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Newsweek
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- Newsweek
Logano 'P***ed Off' After Bell Gave Him 'No Option' In NASCAR All-Star Race
Team Penske driver Joey Logano missed out on the $1 million prize in the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway after seeing his lead slip away. Logano shared his frustrations after being edged out by Christopher Bell, who went on to celebrate on Victory Lane, while speaking to the media after the race. He explained: "I'm glad you had a blast. I'm p***ed off right now. Just dang it, we had the fastest car. The Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was so fast. I'm trying to choose my words correctly on the caution situation. "Obviously I got bit by it, so I am the one frustrated. I felt like the falloff wasn't too bad as the sun went down, and yeah, six cars or so stayed out with us. Thought maybe we could hold him off, but [Bell] had a good enough restart, cleared too many of them too fast. I couldn't get away in time. It took me six, seven laps to get my car up and rolling again. Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 18, 2025 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, waits on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 18, 2025 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina."I did all I could do to hold him off and he got under me and released the brake and gave me no option. Kind of just ran me up into the wall, and if I could've got to him, he was going around after a move like that, I just couldn't get back to him. Just too much to try to make up with the tire deficit." The 34-year-old added: "Just frustrated after you lead so many laps and the car is so fast and you don't win, it hurts quite a bit. ... Yeah, I'm all about no gimmicks with the caution. I am all about that. Me and Marcus Smith aren't seeing eye to eye right now, OK? I've got to have a word with him. "It's all you've got. I was hoping I could just fight him long enough to where the advantage would go away a little bit, but it just never did. I did as best I can blocking my butt off, but once he got under me just released the brake and gave me no option to either fence it and wreck or run up in the marbles and spin out like what happened to Heim in the Truck race. I get it. "We're racing for a million bucks, but things carry over all the time, but it just stings. I'm upset because we had the best car. We had the best car by a long shot and we didn't win. I don't know. A lot of things are running through my mind I probably shouldn't say." NASCAR All-Star Race results
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Joey Logano Sends Blunt Message After NASCAR All-Star Caution Costs Him the Win
Joey Logano didn't win back-to-back NASCAR All-Star Races — and he thinks a manufactured caution is to blame. After dominating most of the race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, the Team Penske driver was caught off guard by a new 'Promoter's Option' rule that triggered a caution with under 40 laps to go. The twist? The yellow wasn't for debris, weather, or an incident — it was dropped by choice, as allowed between Laps 100 and 220 of the 250-lap race. And it changed everything. Advertisement 'I'm all about no gimmicks with the caution,' Logano said after finishing second to Christopher Bell. 'I'm a little — me and Marcus Smith aren't seeing eye to eye right now, okay? I've got to have a word with him.' That 'word' may not be polite. Smith, the CEO of Speedway Motorsports and the man behind the mid-race caution twist, drew criticism from what many, including Logano, saw as an unnecessary intervention that changed the outcome of the race. Joey Logano talks to reporters at Texas Motor Dalton | Athlon Sports 'I'm pissed off right now. We had the fastest car — the Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was so fast,' Logano said. 'Then the caution came out and flipped the whole thing. I stayed out on old tires, hoping to hold 'em off, but Bell had a great restart and just ran me up into the wall.' Advertisement Logano made it clear that he felt robbed. 'I couldn't get away in time. Took me six, seven laps to get my car up and rolling again. I did all I could to hold him off… If I could've got to him, he was going around after a move like that.' Despite the sting, Logano took some solace in his car's performance. 'We'll be happy that we had the best car the last two times that we've been here. I wish we had two wins, though.' With tempers flaring and fans debating the merit of gimmick rules, NASCAR may have gotten the drama it wanted — but Logano's message to Smith made one thing clear: not everyone's buying it. Related: Upset Joey Logano Threatens Payback After Christopher Bell's Winning Move at All-Star Race
