* Kevin Harvick won the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. He posted his third series victory in his 94th career start. All three of Harvick’s wins have come at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick led 60 laps in the event, including the final 51. Harvick recorded his sixth win at Phoenix (two in Sprint Cup, one in Nationwide and three in Trucks).
* Kevin Harvick Inc. posted its 17th series victory. It was KHI’s eighth of the 2008 season — the most of any team. Kevin Harvick Inc. has won the past three series races with three different drivers. (Ryan Newman at Atlanta, Ron Hornaday Jr. at Texas and Harvick at Phoenix). It’s the first time this has occurred in series history.
* Kyle Busch, who finished second, posted his 15th top-10 finish in 17 starts this season. He has finished first or second six times this season. Busch pitted on Lap 130 and restarted 16th on Lap 134. He came back to finish second, 0.941 of a second behind. Busch led the most laps in the race (90 of 150), the sixth time in 2008 that he has led the most laps.
* On Lap 1, Hornaday and Busch were battling side by side for the lead in Turn 3, Hornaday got loose and hit the wall, then was hit by four other trucks, one being points leader Johnny Benson. Benson made several pit stops to repair damage. Hornaday went behind the wall for repairs and came back to the track on Lap 29.
* On Lap 86, Benson and T.J. Bell got together in Turn 1. Benson received heavy damage and went behind the wall for 38 laps for repairs. Bell’s day was over.
* Hornaday finished 25th (34 laps down) and Johnny finished 26th (49 laps down).
* Hornaday gained three points on Benson; he is now only three points behind the leader. This is the closest points battle with one race to go in series history; the previous was 13 in 1998, when Hornaday was leading Jack Sprague.
* Benson has lost 62 points to Hornaday over the past three races; he had a 65-point lead following Martinsville.
* Chevrolet posted its 10th win of the 2008 season.
* Brian Scott, who finished fourth, was the best finishing of the four rookie of the year contenders in the race. It was Scott’s career-best finish.
* Brad Keselowski, sixth, recorded his best career finish.
* The top 10 featured four Toyotas, three Chevrolets, and three Fords. Dennis Setzer, who finished 15th, was the highest finishing Dodge.
* The race was slowed seven times for 41 laps.(ESPN.com)(11-10-2008)
