 They hung on with those tires but we were faster so I thought, ‘Man, I’ll just move him out of the way and get by.’ I just didn't move him far enough and then he got up the door and I thought I was trying to time—I thought ‘I think he’s going to beat me.’ So, I tried to sideswipe him before he got there but I needed to be in front of his front tire.Anyway, just a fun race.”

Hamlin said he "was actually rooting on Carl going, ‘Get him.’ But, we’ve been on the other side of that photo finish.Awesome that this rules package creates this kind of racing and some of the finishes that we’ve seen so far this year.”


Fox Sports will be covering their 12th race at the Phoenix International Raceway.