Monday, June 10, 2019

Logano Dominates in Michigan

Originally written for CLNS Media.


Joey Logano won the FireKeepers Casino 400 from Michigan International Speedway on Monday afternoon.

The race was delayed from Sunday due to rain, but Logano dominated from the drop of the green flag.  After starting on the pole, Logano led 163 of 203 laps on Monday.

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After a caution came out to send the race into overtime, Logano had to hold off Martin Truex Jr. and Kurt Busch to get to victory lane.

Logano said he used his experience on previous restarts to hold off Busch over the final two laps.

“You race this whole race, and you keep building that notebook up,” Logano said.  “Great execution day; our racecar was obviously very fast, and our pit crew’s amazing.”

Busch finished second, and is still looking for his first win on the season.

After getting into the wall earlier in the race, Busch said the light damage his car had affected his ability to get to the lead late in the race.

“That’s more than I was hoping to see for damage, but I had a blast,” Busch said.  “This gives us reason to smile and be happy; we ran up front and we were strong.”

“We got enough stage points today that I was like, ‘hell with it, we don’t need to get anything but the win.’”

Unofficial results:
1. Joey Logano
2. Kurt Busch
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Daniel Suarez
5. Kyle Busch
6. Brad Keselowski
7. Kevin Harvick
8. Ryan Newman
9. Ryan Blaney
10. Alex Bowman
11. Denny Hamlin
12. Daniel Hemric
13. Paul Menard
14. Kyle Larson
15. Jimmie Johnson
16. Chris Buescher
17. Aric Almirola
18. William Byron
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
20. Chase Elliott
21. Matt DiBenedetto
22. Ty Dillon
23. Corey LaJoie
24. Matt Tifft
25. Ryan Preece
26. Austin Dillon
27. Michael McDowell
28. Bubba Wallace
29. Landon Cassill
30. Garrett Smithley
31. Erik Jones
32. Quin Houff
33. Josh Bilicki
34. David Ragan
35. Clint Bowyer
36. Kyle Weatherman

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