Spire Motorsports teammates Carson Hocevar and Michael McDowell set the pace for NASCAR Cup Series practice at Phoenix Raceway right at the start of the session, and no one could beat it. The two ran their fastest laps on their respective first laps on track.

Spire Motorsports is still a relatively young NASCAR Cup Series organization, but you wouldn't know it from the speed they had on Saturday.

Winner: "How about that one, race fans? Oh, my gosh, man. Whenever you're sitting there dreaming it up, that's about as ugly as it gets. You put the red tires on, you're like, All right, what I don't want to happen is go 20,

Carson Hocevar was the fastest man in the desert on Saturday. The second-year Cup Series driver laid down a lap of 27.16 seconds in Saturday's practice session at Phoenix Raceway and was atop the speed chart when the lone 45-minute practice session of the weekend ended.

It's race day! The fourth round of the NASCAR Cup Series is set to go ahead at Phoenix Raceway later today. William Byron will start the race from pole position followed by Joey Logano and Carson Hocevar.

Sunday’s race comprises 312 one-mile tri-oval laps, combining for the namesake’s 500 kilometers. Mike Joy will be on play-by-play, with Clint Bowyer on analysis and Harvick, the all-time winningest driver at Phoenix Raceway,