Apparently, Joey Logano is none the worse for wear.
Six days after tumbling down the banking in a spectacular Sprint Cup Series wreck at Dover, Joey Logano found his way to a far more friendly environment—Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway.
With three laps left in Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300, the 19-year-old Logano surged past Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch to the outside as their Toyotas raced toward the finish line. Logano pulled away to win the race by .574 seconds. NASCAR
Busch led 173 of the 200 laps on the 1.5-mile oval and has led 2,226 laps this season, breaking the season series record of 2,127 set by Sam Ard in 1984. But Busch didn’t have enough to hold off Logano, who came back to beat him in the final 10 laps for the fourth time this season.
Busch has finished second in all four of Logano’s wins this season.
Brad Keselowski finished third. The Associated Press
“I had a good restart and then [Brad Keselowski] was pushing [Busch] ahead and he got in front of me and I said, ‘this stinks’,” Logano said. “I gave it all I had. I knew I wasn’t going to get him on the bottom because I was aero-tight all day. I couldn’t pass anyone on the bottom, so I started working on top and driving my guts out.”
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“From last week to now, I needed a win to stop everyone talking about am I going to be all right and what was it like to roll,” he added.
Busch padded his championship lead to 245 points over Carl Edwards with six races to go in the season. Edwards finished seventh. MiamiHerald.com
“The guys did a great job working on (the car) all weekend long and made it the best car out there all day, but unfortunately I got beat by another driver,” Busch said. “It just wasn’t meant to be, it wasn’t our day today, I guess, and unfortunately we’re sitting here talking about a second-place finish.”
Busch knew Logano was coming late in the race, but before he could do anything about it, Logano was by him for the victory.
“I knew he had started working the top side in order to start getting some momentum built up,” Busch said. “He was better up there. I didn’t feel like I didn’t to go up there. I felt like I was strong on the bottom. I ran the bottom all day long and felt like I could hold him off, but he got a good run through (turns) three and four and got to my outside before I could shut the door on him and he got by me. As soon as he broke the plane, it’s over.”
Veterans Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five. Topeka Capital Journal
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