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When you drive a 358 cubic inch v-8 fuel mileage is usually the last thing on your mind but in NASCAR it's a priority.

Joey Logano, who ran out of fuel while dominating last week's race at Pocono, had enough in the tank to blow by Kevin Harvick at the end and take the checkered flag in Sunday's Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen.It's the first Watkins Glen victory for Logano's team owner Roger Penske and Logano's first Sprint Cup road course victory.

Logano only led one lap the entire race believes winning this week made up for last week's disappointment.

ìIím still just trying to catch my breath," Logano said in victory lane. "I was really excited after that one. I was running down Harvick there for a little bit and once I got close to him he started to pick up his pace a little bit, which was good because I needed him to run out of gas. I started to catch him a little bit and I drove into one too hard and started to wheel hop. I just about lost it and at that point you just hope he runs out of gas, which he did in the last corner. 

"It makes up for last week. We lost the race last week the same way, so it makes up for it to get it this week.î

Logano, who won Saturday's Xfinity series race at Watkins Glen, swept the weekend's events at the New York road course. 

Kyle Busch, who also ran out of fuel while leading last week at Pocono, finished in second place. But more importantly for Busch, he's now inside the top 30 in the Sprint Cup points standings which means the four time race winner is eligible for a position in the Chase for the Championship.

Busch believes his team just didn't catch the breaks they needed to get the win.

"Our day was really good," Busch said. "You know, we had a really fast race car. I felt like we had one of the cars if not the car to beat. We just never really got to the front in order to show it. Even there early when we were up front, you know, we came to pit road for our first stop before I could quite get to the lead, and there again at the end of the race, we just got to the lead, just passed Brad on that restart there and was trying to check out and get as far out as we could and get as big of a lead as we could so when people started coming back down pit road, it would allow us to not lose as much time to those guys that were just going to take fuel only.  Man, those cautions all in a row just killed us.  

"That was our race today.  Wasn't meant to be. Obviously there was just too many things working against us, and we weren't going to be able to get back through all of that and prevail."

Harvick, who led 29 laps before appearing to run out of fuel, still managed to finish in third place followed by Matt Kenseth in fourth place and Kurt Busch in fifth place.

Clint Bowyer crossed the finish line in sixth place followed by Brad Keselowski, who led 27 laps, in seventh with Carl Edwards, Sam Hornish, Jr, and Jimmie Johnson rounding out the top ten.

Pole winner A.J. Allmendinger led 21 laps but was plagued by electrical issues and was forced to relinquish his lead. While Allmendinger did stay on the lead lap, he could only manage a 24th place finish. 

