Logano takes Nationwide race

Associated Press

DOVER, del.

Joey Logano savors the times he led Joe Gibbs Racing into Victory Lane.

Turns out, he enjoys beating JGR so much more.

Logano changed his team and his car, just not the result, and raced to his third straight Dover victory in the Nationwide Series on Saturday.

Unlike the last two, Logano won for Penske Racing. His previous two Dover victories came under the Gibbs banner.

This time, Logano held off JGR drivers Brian Vickers, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch for the checkered flag.

“I wanted to beat them really bad,” Logano said.

Busch, who won the Truck Series race Friday, dominated most of the race and led 72 of the 200 laps. But he was 10th off the final restart, couldn’t drive his way to the front of the field and was fifth.

Vickers was second, Kenseth third, and Trevor Bayne fourth.

Logano raced to his first Nationwide victory of the season after winning nine times last year.

“It is amazing to finally win for the captain, Roger Penske,” Logano said. “It feels good to get back in Victory Lane.”

Logano won for the 19th time in 114 career Nationwide starts.

Busch was trying to sweep the NASCAR tripleheader at Dover but fell short in trying win all three for the first time since 2010.

Allmendinger to join Penske

DOVER, Del.

AJ Allmendinger is set to drive in two NASCAR Nationwide Series races for Penske Racing.

Penske Racing announced Saturday it plans to put Allmendinger in road course events at Road America on June 22 and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug. 17.

“With his stock car experience and his road course experience, we think this is the perfect opportunity for him and for the team,” team owner Roger Penske said.

This weekend, Allmendinger is driving in the Detroit Grand Prix races and insists he doesn’t have a preference between IndyCar and NASCAR racing.

“I’m just happy to have the opportunity to drive something,” he said before a first-lap crash ended his race Saturday.

Allmendinger has driven a limited NASCAR schedule since being suspended for a failed drug test last year. Penske fired him but gave him another chance in IndyCar.

Allmendinger finished seventh in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, losing a shot to fare better because his seat belt became undone.

Conway wins at Detroit

DETROIT

Mike Conway went from watching to winning IndyCar races in less than a week.

The English driver dominated the first of two races at the Detroit Grand Prix, finishing nearly 13 seconds ahead of defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay on Saturday to easily win the 70-lap race on the 2.36-mile Belle Isle street course.

Dale Coyne Racing picked Conway to drive one of its two cars this weekend — after he didn’t have a ride during the Indianapolis 500 — and wasted no time offering him another opportunity.

In his only other IndyCar race since then, he qualified fifth and finished 25th this year at Long Beach for Bobby Rahal. Conway’s only other IndyCar win was at Long Beach in 2011.

INDYCAR RESCINDS FINES

DETROIT

IndyCar has rescinded the $10,000 in-race fines levied against Graham Rahal and James Jakes from the Indianapolis 500.

IndyCar president of competition Derrick Walker, though, tells The Associated Press both drivers have been warned about breaking rules for exiting pit road in the middle of Sunday’s race.

After team co-owner Bobby Rahal complained about the fines, Walker says a review showed the drivers lined up in their proper positions before the field went green.