GLADEVILLE, Tenn. — Teen star Joey Logano raced to his second career NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in the Pepsi 300 on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.
Logano, 18, and Busch ran in the top two and traded the lead for most of the race, with Logano leading the final 10 laps and finishing 0.487 seconds in front.
Brad Keselowski, the Nashville winner last June, was third, followed by Kelly Bires and series leader Carl Edwards, Jason Leffler and David Ragan.
With the exception of two laps under caution, either Logano or Busch led over the final 89 laps on the 1.333-mile track. Some tense moments ensued immediately after Logano claimed the lead for the last time when a crash sent Joe Nemechek’s car tumbling near the finish line and brought out the red flag.
“I wasn’t too nervous. I was just driving as hard as I could,” Logano said. “I knew I had to have a good restart but Kyle had one too, and he was bearing down on me.”
Hamilton offers an apology
MADRID — Formula One’s race director said Lewis Hamilton privately apologized for deliberately misleading him and fellow stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.
The incident came about after Toyota’s Jarno Trulli ran off the track behind the safety car, with Hamilton passing him into third place. Since overtaking is forbidden when the safety car is out, McLaren told the defending champion to yield third place back to Trulli. However, the team then said no such instructions were given.
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