Joey Logano didn’t win back-to-back NASCAR All-Star Races — and he thinks a manufactured warning is accountable. After dominating many of the race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, the Group Penske driver was caught off guard by a brand new “Promoter’s Choice” rule that triggered a warning with beneath 40 laps to go.
The twist? The yellow wasn’t for particles, climate, or an incident — it was dropped by selection, as allowed between Laps 100 and 220 of the 250-lap race. And it modified every thing.
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“I’m all about no gimmicks with the warning,” Logano after ending second to Christopher Bell. “I’m slightly — me and Marcus Smith aren’t seeing eye to eye proper now, okay? I’ve received to have a phrase with him.”
That “phrase” is probably not well mannered. Smith, the CEO of Speedway Motorsports and the person behind the mid-race warning twist, drew criticism from what many, together with Logano, noticed as an pointless intervention that modified the result of the race.
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“I’m pissed off proper now. We had the quickest automobile — the Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was so quick,” Logano mentioned. “Then the warning got here out and flipped the entire thing. I stayed out on previous tires, hoping to carry ‘em off, however Bell had an incredible restart and simply ran me up into the wall.”
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Logano made it clear that he felt robbed. “I couldn’t get away in time. Took me six, seven laps to get my automobile up and rolling once more. I did all I might to carry him off… If I might’ve received to him, he was going round after a transfer like that.”
Regardless of the sting, Logano took some solace in his automobile’s efficiency. “We’ll be completely happy that we had the perfect automobile the final two instances that we’ve been right here. I want we had two wins, although.”
With tempers flaring and followers debating the benefit of gimmick guidelines, NASCAR could have gotten the drama it wished — however Logano’s message to Smith made one factor clear: not everybody’s shopping for it.
