The only way to steal some headlines from Danica Patrick, who finished 31st in her first full Nationwide race, was for a few drivers to create an exciting finish. Joey Logano, Greg Biffle, Brad Keselowski, and Kyle Busch decided to do just that with Busch stealing the victory.
Joey Logano survived an eventful day at Auto Club Speedway to win the Copart 300, his second consecutive Nationwide Series victory. He capitalized on a late-race accident between race leaders Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, and Brad Keselowski, and then survived a green-white-checker finish.
For the fourth time this season, Kyle Busch dominated a Nationwide Series race only to see teammate Joey Logano snatch the victory inside 10 laps to go. And, for the eight time this season, Brad Keselowski brought his JR Motorsports Chevy home third.
Jimmie Johnson showed the other Chase drivers that he is in Championship form, dominating the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway. Johnson led for 271 of 400 laps, and he pulled to within 10 points of the points-lead. Hendrick Motorsports teammate, and points-leader, Mark Martin finished second.
Marcos Ambrose used a daring move entering the bus stop at Watkins Glen to pass Kyle Busch and win his second consecutive Zippo 200 at the Glen.
Joey Logano stayed out on old tires during a late caution of the Dollar General 200 at Chicagoland Speedway. To everyone’s surprise, including Logano himself, he drove away from teammate Kyle Busch on the final restart and won the race by over 2 seconds.
Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch tangled coming to the checkered flag of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, triggering a multi-car wreck, and creating another wild restrictor plate race finish that is sure to be talked about for weeks to come.
Joey Logano used pit strategy to win a rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, earning his first career Sprint Cup victory. Logano became the youngest winner in Cup series history at 19 years, one month, and four days.
Kyle Busch passed Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano with 35 laps to go in the Camping World RV 200, and never relinquished the lead, earning his fifth Nationwide Series victory this season.
Joey Logano overcame a pit road speeding penalty and won the Meijer 300 from Kentucky Speedway for the second year in a row. Logano passed teammate Kyle Busch with 10 laps to go and became the first driver to win two Nationwide Series races at Kentucky.