Defending race winner – and current standings leader – Clint Bowyer the charge among this weekend’s RCR drivers with four top fives in six races. Jeff Burton finished third in this race last year for Childress his only NASCAR Nationwide Series start at the track for his current team. Burton also has three top 10s in four starts, including a win, for former team owner Jack Roush.

Kevin Harvick, who will run for his own team this weekend, finished in the top five in the last five Phoenix races he ran for RCR. Scott Wimmer, who shares time with Burton in the No. 29 Chevrolet, finished fourth in last fall’s event.

“The Nationwide shop runs well because a lot of the key people have been in place for a long time,” said Shane Wilson, crew chief of the No. 21. “We don’t talk about being one team, it’s just the way that it is at RCR; and I sometimes forget that we have three cars because everyone is looking out for the best interest of the team.”

Trying to add to that tradition this week is RCR newcomer Stephen Leicht.

Leicht finished seventh in the 2007 standings for Robert Yates Racing, but was left without a ride when the team decided to focus on its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams.

Leicht has started two races for RCR this year, finishing 10th at Auto Club Speedway and 12th at Nashville Superspeedway. tionwide races at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.