Logano Holds Off Hamlin for First Cup Win of Season at North Wilkesboro
The race marked the historic short track's first NASCAR points event in 30 years.
Joey Logano, 36, won his first NASCAR Cup Series race of the season Sunday night, holding off Denny Hamlin at North Carolina's North Wilkesboro Speedway, ESPN reported.
The race was the track's first points-paying Cup Series event in 30 years, and it unfolded with relatively little disruption, featuring just five cautions, according to ESPN.
The victory gives Logano a signature win at a venue steeped in NASCAR history as the series returned to the historic short track for a points race for the first time in three decades.
— Compiled from reporting by ESPN.