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Joey Logano survives two-lap dash for Nationwide win at Bristol

Aug. 24, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Passing Kevin Harvick for the lead on Lap 216 of 250, Joey Logano held on to win Friday night’s Food City 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, notching his series-best sixth victory of the season.

Logano, who posted his 15th career win and his first at the .533-mile short track, outran runner-up Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and crossed the finish line .503 seconds ahead of the defending series champion.

Kyle Busch ran third, followed by Austin Dillon and Nationwide points leader Elliott Sadler, who was pushed aside by Stenhouse after a restart on Lap 249 and lost three positions over the final two laps.

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Waiting With Bated Breath To See Which Bristol Emerges
New Bristol or old Bristol? That’s the big question on the eve of Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race. The 0.533-mile concrete track was slightly reconfigured following March’s race with banking shaved from the top groove. Whether that returns competition to a bump-and-gouge proposition remains to be seen. “We just have to wait and see when we get there. I think it is going to be exciting either way,” said Greg Biffle.

Three different drivers have won short-track races in 2012: Brad Keselowski (Bristol), Ryan Newman (Martinsville) and Kyle Busch (Richmond). Keselowski goes for his third consecutive Bristol victory, a feat last accomplished by Kurt Busch (2003-04). Kyle Busch owns the best Driver Rating (102.3) and has led the most laps (1,375, 18%) of active drivers at the track. Matt Kenseth finished second to Keselowski in March, is a two-time Bristol winner and has run the most laps among the top 15 (6,169, 82.1%).