Richmond polesitter Ryan Blaney<\/a>, whose No. 12 Team Penske Ford led 88 laps and won Stage 1 before finishing 13th.<\/p>\nChase Elliott placed fifth in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet\u2014his first top-10 in the last 10 races. A two-time winner this season, Elliott formally locked in his Chase spot and sits sixth in the standings with two races left to finalize the 16-driver field.<\/p>\n
Seven drivers have now secured their championship berths: Hamlin, Blaney, Ty Gibbs (15th Saturday), five-race winner Tyler Reddick (11th after a disappointing 36th the previous week at Iowa), Briscoe, Elliott, and Christopher Bell.<\/p>\n
Kyle Larson, the two-time and reigning series champion, finished sixth in the No. 5 Hendrick Chevrolet, one spot ahead of Bell in the No. 20 JGR Toyota. Josh Berry was eighth for Wood Brothers Racing, followed by Hendrick teammates William Byron and Alex Bowman.<\/p>\n
Only two races remain\u2014at New Hampshire and Daytona International Speedway\u2014to set the Chase field. Currently occupying positions eight through 15 are Larson, Logano, Chris Buescher, Carson Hocevar, Byron, Daniel Su\u00e1rez, and Bubba Wallace.<\/p>\n
Trackhouse Racing\u2019s Shane van Gisbergen, a two-time winner this season, sits in the pivotal 16th place after finishing 14th at Richmond. He holds a 50-point cushion over Ryan Preece heading into next week\u2019s race at New Hampshire, while Ross Chastain trails his teammate by 63 points.<\/p>\n
The Trackhouse Racing driver qualified 31st and raced his way forward to finish 14th.<\/p>\n
\u201cAwesome job team,\u201d van Gisbergen radioed to his team post-race.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood pit stops, good strategy, good points night. It\u2019s what we need.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NASCAR Cup Series continues its title push next Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with the Dollar Tree 301. Ryan Blaney is the defending race winner.<\/p>\n
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Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway on August 15, 2026 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by David Jensen\/Getty Images)
\nCook Out 400 Results \u2013 400 Laps<\/p>\n
Pos
\nStr
\nNo.
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nBehind
\nGap
\nLaps Led
\nStatus<\/p>\n
1
\n10
\n22
\nJoey Logano
\nTeam Penske
\nShell Pennzoil Ford
\n0.000s
\n0.000
\n95
\nRunning<\/p>\n
2
\n2
\n19
\nChase Briscoe
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nBass Pro Shops Toyota
\n0.392s
\n0.392
\n171
\nRunning<\/p>\n
3
\n23
\n2
\nAustin Cindric
\nTeam Penske
\nMenards\/Quaker State Ford
\n7.953s
\n7.561
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
4
\n14
\n11
\nDenny Hamlin
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nBob\u2019s Discount Furniture Toyota
\n11.296s
\n3.343
\n3
\nRunning<\/p>\n
5
\n13
\n9
\nChase Elliott
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nUniFirst Chevrolet
\n13.701s
\n2.405
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
6
\n30
\n5
\nKyle Larson
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nHendrickCars.com Chevrolet
\n14.071s
\n0.370
\n2
\nRunning<\/p>\n
7
\n8
\n20
\nChristopher Bell
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nDeWalt Toyota
\n15.178s
\n1.107
\n29
\nRunning<\/p>\n
8
\n3
\n21
\nJosh Berry
\nWood Brothers Racing
\nMotorcraft\/Quick Lane Ford
\n15.904s
\n0.726
\n1
\nRunning<\/p>\n
9
\n5
\n24
\nWilliam Byron
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nCincinnati Chevrolet
\n18.592s
\n2.688
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
10
\n25
\n48
\nAlex Bowman
\nHendrick Motorsports
\nAlly Chevrolet
\n20.96s
\n2.368
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
11
\n32
\n45
\nTyler Reddick
\n23XI Racing
\nPinnacle Toyota
\n22.487s
\n1.527
\n7
\nRunning<\/p>\n
12
\n18
\n1
\nRoss Chastain
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nJockey 150th Anniversary Chevrolet
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
13
\n1
\n12
\nRyan Blaney
\nTeam Penske
\nBODYARMOR FLASH I.V. Ford
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
88
\nRunning<\/p>\n
14
\n31
\n97
\nShane Van Gisbergen
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nMitti Chevrolet
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
15
\n4
\n54
\nTy Gibbs
\nJoe Gibbs Racing
\nVictory Junction\/Cookout Toyota
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
1
\nRunning<\/p>\n
16
\n20
\n7
\nDaniel Suarez
\nSpire Motorsports
\nUHP.com Chevrolet
\n1 lap<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
17
\n6
\n60
\nRyan Preece
\nRFK Racing
\nCastrol Ford
\n2 laps
\n1 lap
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
18
\n35
\n4
\nNoah Gragson
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nLong John Silver\u2019s Ford
