On Lap 136, the seventh caution comes out for contact between Kenny Wallace in the No. 15 Ergon Hyprene Toyota Tundra truck and John Wes Townley in the No. 09 Zaxby Ford F-150 truck. Both are battling for eleventh, make contact and wreck hard.
Johnny Benson would also blew another right front tire, he would pull behind the wall and park the 23 truck for the night.
The top five under caution was, Kevin Harvick leading Todd Bodine running in second, Brian Scott in third, followed by Erik Darnell in fourth and Brad Keselowski in fifth.
Kyle Busch is running in seventh, with four fresh tires and depends on how well he catches and passes trucks on the restart if he can catch Harvick.
Ron Hornaday is running in 25th, Johnny Benson day is done is 26th and amazing who would have thought these two would end up both being involved in wrecks. Have three points separating them heading to Homestead.
On the Lap 140 restart, Kevin Harvick takes the green, on the single file restart with Todd Bodine on his bumper.
On Lap 141, Kyle Busch makes up two positions passing Mike Skinner in sixth and Brad Keselowski in fifth.
On Lap 142, Kevin Harvick has about a half second lead on Todd Bodine and Kyle Busch would pass Erik Darnell for fourth.
On Lap 143, Kevin Harvick has a 0.782 second lead on Todd Bodine in second. Kyle Busch is coming passing Brian Scott for third.
On Lap 144, Kevin Harvick has a second lead on Todd Bodine for second and Kyle Busch in third starts to put pressure on Bodine.
On Lap 145, Kyle Busch uses the high side to pass Todd Bodine in second and would scrape the wall. He's 1.228 seconds behind the leader Kevin Harvick.
On Lap 146, Kevin Harvick continues to lead by a second, over Kyle Busch and he's maintaining the lead it's not shrinking.
On Lap 147, Kevin Harvick still leading by a second over Kyle Busch in seconds.
On Lap 148, Kevin Harvick still maintains his lead of a second on Kyle Busch in second.
On Lap 149, Kevin Harvick would take the white flag, Kyle Busch will not catch him.
Kevin Harvick on Lap150, took the checkers with a 0.941 second win over Kyle Busch. He wins his third truck at Phoenix, records his first win driving for his team he owns with Delana and makes it three in a row for Kevin Harvick, Inc.
Harvick would do some great burnouts, receives the checkers and heads to celebrate in victory lane with his No. 2 team.
Ernie Cope was excited, as he earns his second win as crew chief and was proud of the effort by his team.
"I was a little bit frustrated on that first lap, seeing that 33 turned around, but it worked out for us", said Harvick, who picked up the third Truck Series win of his career and first since 2003. "In one sense, you think you've lost the championship, but it's never over till it's over." (nascar.com)
Harvick also hated the cautions, since he was able to read the Sprint monitors and think about what was happening regarding the points between Benson and Hornaday.
"I feel good about their chances", Harvick said of Hornaday's team. "I'm just glad they both pulled a bonehead on the same night—that's pretty much what it boils down to. They both could have had opportunities to put daggers in each other—so luckily [Friday] they synchronized their bad nights." (nascar.com)
"I know he'll be flustered that it turned out that way, but that's what makes Ron Hornaday fun to watch." (nascar.com)
Kyle Busch would lead for 91 laps, would put on fresh Goodyears on a late caution, but would come up a little short and have to settle for second.
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