Joey Logano beats Kurt Busch in two-lap shootout at Michigan

Logano led a race-high 163 laps en route to the victory.

"You race this whole race and you keep building that notebook up. We had a great execution day, our pit crew was amazing, our race car was fast. T.J. Majors my spotter, spotted his butt off up there," Logano said after the race.

"The race fans who stuck around until Monday - you guys are the best. Coming up here to Michigan, there's nothing like bringing a Ford to Victory Lane on their home turf and in one of Roger Penske's cars as well. There's no better feeling than that.

"This is a big one for us."

The final stage resumed on Lap 128/200 and Kevin Harvick took the lead with a bold three-wide move to the outside, helped with a push from Martin Truex Jr.

Behind them, Clint Bowyer got loose underneath Erik Jones and crashed into the outside wall, forcing a yellow flag.

With 66 laps to go, they went back green and the battle raged up front. Logano pushed Kyle Larson to the race lead, but took it for himself as Larson slipped up the track.

Harvick and Logano would go back-and-forth in the battle for the lead until Kurt Busch arrived near the front, taking second briefly. They, Harvick and Truex would break away from the pack before green-flag pit stops.

Chase Elliott's day turned sour with wall contact that resulted in a flat right rear tire and an unscheduled pit stop.

But with 28 laps remaining, the critical final stops began. Larson kicked it off with four-tire stop, followed by Harvick who did the same. However, most of the frontrunners opted for two tires, costing Larson and Harvick valuable track position.

In the closing laps, Logano appeared to have the win in hand despite a late charge by Kurt Busch and Truex, but a caution for a spin by Erik Jones forced an overtime restart.

On the restart, Logano got away with Truex sliding into second. Kurt Busch was able to fight his way around the JGR driver and it was between those three on the white flag lap, but no one could mount a real charge against Logano.

He took the win, his second of the 2019 season and third at MIS. Kurt Busch was second, Truex third, Daniel Suarez fourth and Kyle Busch fifth.

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Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Laps Led
1	22	Joey Logano	Ford	203		163
2	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	203	0.147
3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	203	0.314
4	41	Daniel Suarez	Ford	203	0.710	1
5	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	203	0.954
6	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	203	1.130	6
7	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	203	1.148	15
8	6	Ryan Newman	Ford	203	1.317
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	203	1.332	1
10	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	203	1.439
11	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	203	1.614	5
12	8	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	203	1.705
13	21	Paul Menard	Ford	203	2.063
14	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	203	2.085
15	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	203	2.165
16	37	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	203	2.191
17	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	203	2.236	1
18	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	203	2.667	2
19	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	203	2.864
20	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	203	2.880	1
21	95	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	203	2.892
22	13	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	203	3.132
23	32	Corey Lajoie	Ford	203	3.350
24	36	Matt Tifft	Ford	203	3.680
25	47	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	203	3.709
26	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	202	1 lap	7
27	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	202	1 lap
28	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Chevrolet	201	2 laps
29	00	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	201	2 laps
30	15	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	200	3 laps
31	20	Erik Jones	Toyota	199	4 laps
32	77	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	198	5 laps
33	52	Josh Bilicki	Ford	197	6 laps
34	38	David Ragan	Ford	195	8 laps
35	14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	130	73 laps	1
36	51	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	69	134 laps