Joey Logano scored a significant win at the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 in Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, passing Brad Keselowski on the last lap en path to supplying Ford its very first success of the season.
Logano, driving the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Mustang, remained in a position to take the checkered flag after a late care established a two-lap overtime. He took the chance, as he pulled to the beyond Keselowski’s No. 2 Wurth Ford Mustang on the last lap and handled to edge him at the line.
” I simply wished to get to his outdoors and have one shot at it,” Logano stated. “Fortunately, I had the ability to make it three-wide and get to his exterior.”
It was an impressive surface to a race in which Keselowski had actually controlled much of the day, leading 173 of 325 laps. Logano, nevertheless, had actually kept himself in contention and was prepared when the chance emerged.
” It wasn’t the most dominant automobile here, however we had a truly quick racecar,” Logano stated. “We had the chance to win it at the end which’s what truly matters.”
The triumph significant Logano’s 25 th Cup Series win and his very first because the 2020 Daytona500 It likewise marked the very first time a Ford driver has actually won at Atlanta because 2014.
The result was chosen in the closing laps, as a care was called with 4 laps to go. Logano lined up behind Keselowski on the reboot, and the 2 chauffeurs jockeyed for position in the last 2 laps prior to Logano slipped to the outdoors and edged Keselowski at the goal.
In the end, Logano protected an exhilarating win for Ford, topping off a day of extreme competitors with a bold, last-lap relocation.
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