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Kevin Harvick Wins XFINITY Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway

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Getty S 42612 Richmond%20Motor%20SPeedway?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1425165633732Todd Warshaw/Getty Images(HAMPTON, Ga.) — Kevin Harvick took the lead with 26 laps to go on Saturday and took home the checkered flag in the XFINITY Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Harvick held off Joey Logano to win at Atlanta for the third straight time.

“The first thing I want to do is thank all those fans today,” Harvick said. “To see that crowd out there, I’m really happy for Atlanta Motor Speedway.”

“That pit stop is what won this race,” Harvick continued.  “Joey probably had a little bit better car the second half of the run, but it really played out there for us as we were able to have that short run and take off.”

Logano won the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race and was happy to have a great run.

“This is the closest anyone’s been to beating Kevin here in a long time,” Logano said. “We got beat off pit road. We had a decent restart, but the outside lane is so tough. At that point, I was trying to move around to different lanes. Trying to find something for some speed.”


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