	210	486	131
11	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Monster Energy	12 *	13.6	32	31.2 to 1	214	500	144
12	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	Ally	13 *	14.2	28	35.7 to 1	166	415	124
13	William Byron	Chevrolet	Raptor	10 *	14.7	41	24.4 to 1	211	487	186
14	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Dow Coatings	17 *	16.1	10	100 to 1	101	251	108
15	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	Motorcraft/Quick Lane	18 *	17.1	10	100 to 1	79	214	97
16	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield	22 *	17.8	9	111.1 to 1	77	203	115
17	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	BetMGM	14 *	18	8	125 to 1	65	180	115
18	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	Clover	24 *	19.3	7	142.9 to 1	68	160	147
19	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	Door Dash	27 *	20.7	4	250 to 1	39	110	115
20	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	Honey Nut Cheerios	19 *	23.4	4	250 to 1	20	67	178
21	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	Good Sam	26 *	24.2	1	1000 to 1	14	52	129
22	Chase Briscoe	Ford	HighPoint.com	30 *	24.4	0	0 chance	10	43	143
23	Chris Buescher	Ford	Fastenal	20 *	24.5	4	250 to 1	16	50	136
24	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	Rellevate	21 *	25.1	2	500 to 1	8	33	139
25	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	Kroger	28 *	25.7	1	1000 to 1	13	38	184
26	Cole Custer	Ford	HaasTooling.com	25 *	25.8	2	500 to 1	11	27	142
27	Ryan Newman	Ford	Castrol GTX Full Syntheti	32 *	26.4	1	1000 to 1	14	38	139
28	David Ragan	Ford	Select Blinds	31 *	26.6	1	1000 to 1	9	40	211
29	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	BRANDT	23 *	26.9	3	333.3 to 1	16	40	173
30	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	AdventHealth	29 *	27.1	1	1000 to 1	7	32	209
31	Austin Cindric	Ford	MoneyLion	33 *	27.6	4	250 to 1	10	22	208
32	Michael McDowell	Ford	Love's Travel Stops	16 *	27.6	1	1000 to 1	4	25	124
33	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	Schluter Systems	43 *	27.7	1	1000 to 1	9	26	165
34	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	Jackpot Party	15 *	27.7	1	1000 to 1	6	23	239
35	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	Peacock - Streaming Now	35 *	30.3	0	0 chance	6	12	195
36	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	Boot Barn	34 *	30.5	1	1000 to 1	6	13	226
37	Ryan Eversley	Ford	Nurtec ODT	41 *	33.7	0	0 chance	0	6	396
38	Scott Heckert	Ford	Bremont Chronometers	36 *	33.8	0	0 chance	5	9	427
39	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	Jacob Companies	39 *	34	0	0 chance	2	6	419
40	BJ McLeod	Ford	Pala Casino	37 *	34	0	0 chance	2	4	367
41	Stewart Friesen	Chevrolet	Halmar International	38 *	34.1	0	0 chance	0	1	424
42	Ben Rhodes	Chevrolet	Kaeding Performance	40 *	34.3	0	0 chance	2	4	437
43	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	Nurtec ODT	42 *	34.5	1	1000 to 1	2	3	404

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.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 4.0. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 12 top 10 finishes.

2.) Chase Elliott's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.1. In 12 races, he has 2 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

3.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.7. In 12 races, he has 2 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

4.) Martin Truex's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.8. In 12 races, he has 4 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kyle Larson's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 8.7. In 7 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

6.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 9.8. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

7.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 9.8. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

8.) Aric Almirola's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.2. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

9.) Alex Bowman's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.3. In 12 races, he has 2 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

10.) Matt DiBenedetto's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.7. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

Best career performers at Phoenix International Raceway

1.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 8.8. In 37 races, he has 9 wins and 26 top 10 finishes.

2.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 10.8. In 32 races, he has 2 wins and 19 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kyle Busch's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 11.0. In 32 races, he has 3 wins and 22 top 10 finishes.

4.) Chase Elliott's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 11.2. In 11 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kyle Larson's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 11.6. In 14 races, he has 0 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

6.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 12.6. In 24 races, he has 0 wins and 12 top 10 finishes.

7.) William Byron's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 12.7. In 7 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

8.) Joey Logano's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 13.4. In 25 races, he has 2 wins and 14 top 10 finishes.

9.) Kurt Busch's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 13.6. In 37 races, he has 1 win and 20 top 10 finishes.

10.) Aric Almirola's average finish at Phoenix International Raceway is 14.6. In 22 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

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

2.) Kyle Larson's average finish over the past 3 races is 5.3. In 3 races, he has 2 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 3 races is 6.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

4.) Brad Keselowski's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

5.) Chase Elliott's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 10 races is 7.8. In 10 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

2.) Kyle Larson's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.3. In 10 races, he has 4 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.0. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

4.) Brad Keselowski's average finish over the past 10 races is 11.2. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

5.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 10 races is 11.7. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.