Four tires were better than two and Joey Logano was better than all the rest Monday. Logano was the class of the field when it mattered leading a race high 108 laps and scoring a convincing overtime win in the rescheduled NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Logano took the lead for the final time on lap 303 and had a comfortable lead in the closing laps but a caution with less than two laps to go set up a green-white-checkered flag finish that saw Logano restarting third.
Logano led the lead group to pit road after the final caution. Jeff Gordon took two right tires and was able to win the race off pit road; Brian Vickers also took only two and was second. Logano was third, his Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski fourth both the first with four tires. However Keselowski was nailed for speeding off pit road by NASCAR and forced back in giving up a chance for a win. Kyle Busch slid into fourth, Biffle was fifth. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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