BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP Aug 18, 2013) — Joey Logano boosted his chances of reaching the Chase for the Sprint Cup, winning for the first time this season in a fuel-mileage race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday.
Logano and Kevin Harvick both breezed past Mark Martin with just over three laps to go in the 400-mile, 200-lap race. Martin had been trying to stretch fuel, but when he faltered, Logano was able to hold off Harvick.
Logano entered the weekend in 16th place in the points standings. After winning the pole Friday, he took Sunday’s race by 1 second over Harvick, who is safely near the top of the standings.
There are three races left before the Chase.
Points leader Jimmie Johnson lasted less than 60 laps before engine trouble knocked him out.
Unofficial results…
1 22 Joey Logano Ford 1 200 51 3 Running 48 5 View Race
2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 15 200 0 0 Running 42 0
3 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 2 200 43 2 Running 42 1
4 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 20 200 0 2 Running 40 0
5 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 11 200 0 0 Running 39 0 View Race
6 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 26 200 1 1 Running 39 1
7 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 31 200 0 1 Running 37 0
8 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 5 200 0 1 Running 36 0
9 16 Greg Biffle Ford 16 200 28 -1 Running 36 1 View Race
10 99 Carl Edwards Ford 19 200 0 0 Running 34 0
11 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 6 200 0 -1 Running 33 0 View Race
12 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 9 200 17 0 Running 33 1
13 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 21 200 0 -1 Running 31 0
14 14 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 27 200 0 0 Running 0 0 View Race
15 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 12 200 0 1 Running 29 0
16 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 17 200 0 -2 Running 28 0
17 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 13 200 0 -1 Running 27 0
18 43 Aric Almirola Ford 14 200 0 -1 Running 26 0
19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 22 200 0 -1 Running 25 0 View Race
20 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 8 200 9 0 Running 25 1
21 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 18 200 1 0 Running 0 0
22 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 29 200 0 -1 Running 22 0 View Race
23 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 28 200 0 0 Running 21 0
24 34 David Ragan Ford 24 200 1 0 Running 21 1
25 13 Casey Mears Ford 33 200 2 0 Running 20 1
26 30 David Stremme Toyota 36 200 0 2 Running 18 0
27 55 Mark Martin Toyota 4 199 23 0 Running 18 1
28 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 38 198 0 1 Running 16 0 View Race
29 32 Timmy Hill Ford 34 198 0 1 Running 15 0
30 7 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 42 197 0 0 Running 14 0
31 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 197 0 0 Running 13 0 View Race
32 33 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 43 197 0 0 Running 0 0
33 51 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 39 196 0 0 Running 0 0
34 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 37 192 0 0 Running 0 0
35 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 30 186 0 0 Running 9 0 View Race
36 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 7 171 20 -1 Running 9 1 View Race
37 38 David Gilliland Ford 23 165 1 0 Engine 8 1
38 83 David Reutimann Toyota 25 153 0 -1 Running 6 0 View Race
39 35 Josh Wise Ford 40 56 0 0 Vibration 0 0
40 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 54 3 0 Engine 5 1 View Race
41 95 Scott Speed Ford 32 35 0 0 Vibration 3 0
42 98 Johnny Sauter Ford 41 34 0 0 Vibration 0 0
43 36 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 35 12 0 -1 Accident 1 0
