United Rentals Work United 500 2023-03-12

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Event
United Rentals Work United 500

Date
Sun 12th March 2023 (UTC)
Sun 12th March 2023 (Local)

Timestamp
2023-03-12T00:00:00

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
NASCAR Cup Series

Season
2023

Round
7

Status
Match Finished

Location
Phoenix Raceway

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Description

The United Rentals Work United 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona since 2005. It is one of two Cup Series races at the track, the other being the Season Finale 500.
With the new 2010 NASCAR start time rule change that starts races only at 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, and 7:30 pm Eastern Time, track officials were concerned that the new start time (45 minutes earlier than in the past) would put the majority of the race in the day instead of the planned night. At that time of year in Phoenix, sunset takes place at roughly 7:00 pm MST (because Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, this is the same as Pacific Daylight Time). As a result, the race was stretched to 600 km (372.8 mi) so that the extra 100 km (62.1 mi) would take place during the day, and most of the race would still take place at night as planned. However, in 2011, the race moved one week after the Daytona 500 in February. The race returned to 312 laps and was run on Sunday in the daytime for the first time. In 2015, Phoenix moved from the second to the fourth race of the season in mid-March.

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Result List

01	William Byron	317 Laps
02	Ryan Blaney	317 Laps
03	Tyler Reddick	317 Laps
04	Kyle Larson	317 Laps
06	Kevin Harvick	317 Laps
06	Christopher Bell	317 Laps
07	Chase Briscoe	317 Laps
08	Kyle Busch	317 Laps
09	Alex Bowman	317 Laps
10	Josh Berry	317 Laps

Result Description
After a two-tire call under the fourth caution flag in Sunday’s United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway, Byron surged past Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson in overtime to win his second straight NASCAR Cup Series race.
Byron can thank Ford drivers Aric Almirola and Harrison Burton, who on successive weekends spun with a handful of laps left – at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix, respectively – and gave Byron a chance to capitalize on the opportunity.
As a result, Byron scored his second victory of the season and a guaranteed ticket into the Cup Series Playoffs. The driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet won for the first time at Phoenix and for the sixth time in his career.

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