Logano wins at Watkins Glen

Aug 10 2015 - 12:25pm

Watkins Glenn Race highlights:

  1. #22-Joey Logano won the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International for his 2nd win of the season, 1st win at Watkins Glen and10th career win.
  2. #18-Busch finished 2nd followed by #4-Harvick, #20-Kenseth, #41-Busch, #15-Bowyer, #2-Keselowski, #19-Edwards, #9-Hornish, Jr, and #48-Johnson.
  3. Harvick ran out of fuel while leading on the final lap and was passed by Logano and Busch coming to the checkered flag. The only lap Logano led was the final one.
  4. #18-Busch's 2nd place finished moved him up to 30th in the points standings and puts him into the Chase (as long as he can remain in the top 30 through the Richmond race).
  5. Pole sitter #47-Allmendinger was running 6th on lap 50 when the car lost power and he went a lap down. He climbed back to 14th place before running out of gas late in the race and finishing 24th.
  6. #4-Harvick continues to be the points leader now 42 points over #22-Logano.
  7. There were 8 lead changes among 8 drivers. There were 5 cautions for 16 yellow flag laps.
  8. There was a red flag on lap 51 for track cleanup after an accident.
  9. The average speed was 91.420mph.

(http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20150809win)