Joey Logano completed fifth in Sunday’s Cup Collection race at Talladega — till he didn’t. NASCAR later disqualified the No. 22 automobile together with Ryan Preece after failing post-race inspection for violations to the rear spoiler.
Curiously, after the race, Logano’s end, which might have been his first high 5 of the 2025 marketing campaign, wouldn’t have been the principle storyline concerning the three-time champion. As a substitute, it could have been his profanity-laced tirade on the conclusion of Stage 2 when he blasted his Penske teammate Austin Cindric for not serving to push him previous Bubba Wallace for the stage win.
NASCAR Cup Collection driver Joey Logano (22) throughout qualifying for the Daytona 500 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.Peter Casey-Imagn Photographs
“Solution to go Austin,” an offended Logano stated over the crew radio. “Solution to go you dumb [expletive]. Solution to [expletive] go. What a silly [expletive]. God. He simply gave it to him. Gave a Toyota a stage win. Good job. Solution to go. What a dumbass.”
After the race when interviewed on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, the 34-year-old was requested if he deliberate to have a dialog with the No. 2 driver this week. “Completely,” he stated, then refused to elaborate.
Congrats to @AustinCindric on his @TALLADEGA win. Good teammates are exhausting to return by, Boss! Do not forget that one among urs MFed u on nationwide television, when in all actuality, u did every little thing doable to maintain from wrecking him. Hate to be #dueces within the ‘crew’ assembly on Monday. Some individuals…
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) April 27, 2025
Hours after the race and disqualification, Baseball Corridor of Famer Chipper Jones took to social media and supplied his tackle the state of affairs and took direct purpose at Logano.
Congrats to @AustinCindric on his @TALLADEGA win,” Jones wrote. “Good teammates are exhausting to return by, Boss! Do not forget that one among urs MFed u on nationwide television, when in all actuality, u did every little thing doable to maintain from wrecking him. Hate to be #dueces within the ‘crew’ assembly on Monday. Some individuals are ‘hooray for our crew so long as I’m the star’ as each crew has them. Hendrick, RCR, JGR, Penske, and many others. Generally karma is superb. Take pleasure in this one! In case anybody is confused, lemme be clear….@joeylogano”
Jones’ feedback, whereas focused at Logano, additionally talked about different particular NASCAR groups. Which raises one other query — who precisely is he speaking about?
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