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 22
Unofficial Race Results for the 30Th Annual Cheez-It 355 At The Glen - 
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Watkins Glen International - Watkins Glen, NY - 2.45 Mile Road
Total Race Length - 90 Laps - 220.5 Miles - Purse: $4,960,524
Leader
Fin    Str    Car    Driver    Team    Laps    Pts    Bns    Driver Rating    Winnings    Status    Tms    Laps
1    16    22    Joey Logano    Shell Pennzoil Ford    90    47    4    118.2    $263,723    Running    1    1
2    8    18    Kyle Busch    M&M Crispy Toyota    90    43    1    124.0    $205,441    Running    1    3
3    4    4    Kevin Harvick    Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet    90    43    2    132.7    $189,675    Running    1    29
4    26    20    Matt Kenseth    Dollar General Toyota    90    41    1    95.3    $153,761    Running    1    2
5    14    41    Kurt Busch    Haas Automation Chevrolet    90    39        96.5    $119,600    Running        
6    18    15    Clint Bowyer    Maxwell House Toyota    90    38        90.0    $139,273    Running        
7    11    2    Brad Keselowski    Miller Lite/Luke Bryan Ford    90    38    1    108.9    $140,406    Running    1    27
8    15    19    Carl Edwards    Stanley Toyota    90    36        95.4    $87,740    Running        
9    24    9    Sam Hornish Jr.    Medallion Bank Ford    90    35        88.3    $112,510    Running        
10    9    48    Jimmie Johnson    Lowe's Chevrolet    90    34        81.4    $128,626    Running        
11    7    88    Dale Earnhardt Jr.    Nationwide Chevrolet    90    33        104.9    $99,340    Running        
12    6    42    Kyle Larson    Target Chevrolet    90    32        99.4    $110,873    Running        
13    28    27    Paul Menard    Libman/Menards Chevrolet    90    31        66.7    $89,640    Running        
14    25    16    Greg Biffle    Cheez-It Ford    90    30        70.1    $111,873    Running        
15    20    31    Ryan Newman    Caterpillar Chevrolet    90    29        75.7    $111,640    Running        
16    21    43    Aric Almirola    Smithfield Ford    90    28        69.8    $120,451    Running        
17    22    10    Danica Patrick    GoDaddy Chevrolet    90    27        64.7    $86,690    Running        
18    29    13    Casey Mears    GEICO Chevrolet    90    26        65.8    $104,048    Running        
19    12    51    Justin Allgaier    Brandt Chevrolet    90    25        70.0    $101,673    Running        
20    31    95    Michael McDowell    K-Love Radio Ford    90    24        60.3    $74,315    Running        
21    33    35    Cole Whitt    Tweaker Energy Shots Ford    90    24    1    57.7    $91,123    Running    1    2
22    34    6    Trevor Bayne    AdvoCare Ford    90    22        53.4    $117,890    Running        
23    19    55    David Ragan    Aaron's Dream Machine Online Version Toyota    90    21        81.8    $103,604    Running        
24    1    47    AJ Allmendinger    Kroger/Bush's Beans Chevrolet    90    21    1    96.5    $114,073    Running    2    21
25    2    78    Martin Truex Jr.    Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet    90    20    1    91.5    $102,335    Running    1    5
26    27    83    Matt DiBenedetto #    Burger King/Cosmo Motors Toyota    90    18        50.7    $86,787    Running        
27    13    11    Denny Hamlin    FedEx Ground Toyota    90    17        72.9    $90,390    Running        
28    35    33    Alex Kennedy #    Dream Factory Chevrolet    90    16        41.3    $75,240    Running        
29    39    7    Alex Bowman    TBR Chevrolet    90    15        41.3    $75,065    Running        
30    42    23    JJ Yeley(i)    Dr Pepper Toyota    90    0        36.5    $75,915    Running        
31    40    46    Michael Annett    Switch Hitch Chevrolet    90    13        40.2    $71,765    Running        
32    38    32    Boris Said(i)    Genesee Brewing Company Ford    89    0        33.8    $71,540    Running        
33    37    38    David Gilliland    Love's Travel Stops Ford    89    11        38.7    $79,390    Running        
34    30    17    Ricky Stenhouse Jr.    Ford EcoBoost Ford    89    10        45.3    $79,265    Running        
35    36    40    Landon Cassill(i)    Hillman Automotive & Tire Chevrolet    89    0        40.2    $71,090    Running        
36    10    3    Austin Dillon    DOW Chevrolet    89    8        57.3    $107,846    Running        
37    32    34    Chris Buescher(i)    Bully Hill Vineyards Ford    88    0        28.0    $70,779    Running        
38    43    98    Timmy Hill(i)    Premium Motorsports Chevrolet    88    0        26.7    $65,902    Running        
39    41    26    Jeb Burton #    Maxim Toyota    88    5        27.8    $61,830    Running        
40    17    1    Jamie McMurray    McDonald's Chevrolet    86    4        59.3    $87,821    Running        
41    5    24    Jeff Gordon    Axalta Chevrolet    86    3        80.5    $102,366    Running        
42    23    5    Kasey Kahne    Time Warner Cable Chevrolet    78    2        45.2    $67,830    Running        
43    3    14    Tony Stewart    Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet    56    1        81.5    $73,544    Rear Gear        
 Race Comments:    Joey Logano won the CHEEZ-It 355 at The Glen, his 10th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, no cars dropped to the rear of the field.
 Failed to Qualify:    (1) 62 TJ Bell(i).
 Time of Race:    2 Hrs, 24 Mins, 43 Secs.    Average Speed:    91.420 MPH    Margin of Victory:    5.273 Seconds
 Caution Flags:    5 for 16 laps: Laps: 26-28 (Debris Turns 6 and 7 [26]); 33-35 (Debris Esses [16]); 47-49 (#3 Accident Backstretch [43]); 51-54 (Fluid On The Track [Red Flag 9:03] [3]); 58-60 (#14 Stopped On Track [47]).
 Lead Changes:    8 among 8 drivers: A. Allmendinger 1-20; M. Truex Jr. 21-25; A. Allmendinger 26; C. Whitt 27-28; B. Keselowski 29-55; Kyle Busch 56-58; M. Kenseth 59-60; K. Harvick 61-89; J. Logano 90; 
Chase Grid Outlook:     1.J. Johnson 747 (4 wins);2.K. Harvick 823 (2);3.J. Logano 781 (2);4.D. Earnhardt Jr. 750 (2);5.M. Kenseth 703 (2);6.Kurt Busch 659 (2);7.B. Keselowski 719 (1);8.M. Truex Jr. 714 (1);9.D. Hamlin 631 (1);10.C. Edwards 589 (1);11.J. Mcmurray 635 (0);12.P. Menard 622 (0);13.J. Gordon 620 (0);14.R. Newman 613 (0);15.C. Bowyer 612 (0);16.A. Almirola 562 (0).
3M Lap Leader    : Kevin Harvick, #4 29 Laps    American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award    : Brad Keselowski, #2 
Coors Light Pole Award    : AJ Allmendinger, #47 127.839 mph    Ingersoll Rand Power Move    : Aric Almirola, #43 4 positions
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race    : Hendrick Engines, #4     Mobil 1 Driver of the Race    : Kyle Busch, #18 
Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race    : Clint Bowyer, #15 -0.096 sec    Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap    : AJ Allmendinger, #47 
Sunoco Rookie of the Race    : Matt DiBenedetto, #83 
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race:    Aug. 16, 2015 - Michigan International Speedway
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