Joey Logano wins in overtime in Texas for 1st this season

Fort World, Texas – Reigning Nascar Cup Champion Joey logano Overcame a lot to get his first victory this season.

It cam Austin cindric‘s win at talladega, where Logano had a fifth-place finish that because 39th after a postrace Inspection Found an Issue with the spoiler on his no. 22 Ford. There was also Logano’s Expletive-Laden Rant on the Radio ToWard his Teammate in the Middle of the race that the two smoothed out during the week. Oh, and he started 27th at Texas after a bad qualifying effect on the 1½-mile track.

But Logano surged on the restart in the resttime sunday to win in the 11th race this year. He led only seven of the 271 laps, four more than Scheduled.

“After what happened to week, to be able to rebound and come right back, it’s a total ’22’ Way of Doing Things.

On the final restart after the 12th Caution, Logano was on the inside of his other Teammate, Ryan Blaney. But Logano Pulled Away on the backstretch and stayed easily in Front for the Final 1½ Laps, which Ross Chastain Then Passed Blange to Finish Second ahead of Him.

“Just slowly, methodically,” Logano Said of His Progression to the Front. “Just kept grinding, a couple here and a couple there and eventually get a win.”

Logano Got His 37th Career Victory, Getting the Lead for the first time on Lap 264. He want to contact a pass of Michael mcdowell.

“I mean, there’s always a story next week, right?” Logano Said. “So I Told My Wife Last Week Before We Left, I Said, ‘Watch Me Go Win This One.’ It’s just how we do stuff. “

On a caution with 47 laps left, mcdowell top only Two tires and moved up 15 spots to second. He ended up leading 19 laps, but get loose a few laps after getting passed by logano and crashed to bring out the casing that sent to the race to overtime. He finished 26th.

“We wore giving it every time we had there to try to keep track position,” McDowelle. “Joey get a run there, and I tried to block it. Me, but I probably should have connected at that point. “

Odds and ends

William Byron, Kyle Larson, Denny hamlin And Chase elliott Remained the top five in Season Points. … Eliott Texas Last Spring with his first victory after 42 races and 18 months without one. He hasn’t won sense, and now has another long winless drough – this one 38 races and nearly 13 months after finishing 16th. … a crew member for Christopher bell Crawled in through the passenger side of the no. 20 joe gibbs racing toyota and was full in the car to reconnect an air hose to the driver’s helmet during a caution in the second stage. It was together Two stops during that caution, and twice climbing in the car, to resolve the issue.

Fiery end to hamlin streak

Hamlin had finished on the lead lap in 21 consecutive races, but a fiery finish on lap 75 ended that streak that had matched the eighth longest in nascar history. He was the first car out of the race.

After the no. 11 Joe Gibbs racing toyota Lost Power, Something Blew Up When Hamlin Recycled the Engine. Flames we coming from the car and it was engulfed in smoke when it is rolled to a stop on the track, and hamlin climbed out.

Youngest Pole Sitter

Carson hocevarThe 22-year-old driver who is McDowell’s Teammate with Spire Motorsports, was the Youngest Pole Sitter in Texas. He led only the first 22 laps of the race, LOSING IT WHILE PITING DURING THE FIRST CAUTION. He finished 24th after a last accident.

Stage CAUNters

Both in-race stages finished under casual. Cindric Won Stage 1 after Hamlin’s Issues, And Kyle Larson Took The Second After A Yellow Flag Came Out because the track after the right real tire on Chris buescher‘s car cam apart.

Larson get his 68th overall stage win and his six at Texas, with Both marks began records. He has won a stage in each of the past five cup races at Texas, starting in his 2021 win there.