Logano holds off Larson to win Xfinity race at Las Vegas

On a restart with four of 200 laps remaining in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Logano and Kyle Larson dueled side-by-side for nearly a lap before Logano finally emerged with a sizable lead.

He held on for his first series victory of the season and 28th of his career.

Logano led a race-high 106 laps but had to battle through five restarts in the final 110-lap segment.

“It was hard to figure out the deal, which lane to pick (to restart in). I had a very bad fast Ford Mustang today,” Logano said in Victory Lane. “That’s three wins in a row for (Team Penske’s) No. 12 car.

“Man, it’s a lot of fun to have these Team Penske cars fast again in the Xfinity Series. Man, it feels good. But those restarts were crazy, though. You don’t know which lane to pick. You don’t know who is a good pusher. You try to remember what happened on the last (restart).”

Larson ended up second as Ty Dillon and William Byron got involved in an incident on the final lap. Daniel Suarez finished third, Justin Allgaier was fourth and Austin Dillon rounded out the top five.

“We were really good,” Larson said. “Early in the race we were better than everyone else. It’s just hard to keep that track position. We had good restarts. All in all a good day. Our pit stops were awesome.

“We had a lot of speed in our car. A lot better than we had at the end of practice yesterday. I’m happy about that and looking forward to Fontana — the next one. ”

Darrell Wallace Jr., who was battling the flu all weekend, managed to rally to finish sixth. He required medical attention immediately after the race and was taken to the infield care center.

Stage 2

Brad Keselowski inherited the lead on a late-stage restart and held on to win the second 45-lap segment.

Brendan Gaughan spun off Turn 4 on Lap 80 to bring out a caution. Then-leader Larson and a few others pit for tires but several remained out, including Keselowski, who inherited the race lead on Lap 85.

Kyle Busch finished second in the stage, followed by Allgaier, Larson and Daniel Hemric.

Matt Tifft, who was running 10th at the time, spun in Turn 2 on Lap 71 to bring out a caution. He made some slight contact with the wall with the right-rear of his No. 19 Toyota. He rallied to finish eighth in the segment.

On Lap 57, Gaughan, who looked in the early-going like he could contend for the win at his hometown track, fell off the pace and was forced to the garage to get a new carburetor.