AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano tried. Brad Keselowski tried. So did Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray.
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano tried. Brad Keselowski tried. So did Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray.
But there simply was no passing Kevin Harvick for the lead and then keeping him in the rearview mirror as Harvick won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway.
The victory extended a remarkable run for the reigning Cup champion both at the one-mile track here and overall in the Cup series, a run not seen in NASCAR in four decades.
It was Harvick’s second win in as many races; he also won a week ago in Las Vegas and thus has captured two of the three races in NASCAR’s early season Western swing. The third race is next Sunday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
Harvick’s win also was his seventh consecutive finish of first or second going back to last fall, when he captured the series title. The last driver to accomplish that feat was seven-time champion Richard Petty in 1975.