Kasey Kahne wins the Spring Cup race at Phoenix: #4 Kasey Kahne won the “Kolbat Tooks 500k” Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway for his 12th career win, 1st of the season and first in 81 races, since Atlanta in Sept. 2009. It is Kasey Kahne's first win in a Toyota after 11 wins in a Dodge. Kahne becomes the 18th different race winner in 2011. It is the first win for a car #4 since the late Bobby
Hamliton won in the #4 Chevy at Martinsville on April 20, 1998.
#99 Carl Edwards finished 2nd followed by #14 Tony Stewart, #31 Jeff
Burton, #39 Ryan Newman, #43 A.J. Allmendinger, #00 David Reutimann, #9 Marcos Ambrose, #27 Paul Menard and #33 Clint Bowyer.
#99 Carl Edwards still leads the Chase by 3 points over #14 Tony Stewart with one race to go, all other drivers are out of Chase contention.
There were 14 lead changes among 7 drivers and 8 cautions for 30 yellow flag laps.
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The Battle between the "Duck & Smoke"...Who with be The 2011 Sprint Cup Champ?
2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Chase Points Standings:
[after Phoenix, race 35 of 36 and Chase race 9 of 10] 
1) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 2359
2) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 2356, -3
These drivers below are officially eliminated from the Csase:
3) #29-Kevin Harvick [4 wins], 2308, -51
4) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 2294, -65
5) #48-Jimmie Johnson [2 wins], 2291, -68
6) #17-Matt Kenseth [3 wins], 2289, -70
7) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [0 wins], 2257, -102
8) #22-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 2252, -107
9) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 2252, -107
10) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 2249, -110
top 10 go to the banquet in Vegas
11) #24-Jeff Gordon [3 wins], 2247, -112
12) #18-Kyle Busch [4 wins], 2224, -135
Sam Hornish wins the Nationwide Series race at Phoenix: #12 Sam Hornish, Jr. won the “WYPALL 200” at Phoenix International Raceway for his first NASCAR win. #22 Brad Keselowski finished second followed by #60 Carl Edwards, #18 Joey Logano, #6 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #16 Trevor Bayne, #33 Clint Bowyer, #20 Ryan Truex, #31 Justin Allgaier, #62 Michael Annett. #2 Elliott Sadler, second in the points, was wrecked late in the race and finished 27th. #6-Ricky Stenhouse will enter the final race of the season with a 41 point lead. There were 7 cautions for 44 laps and 2 lead changes among 3 leaders.
Driver standings following Phoenix:
1) #6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1179 
2) #2-Elliott Sadler 1138 -41
3) #31-Justin Allgaier 1074 -105
4) #88-Aric Almirola 1059 -120
5) #82-Reed Sorenson 1043 -136
6) #38-Jason Leffler 996 -183
7) #09-Kenny Wallace 952 -227
8) #62-Michael Annett 918 -261
9) #11-Brian Scott 912 -267
10) #66-Steve Wallace 911 -268
