Friday April 26th, 2024 5:04AM

PODCAST: Hard Left Turn - Truex, Jr. tames competition at Phoenix

By AccessWDUN Staff

After knocking on the door several times this season, Martin Truex, Jr. finally put his first NASCAR Cup Series win on the board for 2021 with a victory on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.

Our Hard Left Turn crew gets you up to speed on all the latest items out of NASCAR's visit to the Valley of the Sun, including:

-Martin Truex, Jr. kept the streak of five different winners in the first five races of the season with his first career Phoenix victory.

-Team Penske seems to have gotten their mojo back, as all three drivers finished in the top 10, led byJoey Logano in second.

-Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott saw promising days go south with a rash of pit road speeding penalties between the two Hendrick Motorsports teammates.

-Kyle Busch did not have a good day, topped off with a tangle with Ross Chastain.

-Plus we'll look at the latest news items and we'll preview the NASCAR race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

WDUN will carry live PRN Radio coverage of the NASCAR race weekend from Atlanta Motor Speedway, beginning with Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Echo Park 250 at 4:30 pm on 102.9 FM, AM 550 and streaming live on AccessWDUN.  Coverage continues on Sunday with the NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 starting at 2 pm on 102.9 FM, AM 550 and streaming live on AccessWDUN.

For up-to-the-minute motorsports information, follow @WDUNRacing on Twitter and log on to the Around the Track page daily.

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