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
19
\n16
\n3
\nAustin Dillon
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nBass Pro Shops\/Winchester Supreme Long Range Chevrolet
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
20
\n7
\n23
\nBubba Wallace
\n23XI Racing
\nXfinity Toyota
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
3
\nRunning<\/p>\n
21
\n19
\n17
\nChris Buescher
\nRFK Racing
\nKroger\/Grab Kleenex Ford
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
22
\n12
\n42
\nJohn Hunter Nemechek
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nRexel Toyota
\n2 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
23
\n33
\n33
\nAustin Hill
\nRichard Childress Racing
\nMorgan & Morgan Chevrolet
\n3 laps
\n1 lap
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
24
\n17
\n35
\nRiley Herbst
\n23XI Racing
\nMonster Energy Toyota
\n3 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
25
\n11
\n88
\nConnor Zilisch
\nTrackhouse Racing
\nWeatherTech Chevrolet
\n3 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
26
\n9
\n6
\nBrad Keselowski
\nRFK Racing
\nBuildSubmarines.com Ford
\n3 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
27
\n21
\n43
\nErik Jones
\nLegacy Motor Club
\nDollar Tree Toyota
\n4 laps
\n1 lap
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
28
\n26
\n71
\nMichael McDowell
\nSpire Motorsports
\nWorkforce Chevrolet
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
29
\n29
\n41
\nCole Custer
\nHaas Factory Team
\nHaasTooling.com Chevrolet
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
30
\n27
\n34
\nTodd Gilliland
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nLove\u2019s Travel Stops Ford
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
31
\n28
\n47
\nRicky Stenhouse Jr.
\nHyak Motorsports
\nBrazier Lumber Company Chevrolet
\n4 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
32
\n34
\n10
\nTy Dillon
\nKaulig Racing
\nBeaver Street Fisheries Chevrolet
\n6 laps
\n2 laps
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
33
\n15
\n16
\nAJ Allmendinger
\nKaulig Racing
\nBlack\u2019s Tire\/Down East Heat & Air Chevrolet
\n6 laps<\/p>\n
0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
34
\n37
\n51
\nCody Ware
\nRick Ware Racing
\nRocket Doctor Chevrolet
\n8 laps
\n2 laps
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
35
\n36
\n66
\nJosh Bilicki
\nGarage 66
\nSouthern Tier Security Ford
\n9 laps
\n1 lap
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
36
\n24
\n38
\nZane Smith
\nFront Row Motorsports
\nAaron\u2019s Rent To Own Ford
\n34 laps
\n25 laps
\n0
\nRunning<\/p>\n
37
\n22
\n77
\nCarson Hocevar
\nSpire Motorsports
\nZeigler Auto Group Chevrolet
\n121 laps
\n87 laps
\n0
\nEngine<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Race Notes
Average Speed of Race Winner: 98.343 mph
Time of Race: 3 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Margin of Victory: .392 seconds
Caution Flags: 4 for 31 laps
Lead Changes: 29 among 10 drivers<\/p>\n
Lap Leaders: R. Blaney 0; C. Briscoe 1-2; R. Blaney 3; C. Briscoe 4-6; R. Blaney 7-31; J. Berry 32; T. Gibbs 33; B. Wallace 34-36; R. Blaney 37-78; C. Briscoe 79-106; R. Blaney 107-124; C. Briscoe 125-171; J. Logano 172-178; D. Hamlin 179; R. Blaney 180-181; J. Logano 182-233; D. Hamlin 234; J. Logano 235-243; C. Briscoe 244-279; K. Larson 280-281; T. Reddick 282-288; C. Briscoe 289-323; J. Logano 324; C. Bell 325-341; C. Briscoe 342-360; J. Logano 361; C. Briscoe 362; D. Hamlin 363; C. Bell 364-375; J. Logano 376-400.<\/p>\n
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Chase Briscoe 8 times for 171 laps; Joey Logano 6 times for 95 laps; Ryan Blaney 5 times for 88 laps; Christopher Bell 2 times for 29 laps; Tyler Reddick 1 time for 7 laps; Bubba Wallace 1 time for 3 laps; Denny Hamlin 3 times for 3 laps; Kyle Larson 1 time for 2 laps; Ty Gibbs 1 time for 1 lap; Josh Berry 1 time for 1 lap.<\/p>\n
An Interview with Race Winner Joey Logano<\/p>\n
THE MODERATOR: We\u2019ve now been joined by our race winner, Joey Logano.<\/p>\n
Congratulations on the win. Take us a little bit through the race from your vantage point and ultimately big points day for your team. You guys have really found your groove this summer. Talk a little bit about your thoughts and really what you\u2019re looking forward to over the next couple races.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Absolutely. Yeah, we\u2019ve been able to ride some momentum here right now. It\u2019s been a nice turnaround. We\u2019ve been able to switch our goals from making the Chase to winning the championship. It\u2019s quite the turnaround in a month and a half\u2019s time or so.<\/p>\n
