FanShield 500

The FanShield 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The 312 lap event is one of only four Cup Series events measured in kilometers rather than miles or laps (joining the fall Phoenix race, the Charlotte Roval, and both road course events). The 500-kilometer (310 mi) race currently starts at 3:30 p.m. EST and finishes during the day. Joey Logano is the defending race winner.

FanShield 500
NASCAR Cup Series
VenuePhoenix Raceway
LocationAvondale, Arizona, United States
Corporate sponsorFanShield
First race2005
Distance318.864 mi (513.162 km)
Laps312 (Stage 1: 75
Stage 2: 115
Final stage: 122)
Previous namesSubway Fresh 500
(2005–2006)
Subway Fresh Fit 500
(2007–2009, 2011–2013)
Subway Fresh Fit 600
(2010)
The Profit on CNBC 500 (2014)
CampingWorld.com 500 (2015)
Good Sam 500 (2016)
Camping World 500 (2017)
TicketGuardian 500 (2018–2019)
Most wins (driver)Kevin Harvick (5)
Most wins (team)Stewart-Haas Racing (5)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (10)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.022 mi (1.645 km)
Turns4

Race history

As part of the 2005 NASCAR Realignment, a second date was awarded to Phoenix with Subway sponsorship. As there was already a race sponsored by Subway on the schedule (the now Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville), the name "Subway Fresh 500" was devised to reduce confusion. Subway later added the word "Fit" to the sponsorship to promote its Fresh Fit combo choices. This event swapped dates with the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway due to the three race west coast swing, this event used to be race 2 preceding Daytona and Las Vegas before Atlanta took Phoenix's former spot, the Food City 500 at Bristol used to be race 4 before the Food City 500 moved up four weeks due to bad weather, on April 19, 2015.

With the new 2010 NASCAR start time rule change that starts races only at 1:00pm, 3:00pm, and 7:30pm 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 7:00pm 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.[1] However, in 2011, the race moved one week after the Daytona 500 in February. The race returned to 312 laps [513.162 km (318.864 mi)] 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.[2]

Past winners
Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)		 Report
Laps Miles (km)
2005 April 23 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 312 312 (502.115) 3:02:16 102.707 Report
2006 April 22 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312 312 (502.115) 2:54:51 107.063 Report
2007 April 21 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 312 (502.115) 2:53:48 107.71 Report
2008 April 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 312 (502.115) 3:01:14 103.292 Report
2009 April 18 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 312 (502.115) 2:53:16 108.042 Report
2010 April 10 39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 378* 378 (608.332) 3:48:14 99.372 Report
2011 February 27 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 312 (502.115) 3:01:49 102.961 Report
2012 March 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 312 (502.115) 2:50:35 110.085 Report
2013 March 3 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 316* 316 (508.553) 3:00:15 105.187 Report
2014 March 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 312 312 (502.115) 2:51:23 109.229 Report
2015 March 15 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 312 312 (502.115) 2:57:01 105.753 Report
2016 March 13 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 313* 313 (503.724) 2:45:53 113.212 Report
2017 March 19 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 314* 314 (505.334) 3:00:41 104.271 Report
2018 March 11 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 312 312 (502.115) 2:53:13 108.073 Report
2019 March 10 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 312 (502.115) 3:04:05 101.693 Report
2020 March 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 316* 316 (519.742) 3:20:50 94.407 Report

Multiple winners (drivers)
# Wins Driver Years Won
5 Kevin Harvick 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
2 Jeff Gordon 2007, 2011
Ryan Newman 2010, 2017

Multiple winners (teams)
# Wins Team Years Won
5 Stewart-Haas Racing 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
4 Hendrick Motorsports 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
2 Roush Fenway Racing 2005, 2013
Richard Childress Racing 2006, 2017
Joe Gibbs Racing 2012, 2019

Manufacturer wins
# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
10 Chevrolet 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
4 Ford 2005, 2013, 2018, 2020
2 Toyota 2012, 2019

Notable moments
  • 2007: Jeff Gordon wins for the first time at Phoenix from the pole (the first winner from the pole at Phoenix), scoring his 76th Cup Series win (tying Dale Earnhardt). After the race, Gordon celebrated with a black flag with the #3 of Earnhardt emblazoned on it.[3]
  • 2011: Jeff Gordon snaps a 66-race winless streak (longest of his career) and ties Cale Yarborough with his 83rd career win.
  • 2013: Carl Edwards wins in a Subway-sponsored car in the Subway-sponsored race and snaps a 70-race winless streak.

Notes
  1. "News & Media". NASCAR.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  2. "NASCAR reveals 2015 schedules for national series". NASCAR. August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  3. "Memorable Moments: Phoenix". NASCAR. November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
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