Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
The 18-year-old Logano, making his third series start, took the lead from teammate Kyle Busch with 53 laps remaining and rolled on after Busch spun out with 37 laps to go.
Logano, at 18 years, 21 days old, broke the age record of 18 years, 10 months, 26 days set by Casey Atwood in 1999.
Driving like a veteran, 18-year-old Joey Logano won in only his 3rd race to become the youngest winner in Nationwide series history.
Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
The 18-year-old Logano, making his third series start, took the lead from teammate Kyle Busch with 53 laps remaining and rolled on after Busch spun out with 37 laps to go.
Logano, at 18 years, 21 days old, broke the age record of 18 years, 10 months, 26 days set by Casey Atwood in 1999.
Ryan Newman got his dad an early Father’s Day gift this year. Now, the two hope to achieve more success, Lee Spencer says.
Despite the pleas of Kentucky Speedway’s prospective new owner, a NASCAR official says there will be no Sprint Cup race at the track next year.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Saturday that the 2009 Sprint Cup series schedule won’t include a stop at the 1.5-mile tri-oval located about halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati.
“There will not be a NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Kentucky on the 2009 schedule,” Poston said before the Nationwide Series Meijer 300.
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Erik Darnell beat Johnny Benson in a photo finish Saturday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
Darnell, who gave team owner Jack Roush his fourth truck victory and 17th race win overall on the two-mile Michigan oval, was on his way to what looked like an easy victory until rookie Mark Mitchell scraped the wall and brought out a caution flag seven laps from the end.
Kevin Harvick isn’t impressed with the attitudes of some of the young drivers who have arrived in NASCAR in the last few years.
In the wake of a meeting on Friday in which NASCAR president Mike Helton asked drivers to complain less and be more mindful of the economic woes affecting fans, Harvick said Saturday a lot of the grousing is coming from drivers who haven’t been around long.
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