I think it all kind of goes back to a little bit before Chicago probably, we started to see some speed there. Wilkesboro we expected to be good. Indy was strong. I look at the last month and a half, we\u2019ve been capable of winning all of \u2019em. It\u2019s nice to have been able to run up front and get stage points. That\u2019s really the telltale sign in speed of a race car, is how many stage points have you scored. Been able to capitalize a lot on that here recently.<\/p>\n
Nice to be up front again. It\u2019s a lot more fun doing it this way, I can promise you that (smiling). Tonight was a good race, right till the very, very end. I was able to run the 19 down there right before the last green flag cycle, get around him, then pit the next lap. The boys did a good job on pit road. The strategy was great. The pit stop was great. Able to keep us ahead of him.<\/p>\n
I kind of thought I was going to be able to cruise it in because we were so much better than him on the long haul the run before. They made their car a lot better on the last run there. I was a little freer. Got a lot closer than I thought it would be. Ended up being quite the race to the finish.<\/p>\n
A good classic, old-school Richmond race with different strategies, execution. Those are the races, they\u2019re really fun as racer to be part of. The purest NASCAR fans will absolutely love something like that. Hopefully TV was able to tell a good story on how it all happened and went down Kansas there were a lot of different storylines. It\u2019s fun to see all that stuff play out.<\/p>\n
THE MODERATOR: We\u2019ll now go to questions for Joey.<\/p>\n
Your crew chief gave you high credit for being a morale builder, keep the morale high when it\u2019s difficult. Give us an idea of how important that is and how tough it might have been this year.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Yeah, I mean, I\u2019m also a realist, you know? I don\u2019t sugarcoat much. Paul doesn\u2019t either. We have the tough conversations. I said after Wilkesboro, we had the conversation, it was like, What do we do? Something\u2019s not working.<\/p>\n
I remember vividly telling him sitting in his office, Paul, if I had the keys to this place, it had my name on the door, I don\u2019t know what I would do different.<\/p>\n
That was a confusing, frustrating thing to say because I felt like I have all the right people around me, we just weren\u2019t winning or running well in that case, which is kind of just confusing, head-scratching.<\/p>\n
Proud of everyone sticking together. Those are the times it\u2019s hard to do that. Times you see teams break. I\u2019d say it doesn\u2019t take much longer running the way we were running until something probably was going to break.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s nice to see we\u2019ve been able to make quite the recovery and, like I said, change our goals at this point of the season to where we have a legit shot at winning this championship now. We\u2019re getting hot at the right time. It will be a fun chase till the end.<\/p>\n
You mentioned you feel like you have a legit chance for the championship. It\u2019s probably ultimately going to be decided on mile-and-a-half racetracks. Where do you feel like you stack up? Is the path to the championship realistic for you considering where Penske has been at on the mile-and-a-half\u2019s?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: I feel like we\u2019ve made some good gains. Like I said, Indy, sure it\u2019s a beast of its own, but had a car that was good enough to win that one.<\/p>\n
Chicago we made some gains to where that last run of the race we were a top-three car. We got there too late when it got to getting the balance right and getting the speed.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I feel much better about it. Some of the rules that have been changed recently I think helped us some, kind of brought some of the guys that were taking advantage of some of that stuff more back towards us. I think that helped.<\/p>\n
I think that on top of finding a couple things setup-wise that made sense to where we can get the car driving the way I want it took some time to get to that point to where I can get that feel that I want in a car. It\u2019s just harder these days. We talk about it all the time. Without the practice, being able to sling springs and test, not being able to do all those things, it\u2019s hard to figure out what\u2019s magic button is to fix it.<\/p>\n
I think we eventually hit on a couple things. Okay, the world is round again. Everything makes sense, we can move on.<\/p>\n
You know it\u2019s an even year.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: I know, here we come (laughter).<\/p>\n
If you had to pick a time in the season to start getting hot and feeling confident, I would imagine right before this whole thing starts this is good timing?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Yeah, I mean, I wish we were a little better off in points than we are. We\u2019re getting there, right? We still got a couple more races where we can score a bunch of points.<\/p>\n
