Joey Logano snags a NASCAR Cup Sequence win at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon within the Würth 400 introduced by LIQUI MOLY.
FORT WORTH, Texas — After Michael McDowell’s dream ended lower than 4 laps wanting the scheduled end in Sunday’s Würth 400 introduced by LIQUI MOLY, Joey Logano took management and rode the NASCAR Cup Sequence rollercoaster to his first victory of the season.
Joey Logano Snags a Win
Every week after a lacking nut on a spoiler bracket price him a disqualification from fifth place at Talladega Superspeedway, Logano beat runner-up Ross Chastain to the end line by 0.346 seconds in time beyond regulation to attain his second victory at 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway and the thirty seventh of his profession.
In fashioning his first top-five end of 2025, Logano efficiently pursued McDowell, who had charged into the lead after a restart on lap 245 of 271 and held it by means of two cautions and restarts.
On lap 264, lower than 4 laps from a end, the No. 22 Crew Penske Ford driver went low on the backstretch, averted a block from McDowell, and handed the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet for the lead.
Disappointment for McDowell Ends with Victory for Logano
Handed for second by Logano’s Crew Penske teammate Ryan Blaney a lap later, McDowell misplaced management in soiled air behind Blaney’s Ford and slammed into the second flip wall, ending his race in twenty sixth place.
“Sorry, boys, I attempted,” a rueful McDowell radioed to his workforce.
Throughout the subsequent time beyond regulation restart, Logano made it look simple. The reigning collection champion cleared Blaney by means of the primary two corners, as Chastain charged into second from the underside lane.
Logano was on his technique to Victory Lane two laps later, scoring the second straight win for Crew Penske after Austin Cindric received at Talladega final Sunday.
“The game modifications so rapidly,” Logano stated after climbing from his automobile. “It’s loopy how one can simply journey these rollercoasters and simply happy with the workforce. Lastly obtained (sponsor) AAA Insurance coverage into Victory Lane. They’ve been a companion of mine since I’ve been to Penske, so 13, 14 years. I’ve but to win with them. It was superior to get that achieved right here.”
Logano needed to work his approach ahead from his Twenty seventh-place beginning place. He did so relentlessly and with out the kinds of errors that doomed the successful probabilities of others.
“Slowly, methodically, a pair at a time,” Logano stated of his drive. “We had a extremely robust pit stall state of affairs. The pit crew did a very good job of managing that and simply grabbed a pair (of positions) right here and there.
“The automobile was quick. I knew that yesterday. We simply did a poor job qualifying. Simply grinded it. Simply hold grinding a pair right here and a pair there and finally get a win right here. It’s good to get one. Actual good.”
Equally, Chastain began thirty first and didn’t make his presence identified till the closing laps.
‘Gosh, that’s a working day,” Chastain stated. “Simply no confidence within the automobile yesterday. Y’all noticed that. Simply the pace of the Trackhouse vehicles on Saturdays is simply horrible. We’re simply not assured, all three drivers.
“So there was one pit cease at present that (crew chief) Phil Surgen and the group—it takes a ton of individuals again at Trackhouse and on the field right here in GM at Chevrolet. They made me a assured driver unexpectedly with one adjustment. It was small stuff. It doesn’t even make sense, however after that I used to be a assured driver.”
Blaney got here dwelling third, adopted by Kyle Larson, who led a race-high 90 laps however surrendered the highest spot to McDowell on the lap 245 restart.
“You don’t wish to hand over the lead on a mile and a half,” Larson stated. “It’s arduous to get it again. Yeah, Michael simply did a very good job timing it.”
Erik Jones was fifth, scoring his first prime 5 since final yr’s fall race at Talladega. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon, John Hunter Nemechek, Christopher Bell, and Daniel Suarez accomplished the highest ten.
Contenders Fall as Race Progresses
Denny Hamlin’s streak of 21 consecutive lead-lap finishes ended abruptly on lap 75. His streak is the eighth-most all-time within the Cup Sequence. One circuit earlier, Hamlin misplaced energy with an engine the workforce was working for the third time.
As Hamlin slowed, flames shot from beneath the chassis of the No. 11 Toyota. Hamlin stopped the automobile, which was enveloped in darkish smoke, and climbed to security.
“It was blowing up for a couple of lap or so earlier than it actually detonated,” Hamlin stated. “I attempted to maintain it off to maintain it from full detonating.
“That was to allow them to diagnose precisely what occurred to it. It’s robust to say precisely what it’s, however they’ll return, and have a look at it and we’ll discover out in just a few weeks.”
A promising run for Las Vegas winner Josh Berry ended early on Sunday. Berry had led 41 laps and was working on the entrance of the sphere on lap 125 when the treacherous bump within the fourth flip upset his No. 21 Wooden Brothers Ford.
Berry slid into the skin wall, slamming the barrier and damaging the driving force’s aspect of the automobile.
“Simply began to method the lapped site visitors,” stated Berry, who returned to the observe after repairs, 84 laps down. “You don’t have any selection however to run the alternative lane. Your automobile isn’t going to show should you comply with them. I went across the 62 (Jesse Love) on the skin and felt fairly respectable about it. Then caught the 51 (Cody Ware) and was engaged on the 51 and hit that bump and obtained unfastened.
“I don’t know what I’d do an excessive amount of totally different. Clearly, in these vehicles, particularly at a spot like this, should you’re going to be quick, it’s going to be uncomfortable, and also you’re going to be on edge. Sadly, it bit us at present.”
In a race that produced 12 cautions for 73 laps, Austin Cindric led 60 laps however fell sufferer to a four-car crash on lap 247. Ten laps earlier, pole winner Carson Hocevar, who led the primary 22 laps however was relegated to the again of the sphere when warning interrupted a green-flag cycle of pit stops on lap 219, suffered the same destiny in a three-car wreck.
William Byron, who completed thirteenth, retained the collection lead by 13 factors over Larson. Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott are tied at -83 markers from the chief in third and fourth. Tyler Reddick is one mark behind at -84 factors from the chief in fifth.
To finish the highest ten are Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Joey Logano, and Alex Bowman.
Up Subsequent
The NASCAR Cup Sequence heads to Kansas Speedway for its subsequent race on Sunday, Could eleventh. The Creation Well being 400 begins at 3 pm ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson is the defending winner.
