Logano holds off Harvick in Iowa Grand National race (cont'd)

In a reversal of Friday's race, in which the Busch East took 12 of the top 14 spots, the West Series had the upper hand Sunday. Eight of the top 11 finishers at Iowa were from the West Series, led by Harvick.

It was Harvick's first West Series race since January of 2005, when he ran at Phoenix International Raceway.

Harvick qualified on the pole Sunday at 133.775 mph, and Logano qualified second at 133.554.

The first 38 laps were led by Harvick before Logano overtook him for the first time. By Lap 166, the pair had traded the lead 12 times.

"We had a great race with Logano there," Harvick said. "It was a lot of fun to race here and come back to the Grand National Division and see all the great competition."

The two pitted following a caution on Lap 97. Harvick came out 21st and Logano 23rd. Harvick made his way back through the field quicker than Logano, jumping from 12th to sixth on Lap 114 and taking the lead on Lap 136. Logano made a pair of three-wide passes to close ground and reached Harvick on Lap 146.

"I really didn't want to put it three-wide, but you kind of had to," said Logano, who lost a chance for the win at Elko when he spun in the closing laps while battling for second. "I tried to be a little more patient and stay out of a wreck."

In the closing laps Sunday, Harvick made one bold move by splitting two lapped cars. Logano quickly followed.

"I saw him do that and I was like, 'Wow, okay,' " Logano said. "He went through there ... the hole was still open, I was like, 'I guess I have to stick it in there and go for it.' I did and thank God I didn't junk it."

Drivers received points, though, based on their finish in relation to the other drivers in their series. Fifty-three cars practiced Sunday morning for the 42-car field.

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