Denny Hamlin won the Wurth 400 at Dover, Del., on Sunday, holding off Kyle Larson in a late-race duel. Hamlin's victory and the misfortune of other top contenders shakes up our weekly power rankings.
Since the introduction of the NextGen cars, drivers have been heard criticizing the gas-guzzling engines and having to lift off to conserve fuel. After the race at Talladega, this criticism was at its peak as drivers were stuck and were left in a scramble to conserve fuel to be able to finish the race.
This past Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was largely a battle of who could save their fuel the best for the duration of the 188 laps. For a majority of the race, the entire field didn’t run full throttle, which led to a rather tame Talladega for the first two stages.
After a wild race at Talladega on Sunday, our NASCAR power rankings got a shakeup.
Here are four things we learned after a wild GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Team Penske driver Joey Logano won the 2018 race at Talladega in dominant fashion. The driver was in a long-drawn fight with Kyle Busch and won the race with the help of his brilliant race management.
Two times NASCAR Cup champion Joey Logano came into the 2024 season seeking redemption after an underwhelming title defence last year. In 2023 he was able to secure just one victory and wasn’t able to remain consistent as needed.
NASCAR introduced the Next-Gen cars in the 2022 season with the main objective of making the racing more fair and closer. By doing it, they made multiple development decisions making the machines a different beasts compared to the Xfinity Cars, where the NASCAR prodigies are learning their trade.
The Texas Motor Speedway was resurfaced back in 2016. The re-configuration has led to a lot of criticism from the drivers as the track’s surface lacks grip.
While Joey Logano wouldn’t go as far to say the racing during this past Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway was bad, he does believe there’s a potential fix to improve the racetrack even more.
The Cook Out 400 race at Martinsville Speedway emphasized the issues that the Next-Generation NASCAR cars face at short tracks. The race had nearly zero clean wheel-to-wheel battles and all the cars seemed to be on the same tire-strategy.
Joey Logano is calling on NASCAR to “do something big” to fix the short track package following this past Sunday’s Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway, in which drivers struggled to make passes on the racetrack.
Sunday's Cook Out 400 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway saw Hendrick Motorsports finish 1-2-3 in the race that served as the 40th anniversary of the team's first win.
Denny Hamlin‘s jump-start during the overtime restart at NASCAR Cup Series Race in Richmond Raceway has been one of the hot topics over the week. Despite the velation the No:11 Camry driver wasn’t penalized.
The introduction of Next-Gen cars has changed the short-track racing forever in NASCAR. It has become less entertaining due to traffic, lack of passing and lack of tier wear.
Among all of the Richmond Raceway controversy this week is the question of whether the track should have two races every year, and Joey Logano has weighed in.
The controversial restart to finish the Toyota Owners 400 over the weekend has created quite the spark across NASCAR, with a ton of drivers offering their opinion on the potentially too-early restart by eventual race-winner Denny Hamlin.
Going into Sunday night's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway, Joey Logano was in desperate need of a good finish. He got it and then some, finishing second to Denny Hamlin in what could be the turning point of his season.
Besides Martin Truex Jr., the one driver feeling the worst about their top-5 finish from Richmond has to be Joey Logano. This NASCAR season has not been great for Logano and a win would have gone a long way for this No.
Denny Hamlin was the first driver to cross the finish line in Sunday night's Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway. Don't be mistaken, though: Hamlin himself did not win this race.
From starting the race on wet-weather tires, to a late caution foiling Martin Truex's bid for victory, to Denny Hamlin stealing yet another win at his home track the Toyota Owners 400 brought all the drama.
Last year was a down year for Joey Logano, but this season has slowly turned into an absolute disaster for the Team Penske driver. The two-time NASCAR champion has not done well despite early speed.
The big topic of discussion in NASCAR after COTA, what do you do to fix track limits? Joey Logano has now weighed in on the topic. The two-time Cup Series champion is firmly on the side of enforcing track limits, but not necessarily with penalties.
Joey Logano's struggles to begin the 2024 season have been well documented. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion only has one top 20 finish this season, a ninth-place run at Las Vegas.
Logano led 188 laps around the flat track.
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