Logano holds on for victory at Nashville

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 on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.

The 18-year-old Logano 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.

Brad Keselowski, the Nashville winner last June, was third, followed by Kelly Bires, series points leader Carl Edwards, Jason Leffler and David Ragan.

With the exception of two laps under caution, either Logano or Busch led over the final 89 laps on the 1.333-mile track.

Some tense moments ensued immediately after Logano claimed the lead for the last time when a crash sent Joe Nemechek's car tumbling near the finish line and brought out the red flag.

"I wasn't too nervous. I was just driving as hard as I could," Logano said. "I knew I had to have a good restart but Kyle had one, too, and he was bearing down on me in one and two, but he couldn't get out to a lead."

A weekend of wild weather that featured thunderstorms and torrential rain Friday, was followed by cloudy conditions that gave way to bright sunshine during the race. And 10 cautions for 40 laps, in effect shortened the race.

"We were really good on short runs and that was a factor at the end to get that clean air back on the nose," Logano said. "That worked against Kyle but it's really cool to have a 1-2 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing and it's a big deal for the guys at the shop."

Despite his second-place finish, Busch was noticeably angry after the race. He has run well at Nashville, but has won only once -- in 2003 in an ARCA race.

"He had a better short run car and we were better on the long run," Busch said. "It's just a shame we weren't able to get out there and win this thing. It's kind of frustrating."

Logano led nine times for a race-high 95 laps. Busch led six times for 77.

Edwards led three times for 45 laps and was in contention until loose lug nuts forced him to pit under green just past the halfway mark. Edwards, who has three Nation-wide wins at Nashville, was shuffled back to 20th.

Defending race champion Scott Wimmer started 29th and never challenged for the lead en route to an 11th-place finish.

FORMULA ONE: The organization's race director said Lewis Hamilton privately apologized for deliberately misleading him and fellow stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.

Charlie Whiting said Hamilton sought him out ahead of the Malay-sian GP last weekend to address the issue, showing remorse at having told stewards that McLaren had not given him instructions to let a rival overtake while behind the safety car.

Ruling body FIA has summoned McLaren to a hearing on April 29 to answer charges of bringing the sport into disrepute. The British team could face sanctions that include a ban from the world championship.

FIA said McLaren twice passed up opportunities to rectify evidence it knew was false. It stripped Hamilton of his third-place finish while expelling McLaren from the season-opening race at Melbourne.