AVONDALE, Ariz. - Carl Edwards climbed from his car, stood on the door and landed a backflip near the finish line. He then hopped up on the wall in front of the grandstand, grabbed the checkered flag and waded into the crowd, trading high-fives with fans.

After a miserable week at Daytona, Edwards had plenty to celebrate.

That it came at Phoenix International Raceway only seemed fitting.

Coming through on his promise to dominate after his Daytona disaster, Edwards pulled away on a late restart and snapped a 70-race winless streak on Sunday, the second long drought he's ended at Phoenix.

"This win feels as good or better as any win I've ever had," Edwards said.

Edwards had a rough 2012 season, missing the Chase for the championship. His downward spiral continued at Daytona, where he wrecked five cars. On his way out of Florida, Edwards said he was ready to dominate and win at Phoenix.

He did just that, leading the final 78 laps on the 312-lap race around PIR's odd-shaped oval in the first non-restrictor-plate race with NASCAR's new Gen-6 car.

Edwards got a good push from defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski on the restart with two laps left and pulled away from there, winning for the first time since Las Vegas in 2011.

Mark Martin failed in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner.

The 54-year-old became the second-oldest driver to start on the pole in a Sprint Cup car, a few months short of Harry Gant's mark. Martin led the first 49 laps and 26 more later on, but couldn't sustain it in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner, finishing 21st.

"Obviously, it's a disappointing result for a great effort on the weekend," Martin said. "The car was pretty fast, but we had multiple problems today."

Danica Patrick couldn't stay with the leaders at Phoenix, ending her day with one of the hardest hits of her career. It happened with about 100 laps left, when the right-front tire on Patrick's No. 10 Chevrolet went down and slammed her into the wall.

Patrick's car careened back into David Ragan, flipping her hood over the windshield and shredding the left front fender as protective foam from the driver's side door flew onto the track.

"Whenever those right-fronts go, they always hit hard because you don't broadside, you hit more straight on," said Patrick, who finished 39th. "It took a hard hit both sides and I'm fine, so NASCAR is doing a good job at safety. But no real good warning. The car wasn't all that tight and most of the (problems) were in the rear, so there was no real vibration that told me that was going to happen."

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Subway Fresh Fit 500

Sunday

At Phoenix International Raceway

Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (15) Carl Edwards, Ford, 316 laps, 136.5 rating, 48 points, $293,675.

2. (3) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 316, 126.9, 43, $209,686.

3. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 316, 98.7, 41, $157,575.

4. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 316, 115.8, 41, $168,076.

5. (21) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 316, 107.9, 40, $130,750.

6. (13) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 316, 101, 38, $140,083.

7. (9) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 316, 111.1, 37, $129,841.

8. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 316, 103.2, 36, $132,575.

9. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 316, 98.2, 35, $131,186.

10. (20) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 316, 87.5, 34, $96,950.

11. (23) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 316, 71.7, 33, $111,808.

12. (29) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 316, 80.5, 33, $111,064.

13. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 316, 108.4, 31, $125,136.

14. (43) Casey Mears, Ford, 316, 64.1, 30, $105,333.

15. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 316, 85.9, 29, $117,886.

16. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 316, 72, 28, $125,311.

17. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 316, 86, 28, $92,925.

18. (22) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 316, 67.4, 26, $105,914.

19. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 316, 84.9, 25, $93,000.

20. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 316, 70.9, 24, $108,866.

21. (1) Mark Martin, Toyota, 316, 91.9, 24, $92,425.

22. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 316, 68.3, 22, $103,995.

23. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 316, 60.3, 21, $119,508.

24. (33) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 315, 55, 20, $99,408.

25. (34) David Reutimann, Toyota, 315, 49.4, 20, $89,233.

26. (32) Joey Logano, Ford, 315, 72.3, 18, $104,708.

27. (25) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 315, 73.7, 17, $102,920.

28. (27) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 315, 46.3, 16, $76,350.

29. (30) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 313, 41.4, 15, $93,672.

30. (37) David Stremme, Toyota, 313, 40.1, 14, $77,475.

31. (41) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 311, 35.6, 0, $72,810.

32. (38) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 309, 35.1, 12, $75,125.

33. (26) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 306, 38.2, 11, $72,500.

34. (42) Ken Schrader, Ford, accident, 300, 29.8, 10, $72,375.

35. (36) Josh Wise, Ford, 295, 36, 0, $72,250.

36. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 284, 59, 8, $104,170.

37. (31) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 237, 53.7, 7, $71,970.

38. (24) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 186, 46.5, 7, $75,400.

39. (40) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 184, 44.2, 5, $63,400.

40. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 137, 53.5, 4, $93,558.

41. (28) Scott Speed, Ford, brakes, 88, 31.5, 3, $55,400.

42. (35) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 34, 28.4, 0, $51,400.

43. (39) Scott Riggs, Ford, accident, 19, 30.5, 0, $47,900.

Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Johnson, 90; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr., 82; 3. Bra.Keselowski, 82; 4. D.Hamlin, 72; 5. C.Bowyer, 72; 6. G.Biffle, 66; 7. M.Martin, 65; 8. J.Gordon, 60; 9. R.Stenhouse Jr., 60; 10. A.Almirola, 60; 11. C.Edwards, 59; 12. M.Ambrose, 52.