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Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Richard Childress Racing Budweiser Chevrolet SS) won the Advocare 500 at Phoenix International Speedway in Avondale, Arizona, on Sunday, after Carl Edwards (No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Fastenal Ford Fusion) ran out of fuel with a lap to go. Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet SS), Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet SS) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 National Guard Chevrolet SS) finished second, third and fourth. Harvick is now third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings.
(Photo by Rusty Jarrett/HHP courtesy of GM/Chevrolet Racing)
With Jimmie Johnson's third-place run at Phoenix, he now leads Matt Kenseth (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Dollar General Toyota Camry) by 28 points heading to Miami-Homestead Speedway for the NASCAR season finale. Johnson can clinch the title with a finish of 23rd or better, 24th if he leads one lap and 25th if he leads the most laps. Kenseth finished 23rd in Phoenix with handling problems. Watch NASCAR videos here.
(Photo by Lesley Ann Miller ©2013 LAT Photo USA, courtesy of Toyota Racing)
Kyle Busch (No. 54 J.D. Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota) dominated the ServiceMaster 200 at Phoenix on Saturday. Busch led 169 laps in capturing his 12th NASCAR Nationwide Series victory in 25 starts this season. Busch extended his series record for wins in the series to 63. Busch also won the pole for the race, his 10th of the season. When Busch has started on pole for a Nationwide race this season, he has won nine times.
(Photo by Nigel Kinrade © 2013 LAT Photo USA, courtesy of Toyota Racing)
Audi Sport customer racing and Flying Lizard Motorsports are partnering to campaign two Audi R8 LMS race cars in the GTD-Class of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. Flying Lizard purchased two Audi R8 LMS customer race cars to contest the full inaugural season of the new American sports car series. Flying Lizard achieved three team championships as well as three driver championships during ten years of racing in the American Le Mans Series, it also competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans multiple times. According to Audi, the Audi R8 LMS race car shares more than 50% of its parts with the Audi R8 street car including the naturally aspirated 5.2 Liter V10 engine, the Audi Space Frame and a variety of other components. TUSCC testing will commence in Sebring on November 16th, with the first race on the 2014 schedule being the Rolex 24 at Daytona on January 25, 2014.
(Audi Motorsport)