Ryan Blaney’s Phoenix Victory, NASCAR Pit Road Chaos & Las Vegas Preview

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Blaney’s incredible comeback victory at Phoenix Raceway highlighted a chaotic NASCAR weekend filled with loose wheels, tire failures, pit road mistakes and dramatic strategy calls that ultimately decided the race. On this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Kaitlyn Vincie, Mamba Smith and NASCAR Truck Series driver Layne Riggs break down the wild Phoenix Cup Series race including Blaney’s rally from multiple pit road setbacks to win for Team Penske, Christopher Bell’s late charge, Ty Gibbs continuing to show speed, and the many incidents and tire problems that shaped the race. The crew also looks ahead to the upcoming NASCAR weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, reacts to trending motorsports stories in Mamba’s Social Sips including Magic Johnson congratulating Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team and Pato O’Ward clarifying his IndyCar comments, answers fan questions from The Closers, and makes their picks for the next NASCAR Cup Series race. 0:00 - Intro 3:25 - Phoenix Weekend Recap 37:24 - Las Vegas Preview 48:32 - Mamba’s Social Sips 55:29 - Last Call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	He passed 49 cars, by the way.
0:02.0	Light work for old Ryan Bainty.
0:04.0	Speed cures everything.
0:05.0	When you have speed, nobody can stop you.
0:07.0	When that dude is smiling, it just feels like we're in a better spot.
0:10.0	When Jordan's happy, everybody's happy.
0:12.0	It's almost like we were watching the championship race again.
0:15.0	You're on the race.
0:20.0	California's Kevin Harvick
0:22.2	Hey everybody.
0:25.5	Welcome into Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour
0:27.9	presented by NASCAR on Fox.
0:29.4	I'm Caitlin Vinci alongside my buddy Momba Smith.
0:32.1	And this is not Kevin Harvick.
0:34.7	Good call.
0:36.0	This is Lane Riggs, which we're stoked to have you today because Kevin is doing a little vacationing. Yeah, most recent winner in the Crafts and Truck Series, Lane Rigg. So I wore my, this is my only truck series shirt that I got, so I wore my Ron Hornad. I got the goat here and got one of the up-and-comers over here. Yeah, to support you. It's great to be here with you guys.
0:55.0	I watch the show all the time.
0:56.0	And I know I got some pretty big shoes to fill today, so I'm going to do my best and try to hang out and talk some racing with you guys. I'm glad that you're here. Yeah, it's been a good year for you already. by the way, we would be remiss if we didn't at least mention the fact that you won just a few weeks ago at St. Pete.
1:10.0	Yeah, St. Pete was awesome.
1:11.4	I mean, we had the first double the season with the IndyCar series.
1:14.6	And, you know, didn't at least mention the fact that you won just a few weeks ago at St. Pete. Yeah, St. Pete was awesome.
1:11.4	I mean, we had the first double the season with the IndyCar series, and, man, what a great crowd. And so many people I talked to at St. Pete, they're like, we've never seen NASCAR before. And I'm like, just wait, you guys will figure it out. So, no, it was a great crowd. and we got the job done, had to fight from the rear of the field,
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