NASCAR Watkins Glen: Joey Logano wins after Kevin Harvick runs dry

It was the Penske driver's first win since his Daytona 500 success in February, and came after he charged through from 14th place at the final restart with 30 laps to go.

Harvick took the lead at that moment by passing Matt Kenseth, the pair having both made their last visit to the pits on lap 51 of 90 - just prior to a red flag period to allow the track to be cleaned of fluid put down in an incident at the previous restart.

Kenseth and Harvick had moved ahead as others stopped under the fifth and final caution period, which was prompted by Tony Stewart's car grinding to a halt on track on lap 57.

Unlike Kyle Busch - who passed Brad Keselowski for the lead just before the caution - Logano only took fuel and therefore rejoined as the leader of those to have stopped later.

He quickly worked his way through the order, and took second place away from Kenseth with seven laps remaining.

Harvick was still leading going onto the final lap, and was given breathing space by Logano running wide at Turn 1.

However, Harvick then began to slow going into the penultimate corner, allowing Logano to catch him again and sweep around the outside at the final turn.

A crawling Harvick just fell to third behind Busch on the run to the line, with the Joe Gibbs Racing driver getting a result that lifts him into the top-30 place in the standings that he requires to make the Chase.

Kenseth made it to the flag in fourth ahead of Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer and Keselowski, who led 27 laps after hitting the front at the first restart.

Polesitter AJ Allmendinger led the first 20 laps, but after lacking the pace to pull away, he succumbed to Martin Truex Jr at the final corner and then Harvick at Turn 1.

Truex lost the lead when he pitted under the first caution, with Keselowski and others benefiting from stopping shortly before that.

Truex was back up in third behind Harvick and Kenseth at the final restart - and had made his last pit visit two laps later - but he had a front-left tyre go down, nearly putting him into the wall at the final corner.

Any chance for Allmendinger to repeat his 2014 Watkins Glen win were hampered when his car would not fire back up as he saved fuel during a caution. Although he regained the lap he lost, he finished down in 24th, one spot ahead of Truex.

RESULT