It was a long but interesting NASCAR weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. Here are links to all of my Arizona Republic stories and I hope you might enjoy some of this on-site reporting instead of the usual blog posting this week. Thank you.
Monday -- New PIR exceeds expectations
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/13/20111113pir-exceeds-expectations.html
Monday notebook -- (Kyle and Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, etc.)
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/13/20111113pir-kyle-busch-performs-well.html
Sunday -- Q&A with Kevin Harvick
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/12/20111112nascar-kevin-harvick-kolbalt-tolls-500-pir.html
Sunday notebook -- (Mike Helton, Adrian Fernandez, etc.)
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/12/20111112nascar-pir-notebook-president-mike-helton-moves-past-busch-controversy.html
Sunday -- Hornish wins first NASCAR race
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/12/20111112pir-nationwide-sam-hornish-jr-wins-wypall-200.html
Saturday -- Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/11/20111111nascar-kyle-busch-back.html
Saturday notebook -- (Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, etc.)
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/11/20111111nascar-denny-hamlin-tracks-surface.html
Friday notebook -- (Trevor Bayne, etc.)
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/speed/articles/2011/11/10/20111110nascar-trevor-bayne-roller-coaster.html
[ more next Monday . . . ]