Winners, losers of the NASCAR All-Star weekend in North Wilkesboro

A look at the winners and losers of Sunday night’s NASCAR All-Star Race:

WINNERS

Joey Logano It has been a challenging season for the Team Penske driver, who is out of a playoff spot halfway through the regular season. He dominated Sunday night’s race, leading 199 of the 200 laps to score his second career All-Star win.

Chris Buescher – Over the past three weeks, he lost at Kansas by 0.001 seconds, led late at Darlington before crashing and finishing third in the All-Star Race. He is consistently at the front. It seems only a matter of time before he wins his first race of the season.

Kyle Larson – A few hours after qualifying fifth for this weekend’s Indianapolis 500 (broadcast on NBC and Peacock), Larson finished fourth in the All-Star Race.

Bubba Wallace – He masterfully managed to avoid Joey Logano lapping him at the halfway mark several laps before the break and ultimately finished sixth.

Corey Heim – He won Saturday’s Truck Race for his eighth win in 51 career series starts and third win of the year.

Brenden Queen — The short track driver known as “Butterbean” made his series debut and finished fourth on the year. It came a year after he won the CARS Tour race in North Wilkesboro.

LOSERS

Kyle Busch – It’s been a struggle this season for the Richard Childress Racing driver who was beaten by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. after the All-Star Race. due to a second-round incident with Stenhouse.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — His All-Star experience lasted two rounds after retaliatory contact from Kyle Busch sent him into the wall. With no tunnel to exit the infield, Stenhouse waited for Busch after the race. Disagreeing with what was happening on the track, Stenhouse punched Busch, causing a fight.