Next week in Loudon, I feel at home in that racetrack, that\u2019s home. Always a special one for me. Hopefully we can bring this amount of speed again and execute like this again. Like I said, even Iowa was strong. Two seconds in the stages. We had that little hiccup on pit road that kept us from finishing top three probably.<\/p>\n
Things are good. I wish we were a little bit closer to the front right now. I said before the season started, you got to be top 10 \u2013 I said 7 \u2013 but I think you can probably recover more than I thought. I think in the top 10 you can make a serious run at winning this thing.<\/p>\n
After you won stage two, what was your mentality going into stage three, and ultimately winning the race?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: I mean, here at Richmond you have to play the smart game, right? This is the race where the smart teams, smart driver wins. It\u2019s not the hammer-down type racetrack where the fastest driver who can just push their car the most wins. This isn\u2019t that type of racetrack. Those drivers pay a penalty for doing that.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all about managing, understanding what your car has in it, what you need in your car, how to manipulate the race the best you can, as far as when to push, when not to, when to save, understanding how the race is going to play out. Those things are important here.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s probably some people in this room, in the garage, fans, they\u2019re saying, Oh, my God, they\u2019re doing it again, he\u2019s doing it again. You said it yourself, you sat with Paul and said, I don\u2019t know what I would do different if I had the keys to fix it. So how are you doing it?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: I think everyone is just grinding away. You keep finding little things, like I said. Paul is a great leader. I\u2019ve said that many times, right? He\u2019s a silent leader. Every word has meaning behind it. When he does speak, there\u2019s no fluff, there\u2019s no sugarcoating, it\u2019s direct. He commands respect, as a leader like that.<\/p>\n
I think with him, Joe Bisson, our engineer, is spectacular. He\u2019s been able to help get the cars a lot faster, where I need to. Between Joe and Paul, they\u2019ve done a super job at getting us back in the game. On top of just everyone at Team Penske just grinding away, right? Trying to find that little bit more.<\/p>\n
I said some of those things stacked up that put us in this spot. Typically in racing it\u2019s never one thing. I think there\u2019s three or four things stacked up on top of each other at the same time that\u2019s brought our level of competitiveness to this level now from where we were running 20th two months ago.<\/p>\n
I think this is also the first time since your family expanded everybody\u2019s been here to see you win.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Yeah, that was a special, special moment to have everybody. That was the first win as our new larger family. It was fun.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s fun to get everybody up there and enjoy it. Yeah, be quite the van ride home. We\u2019re going to leave in the morning. Too late. Dad can\u2019t drive that late (smiling).<\/p>\n
You became the 22nd driver in history to lead 10,000 laps with your win. Also tied Rusty Wallace for the most wins with Team Penske. Can you talk about how special that is for you.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: I kind of forgot about that part.<\/p>\n
Team Penske to me, it\u2019s as home as home gets. Roger has been so loyal, so much fun to work with, whether it\u2019s the racing side or recently with the dealership stuff. It\u2019s been a blast learning that side of the business from the king, right, the guy that knows it better than anybody.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s behind me all the way. He\u2019s a real special person, him and Walt, Bud, Jonathan, Nelson, guys that are all these guys are great leaders, great people to be around.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve said it many times: you can\u2019t sore like an eagle with you\u2019re working with turkeys. This is a great group of people that get the best out of me and challenge me, doing it in right the right way, a professional way. It\u2019s been fun to grow there as a human, right, not just as a competitor, but to surround yourself with people that are just that level is going to make you better, right? You\u2019re the average of your five friends, right? Got some pretty good ones around me.<\/p>\n
