Jeff Gordon finished second while Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five.

Jimmie Johnson held off Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick to score his 70th career win in the AAA Texas 500.

We’re not in the Chase and not where we want to be - fighting for the championship.”[12] Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona.

On Friday, the Dover Police Department announced it was conducting a criminal investigation into domestic assault allegations that involves Kurt Busch.

At this time, the department is still investigating the victim's claims and will not have any further comment on this matter in order to preserve the integrity of the case.

We appreciate the public's and media's patience in this matter and are confident that the department is taking the proper investigative steps to ensure the case is resolved appropriately.

We recognize the seriousness of this matter and are actively gathering information from all parties, including law enforcement authorities and Stewart-Haas Racing.

[18] The race was scheduled to begin at 3:15 PM Eastern time, but started five minutes late at 3:20 when Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag.

Thanks to Kevin Harvick splitting the middle in turn 4, Joey Logano took the lead from Hamlin on lap 25.

Denny Hamlin exited pit road in fourth, but came back down for a flat right-rear tire.

Casey Mears was running twelfth when his right-rear tire blew out on the dogleg, went spinning, made light contact with the inside wall towards turn 3 and brought out the second caution of the race on lap 81.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race off pit road by taking two tires and assumed the lead.

The ninth caution of the race flew on lap 237 after Jimmie Johnson went high in turn 1 and just rode the wall.

The twelfth caution of the race flew with 16 laps to go when Landon Cassill had a left-rear tire blowout and rear-ended the wall in turn 4.

"[21] In the final turn, Ryan Newman sent Kyle Larson into the wall to secure his place in the championship race.

That little boy has got a lot of things coming in this sport and he used me up like that in a truck at Eldora a couple years ago.

From my standpoint, I call it even but I think if he was in my position, he’d have done the same thing.”[23] "Coming to the finish, there were a lot of cars racing really hard,” said Larson today.

It's a little upsetting he pushed me up to the wall, but I completely understand the situation he was in,” said Larson, “(I) can't fault him for being aggressive there.

"[24] Kevin Harvick (with the much-needed win), Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Newman were the four drivers who will race for the championship, which also meant that NASCAR will be having a new Sprint Cup Series champion.