Joey Logano led all 300 laps of Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway to pick up his 23rd win in the series, driving the #22 Team Penske Ford. This is the second time in seven months that an Xfinity driver has led a race wire-to-wire, following Kyle Busch's dominant race in Richmond, Virginia (another short track) last September in the #54 Joe Gibbs Toyota. Challengers for the lead throughout the day included last week's winner Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez in the #18 and #20 Gibbs Toyotas, Chris Buescher in the #60 Roush Ford and Brian Scott and Austin Dillon in the #2 and #33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolets. Suarez went on to finish right behind Logano. Dillon suffered a flat tire midway through the race, while Denny Hamlin, subbing for Kyle Busch in the #54 machine, had engine problems after having a fast car during both practice sessions on Friday. That #54 car had been driven by Busch to victory lane at Bristol in the past two years.
Other incidents during the race included Jeremy Clements bringing out two separate cautions behind the wheel of the #51 Chevrolet, Daniel Suarez leaving a piece of debris on the track after brushing the wall right after a restart, and J.J. Yeley crashing his #28 Ford into a SAFER barrier under construction (in response to the Busch wreck at Daytona) which prompted a red flag as track workers made repairs. The Xfinity Series next races at Richmond in another Friday night race.
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