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Joey Logano Wins Kansas; NASCAR Results

PictureLogano does a burnout after winning in Kansas. Photo Credit: Robert Laberge/NASCAR via Getty Images
 Joey Logano earned his fifth victory of the season in Sunday’s Hollywood  Casino  400 at Kansas Speedway. The win guarantees Logano a berth in the  third round of  the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Kansas opened the second round with four drivers being  eliminated after  the next two races at Charlotte and Talladega. Round three  includes  Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix.

“It makes Talladega a lot easier that is for sure,” Logano  said of his  Kansas win. “To know we are onto the next round we can focus on a  few  more races coming up and we will keep trying to capitalize like we are   doing.”

Logano led 122 laps of the 267-lap race and crossed the  finish line  .479-seconds ahead of Kyle Larson.

Kyle Busch finished third, followed by Martin Truex, Jr.  and Carl  Edwards.

Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon, Paul Menard and  Brian Vickers  rounded out the top 10.

Chasers with tire problems included Kasey Kahne (22nd),  Brad Keselowski  (36th),  and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who finished 39th. Jimmie  Johnson  wrecked early and was 40th in the 43-car field.

Keselowski, Kahne, Earnhardt and Johnson head to Charlotte  for Saturday  night’s Bank of America 500 ranked as the bottom four in the Chase.


Logano leads the point standings over Kyle Busch and Carl  Edwards with  six races remaining on the 2014 NASCAR schedule.


Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series  Results

1. Joey  Logano
2. Kyle  Larson
3. Kyle  Busch
4. Martin  Truex, Jr.
5. Carl Edwards
6. Ryan  Newman
7. Denny  Hamlin
8. Austin Dillon
9. Paul Menard
10.Brian Vickers
11.AJ  Allmendinger
12.Kevin  Harvick
13.Matt  Kenseth
14.Jeff  Gordon
15.Greg  Biffle
16.Danica  Patrick
17.Tony  Stewart
18.Clint  Bowyer
19.Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
20.Marcos  Ambrose
21.Landon  Cassill
22.Kasey  Kahne
23.Cole  Whitt
24.Michael  Annett
25.Jamie McMurray
26.Reed Sorenson
27.David Ragan
28.Casey Mears
29.JJ Yeley
30.David  Gilliland
31.Aric  Almirola
32.Alex  Bowman
33.Timmy  Hill
34.Mike  Wallace
35.Michael  McDowell
36.Brad Keselowski
37.Joey Gase
38.Josh Wise
39.Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
40.Jimmie Johnson
41.Justin Allgaier
42.Kurt  Busch
43.Mike Bliss

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