Joey Logano Holds On At Phoenix To Win His Third Cup Series Championship
3 weeks agoJoey Logano won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway, which gave him the 2024 Cup Series title. Starting from the second position, Logano displayed one of the best cars in the field from the beginning, making it to the lead after 10 laps and he never looked back, winning the first stage of the race. In the second stage, Logano had a slow pit stop, sending him back to fifth, where he ran until after the first set of green flag pit stops. Logano's team improved his car enough where he went to third by the end of the second stage. In the final stage, Logano restarted fourth but recovered back to second until the final set of green flag pit stops. Then, on lap 250, the caution came out for Zane Smith crashing, leading Logano back to pit road one more time and setting him up for what was the race's final restart in the fifth position. Logano quickly captured the lead once again and made a sizable back to second, which would be cut down in the closing laps as Logano's teammate Ryan Blaney had a faster car on longer green flag runs. Logano blocked Blaney enough times and held on to win the race and obtain his third Cup Series championship title.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com