Joey Logano punched his ticket into the NASCAR Cup Series postseason by winning a two-lap overtime dash in Sunday’s Wurth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
Following the 13th caution after Michael McDowell’s wreck after being passed for the lead by Logano, the No. 22 Team Penske driver drove away from teammate Ryan Blaney in overtime and held off Ross Chastain by 0.346 seconds for his 37th career win.
Blaney finished third and Kyle Larson was fourth. In his 300th career start, Erik Jones brought his No. 43 Toyota home in a season-best fifth.
Polesitter Carson Hocevar ended up 24th after wrecking with 31 laps to go.
Last Sunday, Logano was disqualified after failing inspection at Talladega Superspeedway.
Third in the standings entering Texas, Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota caught fire early in the race and left him in last place in the 38-car field.
On Lap 75, three-time Texas winner Hamlin had his Joe Gibbs Racing Camry erupt in fire heading into Turn 1 to force the second caution period and create his first DNF of 2025.
Austin Cindric netted the top bonus points by winning Stage 1. Tyler Reddick and Josh Berry finished behind Cindric’s No. 2 Ford in strong runs.
While leading on Lap 126, Berry, seeking his second victory in two months, had his No. 21 car bottom out in Turn 4, causing the Wood Brothers driver to loop the legendary Ford of NASCAR’s oldest team and pound the frontstretch wall.
On Lap 132, Larson passed leader Todd Gilliland but soon faced a challenge from hard-charging Reddick. He held him off until Chris Buescher had a flat right-rear tire with four laps to go in Stage 2, which was claimed by Larson with Reddick and Alex Bowman just behind.
Halfway through a Lap 172 restart, Bubba Wallace brushed the backstretch wall, was tapped by Logano’s No. 22 Ford and spun to set up the race’s biggest incident, which turned into a six-car wreck that also involved Bowman.
Xfinity Series regular Jesse Love spun off Turn 2 on Lap 219 to set up the final pit stops for the lead group under caution, and third-place Kyle Busch wrecked by himself with 38 laps left.
