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Roger Penske has quite a legacy at Bristol Motor Speedway.

What started with Rusty Wallace throughout the 1990's now continues with Joey Logano, who grabbed his second straight win in the Irwin Tools Night Race and his third victory of the 2015 Sprint Cup season. Logano, who gave Penske his second Daytona 500 victory, now hands "The Captain" his 12th win at the .538-mile Tennessee track.

"It's cool to win here," Logano said. " Racing Kevin Harvick clean like that at the end was a lot of fun. It's so interesting how we ran such different lines and be the same speed on the racetrack. Interesting how that all works out and that's what makes Bristol so much fun to go around that you can drive around this place four or five different ways and have a lot of speed no matter how you drive it, it's what fits your style and what fits the setup of your car. We both found what works for us, and I really thought we were going to be able to pull away because I thought we were really good in the long run and then we didn't pull away, and I was like, uh-oh. 

Logano held off a furious late race charge from Kevin Harvick to lead 176 of the race's 500 laps. At one point Harvick appeared to be within a car length of Logano but never could get close enough to make a move. 

Logano explained he was focused solely on keeping his poise in order to hold off the defending champion.

"It was just all about working the lapped traffic at the end, not making mistakes and not getting bottled up in traffic and letting him get by," Logano explained. "It was a very exciting last 20, 30 laps for sure, and neat to be able to get a checkered flag again here at Bristol and pull that car up on top of the building here and get a big checkered flag and have a little bit of fun with the guys."

Harvick, driving the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet, was hit with two penalties on pit road and had to pass a lot of cars in order to grab the runner up finish. 

"We had an interesting night," Harvick said. "We went to the back twice and passed a bunch of cars.  I think all in all, it's just a huge credit to the team. They just keep bringing fast cars to the racetrack, and we're able to overcome a lot of things and everybody just keeps grinding away at whatever the circumstances are. We're able to overcome things and that's really what it's going to be about over the last 10 weeks.

"Obviously you want to win races, but we're in position and feel like we can get that momentum swing at any point, if it just starts going our way."

Harvick admits Bristol has been the site of much frustration for him.

"it's great to be part of a team like this and just really excited to be able to run like this at Bristol," Harvick explained. "This hasn't been notoriously my best racetrack. I know (crew chief) Rodney (Childers) loves it, but for me it's just frustrating. I get wound up pretty quick. But it's fun to be able to come here and be competitive."

Fast qualifier Denny Hamlin led 54 laps but was only able to bring home a third place finish. 

Hamlin didn't believe he had a car capable of getting the win.

"I had a very average car for most of the night," Hamlin said. "I thought we were pretty good early, lost the handle on it when the track really got rubbered up a bunch, and then we got better there at the end, but we still just didn't have the speed to run with the front two guys on that last run. Could hang with them for the first part of the run, but then I couldn't work traffic that well and those guys were able to get away. 

"Just a decent average day. Definitely not what we expected."

Jimmie Johnson finished in fourth with Clint Bowyer grabbing the fifth spot. 

Brad Keselowski, who finished runner up in this race a year ago, came home in sixth place followed by Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt, Jr, and Ryan Newman rounding out the top ten.

Kyle Busch, who started on the front row alongside Hamlin, led 192 laps but an unscheduled green flag pit stop and a pit road speeding penalty forced him to the back of the pack and took away his chances of a fifth race win on the season.

