May 4, 2025 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Logano emerges victorious at Texas Motor Speedway

FORT WORTH, Texas—After Michael McDowell’s dream ended less than four laps short of the scheduled finish in Sunday’s Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY, Joey Logano took control and rode the NASCAR Cup Series rollercoaster to his first victory of the season.

A week after a missing nut on a spoiler bracket cost him a disqualification from fifth place at Talladega Superspeedway, Logano beat runner-up Ross Chastain to the finish line by 0.346-second in overtime to score his second victory at 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway and the 37th of his career.

In fashioning his first top-five finish of 2025, Logano successfully pursued McDowell, who had charged into the lead after a restart on Lap 245 of 271 and held it through two cautions and restarts.

On Lap 264, less than four laps from a finish, the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford went low on the backstretch, avoided a block from McDowell and passed the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet for the lead.

Passed for second by Logano’s Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney a lap later, McDowell lost control in dirty air behind Blaney’s Ford and slammed into the Turn 2 wall, ending his race in 26th place.

“Sorry, boys, I tried,” a rueful McDowell radioed to his team.

On the subsequent overtime restart, Logano made it look easy. The reigning series champion cleared Blaney through the first two corners, as Chastain charged into second from the bottom lane.

Two laps later, Logano was on his way to Victory Lane, having scored the second straight win for Team Penske after Austin Cindric won at Talladega last Sunday.

“The sport changes so quickly,” Logano said after climbing from his car. “It’s crazy how you can just ride these rollercoasters and just proud of the team. Finally got (sponsor) AAA Insurance into Victory Lane. They’ve been a partner of mine since I’ve been to Penske, so 13, 14 years. I’ve yet to win with them. It was awesome to get that done here.”

Logano had to work his way forward from his 27th-place starting position. He did so relentlessly and without the sorts of mistakes that doomed the winning chances of others.

“Slowly, methodically, a couple at a time,” Logano said of his drive. “We had a really tough pit stall situation. The pit crew did a good job of managing that and just grabbed a couple (of positions) here and there.

“The car was fast. I knew that yesterday. We just did a poor job qualifying. Just grinded it. Just keep grinding a couple here and a couple there and eventually get a win here. It’s nice to get one. Real nice.”

Similarly, Chastain started 31st and didn’t make his presence known until the closing laps.

‘Gosh, that’s a working day,” Chastain said. “Just no confidence in the car yesterday. Y’all saw that. Just the speed of the Trackhouse cars on Saturdays is just terrible. We’re just not confident, all three drivers.

“So there was one pit stop today that (crew chief) Phil Surgen and the group—it takes a ton of people back at Trackhouse and on the box here in GM at Chevrolet. They made me a confident driver all of a sudden with one adjustment. It was small stuff. It doesn’t even make sense, but after that I was a confident driver.”

Blaney came home third, followed by Kyle Larson, who led a race-high 90 laps but surrendered the top spot to McDowell on the Lap 245 restart.

“You don’t want to give up the lead on a mile and a half,” Larson said. “It’s hard to get it back. Yeah, Michael just did a good job timing it.”

Erik Jones was fifth, scoring his first top five since last year’s fall race at Talladega. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon, John Hunter Nemechek, Christopher Bell and Daniel Suarez completed the top 10.

Other expected contenders fell by the wayside as the race progressed.

Denny Hamlin’s streak of 21 consecutive lead-lap finishes—eighth-most all-time in the Cup Series—came to an abrupt end on Lap 75. One circuit earlier, Hamlin lost power with an engine the team was running for the third time.

As Hamlin slowed, flames shot from beneath the chassis of the No. 11 Toyota. Hamlin stopped the car, which was enveloped in dark smoke and climbed to safety.

“It was blowing up for about a lap or so before it really detonated,” Hamlin said. “I tried to keep it off to keep it from full detonating.

“That was so they can diagnose exactly what happened to it. It’s tough to say exactly what it is, but they’ll go back and look at it and we’ll find out in a few weeks.”

A promising run for Las Vegas winner Josh Berry likewise ended early on Sunday. Berry had led 41 laps and was running at the front of the field on Lap 125 when the treacherous bump in Turn 4 upset his No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford.

Berry slid into the outside wall, slamming the barrier on the driver’s side of the car.

“Just started to approach the lapped traffic,” said Berry, who returned to the track after repairs, 84 laps down. “You have no choice but to run the opposite lane. Your car is never going to turn if you follow them. I went around the 62 (Jesse Love) on the outside and felt pretty decent about it. Then caught the 51 (Cody Ware) and was working on the 51 and hit that bump and got loose.

