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Joe Gibbs Racing driver advances in playoffs with 59th career victory and series-high fifth of season.<\/p>\n
Elliott is ninth in the standings, 28 points above the cutline. Logano is 10th in the standings, 21 points above the cutline.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe walked in today, I said, we\u2019ve got to leave here plus-20 to feel OK,\u201d Logano said.<\/p>\n
Logano admits that \u201c20 points can swing a lot of different ways. \u2026 It\u2019s still going to be tight. There\u2019s no doubt it\u2019s not comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Logano extends top-five streak in St. Louis<\/p>\n Joey Logano continued his streak of top-five finishes at World Wide Technology Raceway despite losing the balance late in the race and shares what makes him so good at the short, flat tracks.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s better than it could have been had he followed his 20th-place finish in the playoff opener at Darlington with a similar result Sunday.<\/p>\n Elliott and Logano entered this weekend close to the cutline. Elliott was nine points above it. Logano was three points below it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Joe Gibbs Racing driver won from the pole to earn his series-high fifth victory this season.<\/p>\n This 1.25-mile track near St. Louis had not been good for Hendrick Motorsports, raising questions about where Elliott could be entering Bristol.<\/p>\n Logano won at this track in 2022 and had never finished outside the top five in three races here. That type of performance was viewed as needed with his recent struggles at Bristol \u2014 he has not finished in the top 20 in the last five races there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n