Last week's winner at Michigan, Matt Kenseth, was forced out of the race with an expired engine just 110 laps into the race. Kenseth would finish 42nd.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 24
Unofficial Race Results for the 55Th Annual Irwin Tools Night Race - Saturday, 
August 22, 2015
Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN - .533 Mile Concrete
Total Race Length - 500 Laps - 266.5 Miles - Purse: $6,366,322
Leader
Fin    Str    Car    Driver    Team    Laps    Pts    Bns    Driver Rating    Winnings    Status    Tms    Laps
1    5    22    Joey Logano    Shell Pennzoil Ford    500    47    4    137.8    $365,198    Running    4    176
2    7    4    Kevin Harvick    Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet    500    42        108.3    $262,605    Running        
3    1    11    Denny Hamlin    FedEx Ground Toyota    500    42    1    120.2    $195,330    Running    3    54
4    10    48    Jimmie Johnson    Lowe's Pro Services Chevrolet    500    40        99.6    $190,166    Running        
5    9    15    Clint Bowyer    5-hour Energy Toyota    500    39        108.5    $166,213    Running        
6    6    2    Brad Keselowski    Miller Lite Ford    500    39    1    103.1    $167,786    Running    1    4
7    3    19    Carl Edwards    Stanley Toyota    500    38    1    115.1    $121,995    Running    3    74
8    2    18    Kyle Busch    Skittles Toyota    500    38    2    127.2    $175,286    Running    4    192
9    20    88    Dale Earnhardt Jr.    Nationwide Chevrolet    500    35        84.5    $135,970    Running        
10    18    31    Ryan Newman    Caterpillar Chevrolet    500    34        84.7    $145,670    Running        
11    21    1    Jamie McMurray    McDonald's/Cessna Chevrolet    500    33        89.9    $142,826    Running        
12    14    51    Justin Allgaier    Brandt Chevrolet    500    32        85.2    $138,468    Running        
13    16    3    Austin Dillon    DOW Chevrolet    500    31        79.0    $147,896    Running        
14    11    41    Kurt Busch    Haas Automation Chevrolet    499    30        95.1    $124,060    Running        
15    22    6    Trevor Bayne    AdvoCare Ford    498    29        68.1    $150,985    Running        
16    19    5    Kasey Kahne    Great Clips Chevrolet    498    28        70.0    $122,685    Running        
17    31    43    Aric Almirola    Smithfield Ford    497    27        71.8    $150,171    Running        
18    26    9    Sam Hornish Jr.    Blue Emu Ford    497    26        65.7    $133,905    Running        
19    40    14    Tony Stewart    Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet    497    25        61.1    $134,049    Running        
20    24    24    Jeff Gordon    Axalta Chevrolet    496    24        82.2    $151,521    Running        
21    8    17    Ricky Stenhouse Jr.    Fastenal Ford    496    23        64.8    $113,535    Running        
22    15    21    Ryan Blaney(i)    SKF Ford    496    0        64.7    $101,285    Running        
23    28    13    Casey Mears    GEICO Chevrolet    496    21        57.6    $128,468    Running        
24    29    27    Paul Menard    Knauf/Menards Chevrolet    496    20        52.3    $111,635    Running        
25    17    16    Greg Biffle    Cheez-It Ford    496    19        60.6    $134,018    Running        
26    25    47    AJ Allmendinger    Bush's Grillin Beans Chevrolet    495    18        57.6    $130,818    Running        
27    32    10    Danica Patrick    GoDaddy Chevrolet    495    17        55.8    $109,440    Running        
28    23    78    Martin Truex Jr    Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet    495    16        77.5    $127,175    Running        
29    33    35    Cole Whitt    Speed Stick Ford    495    15        44.0    $112,278    Running        
30    27    34    Brett Moffitt #    No Escape Ford    495    14        41.0    $103,385    Running        
31    30    95    Michael McDowell    Thrivent Financial Ford    495    13        43.2    $97,275    Running        
32    36    7    Alex Bowman    Accell Construction Chevrolet    494    12        46.2    $109,712    Running        
33    42    83    Matt DiBenedetto #    Cosmo Motors Toyota    493    11        43.7    $99,555    Running        
34    38    23    JJ Yeley(i)    VooDoo BBQ & Grill Toyota    492    0        37.3    $96,895    Running        
35    34    32    Josh Wise    Visone RV Parts Ford    491    9        34.9    $96,760    Running        
36    37    38    David Gilliland    Cash Cash Ford    488    8        32.5    $104,675    Running        
37    43    33    Mike Bliss(i)    Chevrolet    486    0        28.7    $96,505    Running        
38    39    40    Landon Cassill(i)    Carsforsale.com Chevrolet    480    0        33.0    $91,228    Running        
39    41    98    Timmy Hill(i)    Premium Motorsports Ford    476    0        28.4    $87,165    Running        
40    4    55    David Ragan    Aaron's Online Dream Machine Toyota    443    4        75.0    $110,479    Accident        
41    12    42    Kyle Larson    Target Chevrolet    356    3        72.6    $107,073    Accident        
42    13    20    Matt Kenseth    Dollar General Toyota    110    2        59.1    $112,101    Engine        
43    35    46    Michael Annett    Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet    0    1        26.0    $71,665    Engine        
 Race Comments:    Joey Logano won the IRWIN Tools Night Race, his 11th win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and his second at Bristol Motor Speedway. No cars dropped to the rear of the field prior to the start of the race.
 Failed to Qualify:    (3) 30 Travis Kvapil(i), 26 Jeb Burton #, 62 Reed Sorenson.
 Time of Race:    2 Hrs, 45 Mins, 02 Secs.    Average Speed:    96.890 MPH    Margin of Victory:    0.220 Seconds
 Caution Flags:    8 for 52 laps: Laps: 53-57 (Debris in Turn 3 [14]); 127-132 (#42 Accident in Turn 3 [17]); 147-151 (#17 and No. 47 Accident on the frontstretch [6]); 251-257 (Debris in Turn 3 [88]); 360-367 (#42 Accident on the frontstretch [88]); 372-379 (#15, 48 and 55 Accident onn the backstretch [51]); 385-390 (#6, 17 and 78 Accident on the frontstretch [3]); 431-437 (Debris on the backstretch [19]).
 Lead Changes:    14 among 5 drivers: D. Hamlin 1-26; Kyle Busch 27-52; D. Hamlin 53; Kyle Busch 54-127; D. Hamlin 128-154; Kyle Busch 155-224; J. Logano 225-252; C. Edwards 253-280; Kyle Busch 281-302; C. Edwards 303-345; J. Logano 346-350; C. Edwards 351-353; J. Logano 354-432; B. Keselowski 433-436; J. Logano 437-500.
Chase Grid Outlook:     1.J. Johnson 792 (4 wins); 2. Kyle Busch 433 (4 wins);3.J. Logano 865 (3);4.M. Kenseth 753 (3);5.K. Harvick 908 (2);6.D. Earnhardt Jr. 819 (2);7.Kurt Busch 713 (2);8.B. Keselowski 793 (1);9.M. Truex Jr 771 (1);10.D. Hamlin 712 (1);11.C. Edwards 666 (1);12.J. Mcmurray 696 (0);13.R. Newman 683 (0);14.P. Menard 674 (0);15.J. Gordon 672 (0);16.C. Bowyer 655 (0).
3M Lap Leader    : Kyle Busch, #18 192 Laps    American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award    : Joey Logano, #22 
Coors Light Pole Award    : Denny Hamlin, #11 131.407 mph    Duralast Brakes "Brake in the Race"    : Kyle Busch, #18 
Ingersoll Rand Power Move    : Aric Almirola, #43 2 positions    Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race    : Toyota Racing Development (TRD), #11 
Mobil 1 Driver of the Race    : Kevin Harvick, #4     Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race    : Dale Earnhardt Jr, #88 crew chief Greg Ives, 0.123 seconds
Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap    : Kyle Busch, #18     Sunoco Rookie of the Race    : Brett Moffitt, #34 
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race:    Sep. 6, 2015 - Darlington Raceway
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