Joey Logano moves William Byron for Darlington victory

Joey Logano used the bumper at Darlington Raceway to snap a 40-race winless streak Sunday afternoon.

With two laps to go, Logano reeled in then-leader William Byron in Turn 3 and gave the No. 24 Chevrolet a shot to the left-rear bumper, sending Byron into the outside wall and allowing the No. 22 Ford to scoot through for the lead and eventual win. Logano was miffed after he felt Byron put him into the outside wall on an earlier restart while fighting for the lead.

“You’re not gonna put me in the wall and not get anything back; that’s how that works,” Logano told FOX Sports.

Logano, who led a race-high 107 laps Sunday, was the first to win a race in the Next Gen car, but that victory came in an exhibition race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum back in February.

“Man, super proud of this Shell Pennzoil team,” Logano said. “Getting a victory here at Darlington … I’ve never won here in a Cup race before, so proud of this race team. Great execution all day long.”

Byron, meanwhile, went on to finish 13th after significant damage to his car. Byron is tied with Ross Chastain for a series-high two wins this season and signed a three-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports earlier this week.

“I mean he runs everybody over, so I don’t see what’s different,” Byron told NBC Sports of Logano. “He does it to everybody and doesn’t even let us finish. He goes in there 10 mph faster. Stupid.”

#NASCAR … William Byron not happy with Joey Logano for that contact … pic.twitter.com/C2795Vn6Yq

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Sunday’s race was one of attrition as 13 of the 36 entrants failed to finish. Eleven cars were caught up in a Lap 262 pileup following a restart. Martin Truex Jr. spun from fifth place at the exit of