NASCAR Xfinity Series at Watkins Glen 2016 Results: Winner, Standings, Reaction

Joey Logano led 67 of 82 laps in Saturday's Zippo 200 to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International for the second consecutive year.

Logano beat out Paul Menard to take the checkered flag and continued his dominance at the Glen, as he also won last year's Sprint Cup Series race on the tricky road course.

Here is a look at the top 10 finishers from Saturday's race, with full results available at NASCAR.com:

Position	Driver	Car No.
1	Joey Logano	12
2	Paul Menard	2
3	Kyle Larson	42
4	Daniel Suarez	19
5	Trevor Bayne	60
6	Elliott Sadler	1
7	Justin Allgaier	7
8	Brendan Gaughan	62
9	Ryan Reed	16
10	Brennan Poole	48

While Sprint Cup regulars largely dominated the race, it had Xfinity Series standings implications as well, with Elliott Sadler maintaining an 11-point lead over Daniel Suarez thanks to a sixth-place finish.

The following is a rundown of the points standings through 20 races this season:

Position	Driver	Points	Behind	Wins
1	Elliott Sadler	668	Leader	1
2	Daniel Suarez	657	-11	1
3	Ty Dillon	629	-39	0
4	Erik Jones	613	-55	3
5	Justin Allgaier	610	-58	0
6	Brendan Gaughan	598	-70	0
7	Brennan Poole	587	-81	0
8	Brandon Jones	573	-95	0
9	Darrell Wallace Jr.	512	-156	0
10	Ryan Reed	496	-172	0
11	Ryan Sieg	464	-204	0
12	Blake Koch	437	-231	0

After capturing the pole, Logano was in control of the race from the start, leading each of the first 16 laps.

The complexion of the event changed on the 17th lap, however, when the field was red-flagged after a huge wreck that involved multiple cars, including Kyle Busch.

The reigning Sprint Cup champion and seven-time Xfinity Series race winner in 2016 was knocked out of the race and forced to settle for a 37th-place result after this pile-up, as provided by NASCAR Xfinity on Twitter:

As seen in the following photo from Motor Racing Network, Busch's No. 18 machine was essentially totaled thanks to the incident:

That resulted in Logano getting shuffled back a few spots, but he quickly regained the lead and passed Ty Dillon with this strong move:

Shortly after Kyle Larson surpassed Logano for the lead, another yellow flag came out on Lap 50.

It occurred when Erik Jones ran out of gas while running near the front of the field:

Jones bounced back to finish 12th, but landing outside the top 10 didn't do much damage to his championship hopes since his three wins have him firmly entrenched in the Chase.

Perhaps the most explosive caution of the day occurred eight laps later when Derrike Cope's car seemingly imploded out of nowhere:

Logano had taken back the lead shortly before that, and the 26-year-old superstar never looked back from that point forward.

While he led the final 27 laps, it didn't come without some nervous moments, as Brad Keselowski was on his tail for much of that time:

Logano's closest competition finally faded with just a few laps remaining, though, when a broken track bar stopped his progress and dropped him to a 24th-place finish:

It was smooth sailing for Logano from that point forward, and his win set off a raucous celebration in Victory Lane:

"

Three in a row at @WGI! Wow. https://t.co/FbVgWNpwoh

— NASCAR XFINITY (@NASCAR_XFINITY) August 6, 2016"

Logano has developed into a dominant performer at the Glen, with three consecutive victories to his credit between the Xfinity and Sprint Cup Series.

His win at Watkins Glen in the Xfinity Series last season gave him the confidence and momentum to complete a sweep the following day, and he has a great chance to repeat that feat Sunday.

Logano qualified seventh for the Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355, and if Saturday's performance is any indication, a fourth straight win at the road course may be in his near future.

Post-Race Reaction

Logano undoubtedly deserved to take the checkered flag Saturday as he led all but 15 laps, however, he admitted that he wasn't convinced he would be able to hang on due to the pressure that was put on him in the latter stages, according to Joe Menzer of FoxSports.com:

"

Brad [Keselowski] gave me a run for my money, that's 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.

"

Keselowski ended up dropping back to a track bar issue, and Menard finished second. He may have been able to run down Logano if there were a few extra laps.

Despite his strong finish, he admitted that the new pavement was difficult to handle, per Ron Levanduski of USA Today: "The tires were really hard, but the track has a ton of grip and you can use that grip until the tire slips. When it slips, it just tosses the car. There is no margin for error when the tire does loose grip. It's a handful."

That could make for a tricky Sprint Cup race Sunday, but Logano, Menard and the other Sprint Cup regulars who ran Saturday may have an advantage when it comes to figuring out how to handle Watkins Glen.

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