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Lap 310 — Kevin Harvick is out of fuel!

Lap 309 — Kevin Harvick has caught Denny Hamlin for the lead. Here we go!

Lap 307 — Five laps to go. Will the leaders be able to make it the rest of the way on fuel? Kevin Harvick is closing on leader Denny Hamlin.

Lap 306 — Denny Hamlin is picking his way through lapped traffic.

Lap 303 — Denny Hamlin is told that Kevin Harvick has to back off and save fuel. That doesn’t actually look to be the case, as the gap has dwindled to half a seecond.

Lap 302 — Ten laps to go. The margin between Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick is staying steady at about seven tenths of a second.

Lap 300 — Darian Grubb, Denny Hamlin’s new crew chief, has got to be loving this!

Lap 296 — Marcos Ambrose brings his Ford to pit road.

Lap 294 — Marcos Ambrose, who was running third, is showing smoke out of the exhaust pipes.

Lap 292 — Twenty laps to go. Denny Hamlin’s lead over Kevin Harvick is about six-tenths of a second.

Lap 291 — Jeff Burton has been black flagged.

Lap 288 — After developing a problem, Jeff Burton is told by NASCAR to pick up his speed.

Lap 285 — Denny Hamlin has never won here at Phoenix. His previous best finishes were four third-place showings.