Pole-sitter Joey Logano was tired of finishing second—and on Saturday at Kansas Speedway, he did something about it.
With a push from Nationwide Series points leader Brad Keselowski, Logano pulled away from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch after a restart on Lap 199 of 200 and held on to win the Kansas Lottery 300.
Logano, who won in Nationwide for the second time this year, acknowledged Keselowski’s boost.
“It’s cool to get back in victory lane after the way we’ve been finishing second so much lately,” Logano said. “He [Keselowski] helped me out a lot. I’ve pushed him to a couple of wins.”
“We’re just a little bit off the Gibbs cars speed-wise,” said Keselowski, who extended his lead in the Nationwide standings to 374 points over second-place Carl Edwards, who finished 14th despite spinning into the Turn 2 wall on Lap 67. “We had some good strategy there, and we got in front of them, but we just didn’t have quite enough to keep in front of them.
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NASCAR Nationwide Series: Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas - Race Results
Joey Logano Becomes First NNS Repeat Winner at Kansas, Wins Kansas Lottery 300
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Brad Keselowski 4589 Leader 2 Carl Edwards 4215 -374 3 Kyle Busch 4089 -500 4 Justin Allgaier 3796 -793 5 Paul Menard 3739 -850 6 Kevin Harvick 3588 -1001 7 Steve Wallace 3287 -1302 8 Jason Leffler 3263 -1326 9 Trevor Bayne 3261 -1328 10 Joey Logano 3237 -1352 11 Brendan Gaughan 3149 -1440 12 Michael Annett 3084 -1505 13 Brian Scott* 2901 -1688 14 Reed Sorenson 2882 -1707 15 Tony Raines 2824 -1765 16 Mike Bliss 2770 -1819 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 2690 -1899 18 Mike Wallace 2658 -1931 19 Kenny Wallace 2620 -1969 20 Joe Nemechek 2462 -2127 21 Michael McDowell 2363 -2226 22 Jason Keller 2174 -2415 23 Eric McClure 2073 -2516 24 Colin Braun* 2022 -2567 25 Josh Wise 1901 -2688 26 Shelby Howard 1700 -2889 27 Robert Richardson Jr. 1548 -3041 28 Mark Green 1540 -3049 29 Morgan Shepherd 1522 -3067 30 Willie Allen 1508 -3081 31 Brian Keselowski 1377 -3212 32 Greg Biffle 1368 -3221 33 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1328 -3261 34 Clint Bowyer 1273 -3316 35 Jamie McMurray 1234 -3355 36 Ryan Newman 1109 -3480 37 Tayler Malsam 1045 -3544 38 Jeremy Clements 1038 -3551 39 James Buescher* 961 -3628 40 Kelly Bires 922 -3667
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