Originally written for CLNS Media.
Joey Logano won the Hollywood Casino 400 from Kansas
Speedway on Sunday afternoon to lock himself into the Championship Round of the
NASCAR Playoffs.
Logano took the lead on the final restart, and he held
off Kevin Harvick over the final 30-lap run.
Harvick had a faster car throughout the race, but
Logano was able to block him over the final run to pick up his first victory
since NASCAR returned from their COVID shutdown.
“I thought if I could hold him off those first 15
laps, I’d have a chance,” Logano said. “Dirty
air was best for us. When we caught
lapped traffic, we were able to gap ourselves as he got more dirty air.”
Logano said the victory reminds him of 2018, when he
locked himself in to the final round of the Playoffs early.
“It was on my mind every lap,” Logano said. “You come into this race knowing if you can
win this thing you’ve got an amazing advantage.
We’re going to Phoenix; we’re racing for a championship again.”
Harvick said he needed to beat Logano off pit road if
he was going to win.
“It came down to controlling that restart there and we
lost the lead,” Harvick said. “We weren’t
the best behind somebody. Good run for
us; wish we could have won but one short.”
Unofficial results:
1. Joey Logano
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Alex Bowman
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Kyle Busch
6. Chase Elliott
7. Ryan Blaney
8. William Byron
9. Martin Truex Jr.
10. Christopher Bell
11. Austin Dillon
12. Matt DiBenedetto
13. Aric Almirola
14. Cole Custer
15. Denny Hamlin
16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
17. John Hunter Nemechek
18. Bubba Wallace
19. Michael McDowell
20. Erik Jones
21. Chris Buescher
22. Ryan Newman
23. Corey LaJoie
24. Ty Dillon
25. Tyler Reddick
26. Clint Bowyer
27. Daniel Suarez
28. Brennan Poole
29. Ryan Preece
30. JJ Yeley
31. Jimmie Johnson
32. James Davison
33. Quin Houff
34. Timmy Hill
35. Josh Bilicki
36. Reed Sorenson
37. Joey Gase
38. Kurt Busch
39. Chad Finchum
40. Matt Kenseth
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