Logano Breaks Through

[Schwartz Fan]

Logano Breaks Through


Joey Logano won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race after officials called Sunday's LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on lap 273 because of rain.

Logano battled back from a lap down after he cut down a left-rear tire, and then was able to conserve fuel - after staying out during green flag stops - until the rains came for the historic win.

"This was the opportunity we had and we didn't have anything to lose," Logano said. "Zippy (Greg Zipadelli, crew chief) made a great call. This is a dream come true and this is the best race track that we ever could have had it at."

With the victory, Logano becomes the youngest winner in series history at 19 years, one month and four days.

This isn’t the first time Logano has gone to Victory Lane at the track he considers his home. The Middletown, CT native won in the NASCAR Camping World East Series at the 1-mile track in 2007.

Logano's car was the last in a group of cars who rolled the dice on fuel. Ryan Newman was the leader on lap 263 but had to pit where he ran out of fuel on pit road.

Jeff Gordon, who was the first car that was on sequence with the lead pack, led 64 laps and finished second.

“I felt like we had the best car,” Gordon said. “The guys got us out first on our last pit stop, but it just got us out ahead of the guys we were racing with.”

He congratulated Logano and gave credit to Zipadelli for the call.

“I was trying to get him to use as much fuel on the caution laps as I could,” Gordon said, grinning. “I thought for sure he was going to run out of gas. But we’re here on pit road and it’s raining hard, so I guess it worked out for him.”

Kurt Busch, who won this race last year when rain shortened the event, finished third with David Reutimann, a first time Cup Series winner in a rain abbreviated race at Charlotte in May, finishing fourth.

Tony Stewart rounded out the top five.

Brad Keselowski, a first time Cup winner in April at Talladega, was sixth. Kyle Busch, Sam Hornish, Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne completed the first ten finishers.

The race was the fourth using NASCAR's nw double file restart rule which led to some exciting racing.

But some drivers blamed the bunched up packs after the restarts for some of the day's incidents.

On lap 175, Kyle Busch made contact with Martin Truex Jr. after Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun the tires on his No. 88 Chevrolet ahead of them.

The chain reaction caught up eight cars before it was over with Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick and Casey Mears all from RCR involved, as well as David Ragan, David Reutimann and Brian Vickers.

There were no injuries, but the race was red-flagged for just under 13 minutes while track workers cleaned up the melee.

“I don’t know what Kyle was thinking out there,” Truex Jr. said after the incident, when he threatened to throw his helmet at Busch as he passed by his battered car under caution. “But it’s just the way our season has been going.”

Stewart's lead in the Sprint Cup standings is now 69 over Gordon.

The series now heads to Daytona International Speedway for the Fourth of July running of the Coke Zero 400.

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[24n48fan]

As soon as I heard he broke a Kyle Busch record, I was estatic!!!!!

[Scooters]

Originally Posted by 24n48fan As soon as I heard he broke a Kyle Busch record, I was estatic!!!!!

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[24n48fan]

Oh give it up Scooters, my disliking for Kyle isn't gonna go away anytime soon. Deal with it.

[Scooters]

Why should I have to deal with you disliking Kyle... you manage to trash every thread just about with your Kyle hate, even when the topic isn't about him. YOU are being disruptive, not me.

[24n48fan]

I'm not being disputive. I was making a post complimenting Joey Logano for breaking a record. It's you that's being disruptive by making "snoozing" posts. My post wasn't flamming at all. I bet if something great happened to Robby Gordon and I made snoozing posts like you make, you would be telling me the same thing to deal with it.

[Schwartz Fan]

Originally Posted by 24n48fan I'm not being disputive. I was making a post complimenting Joey Logano for breaking a record. It's you that's being disruptive by making "snoozing" posts. My post wasn't flamming at all. I bet if something great happened to Robby Gordon and I made snoozing posts like you make, you would be telling me the same thing to deal with it.

And neither is FF with his never ending coments about Schrader, Blaney and Jr. in threads that aren't even about them.....There isn't any difference from this view. All it's doing is keeping others from enjoying or taking part in discussions.

And actually you might as well make the snoozing remarks about Robby....it's better than the crap you spew about things that happened (or should I say didn't happen) from 6 years ago...

[Scooters]

Originally Posted by 24n48fan I'm not being disputive. I was making a post complimenting Joey Logano for breaking a record. It's you that's being disruptive by making "snoozing" posts. My post wasn't flamming at all. I bet if something great happened to Robby Gordon and I made snoozing posts like you make, you would be telling me the same thing to deal with it.

"As soon as I heard he broke a Kyle Busch record, I was estatic!!!!!"

You were only 'estatic' because it was KB's record, hence 'flamming.'

And if I went on and on and on in every blinking thread about something great happening to Robby, I would expect somebody to pull me up short about it.

[Blakr]

I'm happy for young Logano.
Now I think it's time to take the leash off the kid and let him go for it.
It seems in the past he's been way to conservative in the Cup series, yet he's wide open when he's in a NW event.

[Schwartz Fan]

Originally Posted by Blakr I'm happy for young Logano. Now I think it's time to take the leash off the kid and let him go for it. It seems in the past he's been way to conservative in the Cup series, yet he's wide open when he's in a NW event.

I think he's coming along....He's getting closer to a comfort zone in the cup cars.