Racing Resources Says…


* Joey Logano won the Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Logano scored his second Nationwide victory in his 24th start — his other win came at Kentucky (20 starts between). * Logano led nine times for a race-high 95 laps, including the final 10. It’s the first time he had led the most laps in his 24 Nationwide races. * Both of Logano’s series wins came with crew chief Dave Rogers, who has 16 career wins. * Kyle Busch, who finished second, gave Joe Gibbs Racing its third 1-2 finish in the series. Busch finished second all three times. * Toyota posted its 25th Nationwide victory and first at Nashville. It is its third win of 2009. * Joe Gibbs Racing scored its 31st series victory and first at Nashville. The win is JGR’s third win in the first six races of 2009. JGR led 172 of the 225 laps in Saturday’s race. JGR has led 670 of the 1,204 laps run in 2009 (56 percent). * Kelly Bires, who finished fourth, scored his best career finish in the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. car. It ties the best finish for KHI at Nashville (Tony Raines finished fourth in June 2005). * There were a record-tying 19 lead changes — 15 between Logano and Busch. * Four drivers made their Nationwide debut: Brian Scott (25th), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (23rd), Tim Andrews (33rd), Benny Gordon (36th). * Scott Lagasse (10th) was the highest-finishing rookie contender among the seven rookies in the race. * The top 10 consisted of four Toyotas, four Chevys and two Fords. The highest-finishing Dodge was Dennis Setzer in 20th. * Carl Edwards, who finished fourth, continues to lead the points by 23 over Kyle Busch.(ESPN.com)(4-13-2009)