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Joey Logano seems to have a knack for winning debut races. He won the first race on dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway last season and he won the first exhibition race held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in February. Logano added to his debut race success on Sunday (June 5), as he passed and held off Kyle Busch in overtime to win the inaugural Cup race at World Wide Technology Raceway. The win marked his second of the season and the 29th of his Cup Series career.
Logano winning wasn’t a surprise heading into the afternoon, but perhaps the way that he won it was. During practice, Logano had the fastest lap and the fastest long-run speed of all drivers. He then backed it up with a solid seventh-place qualifying effort. But like many other drivers in the race, Logano struggled to pass and make his way up the running order. He didn’t emerge as a serious winning threat until the final 50 laps, and he took the lead for the first time on a lap 218 restart. Busch retook the lead on a later restart, but Kevin Harvick‘s crash with five laps to go gave Logano another chance in overtime, and he led the final two laps on his way to victory.
Busch led a race-high 66 laps and finished runner-up for the second week in a row. But as disappointing as an ending it was for Busch and the No. 18 team, there are several positives to take away from his performance.
First, he is now within striking distance of the points lead. He entered the race in third, 37 points behind leader Chase Elliott. And with Elliott’s 21st-place finish on Sunday, Busch is now just nine points behind him for the top spot. He leads the series in top 10s (11) and average finish (10.6), and he only trails Ross Chastain with six top-five finishes on the season. For a driver that has been struggling to find dominance since winning the championship in 2019, Busch has been having a stellar year.
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