Joey Logano was the final man standing by means of 5 time beyond regulation makes an attempt at Nashville Superspeedway and drove a stumbling, fuel-starved engine throughout the end line for his first NASCAR Cup Collection victory of the season.
Logano’s No. 22 Workforce Penske Ford Mustang was in seventh place for the primary time beyond regulation try and was the chief by the point the race hit its fourth. He inherited the race lead when Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. needed to pit for gas. Logano then held serve on the fourth and fifth makes an attempt to attain the victory within the Ally 400 over Zane Smith and Tyler Reddick.
“That’s query for Paul (Wolfe, crew chief),” Logano mentioned of how a lot gas he needed to make it to the end. “I do know into [Turn] 3, my gas mild got here on, and it stumbled throughout the road, in order that was undoubtedly all of it. However I’m so pleased with this Shell/Pennzoil Mustang crew. It’s been a traumatic few weeks attempting to get into the playoffs, and with the ability to win right here is big for our season. It felt nice to get that.”
JOEY LOGANO WINS AT NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY!
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The much-needed victory clinches Logano a spot within the postseason. The 2-time collection champion has been bouncing across the playoff bubble just lately and entered Sunday’s race the primary driver above the cutline by 13 factors.
Hamlin was in charge of the race when Austin Cindric spun on the backstretch after contact with two laps to go. On the primary time beyond regulation try, Kyle Larson washed up the observe and collided with Ross Chastain, who restarted outdoors the entrance row. The second try went so far as the backstretch earlier than a multi-car crash introduced the warning again out.
On the third try, Larson didn’t launch within the outdoors lane and stacked up these behind him. The accordion impact ended with Kyle Busch getting turned by Chase Elliott.
The fourth try was interrupted when Josh Berry spun. Logano cleared Chase Briscoe coming off Flip 4 and was moments away from the white flag when the warning was displayed as a substitute.
On the ultimate try, Logano obtained a clear restart and air-blocked his strategy to his thirty third profession victory. He went 110 laps on his last tank, having pitted for the final time on lap 221, and the race went 331 laps. The gas window was roughly 80 laps for the 1.33-mile racetrack.
Smith beat Reddick to the end line on the heels of Logano. Ryan Preece completed fourth and Chris Buescher completed fifth.
Ryan Blaney completed sixth; Bubba Wallace, seventh; Larson, eighth; Daniel Hemric, ninth and Noah Gragson accomplished the highest 10. Hamlin completed twelfth after main 70 laps.
The late-race carnage adopted a 1h20m crimson flag for extreme climate. NASCAR referred to as the warning on lap 136 for lightning, which was rapidly adopted by heavy rain.
Christopher Bell was main on the time and claimed each stage wins. Bell led a race-high 130 laps however crashed out of the occasion with 73 laps to go. On the time, Bell was working mid-pack after taking 4 tires on a pit cease and obtained free in Flip 2 and backed into the surface wall.
The primary stage went caution-free, and there have been two pure cautions within the second stage earlier than the climate delay. Riley Herbst exited the race within the third stage after contact from Corey LaJoie despatched his Rick Ware Racing Ford into the Flip 2 wall.
Chase Elliott spun off Flip 4 to carry the race’s sixth warning. Bell’s incident adopted just a few laps later. The subsequent warning can be for Cindric, which arrange a chaotic ending.
The 5 time beyond regulation makes an attempt are essentially the most in Cup Collection historical past.
