#24 William Byron Wins stage 1, This is the 18th straight stage at Phoenix where William Byron has scored stage points, the longest active streak and tied for 2nd longest all-time. After #60 preece used option tire in middle of stage 1 to go from 33rd to 3rd, other teams put them on after the stage, Ross Chastain comes back down pit road and puts on the option tire to help overcome a speeding penalty on pit road.
Green flag lap 72 4:32pm ET
Caution Lap 92 problem with #71 Michael McDowell, All lead lap cars pit. Christopher Bell gets off pit road first, followed by William Byron and Austin Cindric. Josh Berry has a slow stop due to a loose lug nut. Michael McDowell and AJ Allmendinger stay on pit road for lengthy pit stops. John H. Nemechek, Erik Jones too fast on pit road. Cody Ware, Joey Logano take option tires.
Green flag lap 99 caution lap 100 multi car crash, Christopher Bell leads from the inside, William Byron outside. Christopher Bell clears for the lead entering Turn 1. Near 15th, Justin Haley, Chase Briscoe and Carson Hocevar all get together off the 2nd turn and trigger a multi-car accident. Noah Gragson, Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Riley Herbst, Cole Custer, Alex Bowman and Shane Van Gisbergen also receive damage.
This is the first time 5 cautions have occurred in the first 100 laps of a Cup race at Phoenix since 2011.
#78 Katherine Legge makes it through the Chaos gets the free pass She is running P28 on lap 130 .
LAP 130 Joey Logano takes the lead from Christopher Bell.
Lap 144 Joey Logano has extended his lead to 2.4 seconds over Christopher Bell, but now both are running similar lap times.
#20 Christopher Bell gets by #22 Joey Logano Wins stage 2
LAP 216 #78 Katherine Legge spins off the 2nd turn from 28th and gets hit by the Daniel Suárez (running 6th).
