Joey Logano Wins at Kansas

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Joey Logano won the Hollywood Casino 400 from Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

Logano chased down Matt Kenseth in the final laps, and Kenseth spun after the two drivers made contact.  Logano said the contact was a product of hard racing between two of NASCAR’s best.

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“He raced me hard so I raced him hard back,” Logano said.  “If I get raced like that, I’ll race the same way.  That’s how I’ve always been.”

Logano picked up his second victory in as many weeks, which stopped any other Chase drivers from locking themselves into the next round heading into Talladega.  Logano said that was his team’s strategy heading into Kansas.

“Even though we’re moved on to the next round…our goal is to still win the race,” Logano said.  “That’s kind of the strategy of this Chase; win and try to get some guys nervous for next week.”

With a victory, Kenseth would have locked himself into the third round of the Chase.  Now he must head to Talladega Superspeedway next weekend in what promises to be the wildest race of the Chase.

“I pulled up in front of him [Logano] and he just lifted my tires off the ground and wrecked me,” Kenseth said.  “To me, strategically, it doesn’t seem like a good decision for him but it’s the one he made.”

Logano said Kenseth put him into a position where he had to wreck the 20 to get to victory lane.

“I got raced hard, got [run into the fence] twice, so I wasn’t going to put up with it,” Logano said.  “I’m sure we’ll talk about it.”

Unofficial results:

1. Joey Logano

2. Denny Hamlin

3. Jimmie Johnson

4. Kasey Kahne

5. Kyle Busch

6. Kurt Busch

7. Ryan Blaney

8. Carl Edwards

9. Brad Keselowski

10. Jeff Gordon

11. Ryan Newman

12. Brian Scott

13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

14. Matt Kenseth

15. Martin Truex Jr.

16. Kevin Harvick

17. Greg Biffle

18. Trevor Bayne

19. Paul Menard

20. Jamie McMurray

21. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

22. Danica Patrick

23. Casey Mears

24. Aric Almirola

25. David Ragan

26. Justin Allgaier

27. AJ Allmendinger

28. Sam Hornish Jr.

29. Kyle Larson

30. Matt DiBenedetto

31. Alex Bowman

32. Brett Moffitt

33. Cole Whitt

34. Michael Annett

35. Tony Stewart

36. David Gilliland

37. Jeb Burton

38. Reed Sorenson

39. Will Kimmel III

40. Clint Bowyer

41. Austin Dillon

42. J.J. Yeley

43. Landon Cassill

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