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Logano beats Kyle Busch to win first NASCAR Cup race at Gateway

Joey Logano achieved victory Sunday in the first NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, beating Kyle Busch in overtime. Logano's #22 Penske Ford car led 22 of 245 laps in the Enjoy Illinois 300. His second win of the season was the 29th of his Cup career.

Logano beats Kyle Busch to win first NASCAR Cup race at Gateway

Joey Logano achieved victory Sunday in the first NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, beating Kyle Busch in overtime. Logano's #22 Penske Ford car led 22 of 245 laps in the Enjoy Illinois 300. His second win of the season was the 29th of his Cup career.

Busch finished second in the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, which was 0s655 behind at the checkered flag. His brother Kurt Busch took third place. Ryan Blaney, Logano's teammate, recovered from a spin to finish fourth and Aric Almirola rounded out the top five.

Martin Truex Jr. was sixth in his 600th Cup race. Ross Chastain clashed with two competitors in separate incidents in the first half of the race. Chastain's #1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet put the #11 Joe Gibbs Toyota of Denny Hamlin into the turn 2 wall, leading to a caution on lap 64.

Hamlin continued at a reduced pace, but squeezed Chastain's car on several occasions later to show his displeasure, drawing a reprimand from NASCAR race control.

Chastain then triggered another yellow flag on lap 101 after taking the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy of Chase Elliott into a spin that also caught the No. 23 Toyota of Bubba Wallace. Six laps later, Elliott repeatedly pushed Chastain on the restart until finally passing.

Chastain recovered to finish eighth. Elliott was 21st, and Hamlin - the winner of the Coca-Cola 600 last weekend - was 34th, 11 laps behind.

Chase Briscoe started from pole position and led the first 27 laps until his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford had a flat tire. He lost a lap after a pit stop and finished 24th.

Race standings:

POSDRIVERCARBRANDLAPSGRIDLEADEDPOINTSBONUSPENALTY KICK
1Joey Logano22Ford2457224440
2Kyle Busch18Toyota245126646110
3Kurt Busch45Toyota245111244100
4Ryan Blaney12Ford24551243100
5Aric Almirola10Ford2458043110
6Martin Truex Jr.19Toyota24513424090
7Erik Jones43Chevrolet2452143220
8Ross Chastain1Chevrolet2451003560
9Christopher Bell20Toyota245303460
10AJ Allmendinger16Chevrolet245350000
11Austin Cindric2Ford24522636100
12Kyle Larson5Chevrolet2451503270
13Alex Bowman48Chevrolet2452502400
14Justin Haley31Chevrolet2452802300
15Austin Dillon3Chevrolet2452902200
16Tyler Reddick8Chevrolet245402980
17Zane Smith17Ford245320000
18Michael McDowell34Ford24517341900
19William Byron24Chevrolet2452401800
20Brad Keselowski6Ford2453001700
21Chase Elliott9Chevrolet2451601820
22Todd Gilliland38Ford2452201500
23Daniel Suarez99Chevrolet2452301840
24Chase Briscoe14Ford2451271300
25Harrison Burton21Ford245901200
26Bubba Wallace23Toyota2451801100
27Ty Dillon42Chevrolet2452601000
28Josh Bilicki77Chevrolet245330000
29Cole Custer41Ford2451401130
30B.J. McLeod78Ford245340700
31Parker Kligerman15Ford245360000
32Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47Chevrolet241270500
33Kevin Harvick4Ford235200400
34Denny Hamlin11Toyota234601070
35Cody Ware51Ford166310200
36Corey LaJoie7Chevrolet72190100