Joey Logano didn’t lead Friday night’s Subway Jalapeno 250 until the final half mile, but that was all the 21-year-old driver of the No. 20 Toyota needed to notch his first victory at Daytona International Speedway.
Leffler ran second followed by series points leader Reed Sorenson.
Sorenson’s strong finish and monetary bonus comes on the heels of his victory last week at Road America, which was his first of the season. He holds a nine-point lead over Elliott Sadler in the series standings.
“At the end, Jason Leffler found us and that’s the third time in a row we’ve worked together in the restrictor-plate races,” Sorenson said. “I knew we were going to have a big run there on that last lap.”
With the win, Sorenson joins Leffler, Justin Allgaier and Michael Annett as drivers eligible for the next $100,000 bonus, in the Aug. 6 race at Iowa Speedway.
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Reed Sorenson 610 Leader 2 Elliott Sadler 601 -9 3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 579 -31 4 Justin Allgaier 573 -37 5 Jason Leffler 537 -73 6 Aric Almirola 529 -81 7 Kenny Wallace 494 -116 8 Steve Wallace 467 -143 9 Brian Scott 454 -156 10 Michael Annett 446 -164 11 Josh Wise 413 -197 12 Mike Wallace 393 -217 13 Mike Bliss 389 -221 14 Trevor Bayne 376 -234 15 Joe Nemechek 358 -252 16 Jeremy Clements 332 -278 17 Timmy Hill* 320 -290 18 Derrike Cope 283 -327 19 Eric McClure 280 -330 20 Morgan Shepherd 270 -340 21 Blake Koch* 267 -343 22 Ryan Truex* 249 -361 23 Scott Wimmer 236 -374 24 Robert Richardson Jr. 213 -397 25 Danica Patrick 178 -432 26 Sam Hornish Jr. 159 -451 27 Dennis Setzer 155 -455 28 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 138 -472 29 Carl Long 123 -487 30 Danny Efland 122 -488 31 Kevin Lepage 116 -494 32 Charles Lewandoski* 106 -504 33 J R Fitzpatrick 100 -510 34 Shelby Howard 84 -526 35 Tim Andrews 84 -526 36 Donnie Neuenberger 74 -536 37 Kelly Bires 70 -540 38 Kevin Conway 59 -551 39 Jeff Green 55 -555 40 Chris Buescher 54 -556
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