Start: 10th |  Finish: 35th  | Points: 17th

Stage One: 1st  |  Stage Two: 8th 

Joey Logano and the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil team had their share of ups and downs during Sunday’s 67th running of the DAYTONA 500 as a late-race incident resulted in a 35th-place finish despite Logano leading 43 laps on the day. Following a rain delay that lasted just over three hours after completing the first 11 laps, Logano charged his way to the front and led 38 of the 65 laps in the opening segment to pick up the first stage win of the season. After taking the green flag from the outside of row one for Stage 2, Logano experienced a mechanical issue that required him to come down pit road under caution as the No. 22 team went under the hood to assess. Logano went down a lap in the process and was noticeably off the pace when returning on track, but another caution allowed the team to continue work on pit road while receiving the free pass to rejoin the lead lap. Once Logano was back up to speed, he charged his way back through the field to post an eighth-place finish in Stage 2. The 22 crew went under the hood one final time during the stage caution – relegating Logano to the tail end of the field for the ensuing restart – but once again found himself back in contention with under 20 laps remaining. Logano’s battle to the front of the field was halted with 15 to go as contact with the No. 47 on the backstretch set off a multi-car incident that ultimately brought an end to the 22 team’s night in a 35th-place finish.

“From my perspective, I felt like to win the race I had to get to the second row in my line there. I was in third and needed to get to second. I saw the opportunity to drop down and get underneath [Ricky Stenhouse Jr.] and have [Noah Gragson], another Ford, behind me. Then [Stenhouse Jr.] threw a late block there. I checked up for it and it looked like he was going to go back up and grab the top lane so I went back in to try and close the gap again but he kept coming down. I am checking up but at that point the checkup has already happened behind me and everybody is all over each other. I can’t get out of it and then we made contact. It is unfortunate. We had a good Shell-Pennzoil Mustang. We had a good car but just couldn’t get it done.”

WHAT’S NEXT:The NASCAR Cup Series will make its way to Atlanta Motor Speedway next with on-track action kicking off Saturday, February 22 at 11:30 a.m. ET on Prime Video. The race broadcast will be live on Sunday, February 23 at 3 p.m. ET on FOX.