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Joey Logano pulled away from the field on a restart with five laps to go and went on to win the Nationwide Series race at Nashville Superspeedway Saturday afternoon.

The victory was the first of the season for Logano.

Behind Logano, to give Joe Gibbs Racing a 1-2 finish, was Kyle Busch.

Both Gibbs drivers led large portions of the race – Logano led 95, Busch 77.

Brad Keselowski finished third and Kelly Bires was fourth.

Carl Edwards, the series points leader, finished fifth. He started from the pole and led 45 laps.

Edwards’ lead was chopped down to 23 points over Busch as a result of the race.

Logano moved from 12th to sixth in points despite having only started five of the six races this season.

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Unofficial results of Saturday’s Nationwide 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Nashville Superspeedway;

 

1. Joey Logano, No. 20 Toyota
2. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota
3. Brad Keselowski, No. 88 Chevolet
4. Kelly Bires, No 33 Chevrolet
5. Carl Edwards, No. 60 Ford
6. Jason Leffler, No. 38 Toyota
7. David Ragan, No. 8 Ford
8. Mike Bliss, No. 1 Chevrolet
9. Steve Wallace, No. 66 Chevrolet
10. Scott Lagasse Jr. No. 11 Toyota
11. Stephen Leicht, No. 29 Chevrolet
12. Jason Keller, No. 27 Ford
13. Burney Lamar, No. 32 Toyota
14. Shelby Howard, No. 70 Chevrolet
15. Michael McDowell, No. 47 Toyota
16. Michael Waltrip, No. 99 Toyota
17. Brendan Gaughan, No. 62 Chevrolet
18. John Wes Townley, No. 09 Ford
19. Michael Annett, No. 15 Toyota
20. Dennis Setzer, No. 26 Dodge
21. Jeff Green, No. 81 Dodge
22. Casey Atwood, No. 05 Chevrolet
23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 16 Ford
24. Kenny Wallace, No. 28 Chevrolet
25. Brian Scott, No. 10 Toyota
26. Eric McClure, No. 24 Ford
27. Tony Raines, No. 234 Chevrolet
28. Scott Wimmer, No. 40 Chevrolet
29. Justin Allgaier, No. 12 Dodge
30. Brandon Whitt, NO. 61 Ford
31. Morgan Shepherd, No. 89 Chevrolet
32. Danny O’Quinn Jr., No. 01 Chevorlet
33. Tim Andrews, No. 31 Chevrolet
34. Joe Nemechek, No. 87 Chevrolet
35. Kenny Hendrick, No. 42 Dodge
36. Benny Gordon, No. 172 Ford
37. Ken Butler III, No. 23 Chevrolet
38. David Green, No. 07 Toyota
39. Jeremy Clements, No. 150 Chevrolet
40. Kertus Davis, No. 49 Chevrolet
41. Brian Keselowski, No. 196 Dodge
42. Terry Cook, No. 91 Chevrolet
43. Johnny Chapman, No. 90 Chevrolet

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