“I was disgusted by it, ” Logano said. Instead, he finds himself in the middle of a firestorm that has roiled the sport and left him scrambling to stay alive in the Chase. And I’ve always said I don’t want to be out there just to get a paycheck. “I can’t believe it”. He got real loose off of turn two, and I had a big run down the backstretch and drove it in really far into turn three, hoping to hear clear. “I know a lot of those guys like to have opinions, and they all had a lot different opinions this week than they did the week before”. Logano said. “Yes, I was. Their team did a hell of a job, too”. But he couldn’t hold off Jimmie Johnson, who led the final four laps to keep Keselowski out of victory lane. You have to be a student of other drivers and how they do things. I think they are stand-up people, and I appreciate having them wearing my T-shirt.
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We’ve been building and in knocking on the door for wind Jimmy Johnson had the speed and all the right moves to rocket past race dominate or Brad Kozlowski with six to go.
Harvick started next to him on the front row and took the lead on lap 19.
Gordon started 12th and finished seventh in the Duck Commander 500 here on April 11, leading three laps in a race won by Hendrick protégé Johnson, the six-time Cup champion. Look for him to be one of the top drivers all Sunday. Keselowski had a comfortable lead until a caution came out on Lap 310 for debris on the track.
That combination dropped Truex from second to eighth over the final 15 laps. Logano led a race-high 207 laps.
Joey Logano said he is taking what happened last week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway and moving forward.
“When you think about being a champion and being a champion in life, this is a true test of the type of person you are, ” Logano said Friday at Texas Motor Speedway.
“The left rear tire came apart and shredded everything inside the auto”, Logano said while out of the vehicle during repairs in the garage. Logano eventually returned to the track more than 60 laps down and finished 40th.
By winning at Martinsville, Gordon got to Texas already assured of racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22 for his fifth season championship before retiring at the end of this season. Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said the incident will be reviewed and subsequent action, if any, will be announced later this week. “We will be ready for Phoenix”. This team is strong. We didn’t take any wind out of our sails.
Both Kenseth and team owner Joe Gibbs made brief statements after the ruling.
Kenseth drew a two-race suspension on Tuesday for purposely wrecking leader Logano during an Eliminator Round race as part of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. In Senior Sprints, Chris Meredith took the checkered; Johnny Conley won the 20-lap Pro race; Senior Dwarf Cars hnors went to Mike Neal with David Conley second; Hobby Stocks win went to Tom Stephens Sr. take the win with Heurung third to clinch the championship; in Go Karts, Raper beat 2014 series champion Kenny Byers Jr.
Gossage also presented Gordon with Luskey’s cowboy boots – emblazoned with No. 24, his signature and a TMS logo on each – a Gordon Road street sign and a commissioned mural depicting his 2009 win at TMS.
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Kenseth was spun out three races ago by Logano as both raced for the win at Kansas, ruining a chance to advance in NASCAR’s playoffs. It has been a great race track for us in the past.Logano wasn’t the only driver to face tire trouble Sunday.
