It was a very good day for Joey Logano and the No. 22 at Gateway on Sunday, however simply not adequate.
Logano ran up entrance all day, main 96 laps on the Get pleasure from Illinois 300, greater than another driver on the observe.
However in a race that featured a season-high 18 cautions, typically, the timing is not going to interrupt your means, and that is the destiny that the No. 22 suffered. Whereas Logano was in place to win the race late, there have been just some too many restarts that allowed Kyle Larson to leap him and run clear for the checkered flag.
Logano finally settled for a third-place end, and scored extraordinarily nicely on the day, profitable Stage 1 and ending second in Stage 2 to assist enhance his standing within the Chase. Nonetheless, it was robust for Logano to not remorse what might have been.
“We had it received if the cautions did not preserve popping out,” Logano informed Motorsport.com’s Matt Weaver after the race. “We had been capable of take the lead from the No. 6, and it is like, all proper, we’re in a great spot right here. Two tires and clear air goes to beat 4 and soiled all day. However then as soon as he lined up on the entrance row with me… I obtained a push from Brad however he obtained an enormous push from the No. 48, and the timing was good.
“It simply was, gosh, six inches from clearing him into one on that restart, and he simply was capable of pull me again and simply barrel down into one. He wrapped the nook so nicely he simply handed me.”
Logano did his greatest to have a good time the great of the day slightly than what might have been, however given how a lot floor the No. 22 must make up within the Chase standings, these 20 additional factors for a win would have been an enormous boon.
“It is a bittersweet day. We scored numerous factors. We did numerous these issues proper, however gosh when you concentrate on the 25 factors that had been sitting there, 20 factors, no matter it’s, that hurts some.”
Logano may have his subsequent likelihood at a win subsequent week at Bristol.
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