Greg Biffle says he “probably shouldn’t have” run into fellow NASCAR driver Joey Logano during last week’s Nationwide race, an incident that led to a postrace confrontation between Biffle and Logano’s father. Biffle and Logano tangled early in the race at Auto Club Speedway, a move Biffle said was payback after Logano bumped him during the Nationwide race at Kansas a week earlier.

Dario Franchitti’s return to IndyCar racing couldn’t have gone better. He’s the IRL champion once again. “I still can’t believe it,“ said Franchitti, the scent of champagne obvious on his soaked racesuit an hour after the checkered flag came out in his honor. “Really, I can’t.“ Franchitti successfully emerged from one of the closest points races in series history yesterday, winning the season-ending Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the first caution-free IRL race ever.

KANSAS CITY, Kan.—That horrific crash didn’t slow Joey Logano. Logano passed points leader Kyle Busch with three laps left yesterday at Kansas Speedway, pulling out his fourth Nationwide victory just a week after flipping his car seven times in a Cup race at Dover last week. Busch, who has finished second in all four of Logano’s wins this season, led 173 of the 200 laps on the 1.5-mile oval and has led 2,226 laps this season, breaking the season series record of 2,127 set by Sam Ard in 1984. But Busch didn’t have enough to hold off Logano, who came back to beat him in the final 10 laps for the fourth time this season.

KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Mark Martin has another pole in his race to win the Chase. Martin turned a lap of 175.758 mph on a cool, windy day on the 1.5-mile oval at Kansas Speedway, earning his career-best seventh pole of the season. The 50-year-old will start on the front row with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in tomorrow’s Price Chopper 400, the third of 10 races in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Joey Logano skidded down the track, shot straight back up and into the wall, and then his car was T-boned by Reed Sorenson. Then came the flips. Eight times in all, barrel-rolling across Dover International Speedway’s concrete track before landing on its side for a brief moment and tipping over to rest on its wheels. Logano’s father ran to the infield care center to check on his son, but the wreck looked worse than the final result.

No disrespect intended to rakes, shovels, hammers and other tools fueled by sweat, grunts and muscle, but Joey Logano was looking for something with a bit more juice. “I need some power,“ Logano said with a smile as he scanned the horizon for a job site where workers were using drills.

JOLIET, Ill.—Joey Logano won the Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway for his third win of the season and continues to live up to his billing as one of NASCAR’s rising stars. Logano passed Kyle Busch with 25 laps left last night, then held him off on old tires over the final 10 laps. The 19-year-old Logano, the youngest winner in Sprint Cup history, did not make a late pit stop to get fresh tires.

Joey Logano overcame a crash and a lost lap, then saved just enough fuel to earn his first Cup victory in only his 20th start at the rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

SPARTA, Ky. - With a red flag stalling the final laps of Kentucky Speedway’s Nationwide race for nearly nine minutes Saturday, defending champion Joey Logano had plenty of time to think about the task - and the teammate - in front of him. The 19-year-old rising star was flawless after the restart, passing Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 10 laps to go and holding on to win the Meijer 300 for the second consecutive year.

Joey Logano cruised past Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 10 laps to go and held on to win Kentucky Speedway’s Nationwide Series race for the second consecutive year Saturday night. Last year in the Meijer 300, Logano became the youngest winner in a Nationwide event.

DARLINGTON, S.C.—It was a sight Tony Stewart couldn’t take his eyes off—the No. 20 Home Depot car running up front late in the race at Darlington. And it made little difference Stewart was a few car lengths behind watching his Joe Gibbs Racing successor drive one of the best races of his brief Sprint Cup career. On a night when 50-year-old Mark Martin again proved he’s among sports’ best, teen sensation Joey Logano nearly stole the show.

Some wonder if Joe Gibbs Racing isn’t rushing the spotlight upon 18-year-old Joey Logano.

If Joey Logano wins the Crown Royal Presents The Russ Friedman 400 on Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway, he’ll gladly take the check and trophy. But he won’t take a celebratory swig of whiskey. At 18, the Sprint Cup and Nationwide driver can only pour down a bottle of milk or water. “It’s the law I guess,“ said Logano, who isn’t old enough to drink alcohol. “We’ll try to win the race and deal with it later. I don’t have an idea how it works.“

GLADEVILLE, Tenn.—Teen star Joey Logano raced to his second career NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in the Pepsi 300 yesterday at Nashville Superspeedway. Logano, 18, and Busch ran in the top two and traded the lead for most of the race, with Logano leading the final 10 laps and finishing 0.487 seconds in front.

Logano optimistic despite rocky startSeason started with a last-place finish in the Daytona 500 Joey Logano wears an easy smile even though he’s been jolted into reality during his first full Sprint Cup season. At 18, Logano became the youngest driver to start the Daytona 500. That, of course, was enough to heighten his already high expectations.