Joey Logano Snaps Year Long Winless Streak at Talladega

Joey Logano and Team Penske straight up dominated Sunday's GEICO 500 and it resulted in Logano earning his first victory since his encumbered win at Richmond last season. The out of control cars resulted in a bland last lap with Logano sailing to the victory.

Kurt Busch finished second followed by Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.. David Ragan finished sixth followed by Aric Almirola, Alex Bowman, Ryan Newman, and Daniel Suarez rounded out the top five.

The race was slowed by caution a total of six times for 29 laps. The first big one took place on lap 73 when Erik Jones got clipped by Jamie McMurray. Jones went up the track and collected the No. 6 of Trevor Bayne. Bayne then came down the track clipping Truex Jr. and ultimately making hard impact with the inside wall. Kyle Larson also got into the accident after contact with his teammate McMurray. McMurray and Truex were the only drivers who were able to continue.

On lap 167, the second big one took place. The crash involved many winning contenders including Brad Keselowski, Paul Menard, Michael McDowell, William Byron, among others. The air bubble between Jimmie Johnson and William Byron wiggled around. Menard then got loose and went up the track collecting Clint Bowyer and Michael McDowell.

Blaney went down to avoid the crash and he got rammed into by teammate Keselowski and as result, the No. 2 car hit the outside wall. Kasey Kahne, AJ Allmendinger, Joey Gase, Austin Dillon, and others were also collected in the crash with only a few left standing with little to no damage.

Results from Talladega

  1. Joey Logano
  2. Kurt Busch
  3. Chase Elliott
  4. Kevin Harvick
  5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  6. David Ragan 
  7. Aric Almirola
  8. Alex Bowman
  9. Ryan Newman
  10. Daniel Suarez
  11. Chris Buescher
  12. Jimmie Johnson
  13. Kyle Busch
  14. Denny Hamlin
  15. Ty Dillon
  16. Darrell Wallace Jr.
  17. Kasey Kahne
  18. Ryan Blaney
  19. Matt DiBenedetto
  20. DJ Kennington
  21. Cole Whitt
  22. Brendan Gaughan
  23. Timothy Peters
  24. Gray Gaulding
  25. Ross Chastain
  26. Martin Truex Jr.
  27. Joey Gase
  28. Jamie McMurray
  29. William Byron
  30. Paul Menard
  31. Clint Bowyer
  32. Michael McDowell
  33. Brad Keselowski
  34. AJ Allmendinger
  35. Austin Dillon
  36. Timmy Hill
  37. Reed Sorenson
  38. Trevor Bayne
  39. Erik Jones
  40. Kyle Larson
Photo Credit - Christian Koelle/CCK Photography 

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