Joey Logano has scored his first victory since joining the famed Penske team with victory at the Pure Michigan 400.
Logano converted his pole position into victory, but it only came after Mark Martin tried to stretch his fuel too far running out of gas with three laps remaining.
The victory moved Logano from 16th to 13th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, 17 points out of 10th place. The youngest winner in Michigan history also is in play for a Wild Card, with two spots available to the drivers in positions 11-20 in the standings with the most victories.
“This is huge for our Chase hopes,” Logano said.
“We needed this to have a shot at getting in the Chase. We’re close now, but we can’t make any mistakes. This sure does help a lot.”
Kevin Harvick ran second, followed by Kurt Busch, Paul Menard, Clint Bowyer and Australia’s Marcos Ambrose in sixth.
“It was a good day,” said Ambrose.
“We ran in the top-10 for a lot of the day and it was a better day for us.
“I am proud of Drew (Blickensderfer) for calling a great race. He kept me out at the right times, pitted me at the right time, took 2 and 4 tyres at the right times. I will give him credit for this one. He got us up there with track position and we were able to hold on.”
A shocking day for the Hendrick cars with Jimmie Johnson blowing an engine and Dale Earnhardt Jr hitting the fence after a puncture.
RESULTS: Pure Michigan 400 – Michigan International Speedway
|
POS |
Car # |
Driver |
MFG |
start |
Laps |
Laps Led |
Final Status |
Points |
bonus |
|
1 |
22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 1 | 200 | 51 | Running | 48 | 5 |
|
2 |
29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 15 | 200 | 0 | Running | 42 | 0 |
|
3 |
78 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 2 | 200 | 43 | Running | 42 | 1 |
|
4 |
27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 20 | 200 | 0 | Running | 40 | 0 |
|
5 |
15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 11 | 200 | 0 | Running | 39 | 0 |
|
6 |
9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 26 | 200 | 1 | Running | 39 | 1 |
|
7 |
5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 31 | 200 | 0 | Running | 37 | 0 |
|
8 |
31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 5 | 200 | 0 | Running | 36 | 0 |
|
9 |
16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 16 | 200 | 28 | Running | 36 | 1 |
|
10 |
99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 19 | 200 | 0 | Running | 34 | 0 |
|
11 |
42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevrolet | 6 | 200 | 0 | Running | 33 | 0 |
|
12 |
2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 9 | 200 | 17 | Running | 33 | 1 |
|
13 |
39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 21 | 200 | 0 | Running | 31 | 0 |
|
14 |
14 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 27 | 200 | 0 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
15 |
20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | 12 | 200 | 0 | Running | 29 | 0 |
|
16 |
56 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 17 | 200 | 0 | Running | 28 | 0 |
|
17 |
24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 13 | 200 | 0 | Running | 27 | 0 |
|
18 |
43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 14 | 200 | 0 | Running | 26 | 0 |
|
19 |
17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 22 | 200 | 0 | Running | 25 | 0 |
|
20 |
11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 8 | 200 | 9 | Running | 25 | 1 |
|
21 |
21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 18 | 200 | 1 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
22 |
1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 29 | 200 | 0 | Running | 22 | 0 |
|
23 |
10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 28 | 200 | 0 | Running | 21 | 0 |
|
24 |
34 | David Ragan | Ford | 24 | 200 | 1 | Running | 21 | 1 |
|
25 |
13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 33 | 200 | 2 | Running | 20 | 1 |
|
26 |
30 | David Stremme | Toyota | 36 | 200 | 0 | Running | 18 | 0 |
|
27 |
55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | 4 | 199 | 23 | Running | 18 | 1 |
|
28 |
93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 38 | 198 | 0 | Running | 16 | 0 |
|
29 |
32 | Timmy Hill | Ford | 34 | 198 | 0 | Running | 15 | 0 |
|
30 |
7 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 42 | 197 | 0 | Running | 14 | 0 |
|
31 |
18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 10 | 197 | 0 | Running | 13 | 0 |
|
32 |
33 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 43 | 197 | 0 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
33 |
51 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 39 | 196 | 0 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
34 |
87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 37 | 192 | 0 | Running | 0 | 0 |
|
35 |
47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 30 | 186 | 0 | Running | 9 | 0 |
|
36 |
88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 7 | 171 | 20 | Running | 9 | 1 |
|
37 |
38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 23 | 165 | 1 | Engine | 8 | 1 |
|
38 |
83 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 25 | 153 | 0 | Running | 6 | 0 |
|
39 |
35 | Josh Wise | Ford | 40 | 56 | 0 | Vibration | 0 | 0 |
|
40 |
48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 3 | 54 | 3 | Engine | 5 | 1 |
|
41 |
95 | Scott Speed | Ford | 32 | 35 | 0 | Vibration | 3 | 0 |
|
42 |
98 | Johnny Sauter | Ford | 41 | 34 | 0 | Vibration | 0 | 0 |
|
43 |
36 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | 35 | 12 | 0 | Accident | 1 | 0 |
STANDINGS
|
Standing |
Driver |
Points |
Behind |
Starts |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
DNF |
|
1 |
Jimmie Johnson | 813 | Leader | 23 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 1 |
