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Matt Kenseth stretches fuel, steals win away from Kyle Busch, Joey Logano at Pocono

Matt Kenseth celebrates in victory lane Sunday after winning the NASCAR Pocono 400 in Long Pond, Pa. - photo by Matt Slocum

0803Kenseth — Matt Kenseth celebrates in victory lane Sunday after winning the NASCAR Pocono 400 in Long Pond, Pa. - photo by Matt Slocum

Dan Gelston

Associated Press

Updated: Aug 2, 2015, 9:32 PM

Published: Aug 2, 2015, 9:36 PM

LONG POND, Pa. — Matt Kenseth stretched his fuel and zipped past the fading leaders in the final thrilling laps Sunday to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway. The 400-mile race came down to fuel and which cars had it — and which ones didn’t. Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. were all inside the top five in the final five laps when they ran out of fuel.

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0810Johnson — A.J. Johnson

Times staff reports

Updated: Aug 10, 2017, 8:03 PM

Published: Aug 10, 2017, 8:10 PM

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