HAMPTON, Ga. — Joey Logano slipped past leader Brad Keselowski on the final lap and won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Although Chevrolet drivers won the season’s first four races, Fords and Toyotas were in the mix for the win in the closing laps Sunday.
Keselowski, seeking to end a 65-race winless streak, held the lead at the white flag, but Logano, helped by a push from Christopher Bell, ran past Keselowski on the outside and took the lead for good.
Following in the top five were Bell, Corey LaJoie (his best career finish) and Tyler Reddick. Early in his racing career, Logano ran Legends cars on the quarter-mile track along the AMS frontstretch. “(This is) so special to win Atlanta for me,” Logano said. “So many memories of me and my dad racing right here on the quarter mile.