Joey Logano broke the NASCAR Nationwide Series record for the youngest race winner after he took the checkered flag in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway at the age of 18 years 21 days.
In front of a record crowd of 73,195, Logano crossed the finish line 2.259 seconds ahead of Scott Wimmer to eclipse Casey Atwood's 1999 mark of 18 years, 10 months, 9 days.
After starting from the pole for the second time in his career, Logano led five times for 76 laps, including the last 54 en route to the historic win.
"It was cool to get our first win here in the third start," Logano said. "Obviously, I was getting in one of the best cars out there that has won seven races. I have to win races. It's not even an option. To get here and get our second pole and get our first win, now we can get rolling."
Logano's only threat during the race was his teammate Kyle Busch, who led a race high 85 laps. But in the closing laps as Busch was trying to chase down Logano for the lead, he spun out and hit the wall coming out of Turn 2. The end result saw Busch fall out of the race, 36 laps shy of the checkered flag.
"It was unfortunate to see Kyle hit the fence there," Logano said. "I think our car was strong enough that we might have been able to hold him off."
Mike Wallace captured his first top five of the season after he brought home the No. 7 Toyota in third.
"It's nice to know as a driver you can still go out there and compete with everybody and get the job done," Wallace said. "We proved tonight that we can do that and we look for great things."
Last week's winner in Nashville Brad Keselowski finished fourth with rookie Bryan Clauson rounding out the top five.
Clauson's fifth-place finish was his first top five in 16 career starts.
Clint Bowyer, who finished ninth, retained the lead in the championship standings leading Keselowski by 170 points.
Tonight's race at Kentucky saw the eighth different winner in as many races at the 1.5-mile speedway.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series will now head to The Milwaukee Mile next Saturday night.
