This was the 13th career victory for Logano, fifth of the season, second at Kansas Speedway and fourth at the track for Team Penske.

You’re right on the fringe of being wide open.”[25] After qualifying 14th, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said that his car "was tight in the middle of 3 and 4 all day, but we were trying to work on it ... and I just barely missed.

[27] Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.574 and a speed of 188.983 mph (304.139 km/h).

[28] Under clear blue Kansas skies, Brad Keselowski led the field to the green flag at 2:34 p.m.

After making his stop, crew chief Rodney Childers told Harvick that the cause of the vibration was a loose right-rear wheel weight.

This caution period was longer than normal as drivers were radioing into NASCAR race control that the oil hadn't been thoroughly cleaned up.

Carl Edwards exited pit road with the race lead after taking just right-side tires.

I went in and he kind of took my line away and I tried to pull down and as soon as my headlight got out and got some air in it, man it turned me.”[32] The race restarted with 89 laps to go.

Joey Logano drove underneath Kenseth on the backstretch to take back the lead with 88 laps to go.

Basically you had to tell the gasman to try to stay with the car as long as you can and get absolutely as many drops of fuel in there as you can, and it just got hung up as we were leaving.

In front of race leader Matt Kenseth, Justin Allgaier got loose and slammed the wall.

We caught those two lapped cars, ‘Crazy’ (spotter) told me I was clear and I was, I pulled up in front of him and he just lifted my tires off the ground and he wrecked us.

“But (the team) did a good job of getting us back where we needed to be, at the end of the race, where it mattered.”[39] After placing 10th in his 20th and final career start at Kansas Speedway, Jeff Gordon said that his car was "absolutely horrible.

The thing qualified amazing and ever since we put it in race trim it just is not comfortable, hasn’t felt good, and we’ve struggled with it.

But gosh, that was ugly.”[40] Speaking on the incident with five laps to go, Matt Kenseth – who finished 14th – said that Logano "was a little bit tighter on that short run than I was and I couldn’t get away from him.

Two tough customers laid it all on the line in the final laps, knowing that one of them might not make it to the checkered flag.

There is also no question that Logano had a wheel alongside Kenseth’s right-rear corner on Lap 249, only to be squeezed into the SAFER barrier.

Members of the NASCAR media gave their take on the incident involving Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano.

"[43] Larry McReynolds of Fox Sports said that he didn't "see anything wrong that went on there at the end of the race Sunday at Kansas.

Simply backing off and letting Matt win really isn't a good idea in the big picture.

[45] Jerry Jordan of Frontstretch.com said that the actions of Logano proved he "is afraid of what the Toyota driver is capable of and that he wanted to do all he could to ensure they wouldn’t battle each other in the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

"[46] Nate Ryan of NBC Sports said that while there's "no alliterative witticism in the NASCAR vernacular to describe the practice of deliberately impeding another driver’s progress (blocking)," there's "one truism about the maneuver" in that "[i]t comes with consequences.

[47] In ESPN.com's weekly Turn 4 series, five of their motorsports writers answered the question of whether "that Joey Logano dump of Matt Kenseth 'quintessential NASCAR,' as Brian France said it was.

"[48] Ricky Craven said plainly that while what happened was great, he's "not of the opinion one driver spinning another for the win can be considered 'quintessential NASCAR.'

"[48] John Oreovicz's answer to the question was a simple "yes" and noted that many of the historic moments in NASCAR did "involve contact and controversy -- the '79 Daytona 500, Richard Petty and David Pearson banging their way to the line a few years earlier, or much more recently, Brad Keselowski's bump and run on Jeff Gordon at Texas last year.

Dale Earnhardt's legend was made by the style of aggressive driving that Logano demonstrated on Kenseth, and that's the kind of stuff that France and his marketing executives wish would happen a lot more often.

"[48] Bob Pockrass differed with Oreovicz with a simple "no" and that he considers "quintessential NASCAR" to be "Ricky Craven-Kurt Busch at Darlington.

Logano was blocked a few times and he made a decision to hold his line to force the issue and dump Kenseth.

Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.

Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post handled pit road on the radio side.