Logano wins Three in a Row with Talladega Victory

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Logano wins at Talladega: #22-Joey Logano won the CampingWorld.com 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway for his 6th win of the season, 1st win at Talladega and 14th career win.
    Logano led 20 of the 196 laps.
It was an unusual end to the race. First, coming to the green flag for the green-white-checkered finish, #48-Johnson and #42-Larson spun out as the cars got through the restart zone. NASCAR had thrown the green flag, but put the yellow back out before the cars got to the start-finish line and froze the field to attempt another restart.
Then on the next restart, #4-Harvick, who had been reporting engine problems, failed to get a clean start. #6-Bayne passed Harvick, but made contact with him trying to get back in line and was spun out. Several drivers accused Harvick of intentionally wrecking Bayne. About a dozen cars were collected and NASCAR threw the caution just past the start finish line.
NASCAR had to review video tape to determine Logano was in the lead at the time the caution came out and establish the finishing order for the rest of the field.
Logano won all 3 races in the Contender round of The Chase.
#88-Earnhardt, Jr. finished 2nd followed by #24-Gordon, #2-Keselowski, #19-Edwards, #27-Menard, #78-Truex, Jr, #15-Bowyer, #17-Stenhouse, Jr., and #41-Busch.
#11-Hamlin, #31-Newman, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., and #20-Kenseth were eliminated from the Chase.
The race went caution free for the first 131 laps, the longest green flag strecth to start a race this season.
There were 30 lead changes among 18 drivers and 3 cautions for 18 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 167.311mph.
(10-25-2015)

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings - Eliminator Round: [after Talladega, race 32 of 36]
1) #22-Joey Logano [6 wins], 4000
2) #99-Carl Edwards [2 wins], 4000
3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 4000
4) #41-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 4000
5) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 4000 points
6) #78-Martin Truex, Jr. [1 win], 4000
7) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 4000
8) #18-Kyle Busch [4 wins], 4000
Points are reset after each round, for the Eliminator Round it goes to 4000, no points for wins
The order is set by the points standings after the last round.
(ties are broken by wins, 2nds, 3rds, etc, with in that round of the Chase)
(10-25-2015)