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[/media-credit]Joey Logano passed Kyle Busch in the last turn on Saturday in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Logano waited to the last possible second to make his move to the outside as they came to the green-white-checkered finish.
“I haven’t seen one yet that’s predictable at Talladega. I just got him right at the line. I was super pumped.” Logano said.
This was Logano’s second NNS win of the season and the 11th of his career.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished third, Cole Whitt fourth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth.
“Coming to the line I tried to swing out to get third. It was the best day for us here at Talladega and the Cargill Beef guys are here and everyone that helps us out. It was a fun race. I think the fans should have enjoyed that one.” Stenhouse Jr. said.
Stenhouse Jr. came into the race trailing Elliott Sadler by two points in the series standings. Sadler’s 10th place finish allowed Stenhouse Jr. to take over the lead by 5 points over Sadler.
“When it got a little dicey we rolled back to the back and made sure we got to the finish. Luckily we missed those big wrecks and that helped us out.” Stenhouse Jr. added.
On lap 116, Kevin Harvick, Danica Patrick, Robert Richardson Jr., Jeffrey Earnhardt, Brad Keselowski, Eric McClure, Taylor Malsam, Michael Annett and several others were caught up in the “big one” after the No. 43 of Michael Annett made contact with Harvick.
McClure slammed the inside wall of Turn 3. The race was red-flagged to cleanup the track and to fix the SAFER barrier.
Safety crew removed the roof of McClure’s No. 14 Toyota to get him out. He was airlifted to UAB Medical Center. According to televised reports, he was alert and speaking.
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| Aaron’s 312, Talladega Superspeedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=8 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
| ========================================= | |||||
| 1 | – | 18 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 0 |
| 2 | – | 54 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0 |
| 3 | – | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | 42 |
| 4 | – | 88 | Cole Whitt * | Chevrolet | 41 |
| 5 | – | 5 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 6 | – | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 7 | – | 30 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 8 | – | 31 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 36 |
| 9 | – | 199 | Kenny Wallace | Toyota | 36 |
| 10 | – | 2 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 11 | – | 20 | Ryan Truex | Toyota | 34 |
| 12 | – | 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | 33 |
| 13 | – | 7 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 32 |
| 14 | – | 40 | Erik Darnell | Chevrolet | 30 |
| 15 | – | 124 | John Wes Townley | Toyota | 0 |
| 16 | – | 4 | Danny Efland | Chevrolet | 28 |
| 17 | – | 3 | Austin Dillon * | Chevrolet | 28 |
| 18 | – | 44 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 27 |
| 19 | – | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 26 |
| 20 | – | 22 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 0 |
| 21 | – | 41 | Timmy Hill | Ford | 0 |
| 22 | – | 33 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 23 | – | 43 | Michael Annett | Ford | 21 |
| 24 | – | 19 | Tayler Malsam | Toyota | 20 |
| 25 | – | 15 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Ford | 19 |
| 26 | – | 23 | Robert Richardson Jr. | Chevrolet | 18 |
| 27 | – | 14 | Eric McClure | Toyota | 17 |
| 28 | – | 1 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | 17 |
| 29 | – | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 15 |
| 30 | – | 39 | Josh Richards | Ford | 14 |
| 31 | – | 50 | T.J. Bell | Chevrolet | 13 |
| 32 | – | 108 | Tim Andrews | Ford | 13 |
| 33 | – | 38 | Brad Sweet * | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 34 | – | 81 | Jason Bowles * | Toyota | 10 |
| 35 | – | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 36 | – | 11 | Brian Scott | Toyota | 8 |
| 37 | – | 70 | Johanna Long * | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 38 | – | 174 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 39 | – | 10 | Jeff Green | Toyota | 5 |
| 40 | – | 42 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 41 | – | 46 | Chase Miller | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 42 | – | 47 | Scott Speed | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 43 | – | 52 | Kevin Lepage | Chevrolet | 1 |
