Joey Logano uses the bump and run for controversial win at Kansas

Joey Logano worked hard Sunday to keep some of his closest championship contenders out of the next round of NASCAR’s Chase.  He accomplished that feat winning his second race in a row in a controversial finish and possibly keeping one of the hottest drivers in NASCAR from advancing to the next round in the championship.  Logano won the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway Sunday after he took the lead with five laps to go thanks to a move that spun the driver who had been the class of the field all afternoon, Matt Kenseth.

Kenseth led the most laps on the day, 153 of 267, and was leading with five laps to go. It looked as though Kenseth could overcome the issues he suffered a week prior when he crashed at Charlotte and came to Kansas needing a win in order to advance to the second round.  Logano, however, was his closest pursuer and Kenseth was blocking him in the final laps. Lapped traffic slowed the pair and Logano was able to get to the back of Kenseth and as the two entered turn 1 with four laps to go Logano got to the rear bumper of Kenseth and spun him.

“It was just hard racing,” Logano said.MORE>>>

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Greg Engle

Greg is a published award winning sportswriter who spent 23 years combined active and active reserve military service, much of that in and around the Special Operations community.

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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