Sunday’s Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m. on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) marks the NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car’s one-mile competitive debut. And three races into the season, the car — and the racing it’s produced — has received superlative reviews. 

There have been three different race winners — Austin Cindric (Daytona), Kyle Larson (California) and Alex Bowman (Las Vegas) — and three different pole winners — Larson, Cindric and Christopher Bell. And the championship standings certainly reflect an intense parity embraced by the teams and the fans.

Recommended for you

(0) comments

Welcome to the discussion.

Please log in, or sign up for a new, free account to read or post comments.

Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person.
Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article.