
CHECKERED FLAG: Jeff Gordon wins the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix to tie Dale Earnhardt with 76 career victories. Gordon earns his first victory at PIR and becomes the first driver to win at the track from the pole.
Lap 311 -- WHITE FLAG: Jeff Gordon continues to lead by half a second.
Lap 307 -- Jeff Gordon has built a lead of nearly a second ahead of Tony Stewart.
Lap 305 -- Jeff Green moves past Kyle Busch to take sixth position. Jimmie Johnson goes around Matt Kenseth for fourth.
Lap 303 -- Denny Hamlin catches Matt Kenseth to take third position.
Lap 299 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon gets close and goes below Tony Stewart to take the lead back while Matt Kenseth closes in third. Denny Hamlin is in fourth.
Lap 298 -- LEAD CHANGE: Tony Stewart splits Jeff Gordon and the lapped car of Martin Truex Jr. to take the lead.
Lap 295 -- Denny Hamlin moves to fourth by going four-wide in the turn with Juan Montoya on the high side. Hamlin passes Jimmie Johnson for position.
Lap 293 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon gets the race going again. Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. restart ahead of the leader at the tail of the lead lap.
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Tony Stewart
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Denny Hamlin
Lap 286 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jeff Gordon becomes the leader. He was on pit road when the yellow came out, but because he has the first pit stall and was able to stay on the lead lap when the caution came out, he inherited the lead once the lead-lap cars made their stops under yellow.
Lap 285 -- Leaders are on pit road:
Tony Stewart is out with four tires in 13.6 seconds
Matt Kenseth gets four tires and fuel in 13.7 seconds
Lap 283 -- YELLOW FLAG: Dave Blaney gets spun around in Turn 4 when trying to get onto pit road. Carl Edwards sent him spinning, and J.J. Yeley gets caught up in the crash.
Lap 283 -- Jeff Gordon is in for his pit stop.
Lap 282 -- Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer and Kurt Busch are in for stops.
Lap 279 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. are in for green-flag pit stops before everyone, a short-pit strategy.
Lap 277 -- Tony Stewart continues to lead with a 1.247-second advantage ahead of Jeff Gordon.
Lap 262 -- Matt Kenseth has moved into third place, passing Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 260 -- Penske teammates Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman are running fifth and sixth, respectively.
Lap 237 -- Denny Hamlin has worked his way back up to 10th after a pit-road speeding penalty dropped him from the lead to 31st.
Lap 218 -- GREEN FLAG: Tony Stewart gets the field up to speed.
1. Tony Stewart
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Matt Kenseth
5. Kevin Harvick (Continued)
| Pos. | Driver | Make |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 2. | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet |
| 3. | Denny Hamlin | Chevrolet |
| 4. | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 5. | Matt Kenseth | Ford |
| 6. | Jeff Green | Chevrolet |
| 7. | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet |
| 8. | Bobby Labonte | Dodge |
| 9. | Johnny Sauter | Chevrolet |
| 10. | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet |
| Pos. | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | -- | Jeff Gordon | 1326 | Leader |
| 2. | -- | Jeff Burton | 1252 | -74 |
| 3. | -- | Matt Kenseth | 1166 | -160 |
| 4. | -- | Jimmie Johnson | 1115 | -211 |
| 5. | -- | Denny Hamlin | 1084 | -242 |
| 6. | +1 | Kyle Busch | 1002 | -324 |
| 7. | +2 | Tony Stewart | 994 | -332 |
| 8. | -- | Carl Edwards | 967 | -359 |
| 9. | -3 | Clint Bowyer | 963 | -363 |
| 10. | +1 | Mark Martin | 921 | -405 |
| 11. | +3 | Kevin Harvick | 902 | -424 |
| 12. | -2 | Jamie McMurray | 899 | -427 |