Joey Logano didn’t go and win back-to-back within the NASCAR All-Star Race, however he actually gave it all the pieces he had. The Group Penske driver was accountable for the race till the promoter’s warning was displayed with just below 40 laps to go.
Joey Logano, Group Penske Ford, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Picture by: David Jensen / Getty Pictures
The controversial new rule for this non-Championship factors exhibition race allowed for the race promoter to throw one warning, every time they need, between Lap 100 and 220 within the 250-lap occasion.
Logano ended up ending second to Christopher Bell, and he wasn’t too thrilled with him or Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith.
“I am glad you had a blast,” Logano instructed a NASCAR on FOX reporter. “I am pissed off proper now. Simply dang it, we had the quickest automotive. The Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was so quick. You get to — I am making an attempt to decide on my phrases accurately on the warning scenario. Clearly I bought bit by it, so I’m the one pissed off clearly.
“Gosh, I do not know. I felt just like the falloff wasn’t too dangerous because the solar went down, and yeah, six automobiles or so stayed out with us. Thought perhaps we might maintain him off however the 20 [Bell] had a adequate restart, cleared too a lot of them too quick. I could not get away in time. It took me six, seven laps to get my automotive up and rolling once more.
Logano continued, struggling to carry again his annoyance. “I did all I might do to carry him off and he bought below me and launched the brake and gave me no choice. Type of simply ran me up into the wall, and if I might’ve bought to him, he was going round after a transfer like that, I simply could not get again to him. Simply an excessive amount of to attempt to make up with the tire deficit.
“Simply pissed off after you lead so many laps and the automotive is so quick and you do not win, it hurts fairly a bit.”
When the promoter’s warning flew (through Michael Waltrip, who really dropped it on the race monitor), a lot of the area pitted for recent rubber. Logano was amongst 5 drivers who selected to remain out on outdated tires, hoping to hold on.
“I am all about no gimmicks with the warning,” mentioned Logano, who chuckled as he mentioned it, however the frustration was clear in his voice. “I’m all about that. I am a little bit — me and Marcus Smith aren’t seeing eye to eye proper now, okay? I’ve bought to have a phrase with him.”
Images from All-Star Race
Learn Additionally:
On this article
Nick DeGroot
NASCAR Cup
Joey Logano
Christopher Bell
Group Penske
Be the primary to know and subscribe for real-time information e-mail updates on these subjects
Subscribe to information alerts
