Joey Logano (Team Penske Ford) venceu na noite de sábado (22/08), a Irwin Tools Night Race, no Bristol Motor Speedway, 24ª etapa da NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Foi a terceira vitória de Logano no ano, e 11ª na categoria. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet) e Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) completaram os três primeiros.
Após reassumir a liderança em uma relargada na 438ª volta, Logano resistiu aos ataques de Harvick no curtÁssimo speedway de apenas 800 metros, até a bandeirada final.Â
Harvick, que fez uma grande prova de recuperação após duas punições por infrações nos pits, terminou apenas 0s220 atrás de Logano. O pole-position Hamlin foi o terceiro.
Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) terminou em quarto, seguido por Clint Bowyer (Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota).
Brad Keselowski (Team Penske Ford) foi o sexto, seguido por Carl Edwards (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota).Â
Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) liderou o maior número de voltas, 192. Mas levou um punição por excesso de velocidade nos pits, durante uma bandeira amarela na 432ª volta, e terminou apenas em oitavo.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) e Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet) fecharam os dez primeiros.
Harvick lidera o campeonato com 908 pontos, seguido por Logano com 865.Â
A próxima etapa acontece no Darlington Speedway, no dia 06 de setembro.Â
1. Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 500 voltas em 2h45m02se
2. Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet + 0.220sÂ
3. Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota + 4.491sÂ
4. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet + 6.410sÂ
5. Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota + 8.014sÂ
6. Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford + 8.913sÂ
7. Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota + 9.156sÂ
8. Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota + 10.223sÂ
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet + 10.654sÂ
10. Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet + 12.294sÂ
11. Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet + 13.653sÂ
12. Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet + 14.276sÂ
13. Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet + 14.420sÂ
14. Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet + 1Â
15. Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford + 2Â
16. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet + 2Â
17. Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford + 3
18. Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford + 3Â
19. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet + 3Â
20. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet + 4Â
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford + 4Â
22. Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford + 4Â
23. Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet + 4Â
24. Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet + 4Â
25. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford + 4Â
26. AJ Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet + 5Â
27. Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet + 5Â
28. Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet + 5Â
29. Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford + 5Â
30. Brett Moffitt Front Row Motorsports Ford + 5Â
31. Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford + 5Â
32. Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet + 6Â
33. Matt DiBenedetto BK Racing Toyota + 7Â
34. J.J. Yeley BK Racing Toyota + 8Â
35. Josh Wise Go FAS Racing Ford + 9
36. David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford + 12Â
37. Mike Bliss Circle Sport Chevrolet + 14Â
38. Landon Cassill Hillman Smith Motorsports Chevrolet + 20Â
39. Timmy Hill Phil Parsons Racing Ford + 24Â
40. David Ragan Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota + 57Â
41. Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet + 144 Â
42. Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota + 390Â
43. Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet + 500Â
Campeonato:
1. (–) Kevin Harvick 908ptsÂ
2. (–) Joey Logano 865pts (-43pts)Â
3. (–) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 819pts (-89pts)Â
4. (+1) Brad Keselowski 793pts (-115pts)Â
5. (+1) Jimmie Johnson 792pts (-116pts)Â
6. (-2) Martin Truex Jr 771pts (-137pts)Â
7. (–) Matt Kenseth 753pts (-155pts)Â
8. (–) Kurt Busch 713pts (-195pts)Â
9. (–) Denny Hamlin 712pts (-196pts)Â
10. (–) Jamie McMurray 696pts (-212pts)Â
11. (+1) Ryan Newman 683pts (-225pts)Â
12. (-1) Paul Menard 674pts (-234pts)Â
13. (–) Jeff Gordon 672pts (-236pts)Â
14. (–) Carl Edwards 666pts (-242pts)Â
15. (–) Clint Bowyer 655pts (-253pts)Â
16. (–) Aric Almirola 620pts (-288pts)Â
17. (–) Kasey Kahne 618pts (-290pts)Â
18. (–) Greg Biffle 572pts (-336pts)Â
19. (+1) Austin Dillon 564pts (-344pts)Â
20. (-1) Kyle Larson 551pts (-357pts)Â
21. (–) Danica Patrick 525pts (-383pts)Â
22. (+1) Casey Mears 516pts (-392pts)Â
23. (-1) AJ Allmendinger 515pts (-393pts)Â
24. (–) David Ragan 491pts (-417pts)Â
25. (–) Sam Hornish Jr. 476pts (-432pts)Â
26. (–) Tony Stewart 466pts (-442pts)Â
27. (–) Trevor Bayne 443pts (-465pts)Â
28. (–) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 434pts (-474pts)Â
29. (–) Kyle Busch 433pts (-475pts)Â
30. (–) Justin Allgaier 409pts (-499pts)Â
31. (–) Cole Whitt 387pts (-521pts)Â
32. (–) David Gilliland 362pts (-546pts)Â
33. (–) Alex Bowman 304pts (-604pts)Â
34. (–) Brett Moffitt # 303pts (-605pts)Â
35. (–) Michael Annett 271pts (-637pts)Â
36. (–) Matt DiBenedetto # 263pts (-645pts)Â
37. (–) Josh Wise 202pts (-706pts)Â
38. (–) Michael McDowell 161pts (-747pts)Â
39. (–) Jeb Burton 136pts (-772pts)Â
40. (–) Alex Kennedy 93pts (-815pts)Â
41. (–) Reed Sorenson 41pts (-867pts)Â
42. (–) Bobby Labonte 39pts (-869pts)Â
43. (–) Brian Vickers 32pts (-876pts)Â
44. (–) Michael Waltrip 26pts (-882pts)Â
45. (–) Mike Wallace 8pts (-900pts)Â
46. (–) Eddie MacDonald 7pts (-901pts)Â
47. (–) Will Kimmel III 6pts (-902pts)Â
48. (–) Ron Hornaday Jr. 2pts (-906pts)Â