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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
There are three races left before the Chase.<\/p>\n
Points leader Jimmie Johnson lasted less than 60 laps before engine trouble knocked him out.<\/p>\n
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Unofficial results…<\/p>\n
1 22 Joey Logano Ford 1 200 51 3 Running 48 5 View Race<\/p>\n
2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 15 200 0 0 Running 42 0<\/p>\n
3 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 2 200 43 2 Running 42 1<\/p>\n
4 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 20 200 0 2 Running 40 0<\/p>\n
5 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 11 200 0 0 Running 39 0 View Race<\/p>\n
6 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 26 200 1 1 Running 39 1<\/p>\n
7 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 31 200 0 1 Running 37 0<\/p>\n
8 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 5 200 0 1 Running 36 0<\/p>\n
9 16 Greg Biffle Ford 16 200 28 -1 Running 36 1 View Race<\/p>\n
10 99 Carl Edwards Ford 19 200 0 0 Running 34 0<\/p>\n
11 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 6 200 0 -1 Running 33 0 View Race<\/p>\n
12 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 9 200 17 0 Running 33 1<\/p>\n
13 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 21 200 0 -1 Running 31 0<\/p>\n
14 14 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 27 200 0 0 Running 0 0 View Race<\/p>\n
15 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 12 200 0 1 Running 29 0<\/p>\n
16 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 17 200 0 -2 Running 28 0<\/p>\n
17 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 13 200 0 -1 Running 27 0<\/p>\n
18 43 Aric Almirola Ford 14 200 0 -1 Running 26 0<\/p>\n
19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 22 200 0 -1 Running 25 0 View Race<\/p>\n
20 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 8 200 9 0 Running 25 1<\/p>\n
21 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 18 200 1 0 Running 0 0<\/p>\n
22 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 29 200 0 -1 Running 22 0 View Race<\/p>\n
23 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 28 200 0 0 Running 21 0<\/p>\n
24 34 David Ragan Ford 24 200 1 0 Running 21 1<\/p>\n
25 13 Casey Mears Ford 33 200 2 0 Running 20 1<\/p>\n
26 30 David Stremme Toyota 36 200 0 2 Running 18 0<\/p>\n
27 55 Mark Martin Toyota 4 199 23 0 Running 18 1<\/p>\n
28 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 38 198 0 1 Running 16 0 View Race<\/p>\n
29 32 Timmy Hill Ford 34 198 0 1 Running 15 0<\/p>\n
30 7 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 42 197 0 0 Running 14 0<\/p>\n
31 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 197 0 0 Running 13 0 View Race<\/p>\n
32 33 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 43 197 0 0 Running 0 0<\/p>\n
33 51 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 39 196 0 0 Running 0 0<\/p>\n
34 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 37 192 0 0 Running 0 0<\/p>\n
35 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 30 186 0 0 Running 9 0 View Race<\/p>\n
36 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 7 171 20 -1 Running 9 1 View Race<\/p>\n
37 38 David Gilliland Ford 23 165 1 0 Engine 8 1<\/p>\n
38 83 David Reutimann Toyota 25 153 0 -1 Running 6 0 View Race<\/p>\n
39 35 Josh Wise Ford 40 56 0 0 Vibration 0 0<\/p>\n
40 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 54 3 0 Engine 5 1 View Race<\/p>\n
41 95 Scott Speed Ford 32 35 0 0 Vibration 3 0<\/p>\n
42 98 Johnny Sauter Ford 41 34 0 0 Vibration 0 0<\/p>\n
43 36 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 35 12 0 -1 Accident 1 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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