AVONDALE, Ariz. – Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski got a big head start on Chase Elliott. It wasn't big enough Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.Dropped from the pole to the back of the field after his No.
9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet failed pre-race inspection, Elliott easily caught up and won the season-ending race for his first NASCAR Cup title.Elliott passed Logano for the lead with 42 laps left and pulled away on the long green-flag run to the finish.
Hamlin, Logano and Keselowski never got the caution flag they needed to catch up, with Keselowski finishing second, Logano third and Hamlin fourth.“I would have liked to have one of those late-race yellows like we saw in the Truck race and the Xfinity race,” Keselowski.