For the second week in a row Joey Logano has qualified the number 20 GameStop Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing on the pole position! Joining him on the front row was Jason Keller, who ran an identical lap time to 3rd place starting car Marcos Ambrose. Joey ran a lap of 30.771, which was .112 faster than 2nd place car Jason Keller.

Tonight at Kentucky Speedway, they will be running a total of 200 laps.

As the green flag drops, Joey leads the first lap, but caution is on the speedway for the number 28 of Kenny Wallace who has lost power. We resume the green flag again on lap 5 and Joey leads the way, and pulls to a 6 car advantage. Our second caution is on lap 13 for contact between Chase miller and Steven Wallace. Joey Logano is still in the lead, through the first 13 laps Logano has lead all the laps.

On the restart on lap 18, Keller got a good jump and is able to over take Joey Logano, and now Logano is in second. But Logano is right behind Keller, who is now the new leader. Logano’s teammate Kyle Busch, has been moving threw the field very fast, Kyle started from the rear of the field, and with no laps in the car, he is already climbed up to 6th position, and we are only 24 laps into the race.

As we get into lap 38, Kyle Busch is right on Logano’s bumper, what’s amazing is that Busch started 35th, and on lap 39 is now in second place! Logano is now in 3rd. On Lap 40, Logano’s teammate Kyle Busch, takes over the lead. On Lap 51 Logano takes back the 2nd position from Jason Keller. Kyle’s lead is now at 2 seconds over Joey Logano who is in second place.

We are now approaching the first rounds of pit stops under green, and Joey Logano comes in on lap 58 for four fresh tires, and 2 cans of Sunoco Fuel. Logano is saying its just a little bit tight, and they will be making a little of change on the chassis to free him up.

As the green flag pitting cycle ends, Logano is back in the 3rd position. As we continue under green, and Kyle Busch is still the leader, and he has opened up and even bigger lead.

Our third caution for debris. Logano comes in during this yellow flag, he comes in from the 2nd position, he asks to be freed up some more, and the crew go to work, put on four fresh tires, Sunoco fuel, a round of wedge and some air pressure adjustments. There are only 16 cars on the lead lap as we go back to green on lap 85. Joe Gibbs racing holds the first and second position, with Kyle Busch in the lead, and Joey Logano right behind him.

At the halfway point, Joey Logano is still in second place, as he follows Kyle Busch who is still in the lead, and running a dominant race. Logano and Busch are 6.5 seconds over the 3rd place car of Scott Wimmer.

We have another caution come out, with 66 laps to go, the caution is out for debris on the race track.
Joey comes in from the second place, and comes out again in 2nd place.

We get the restart with 57 laps to go, as Kyle Busch leads them down, followed by Logano, Reutimann, Wimmer, and Keselowski in fifth place. With 54 laps to go, Logano makes a move on the high side on Kyle Busch on the Front stretch. As Joey takes over the lead, his crew chief voices over the radio “save that right front for me”. By the sounds of the crew chief, it looks like they have the intention of staying out for the rest of the night. But as always, it will depend on how the cautions fall out.

Caution on the speedway with 37 laps to go, this time for Kyle Busch! The man who has dominated the night has crashed off turn two. The car looked like it just got under from Kyle. Logano stays out on the race track, and some of the guys behind him pit for tires.

Logano leads them back to the green with 31 laps to go. Things are looking great for Logano, and it looks like he just might pick up his first win. If he does, his first win will come in only his third nascar nationwide series start.

With 15 laps to go Logano continue to lead the race, so far he has led 61 laps, and he stretches his lead out to 1.6 seconds. With 10 to go, the lead is stretched out to 1.9 seconds off second place Jason Leffler. Leffler and Scott Wimmer are battle hard for 2^nd position.

With 3 laps to go, all things are looking good for Joey Logano; his lead is now 2.6 seconds! White flag is out, and it is looking like Joey Logano is looking to make history!

Joey Logano crosses the checkers, and is the winner, and he makes history as the youngest driver to win a nationwide series race at 18 years old! The fireworks are going off, and Joey is burning out in celebration, and even burns the tires to a chord!

Joey Logano’s record beats the old record set by Casey Atwood. Casey Atwood was the youngest winner back in 1999, Casey was 18 years old and 10 months and 26 days, Joey is 18 years 21 days old

Video of the burnout Joey Logano did.

Joey’s father when interviewed said, “I knew he could do it, I just wanted the car to stay together, Joe Gibbs is the best, and Joey is the best!”

And Joey Logano climbing out the car as a winner, and every member of the Joe Gibbs racing team, stopping by to give him a high five, and a congratulatory handshake. You certainly get the sense that this is a special moment in victory lane. Joey Logano who first got behind the wheels of a go-kart at age six in Connecticut, rises up threw the ranks and gets his first win in the nascar nationwide. He described the moment as “unbelievable that’s for sure!” He thanked all the fans, and his car sponsor Gamestop.

Joey Logano getting his first career win in Nascar nationwide racing, his first win of many to come!

Video of Joey Logano in Victory Lane