Joey Logano wins Bristol night race

BRISTOL, Tenn. – A look at all the results and action from Saturday night’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway:

WINNER: Joey Logano picked up his second win in three weeks and went to victory lane in the Irwin Tools Night Race for the second straight year. Logano, the Daytona 500 winner, won on the Watkins Glen road course earlier this month. He is now tied with Matt Kenseth for the second-most wins on the circuit (three) with two races until the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins.

"It was the team, I'll tell you that much," said Joey Logano as he celebrated in victory lane. "The team was so good. We focused on what we needed in practice and got the reward in the race. We just stayed cool and focused the past couple of months when we weren't winning. ... It's just really cool to get another one here."

Crew chief Todd Gordon agreed: “We knew we didn’t have the fastest car during practice, but we knew what our balance needed to be to be able to win here. This is just one of those races -- to be able to get back-to-back wins at Bristol is pretty amazing.”

PHOTOS: Behind the wheel with Joey Logano

GOOD NIGHT GONE BAD: While running second with just over 100 laps to go, Jeff Gordon suddenly had to pit for a loose wheel, thus ruining his shot at a Chase-clinching win. Gordon was lapped while his crew changed tires.

POOR TIME FOR A PENALTY: Several top-running drivers were penalized throughout the night, but none might have been more costly than Kyle Busch, who was caught speeding during a caution with 65 laps to go. Busch would have restarted in third place if he hadn’t been penalized.

MW-OH NO: With 130 laps to go, the Michael Waltrip Racing cars of David Ragan and Clint Bowyer ran into each other while running in the top five. Jimmie Johnson had come down the track a bit on David Ragan, who got out of shape and was tagged by Bowyer. Ragan spun and hit the inside wall; he needed extensive repairs. Bowyer also spun out in the next corner but was able to continue.

BAD LUCK: Carl Edwards was leading at Bristol with 148 laps to go when he suddenly had a tire go flat and was forced to pit under the green flag. By the time he got back on track, the No. 19 car was -2 laps down.

HANG ON: On lap 145, AJ Allmendinger made contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. coming off Turn 4, which led him to lose control and spin into the interior wall on the frontstretch. Allmendinger escaped the incident with only slight damage.

TIRED TIRE: Kyle Larson, who needs a win to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup, had a bad break at Bristol. He was running second after a two-tire pit stop but had a tire go flat and hit the frontstretch wall on lap 125.

ENGINE WOES: Matt Kenseth completed just 110 laps before smoke began coming out of his tailpipe, signaling an engine problem. Kenseth immediately pulled to pit road and went to the garage, with last week’s winner settling for a 42nd-place finish.

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Irwin Tools Night Race

Saturday's results from the  .533-mile Bristol Motor Speedway (starting position in parentheses):

1. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 500 laps, 137.8 rating, 47 points, $365,198.

2. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 108.3, 42, $262,605.

3. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 120.2, 42, $195,330.

4. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 99.6, 40, $190,166.

5. (9) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 108.5, 39, $166,213.

6. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 103.1, 39, $167,786.

7. (3) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 500, 115.1, 38, $121,995.

8. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 127.2, 38, $175,286.

9. (20) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 84.5, 35, $135,970.

10. (18) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 84.7, 34, $145,670.

11. (21) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 89.9, 33, $142,826.

12. (14) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 500, 85.2, 32, $138,468.

13. (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 500, 79, 31, $147,896.

14. (11) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 499, 95.1, 30, $124,060.

15. (22) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 498, 68.1, 29, $150,985.

16. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 498, 70, 28, $122,685.

17. (31) Aric Almirola, Ford, 497, 71.8, 27, $150,171.

18. (26) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 497, 65.7, 26, $133,905.

19. (40) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 497, 61.1, 25, $134,049.

20. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 496, 82.2, 24, $151,521.

21. (8) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 496, 64.8, 23, $113,535.

22. (15) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 496, 64.7, 0, $101,285.

23. (28) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 496, 57.6, 21, $128,468.

24. (29) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 496, 52.3, 20, $111,635.

25. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 496, 60.6, 19, $134,018.

26. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 495, 57.6, 18, $130,818.

27. (32) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 495, 55.8, 17, $109,440.

28. (23) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 495, 77.5, 16, $127,175.

29. (33) Cole Whitt, Ford, 495, 44, 15, $112,278.

30. (27) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 495, 41, 14, $103,385.

31. (30) Michael McDowell, Ford, 495, 43.2, 13, $97,275.

32. (36) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 494, 46.2, 12, $109,712.

33. (42) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 493, 43.7, 11, $99,555.

34. (38) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 492, 37.3, 0, $96,895.

35. (34) Josh Wise, Ford, 491, 34.9, 9, $96,760.

36. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 488, 32.5, 8, $104,675.

37. (43) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 486, 28.7, 0, $96,505.

38. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 480, 33, 0, $91,228.

39. (41) Timmy Hill, Ford, 476, 28.4, 0, $87,165.

40. (4) David Ragan, Toyota, accident, 443, 75, 4, $110,479.

41. (12) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, accident, 356, 72.6, 3, $107,073.

42. (13) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, engine, 110, 59.1, 2, $112,101.

43. (35) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, engine, 0, 26, 1, $71,665.

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Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 96.890 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 2 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.220 seconds.

Caution Flags: 8 for 52 laps.

Lead Changes: 14 among 5 drivers.

Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 1-26; Ky.Busch 27-52; D.Hamlin 53; Ky.Busch 54-127; D.Hamlin 128-154; Ky.Busch 155-224; J.Logano 225-252; C.Edwards 253-280; Ky.Busch 281-302; C.Edwards 303-345; J.Logano 346-350; C.Edwards 351-353; J.Logano 354-432; B.Keselowski 433-436; J.Logano 437-500.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 4 times for 192 laps; J.Logano, 4 times for 176 laps; C.Edwards, 3 times for 74 laps; D.Hamlin, 3 times for 54 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 4 laps.

Wins: Ky.Busch, 4; J.Johnson, 4; M.Kenseth, 3; J.Logano, 3; Ku.Busch, 2; D.Earnhardt Jr., 2; K.Harvick, 2; C.Edwards, 1; D.Hamlin, 1; B.Keselowski, 1; M.Truex Jr., 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 908; 2. J.Logano, 865; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 819; 4. B.Keselowski, 793; 5. J.Johnson, 792; 6. M.Truex Jr., 771; 7. M.Kenseth, 753; 8. Ku.Busch, 713; 9. D.Hamlin, 712; 10. J.McMurray, 696; 11. R.Newman, 683; 12. P.Menard, 674; 13. J.Gordon, 672; 14. C.Edwards, 666; 15. C.Bowyer, 655; 16. A.Almirola, 620.