Logano won the Nationwide race at Chicagoland Speedway for his third win of the season and continues to live up to his billing as one of NASCAR’s rising stars.
“We just drove the wheels off her at the end,” Logano said.
Logano passed Kyle Busch with 25 laps left Friday night, then held him off on old tires over the final 10 laps. The 19-year-old Logano, the youngest winner in Sprint Cup history, did not make a late pit stop to get fresh tires.
The gamble paid off for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. The Associated Press
In fact, Logano pulled away to win by 2.619 seconds over Busch, who nevertheless extended his lead in the Nationwide standings to 192 points over sixth-place finisher Carl Edwards. Brian Vickers ran third, followed by Leffler and Kevin Harvick.
“We thought we got beat there at the end,” said Logano, who won his third race of the season and his first at Chicagoland. “Everybody else took tires except for the 38 [Leffler] ... But the clean air was big.”
Busch conceded that his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate had the superior car. Busch’s Toyota was too loose for the driver’s liking. NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 20 Joey Logano Toyota 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 32 Brian Vickers Toyota 4 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 5 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 6 60 Carl Edwards Ford 7 16 Greg Biffle Ford 8 10 David Reutimann Toyota 9 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 10 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 11 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 12 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 13 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 14 198 Paul Menard Ford 15 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 16 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 17 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 18 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 19 27 Jason Keller Ford 20 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. * Toyota 21 9 John Wes Townley * Ford 22 5 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 23 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 24 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 25 81 Michael McDowell * Dodge 26 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 27 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 28 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 29 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 30 26 Dennis Setzer Dodge 31 24 Eric McClure Ford 32 61 Matt Carter Ford 33 7 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 34 6 David Ragan Ford 35 150 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 36 173 Derrike Cope Dodge 37 5 Casey Atwood Ford 38 0 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 39 178 Kevin Lepage Dodge 40 47 Kelly Bires Toyota 41 91 Terry Cook * Chevrolet 42 4 Kertus Davis Chevrolet 43 49 Mark Green Chevrolet
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