Logano pulled away on a restart with seven laps remaining to pick up his first victory of the season.
Joey Logano started first in Sunday's NASCAR race and largely held that position throughout the afternoon, capping a dominant performance to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Logano led 138 of 200 laps in scoring his first victory of the season and 15th of his career. Rookie Chase Elliott finished a career-best second, with Kyle Larson third, Brad Keselowski fourth and Kevin Harvick fifth.
"When you lead that many laps, it's more of a relief when you win than anything because you feel like you're supposed to when you have a car that good," Logano said. "It felt really good to pull our car into victory lane, get that win."
The race featured a revised aerodynamic rules package designed to generate additional passing opportunities. Among the alterations was a shortened rear spoiler that made the cars difficult to control and required drivers de-accelerate while cornering.
Drivers noticeably had their hands full on Sunday, with cars almost continually wanting to break free. One incident saw Chris Buescher slide up into Dale Earnhardt Jr., who then hit AJ Allmendinger before bouncing off the outside backstretch wall.
Overall, nine cautions slowed the race for 46 laps.
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