Kevin Harvick has dominated The Profit on CNBC 500 in Phoenix winning his first race since joining Stewart-Haas Racing and setting himself up for a NASCAR title tilt.

Despite it being just his second race with the team, Harvick entered the race as an overwhelming favourite and delivered, despite the best efforts of Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. It his fifth win at Phoenix and 24th overall for his career.

Harvick led 224 of the 312 laps at the one-mile track, including the final 24, leaving Earnhardt to battle with front row starters Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, who finished third and fourth, respectively, for Team Penske.

“Man, this just solidifies so many things and so many decisions,” said Harvick.

“It’s been so much work with all the time and effort that these guys (the crew) have put in–but what a race car.

“Rodney Childers has just done a phenomenal job of putting this team together. These guys all want to win. That’s why they came here. That’s why I came here, too.

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson finished fifth and sixth, with Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray completing the top 10.

A challenging race for Australia’s Marcos Ambrose who battled car balance throughout to finish in 22nd.

VIDEO: Race Wrap from Phoenix

 RESULTS: The Profit on CNBC 500 – Phoenix

POS	Car #	Driver	Make	Start Pos.	Laps	Laps Led	Final Status	Points	Bonus Points
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	13	312	224	Running	48	5
2	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Chevrolet	5	312	0	Running	42	0
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	1	312	3	Running	42	1
4	22	Joey Logano	Ford	2	312	71	Running	41	1
5	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	17	312	4	Running	40	1
6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	4	312	0	Running	38	0
7	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	15	312	6	Running	38	1
8	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	23	312	1	Running	37	1
9	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	7	312	0	Running	35	0
10	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	3	312	0	Running	34	0
11	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	11	312	0	Running	33	0
12	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	19	312	0	Running	32	0
13	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	14	312	1	Running	32	1
14	13	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	18	312	0	Running	30	0
15	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	9	312	0	Running	29	0
16	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	20	312	0	Running	28	0
17	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	6	312	0	Running	27	0
18	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Ford	21	312	0	Running	26	0
19	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	12	312	0	Running	25	0
20	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	8	312	0	Running	24	0
21	9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	29	311	0	Running	23	0
22	78	Martin Truex Jr	Chevrolet	27	311	0	Running	22	0
23	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	22	311	0	Running	21	0
24	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	24	311	0	Running	20	0
25	55	Brian Vickers	Toyota	16	311	0	Running	19	0
26	47	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	25	310	0	Running	18	0
27	26	Cole Whitt	Toyota	31	310	0	Running	17	0
28	34	David Ragan	Ford	30	310	0	Running	16	0
29	38	David Gilliland	Ford	28	309	2	Running	16	1
30	51	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	43	309	0	Running	14	0
31	36	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	39	308	0	Running	13	0
32	33	Brian Scott	Chevrolet	32	308	0	Running	0	0
33	95	Michael McDowell	Ford	26	307	0	Running	11	0
34	7	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	41	307	0	Running	10	0
35	83	Ryan Truex	Toyota	34	307	0	Running	9	0
36	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	33	306	0	Running	8	0
37	35	Blake Koch	Ford	37	306	0	Running	0	0
38	32	Travis Kvapil	Ford	40	302	0	Running	6	0
39	41	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	10	292	0	Engine	5	0
40	66	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	38	292	0	Running	0	0
41	23	Alex Bowman	Toyota	35	230	0	Brakes	3	0
42	30	Parker Kligerman	Toyota	36	226	0	Engine	2	0
43	87	Morgan Shepherd	Toyota	42	28	0	Brakes	0	0

 

STANDINGS

Position	Driver	Car #	Points	Behind	Starts	WINS	Top 5	Top 10	DNF
1	Dale Earnhardt Jr	88	90	Leader	2	1	2	2	0
2	Brad Keselowski	2	84	-6	2	0	2	2	0
3	Jeff Gordon	24	80	-10	2	0	2	2	0
4	Kevin Harvick	4	79	-11	2	1	1	1	0
5	Jimmie Johnson	48	78	-12	2	0	1	2	0
6	Joey Logano	22	75	-15	2	0	1	1	0
7	Matt Kenseth	20	70	-20	2	0	0	1	0
8	Denny Hamlin	11	68	-22	2	0	1	1	0
9	Carl Edwards	99	65	-25	2	0	0	1	0
10	Greg Biffle	16	64	-26	2	0	0	1	0
11	Casey Mears	13	64	-26	2	0	0	1	0
12	Jamie McMurray	1	64	-26	2	0	0	1	0
13	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	17	63	-27	2	0	0	1	0
14	Kyle Busch	18	61	-29	2	0	0	1	0
15	Ryan Newman	31	60	-30	2	0	0	1	0
16	Austin Dillon	3	56	-34	2	0	0	1	0
17	Marcos Ambrose	9	49	-41	2	0	0	0	0
18	Kasey Kahne	5	47	-43	2	0	0	0	0
19	Reed Sorenson	36	41	-49	2	0	0	0	0
20	Tony Stewart	14	37	-53	2	0	0	0	0
21	AJ Allmendinger	47	37	-53	2	0	0	0	0
22	Aric Almirola	43	35	-55	2	0	0	0	1
23	Clint Bowyer	15	34	-56	2	0	0	0	1
24	Paul Menard	27	34	-56	2	0	0	0	0
25	Brian Vickers	55	33	-57	2	0	0	0	0
26	Cole Whitt	26	33	-57	2	0	0	0	1
27	Justin Allgaier	51	32	-58	2	0	0	0	1
28	Kyle Larson	42	30	-60	2	0	0	0	1
29	Bobby Labonte		29	-61	1	0	0	0	0
30	Kurt Busch	41	29	-61	2	0	0	0	1
31	David Ragan	34	26	-64	2	0	0	0	0
32	Terry Labonte		24	-66	1	0	0	0	0
33	Alex Bowman	23	24	-66	2	0	0	0	1
34	David Gilliland	38	24	-66	2	0	0	0	0
35	Martin Truex Jr	78	23	-67	2	0	0	0	1
36	Josh Wise	98	20	-70	1	0	0	0	0
37	Parker Kligerman	30	17	-73	2	0	0	0	2
38	Michael Annett	7	17	-73	2	0	0	0	1
39	Danica Patrick	10	13	-77	2	0	0	0	1
40	Michael McDowell	95	11	-79	1	0	0	0	0
41	Ryan Truex	83	9	-81	1	0	0	0	0
42	Travis Kvapil	32	6	-84	1	0	0	0	0
43	Michael Waltrip		4	-86	1	0	0	0	1
44	Landon Cassill	40	0	-90	1	0	0	0	0
45	Brian Scott	33	0	-90	2	0	0	0	0
46	Trevor Bayne		0	-90	1	0	0	0	1
47	Blake Koch	35	0	-90	1	0	0	0	0
48	Joe Nemechek	66	0	-90	1	0	0	0	0
49	Morgan Shepherd	87	0	-90	1	0	0	0	1
50	Dave Blaney	77	0	-90	0	0	0	0	0
51	Eric McClure		0	-90	0	0	0	0	0