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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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1 60 Trevor Bayne Yourracecar.com Ford 15.833 121.190
2 18 Joey Logano(i) Dollar General Toyota 15.846 121.090
3 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 15.848 121.075
4 3 Austin Dillon # American Ethanol Chevrolet 15.854 121.029
5 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. NOS Ford 15.874 120.877
6 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 15.877 120.854
7 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 15.903 120.656
8 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Dodge 15.903 120.656

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9 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Detroit Genuine Parts Dodge 15.915 120.566
10 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 15.923 120.505

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Aug. 18, 2012

By Dominic Fugure
Special to NASCAR Wire Service

MONTREAL — Justin Allgaier might come from a family whose roots are
deeply planted in oval track stock-car racing but Saturday afternoon, Lil’ Gator proved he can turn left and right with the best of the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Allgaier captured his first win of the season at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, emerging in front after a frenzied overtime finish.

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In its short, five-year history the NASCAR Nationwide Series stop at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal has become one of the most anticipated and unpredictable races on the schedule.

The inaugural event in 2007 had three drivers doing burnouts on the frontstretch after the race with only one taking home the coveted trophy. The following year, Canadian Ron Fellows won the race in historic fashion as NASCAR ran its first points race in the rain. The excitement continued in 2009 with Carl Edwards taking home the victory.

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