Phoenix Preview: West Coast Drivers Enjoy March Swing
By Jared Turner NASCAR’s visit to Phoenix International Raceway for Sunday’s Good Sam 500 marks the second of three stops on the appropriately named West Coast Swing. Now in its second year of existence, the West Coast Swing features consecutive Sprint Cup Series races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, PIR and Auto Club Speedway in California, which all come in the month of March. NASCAR’s impetus for implementing a West Coast Swing was two-fold: To save teams and drivers precious travel time by allowing them to remain out west for two weeks rather than having to go back and forth between coasts.…