Logano narrowly beats Keselowski in Penske 1-2 at Las Vegas

Keselowski got a big run coming through Turn 3 and briefly got side-by-side with Logano off Turn 4 before Logano was able to block his advance and hang on for the win in Sunday’s Pennzoil 400.

The win is Logano’s first of the season, 22nd of his career and first at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

"I told everyone from Pennzoil today - this race is bigger than the Daytona 500 for them - and I said we're going to do doughnuts on that giant infield logo after the race and we were able to do it," Logano said.

"What a great race. Brad and I were so evenly matched and you just can't drive away. In the last five or six laps, Brad was catching me so quick and I got stuck behind a lapped car. Man, it was so close. Lot of fun, my hearts still running hard.

"It's a nice feeling to get locked in the playoffs early."

Asked what he was thinking with his teammate closing fast in his mirror, Logano said: "Yeah I figured he'd run up against the wall there and he made up more ground than I thought he would. He made such a good run and I just barely cleared him there at the end.

"Team Penske going 1-2 shows the kind of speed we've got this season."

Kyle Busch finished third, pole-winner Kevin Harvick was fourth and Kurt Busch completed the top-five.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Aric Almirola, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin.

Stage 3

Following the break between Stages 2 and 3, Kurt Busch did not pit and inherited the lead when the race returned to green on Lap 168. He was followed by Logano, who was first off pit road, then Harvick and Hamlin.

With 80 laps remaining in the race, Harvick was finally able to get around Kurt Busch and reclaim the lead. Logano ran in third, Keselowski fourth and Almirola had made his way up to fifth.

On Lap 193, Logano also got around Kurt Busch and moved into the runner-up position.

With 60 laps left, Keselowski had made his way up to third, Kurt Busch fourth and Kyle Busch made his way to fifth.

As a handful of cars began green-flag stops, Logano got around Harvick to retake the lead on Lap 211. By Lap 215, most of the lead-lap cars were making their way down pit road for what could be their final stop of the race.

After his pit stop, Logano reported “a little vibration.” But by Lap 227 after everyone had made their pit stop, Logano cycled back into the lead.

Keselowski was in second, about a second back, followed by Harvick, Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch.

On Lap 240, Keselowski was to get around Logano and take and reclaim the lead.

Logano went to the inside of Keselowski off Turn 4 on Lap 244 and grabbed the lead right back.

With 20 laps remaining, Logano led the way followed by Keselowski and Harvick – all within a second of each other.

Logano was able to stretch his lead to over a second on Keselowski with 15 laps remaining. Harvick was right behind Keselowski, trying to take the second spot. Kyle Busch was running fourth.

With eight laps to go, Logano put Jimmie Johnson a lap down, leaving 18 cars on the lead lap.

Kyle Busch passed Harvick for third with three laps remaining.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
1	22	Joey Logano	Ford	267		86
2	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	267	0.236	17
3	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	267	1.419	13
4	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	267	2.530	89
5	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	267	10.483	23
6	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	267	19.287	5
7	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	267	19.562
8	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	267	19.748
9	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	267	21.137
10	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	267	21.951
11	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	267	22.383
12	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	267	23.380
13	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	267	25.271
14	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	267	27.236
15	21	Paul Menard	Ford	267	27.882
16	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	267	28.192	21
17	41	Daniel Suarez	Ford	267	28.602	12
18	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	267	28.759
19	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	266	1 lap
20	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	266	1 lap	2
21	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	266	1 lap
22	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	266	1 lap
23	8	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	265	2 laps
24	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	265	2 laps
25	47	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	265	2 laps
26	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	265	2 laps
27	32	Corey Lajoie	Ford	264	3 laps
28	38	David Ragan	Ford	264	3 laps
29	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	264	3 laps
30	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	263	4 laps
31	96	Parker Kligerman	Toyota	263	4 laps
32	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	260	7 laps
33	15	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	259	8 laps
34	36	Matt Tifft	Ford	259	8 laps
35	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	253	14 laps
36	77	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	252	15 laps
37	52	B.J. McLeod	Chevrolet	220	47 laps
38	66	Joey Gase	Toyota	10	256 laps