Logano gets 1st victory

Youngest to win Nationwide race

Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway at Sparta, Ky.

Logano, making his third series start, took the lead from teammate Kyle Busch with 53 laps remaining and rolled on when Busch spun out with 37 laps to go.

Logano, at 18 years, 21 days old, broke the age record of 18 years, 10 months, 9 days set by Casey Atwood in 1999.

It appeared Logano would have to duel Busch over the final laps to earn the win.

Busch started at the back of the field after missing qualifying but wasted little time getting to the front. The Sprint Cup star needed just 40 laps to take the lead and led 85 laps before getting loose in the second turn. He finished 30th.

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COOL CITY CUSTOMS 200: Erik Darnell beat Johnny Benson in a photo finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

Darnell, who gave team owner Jack Roush his fourth truck victory and 17th race win overall on the two-mile Michigan oval, was on his way to what looked like an easy victory until rookie Mark Mitchell scraped the wall and brought out a caution flag seven laps from the end.

That bunched up the field, and when the green flag waved for the final restart with three laps remaining, Benson did everything he could think of to pass the leader. He finally drove his Toyota all the way onto the apron coming off the final turn and nosed ahead, but Darnell also went low, driving his Ford alongside Benson and using a side draft to win by 0.005 seconds -- just inches.

That is the closest finish under electronic timing and the second closest in series history. Butch Miller beat Mike Skinner by 0.001 seconds at Colorado National Speedway in July 1995.

NASCAR officials had to look at photos of Saturday's finish before calling Darnell to Victory Lane.

RACING FOR WILDLIFE 200: Justin Lofton drove away from fellow rookie Ricky Stenhouse on the way to a victory in the rain-postponed ARCA/REMAX Series stock car race at Michigan International Speedway.

The race was postponed a day because of rain Friday.