Joey Logano Wins at Kansas Speedway
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Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) — Joey Logano is headed into the next round of the Chase for the championship after cruising to victory at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.
Logano held off Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch for his fifth win of the year.
“Getting us to the next round, that’s awesome,” Logano said. “This is so much fun, I’m having a blast this year, and we’ve got a real shot to win this championship. I feel like we’re one of the teams to beat.”
Logano avoided the tough track’s corners and will play with house money in the next two stops at Charlotte and Talladega.
Defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was forced to stop after he was hit by Greg Biffle on the 85th lap.
“It just means we’ve got to be on our game at Charlotte and Talladega,” Johnson said. “We’ll see how the other Chasers fare. If I can get taken out today, somebody else can later in this event or at Charlotte. Certainly need W’s, I would assume, going forward.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was leading when a flat tire caused him to hit the wall and he finished 39th.
“Just the whole surface of the tire unwound like a string. It just came off the tire and it popped off the corner,” said Earnhardt. “Man, that was a great race car. We hadn’t been running very good the last several weeks.”
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