Joey Logano won Saturday's Camping World Truck Series race in Martinsville, Virginia in his seventh series start, driving the #29 Ford owned by his Team Penske Sprint Cup teammate Brad Keselowski. Logano has now won in all three NASCAR national series - the truck series, Xfinity Series and the Sprint Cup Series. Second-place finisher Matt Crafton now leads by two points over Daytona winner Tyler Reddick, driving the #19 Ford, the other Keselowski entry, and by six points over Kyle Busch's driver Erik Jones, who also finished third in Saturday's race in the #4 Toyota.
Many drivers spun, a typical product of Martinsville racing. Reddick, Brandon Jones and rookie Ray Black Jr. each got around, as did Mason Mingus twice, the second time with Jake Griffin. John Hunter Nemechek, Bryan Silas, Travis Kvapil and some other drivers also had mechanical issues; Nemechek's transmission quit on him as he attempted to enter the garage through the opening on the backstretch and brought out a caution. Late in the race, there was a battle involving Logano, Crafton, Jones, and 17-year-old Cole Custer, winner at New Hampshire in September and serving as the driver in the very first Truck Series start for JR Motorsports, owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., who got the rights to the Haas Automation #00 Chevrolet. Custer, who recovered from an earlier pit penalty, spun with two laps to go on the frontstretch after being bumped by Crafton, who was fighting for the lead with Custer. Custer couldn't getrefired and a caution came out to set up a green-white-checkered finish. Logano had lost a few positions before the caution, but got by Crafton and Jones on the restart to take the win from the pole.
Logano also starts Sunday's Sprint Cup race from the pole in the #22 Ford, alongside one-time Penske driver Ryan Newman. The truck series next races at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas on May 8, a Friday night.
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