In a race where numerous drivers were nabbed for speeding on pit road, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Joey Logano sped on the race track, winning the Meijer 300 Nationwide Series race for the second year in a row at Kentucky Speedway.
Logano passed teammate Kyle Busch with 10 laps to go to become the first driver to win two series races at Kentucky. Earlier in the day, Logano also became the first driver to win the pole for a second time at the 1.5-mile track. NASCAR.com
“This place just fits me, I just like it,” Logano said. “We’re fast every time we come around here.”
Logano recorded his second victory of the season and the third of his Nationwide career.
“It always happens that way, we always lose at the end,” a disgusted Busch said. “It’s another one-two finish (for Gibbs). Joey is just better than we are at these places. Congratulations to him, he learned from Mark Martin to save his stuff and kind of snooker people into not adjusting on their race cars.” Kansas City Star
Brad Keselowski, who was the beneficiary of that collision and won in Dover, finished third in Kentucky.
Busch was able to expand his Nationwide points lead over Carl Edwards to 137 points after Edwards had an abysmal performance, finishing 20th.
Edwards, who joined Busch and Logano as the only regular Sprint Cup drivers in Saturday’s race, was forced into a long pit after complaining about problems with the car’s back end. He also was penalized twice for speeding off pit road. The Associated Press
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FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 20 Joey Logano Toyota 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 4 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 5 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 6 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 7 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 8 32 Burney Lamar Toyota 9 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 10 33 Kelly Bires Chevrolet 11 6 Erik Darnell * Ford 12 99 Trevor Bayne Toyota 13 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. * Toyota 14 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 15 87 Kevin Conway Toyota 16 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 17 23 Ken Butler III * Chevrolet 18 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 19 0 Mark Green Chevrolet 20 60 Carl Edwards Ford 21 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 22 173 Derrike Cope Dodge 23 27 Jason Keller Ford 24 61 Brandon Whitt Ford 25 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 26 70 Shelby Howard Chevrolet 27 81 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Dodge 28 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 29 47 Michael McDowell * Toyota 30 24 Eric McClure Ford 31 29 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet 32 9 John Wes Townley * Ford 33 7 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 34 42 Kenny Hendrick Dodge 35 26 Brian Keselowski Dodge 36 49 Kevin Hamlin Chevrolet 37 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 38 158 Chris Horn Chevrolet 39 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 40 5 Brad Baker Ford 41 141 Justin Hobgood Chevrolet 42 10 Chad Blount Toyota 43 179 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet
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