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Joey Logano drove the No. 12 Snap-on Tools Ford Mustang from the pole to victory lane in Saturday afternoon’s Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International claiming the first NASCAR XFINITY Series win for Team Penske in 2016. Logano, who won the pole for the 200-mile event led three times for a total of 67 laps on the way to claiming his 26th career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory and the second consecutive at Watkins Glen. The No. 12 Snap-on Tools Ford Mustang proved early to be the class of the field as Logano led the opening 16 laps before crew chief Greg Erwin called him to pit road for the first of two pit stops. On the first stop, the team worked on the loose handling condition with air pressure and track bar adjustments. Logano would race his way from the 17th position back to the lead before pitting again. On the Final stop at lap 47, Logano received minor adjustments, including tape on the front of the No. 12 Snap-on Tools Ford. The adjustments made by the team proved to be enough as Logano was able to hold of his teammate Brad Keselowski who helped make the closing laps a thrilling show before a broken track bar mount relegated the No. 22 REV Group Ford Mustang to a 24th place finish. Logano would then have to hold off a hard charging Paul Menard in the closing laps to secure the victory for Team Penske.

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“It was far from easy. What a great Snap-On Ford Mustang. It was awesome for this 12 team to come together. It is a bunch of guys and girls we put together at the shop to have some fun and we come up here to Watkins Glen and it is a lot of fun to win at this racetrack. Brad gave me a run for my money that is for sure. He was just as fast as me, maybe faster. I never ran so many qualifying laps inside the car. I was running as hard as I possibly could and I wasn’t sure if my car would last running that hard but she held together just long enough. I couldn’t be more proud to be here in Victory Lane. This is big for Team Penske and the XFINITY side of things. Great to get a win for them. I am proud to drive the Snap-on Mustang today and ready for tomorrow.”

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