You talk about the difference in the last month and a half. Big picture, you\u2019re 36 points out of sixth. Is that the next goal for you to go out there and chase?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: I haven\u2019t even had a chance to look at it yet. But sure, that sounds good (laughter). I haven\u2019t looked at nothing to see who\u2019s around us or things like that. I do know that\u2019s a good start yeah, sure, good.<\/p>\n
How far are we from 4th, 5th? Put you on the spot, didn\u2019t I?<\/p>\n
Yes, you did.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Nobody else in here knows? It\u2019s a lot of points in two races to make up. Have to have some wicked weekends.<\/p>\n
56 points from fifth.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: From fifth? It\u2019s possible. Obviously pretty tough in two races. Daytona\u2019s quite the you-never-know situation, especially with the new package.<\/p>\n
Looking away from the championship battle, kind of looking big picture at your history at Richmond, before this race, since 2019, you only had two finishes worse than sixth. A couple years ago, the win in 2017, races where the result hasn\u2019t reflected in the end the speed you had. How satisfying for you is just seeing the culmination today in a win?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Yeah, honestly I was rolling up here in the golf cart. I said that\u2019s three year, it should be like six, maybe seven or eight, as strong as we\u2019ve been here. You name it, it\u2019s happened here (smiling). All the different kinds of things. Been quite the highlight reel for the 22 at Richmond.<\/p>\n
Has your mentality changed? A month, six weeks ago, it was survival, get as many points, get in the Chase. You\u2019re now moving up. Does the mentality shift now with the team, we don\u2019t have to be as concerned about points, do some things a little bit differently?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Probably not because you\u2019re still points racing, right? You want to win when you can. When you have nights like tonight, you try to take advantage of it. You\u2019re still points racing. You\u2019re going to be that way all the way to the end because thinks the new format. This is what everybody wanted, so here you go. You want points racing, you\u2019re going to get it (smiling). That\u2019s really what it\u2019s about now.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re not caution to the wind like you used to be, all or nothing, win the race, get the Playoff points, all that, or move into the next round, locking yourself in. All that\u2019s gone, right? It\u2019s about just consistency and points, being good every weekend. That\u2019s what this format is now.<\/p>\n
You never can really race differently from weekend to weekend.<\/p>\n
This is not my words, but the words of some on social media may call you the Mickey Mouse champion.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Gee, thanks (smiling).<\/p>\n
Do you ever feel a fire with this new format, with you guys jumping and playing leapfrog in the points every single week? Do you feel that extra fire to get what some would call a legitimate championship, or do you focus on the big picture?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: To answer the question first, they\u2019re all legit. I don\u2019t care what the format is. Everyone knew the rules when it started, okay? I\u2019ll say that first (smiling).<\/p>\n
Do I have a little chip on my shoulder? Yes. That\u2019s a clear yes. So much that our little team slogan in our hauler, our scoreboard, is, 4 the Haters. That\u2019s where we\u2019re at. That\u2019s a little good extra motivation. Either way the Mickey Mouse ears look good on the trophies either way, and the check was pretty cool to go with it.<\/p>\n
Mark Martin dubbed you as the greatest thing since sliced bread when you were younger. Now you\u2019re one win away of tying him on all-time wins list. When you look at the timeline of your career, what\u2019s ahead, is there a benchmark that you\u2019re looking to get to, a certain target number, especially over the next couple of years?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: No, no. I\u2019ve never been one of those people that\u2019s, like, I need to get to this, unless my career\u2019s not complete. I\u2019m literally looking at the hood pins here. I want to win Loudon. That\u2019s the next one. I\u2019ve never looked that far. I never said I need to win this many championships or this many wins.<\/p>\n
