FORT WORTH, TX. - Joey Logano charged from a 27th-place starting position to capture his first win of the 2025 season with a late-race surge that saw him take the checkered flag in overtime at Texas Motor Speedway.
Logano made a bold move on the backstretch with two laps remaining to take the lead from Michael McDowell (Chevrolet), sealing the deal in the Würth 400 presented by Liqui Moly. The win was Logano’s 37th career Cup Series triumph and second at Texas.
Logano was joined in the top three by teammate Ryan Blaney, who battled with the leaders throughout the final stage under a flurry of late race cautions. Late-race chaos opened the door for Ryan Blaney to rally back from an early pit road speeding penalty. Blaney charged through the field in Stage 3 and ended up third at the finish—his best result in over a month.
The final segment was filled with cautions, including a multi-car incident with 19 laps to go that took out the Fords of Brad Keselowski and Stage 1 winner Austin Cindric. Josh Berry also had a fast Mustang early, leading 41 laps before a spin in Stage 2 sent him to the garage for repairs. He eventually returned to the track and finished 32nd.
Ford leaves Texas with its third Cup Series win of the season, and second in as many weeks with Logano now joining Cindric and Berry with playoff spots clinched.
The Cup Series returns to action next Sunday at Kansas Speedway for the AdventHealth 400. Coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN Radio, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
NCS RACE TOP-10 OFFICIAL FINISHERS
1st – Joey Logano
2nd - Ross Chastain
3rd - Ryan Blaney
4th - Kyle Larson
5th - Erik Jones
6th - Rickly Stenhouse Jr.
7th - Austin Dillon
8th - John Hunter Nemechek
9th - Christopher Bell
10th - Daniel Suarez
REMAINING FORD FINISHERS
11th - Todd Gilliland
17th - Zane Smith
18th - Chris Buescher
19th - Cole Custer
25th - Austin Cindric
28th - Brad Keselowski
29th - Ryan Preece
30th - Cody Ware
32nd - Josh Berry
34th - Noah Gragson
37th - Chad Finchum
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 AAA Insurance Ford Mustang Dark Horse -- VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW
HOW GOOD DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK HERE?
“The sport changes so quickly. It is crazy how you can just ride these roller coasters. I am so proud of the team. Proud to finally get AAA Insurance into victory lane. They have been a partner of mine since I have been at Penske, so 13 or 14 years and we have yet to win with them so it was awesome to get that done here. The JL Kids Crew is here so we will have fun with them in victory lane. A lot of people here. My family is at home, but hey, Brittany and the kids, I love you guys. It is going to be a fun night.”
YOU STARTED DEEP IN THE FIELD. HOW DID YOU PREVAIL AND WIN THIS ONE?
“Slowly. Methodically. A couple of times we had a really tough pit stall situation and the pit crew did a good job of managing that. We just grabbed a couple here and there. The car was fast, I knew that yesterday, I just did a poor job qualifying. We just were grinding it out, a couple here and a couple there and eventually we get the win. It is nice to get one, really nice.”
PAUL WOLFE, Crew Chief, No. 22 AAA Insurance Ford Mustang Dark Horse
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR DRIVER, ESPECIALLY THAT MOVE ON MCDOWELL AT THE END?
“It was a long day, and I knew we had a good car in practice yesterday, but I wasn’t sure if the track would widen out and give us the opportunity to show what we had. We chipped away at it all day long, and the track was pretty racy. I thought if you had a good car, you could slowly make your way to the front. I think Coleman said it best, those last couple restarts, these are the moments that Joey lives for, and he performs better than anyone else out here in those circumstances, and I knew we had a great shot at it.”
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Finished 3rd)
YOU BATTLED ALL DAY TODAY AND GOT TO THE FRONT, YOU HAD A REALLY GOOD CAR AT THE END BUT WHAT MORE DID YOU NEED?
“I don't know. The one time I didn’t pick the outside the 71 got the lead and then I couldn’t get it back. Just driver making dumb decisions and not doing his job. I appreciate the team. The 12 car was a fast car today. I just can’t do anything right currently. Hopefully it will work itself out.”
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JOSH BERRY, No. 21 WURTH Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Accident on Lap 126)
“The car was really good. I could tell early on that our car was really strong, especially after the first pit stop when we made an adjustment it was really good and we got out front and felt really good about it. Just started to approach the lap traffic. 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 on the outside and felt pretty decent about it. Then caught the 51 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 you are going to be fast, it is going to be uncomfortable and you are going to be on edge. Unfortunately it bit us today.”
HOW TREACHEROUS WAS IT UP TOWARDS THE TOP?
|“It is just hard to get your car -- to be really strong in 1 and 2 you are going to be on edge in 3 and 4. I feel like my car was really good and that is how I felt. I definitely have to look back at it and see what I could have done differently but in the end I think I am more afraid of being slow than spinning out like that.”
IS THE TEAM STILL TRYING TO WORK ON THE CAR?
|“Yeah they are. We had a little miscommunication with NASCAR about whether I could get out or not. I got out and then they sent me to the care center. Either way I was going to have to go to the care center so we just went ahead and got it over with.”