“I don’t know what I would do too much different. Obviously, in these cars, especially at a place like this, if you’re going to be fast, it’s going to be uncomfortable and you’re going to be on edge. Unfortunately, it bit us today.”

In a race that produced 12 cautions for 73 laps, Austin Cindric led 60 laps but fell victim to a four-car crash on Lap 247. Ten laps earlier, pole winner Carson Hocevar, who led the first 22 laps but was relegated to the back of the field when caution interrupted a green-flag cycle of pit stops on Lap 219, suffered a similar fate in a three-car wreck.

William Byron, who finished 13th, retained the series lead by 13 points over Larson.


NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 11
Race Results for the W?rth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY - Sunday, May 4, 2025
Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 271 Laps - 406.5 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 5/4/2025 @ 07:17 PM Eastern

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 27 22 Joey Logano AAA Insurance Ford 271  9 42 Running 2 7 5
2 31 1 Ross Chastain Tooties Orchid Lounge Chevrolet 271   35 Running  
3 24 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Knauf Ford 271  8 37 Running 2 2
4 4 5 Kyle Larson Valvoline Chevrolet 271 4 1 50 Running 4 90 1
5 14 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota 271 10  33 Running  
6 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. SUNNYD Chevrolet 271   31 Running  
7 19 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet 271   30 Running  
8 28 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 271   29 Running 1 1
9 16 20 Christopher Bell Interstate Batteries Toyota 271   28 Running  
10 25 99 Daniel Suarez Kubota Chevrolet 271   27 Running  
11 32 34 Todd Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 271   26 Running 1 4
12 23 10 Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 271   25 Running  
13 2 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet 271 7 7 32 Running 1 22
14 21 35 Riley Herbst # BeatBox Toyota 271   23 Running  
15 15 7 Justin Haley Katz Coffee Chevrolet 271   22 Running  
16 29 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 271   21 Running  
17 13 38 Zane Smith Speedy Cash Ford 271   20 Running  
18 12 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 271 5  25 Running  
19 20 41 Cole Custer Red Baron Ford 271   18 Running  
20 26 8 Kyle Busch 7-Eleven Chevrolet 271  10 18 Running  
21 17 45 Tyler Reddick Jordan Brand Toyota 271 2 2 34 Running 1 1
22 37 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # Safety Culture Chevrolet 271   15 Running  
23 6 54 Ty Gibbs SAIA LTL Freight Toyota 271 8  17 Running  
24 1 77 Carson Hocevar Chili's Ride the 'Dente Chevrolet 270 6 6 24 Running 1 22
25 3 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 268 1  22 Running 3 60 1
26 5 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 265 9  13 Accident 2 19
27 22 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 254   10 Suspension  
28 30 6 Brad Keselowski Consumer Cellular Ford 246   9 Accident  
29 33 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/Sara Lee/Kraft Singles Ford 237  4 15 Accident  
30 36 51 Cody Ware Arby's Ford 237   7 Accident  
31 35 62 * Jesse Love(i) C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet 217   0 Accident  
32 7 21 Josh Berry WURTH Ford 187 3  13 Running 1 41
33 9 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald's Toyota 179  5 10 Accident  
34 18 4 Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 172   3 Accident  
35 11 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 172  3 10 Accident 1 1
36 10 16 AJ Allmendinger LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 172   1 Accident  
37 38 66 * Chad Finchum Hart HVAC & Electric Ford 167   1 Accident  
38 8 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Toyota 73   1 Engine 1 1

Fastest Lap Bonus:  # lap 2 / 28.556
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Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 28 Mins, 40 Secs. Average Speed: 116.885 MPH Margin of Victory: .346 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 2, 45, 21, 5, 17, 77, 24, 54, 71, 43
Stage 2 Top 10: 5, 45, 48, 60, 23, 77, 24, 12, 22, 8

Race Comments: Joey Logano has won the Wurth 400 Presented By LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway, his 37th victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, no vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty.

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 12 for 73 laps; Laps: 21-25 (#4 Spins Turn 2 [66]); 76-87 (#11 Spins Turn 1 [62]); 89-93 (#19, 35 Incident Frontstretch [66]); 126-131 (#21 Incident Turn 4 [62]); 163-171 (Debris Turn 4 [66]); 173-178 (#23, 48, 16, 4, 66, 41 Incident Backstretch [17]); 220-225 (#62 Incident Backstretch [51]); 230-234 (#8 Incident Turn 4 [41]); 238-244 (#60, 77, 51 Incident Backstretch [19]); 248-252 (#2, 6, 8, 41 Incident Backstretch [77]); 255-257 (#45 Spin Turn 1 [41]); 266-269 (#71 Incident Turn 2 [77]).

