Logano Continues Kentucky Dominance
SInce 2008 Joey Logano has won a pole at Kentucky Speedway then went onto win the race making NASCAR history in the process.
By Lee Montgomery
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 12, 2010)
SPARTA, Ky.—Joey Logano remained perfect in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Kentucky Speedway, winning the Meijer 300 from the pole on Saturday night.
Logano had lost the lead on two restarts late in the race but was able to power back to the top spot each time.
The first was with 44 laps to go when Mike Bliss took the lead, but after an extended caution period, Logano got back out front on Lap 169 of 200.
The second came when Brendan Gaughan charged around the outside after a restart on Lap 175, but Gaughan slipped off Turn 4 a lap later, and Logano again regained the lead.
Logano then held off a late charge from Carl Edwards to win for the third time at Kentucky.
Logano, 20, has won the pole and the race every time he has raced at the 1.5-mile track. The victory in 2008 was his first in one of NASCAR’s national series.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series double-duty drivers swept the top three positions, as Edwards finished second and NASCAR Nationwide Series points leader Brad Keselowski was third. Edwards moved up one spot in the standings to second, and is 272 points behind Keselowski.
Gaughan finished fourth, with Reed Sorenson fifth. Rounding out the top 10 were Steve Wallace, Scott Wimmer, Justin Allgaier, Scott Riggs and Raybestos Rookie Colin Braun.