|
2 |
Clint Bowyer | 772 | -41 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1 |
|
3 |
Carl Edwards | 762 | -51 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
|
4 |
Kevin Harvick | 749 | -64 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
|
5 |
Kyle Busch | 706 | -107 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 |
|
6 |
Matt Kenseth | 688 | -125 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
|
7 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 679 | -134 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
|
8 |
Brad Keselowski | 667 | -146 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
|
9 |
Kurt Busch | 665 | -148 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
|
10 |
Greg Biffle | 663 | -150 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
|
11 |
Kasey Kahne | 659 | -154 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
|
12 |
Martin Truex Jr. | 653 | -160 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
|
13 |
Joey Logano | 646 | -167 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
|
14 |
Jeff Gordon | 637 | -176 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
|
15 |
Ryan Newman | 636 | -177 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
|
16 |
Jamie McMurray | 622 | -191 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
|
17 |
Paul Menard | 599 | -214 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
|
18 |
Tony Stewart | 594 | -219 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
|
19 |
Aric Almirola | 587 | -226 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
|
20 |
Jeff Burton | 561 | -252 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
|
21 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 556 | -257 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
22 |
Marcos Ambrose | 554 | -259 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
|
23 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 549 | -264 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
|
24 |
Casey Mears | 492 | -321 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|
25 |
Denny Hamlin | 439 | -374 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|
26 |
David Ragan | 420 | -393 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
|
27 |
Danica Patrick | 418 | -395 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
|
28 |
David Gilliland | 395 | -418 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
|
29 |
Mark Martin | 379 | -434 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
|
30 |
Dave Blaney | 343 | -470 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
31 |
Bobby Labonte | 337 | -476 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
32 |
David Stremme | 314 | -499 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
33 |
David Reutimann | 314 | -499 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
34 |
J J Yeley | 297 | -516 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
|
35 |
Travis Kvapil | 291 | -522 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
|
36 |
AJ Allmendinger | 278 | -535 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|
37 |
Michael McDowell | 115 | -698 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
|
38 |
Timmy Hill | 114 | -699 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
39 |
Michael Waltrip | 102 | -711 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
|
40 |
Scott Speed | 94 | -719 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
|
41 |
Terry Labonte | 77 | -736 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
42 |
Ken Schrader | 68 | -745 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
43 |
Boris Said | 48 | -765 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
44 |
Ron Fellows | 31 | -782 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
45 |
Alex Kennedy | 21 | -792 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
46 |
Justin Marks | 14 | -799 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
47 |
Victor Gonzalez Jr | 10 | -803 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
48 |
Scott Riggs | 10 | -803 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
|
49 |
Brian Keselowski | 9 | -804 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
50 |
Tomy Drissi | 8 | -805 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
51 |
Jacques Villeneuve | 3 | -810 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
52 |
Jason Leffler | 1 | -812 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
53 |
Elliott Sadler | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
54 |
Paulie Harraka | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
55 |
Max Papis | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
56 |
Landon Cassill | — | — | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
57 |
Mike Bliss | — | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
|
58 |
Regan Smith | — | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
59 |
Johnny Sauter | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
60 |
Brian Vickers | — | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
|
61 |
Brendan Gaughan | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
62 |
Joe Nemechek | — | — | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
|
63 |
Josh Wise | — | — | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
|
64 |
Owen Kelly | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
65 |
Trevor Bayne | — | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
66 |
Tony Raines | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
67 |
Morgan Shepherd | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
68 |
Austin Dillon | — | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
69 |
Sam Hornish Jr | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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