Lead Changes: 20 among 13 drivers; C. Hocevar 1-22; D. Hamlin 23; A. Cindric 24-73; T. Reddick 74; A. Cindric 75-83; J. Berry 84-124; K. Larson 125-126; A. Cindric 127; T. Gilliland 128-131; K. Larson 132-166; A. Bowman 167; W. Byron 168-189; K. Larson 190-220; J. Nemechek 221; K. Larson 222-243; M. McDowell 244-252; R. Blaney 253; M. McDowell 254-263; J. Logano 264-268; R. Blaney 269; J. Logano 270-271.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: May 11, 2025 - Kansas Speedway

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NASCAR Cup Series Points Report
Texas Motor Speedway
W?rth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY

UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 5/4/2025 @ 07:35 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. William Byron 24 11 0 421 0 0 1 3 8
2. Kyle Larson 5 11 0 408 -13 13 2 6 16
3. Denny Hamlin 11 11 0 338 -83 70 2 2 12
4. Chase Elliott 9 11 0 338 -83 0 0 0 0
5. Tyler Reddick 45 11 -1 337 -84 1 0 0 0
6. Christopher Bell 20 11 1 335 -86 2 3 1 16
7. Ryan Blaney 12 11 -1 313 -108 22 0 2 2
8. Bubba Wallace 23 11 1 306 -115 7 0 2 2
9. Joey Logano 22 11 -2 288 -133 18 1 2 7
10. Alex Bowman 48 11 1 284 -137 4 0 0 0
11. Ross Chastain 1 11 1 281 -140 3 0 0 0
12. Chris Buescher 17 11 -1 255 -166 26 0 0 0
13. Chase Briscoe 19 11 1 245 -176 10 0 0 0
14. Austin Cindric 2 11 0 241 -180 4 1 2 7
15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 11 -2 240 -181 1 0 0 0
16. Kyle Busch 8 11 0 228 -193 12 0 0 0
17. Carson Hocevar 77 11 -3 219 -202 9 0 0 0
18. Ryan Preece 60 11 0 217 -204 2 0 1 1
19. AJ Allmendinger 16 11 4 217 -204 0 0 0 0
20. Michael McDowell 71 11 1 214 -207 3 0 0 0
21. Austin Dillon 3 11 -3 212 -209 2 0 0 0
22. Ty Gibbs 54 11 0 208 -213 4 0 0 0
23. John Hunter Nemechek 42 11 -3 207 -214 1 0 0 0
24. Josh Berry 21 11 3 206 -215 1 1 1 6
25. Daniel Suarez 99 11 0 206 -215 0 0 0 0
26. Zane Smith 38 11 3 203 -218 3 0 0 0
27. Todd Gilliland 34 11 -1 202 -219 1 0 0 0
28. Justin Haley 7 11 1 200 -221 2 0 0 0
29. Erik Jones 43 11 -1 191 -230 9 0 0 0
30. Ty Dillon 10 11 1 186 -235 5 0 0 0
31. Noah Gragson 4 11 0 158 -263 28 0 0 0
32. Brad Keselowski 6 11 0 142 -279 16 0 0 0
33. Riley Herbst # 35 11 0 141 -280 1 0 0 0
34. Cole Custer 41 11 0 127 -294 14 0 0 0
35. Shane Van Gisbergen # 88 11 0 121 -300 6 0 0 0
36. Cody Ware 51 11 0 61 -360 60 0 0 0
37. Jimmie Johnson  1 0 34 -387 27 0 0 0
38. Corey Lajoie  3 0 24 -397 10 0 0 0
39. Jj Yeley  4 0 9 -412 15 0 0 0
40. Katherine Legge  1 0 7 -414 2 0 0 0
41. Casey Mears  1 0 2 -419 5 0 0 0
42. Burt Myers  1 0 1 -420 1 0 0 0
43. * Chad Finchum 66 1 43 1 -420 0 0 0 0
44. Martin Truex, Jr.  1 1 1 -420 0 0 0 0
45. Bj Mcleod(i)  2 0 0 -421 1 0 0 0
46. Anthony Alfredo(i)  1 0 0 -421 0 0 0 0
47. * Jesse Love(i) 62 2 -1 0 -421 0 0 0 0
48. Austin Hill(i)  1 1 0 -421 0 0 0 0
49. Connor Zilisch(i)  1 0 0 -421 0 0 0 0
50. Josh Bilicki(i)  1 -1 0 -421 0 0 0 0
51. Justin Allgaier(i)  1 7 0 -421 0 0 0 0
52. Chandler Smith(i)  0 1 0 -421 0 0 0 0
53. Helio Castroneves  1 2 0 -421 0 0 0 0

-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series