TicketGuardian 500

The TicketGuardian 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The 312-lap event is one of only four Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series events measured in kilometers rather than miles or laps (joining the fall Phoenix race and both road course events). The 500-kilometer (312 mi) race currently starts at 3:30 p.m. EST and finishes during the day.
==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 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. 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 7:00 p.m. 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 kilometers (375 miles) so that the extra 100 kilometers (63 miles) would take place during the day, and most of the race would still take place at night as planned. However, in 2011, the race moved one week after the Daytona 500 in February. The race returned to 312 laps (500 kilometers) 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.
==Past winners==
Year	Date 	No.	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Race Distance	Race Distance	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)	Report
Year	Date 	No.	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Laps 	Miles (km) 	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)	Report
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
*2010, 2013, and 2016-17: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# Wins	Driver 	Years Won
5 	Kevin Harvick	2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
2 	Jeff Gordon 	2007, 2011
2 	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
2 	Richard Childress Racing	2006, 2017
===Manufacturer wins===
# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
10 	Chevrolet 	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
3 	Ford 	2005, 2013, 2018
1 	Toyota 	2012
==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.
*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.
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
2005	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2006	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2007	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2008	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2009	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2010	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2011	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2012	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2013	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2014	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2015	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2016	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
2017	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
2018	Fox 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripJeff Gordon
==Notes==
==External links==
*NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks
Category:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Races