Logano Moves Byron to Win at Darlington

 Joey Logano won the Goodyear 400 from Darlington Raceway on Sunday afternoon to pick up his first win of the season.

Logano started on pole for Sunday’s race and ran up front for most of the day. In the closing laps, Logano started to reel in William Byron for the lead after giving up the top spot on the final restart.

Coming to the white flag, Logano made contact with Byron, moving Byron from the lead with a move reminiscent of Dale Earnhardt on NASCAR’s throwback weekend.

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Logano said the bump-and-run was payback for earlier contact from Byron.

“You’re not going to put me in the wall and not get anything back,” Logano said.  “That’s how that works.”

Logano said his team kept him up front throughout the race and helped him snap a 40-race winless streak.

“Super proud of this Shell-Pennzoil team,” Logano said.  “Great execution all day long. I never won here in a Cup race before.”

Byron fell from third to 13th on the final lap after his right-front tire went flat following the contact with Logano.

Byron said he didn’t do anything to Logano that warranted payback coming to the white flag.

“We were really close off of two and I think I spooked him and got him tight,” Byron said. “He was right against the wall and I got the lead. It was close racing at the restart, but we were faster than him. Obviously at the end the right-rear started to go away and he didn’t even make it a contest.”

“He’s just an idiot. He does this stuff all the time, I’ve seen it with other guys. He’s just a moron. He can’t win a race so he does it that way.”

Unofficial results:

1. Joey Logano

2. Tyler Reddick

3. Justin Haley

4. Kevin Harvick

5. Chase Elliott

6. Christopher Bell

7. Michael McDowell

8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

9. Austin Dillon

10. Daniel Suarez

11. Aric Almirola

12. Ty Dillon

13. William Byron

14. Harrison Burton

15. Todd Gilliland

16. Chris Buescher

17. Ryan Blaney

18. Austin Cindric

19. Cody Ware

20. Chase Briscoe

21. Denny Hamlin

22. Landon Cassill

23. JJ Yeley

24. Martin Truex Jr.

25. Erik Jones

26. Cole Custer

27. Bubba Wallace

28. Kurt Busch

29. Alex Bowman

30. Ross Chastain

31. Daniel Hemric

32. BJ McLeod

33. Kyle Busch

34. Brad Keselowski

35. Corey LaJoie

36. Kyle Larson

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