Briscoe shot out of a cannon on a restart with three laps to go in the Ruoff Mortgage 500 and kept the rest of the field in his rear-view mirror to capture the first NASCAR Cup Series victory of his career.
“It’s unbelievable. I was crying the whole last lap,” Briscoe said during his postrace interview. “This is definitely a team win. I’ve got to thank everybody that’s gotten me to this point. Seven years ago, I was sleeping on couches, volunteering at race shops and was literally driving home to give up. . . . [It’s] definitely special, and one that’s going to be remembered forever.”
Sporting News tracked live updates and lap-by-lap highlights for NASCAR’s race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. Check out the results from the Ruoff Mortgage 500 below.
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NASCAR at Phoenix live updates, highlights from Ruoff Mortgage 500
(All times Eastern)
7:20 p.m. — The full results from the Ruoff Mortgage 500:
6:55 p.m. — Chase Briscoe keeps the lead on the restart, and he earns his first career NASCAR Cup Series win.
6:50 p.m. — Wow. Another late caution. Chase Elliott spins out this time.
6:45 p.m. — How about a little drama down the stretch?
6:35 p.m. — A late-race caution after Erik Jones gets loose:
6:25 p.m. — With less than 50 laps to go, Chase Briscoe holds a narrow lead over Chase Elliott.
6:15 p.m. — Kyle Larson has a broken valve spring. The No. 5 car is done for the day.
6 p.m. — Ouch. That’s a hard hit for Martin Truex Jr.
5:50 p.m. — Chase Elliott is the leader through 200 laps, but Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney aren’t far behind.
5:35 p.m. — Ryan Blaney takes Stage 2. Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, William Byron and Kyle Larson round out the top five.
5:15 p.m. — An entertaining battle between Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott:
5 p.m. — Christopher Bell spins out, and the yellow flag is waving.
4:50 p.m. — As The Athletic’s Jeff Gluck notes, nine of the top 10 drivers are from Hendrick, Gibbs, Penske and Stewart-Haas. Can anyone break up the big teams?
4:40 p.m. — Ryan Blaney is back on top of the leaderboard. We’ve hit the 80-lap mark of the race.
4:25 p.m. — William Byron wins Stage 1. The rest of the top five: Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick and Alex Bowman.
4:20 p.m. — Corey LaJoie drills the wall, and a tire is on the track. Looks like his day is done.
4:10 p.m. — Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney got hit with speeding penalties.
4 p.m. — Ryan Blaney still has the lead through 20 laps. A competition is coming up soon.
3:50 p.m. — And here we go. The green flag is out.
NASCAR start time today
Start time: 3:30 p. m. ET
While NASCAR lists 3:30 p.m. ET as the start time for the race, customary prerace ceremonies will push the waving of the green flag to 3:47 p.m. ET.
Mike Joy will be on the lap-by-lap call, and he’ll be joined by Clint Bowyer and Danica Patrick. Fox is using a rotating set of analysts to replace Jeff Gordon, who left the booth to rejoin Hendrick Motorsports. Patrick was also in the booth for last weekend’s race in Las Vegas.
