Joey Logano, ecstatic over Bristol Win

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American stock car racing driver has been making waves in the recently concluded the NSCS victory at Bristol.

Logano surged past Matt Kenseth with 44 laps to go and won for the first time in his career at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night, foiling the 2003 series champion's gambling attempt to secure a spot in NASCAR's playoffs.

Logano commented "I feel like the Bristol night race is maybe the third or fourth biggest race of the year. Just the atmosphere before the race, if it doesn't pump you up, nothing does. It's just the baddest mamma jamma race track ever built."

This is the first time that Logano won more than one race in a season. This Logano's third win this season and he is the fifth driver to do so joining the list of Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski.

He gained the top spot when Kenseth elected to stay on the track when most of the field pitted after a caution flag with 67 laps to go, picking track position and fresh air over new tires. He said "I just knew that clean air was going to be worth more than new tires."

Second place Matt Kenseth said that being behind Logano was tough for him to drive saying "When I'd get right behind him, I'd get in the dirty air and it just pushed too much be able to do anything. The last lap I just dive-bombed it in there on a prayer and kind of hoping it would stick or he would slip of something would happen for me, and made it look cool. But it really wasn't that close."

When asked by ESPN if he considers this season as a breakout season for him after having won three races in a row Logano said that his success started last year when he worked with Team Penske and work with a lot of key members and built his momentum in the racetrack. He practice on the tracks getting better every time.

Good race for Logano with good hindsight to add.

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