I am somebody that plans way out in the future, because it\u2019s the type of person I am. But when it comes to competing, it\u2019s really just about the next race, the next challenge ahead of you. A lot of times if you can handle the next challenge, the things that are far away in the future will come to you. Just takes time to do that.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve never put that kind of pressure on myself because it\u2019s just so \u2014 I don\u2019t know, some of those things\u2026 Early in my career, if you said I\u2019d have 39 years, I\u2019d say it\u2019s unachievable. Especially the first three years of my career, I\u2019d be excited to run this many races, the way it started.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s cool to hear these stats. Mark Martin is a complete legend in our sport, one of the best to ever do it. To even be associated closely in any way to Mark Martin or Rusty Wallace with the Team Penske wins, all those things are really, really special.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s something that I don\u2019t take for granted. I think I\u2019ll think about it more when I am done than right now \u2019cause, again, I\u2019m still out the windshield, only at the hood pins. Maybe when I\u2019m done, I can look in the mirror and reflect a little bit more.<\/p>\n
How have you seen the collective confidence grow in the No. 22 team? How has your confidence grown, if at all?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Yeah, I mean, the part that I\u2019m most excited about is that this team has gone through moments like this before. This one was probably more extreme than any one we\u2019ve been through. But we\u2019ve been able to stick together, which is good.<\/p>\n
When you do get the speed, we\u2019re able to show back up, right? Sometimes you can kind of lose a little bit of fire, right? You can get a little down. We\u2019re human. That attitude is contagious through the team.<\/p>\n
Every now and again when you have a fast car, the last thing you want to do is lose it because everyone kind of let their guard down a little bit or just accepted defeat too much. That can happen for the pit crew. That can happen for the guys putting the cars together, not getting that last little bit when they\u2019re massaging the car, get that last little piece of downforce, whatever it may be, those parts and pieces they\u2019re trying to get.<\/p>\n
If you run 20th over and over again, that extra effort can go either way, right? You\u2019re either going to fight harder and try to make it up or you\u2019re going to accept it and go, We\u2019re the 20th-place team. That\u2019s where we\u2019re going to be this year.<\/p>\n
We were in the spot where we could go either way. This team fought harder and kept trying to figure it out. That\u2019s what to me is one of the most impressive parts about this team.<\/p>\n
A lot of that goes to that we are the team that won the championships together, right? We know we all can do it, which helps you a lot in those moments, to where I don\u2019t really have to say that much. Everyone knows we can do it because we\u2019ve done it.<\/p>\n
I think that and just experience on top of that. I love them, but we got an older team. Guys have been doing this for a long, long time on this race team. It\u2019s quite the old-school team. I like that. We all gel pretty well together.<\/p>\n
The point was made a few minutes ago about it\u2019s been a minute since you have been here in Victory Lane at Richmond. From a race craft perspective, what works for you here? What have been some of the biggest changes you\u2019ve noticed over the years?<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: I\u2019ll never tell you (smiling).<\/p>\n
I mean, Richmond doesn\u2019t change much. It\u2019s very consistent. It\u2019s also usually you see the same cars run good here every time. Once a driver, team kind of get ahold of this place, you\u2019re locked in to being good here. It\u2019s a finicky place. It doesn\u2019t take much to be way off or good. When a team and a driver can understand both what you need to do to be fast for a short run, long run, how to manage the race, it ends up being the same cars almost every time.<\/p>\n
Tonight wasn\u2019t really any exception to that. You see the Gibbs cars, they\u2019ve been fast here for years. Old car, new car, our cars have been strong, old car, new car. The drivers, all the Penske cars ran really good tonight, which was great to see.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I mean, I think once you get ahold of the place, you kind of got it.<\/p>\n
THE MODERATOR: Joey, thank you for coming in, spending some time with us.<\/p>\n
JOEY LOGANO: Appreciate it. Safe travels home. Thanks, guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RICHMOND, Va. \u2013 Joey Logano issued a not-so-subtle reminder Saturday night that he remains a three-time NASCAR Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-860115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway on August 15, 2026 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images for NASCAR)<\/p>\n