Joey Logano took the lead with just 12 laps to go in Sunday’s rain-delayed Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and held on to win his second NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race of the season and the 27th of his career. In a race that was scheduled to run Friday night but delayed until Sunday due to heavy rains from Hurricane Matthew, Logano started the race from third and ran inside the top-five all afternoon. Early on, Logano complained of a really loose No. 12 PPG Ford Mustang, but crew chief Brian Wilson made several adjustments early and helped improve the car. A nearly 110-lap green flag run in the middle portion of the race saw race leader Kyle Larson put all but four drivers a lap down. Finally, a couple of cautions near the end allowed Wilson to make a few more adjustments to Logano’s PPG Mustang and gave Logano a shot for the win. A restart with just 12 laps remaining saw Logano jumped to the inside of the leaders from his third-place position heading into turn one. The top three battled three wide for nearly a lap until Logano was able to clear everyone for the top spot. From there, Logano set sail and was able to hold off the competition, earning his second-career NXS win at Charlotte and the second for the No. 12 team this season (Watkins Glen). It was also the first NXS win for crew chief Brian Wilson, who started the season at the crew chief for the No. 22 Team Penske Ford Mustang.

“What a fun night, for sure. That was a good recovery from the first part of my day. I feel a lot better than I did about three or four hours ago when I tried to knock down the wall. I feel better now. Obviously, a great PPG Ford Mustang. Brian Wilson put together a great team by picking and choosing a bunch of people from the race shop. It’s a lot of fun because you’ve got guys who have been racing for years and some it was their first race this weekend, so it’s a fun mix to be a part of and to come out here and race with nothing to lose – we had a good car, maybe not the best car out there, but we had a good enough car that we could make something happen with. We stayed on the lead lap on that long run and the pit crew did their job by keeping us in position to make an awesome restart at the end. It was kind of an all-or-nothing move and to be able to get the lead and ultimately hold them off to get the checkered flag. It was a lot of fun to be able to do that and a lot better way to end the day than the way it started.”