
Start: 26th | Finish: 28th | Points: 1st (ADV)
Stage One: 22nd | Stage Two: 20th


Joey Logano came away with a 28th-place finish Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a week after the 22 team clinched its spot in the Championship 4 with a dramatic win at Las Vegas. Logano was forced to start at the rear of the field after replacing the steering system following qualifying Saturday as crew chief Paul Wolfe altered his strategy accordingly, opting to run long during the first green flag pit cycle in order to gain track position. Logano cycled to fourth in the running order before Wolfe called him to pit road on lap 41. The caution flew just seven laps later, prompting Wolfe to keep Logano on track with three other cars that also pitted late in the cycle. Logano took the restart from the inside of row one, but fresher tires prevailed over the final 27 laps of the stage in a 22nd-place result. Logano worked his way back towards the top-10 during the opening run of Stage 2 as the 22 team continued to work on the balance of the Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford. Logano went on to take the green-and-white checkered flag 20th in the second segment. The No. 22 continued to battle through traffic over the course of the final run of the afternoon, but the green flag pit cycle trapped Logano a lap down before the caution flag flew with 13 to go, allowing him to take the wave around under yellow to get back on the lead lap for the final restart of the day. Logano went on to take the checkered flag 28th in the final intermediate track event of the 2024 season.


“Hard-fought day for our Hunt Brothers Pizza team. Starting at the back forced us to rely heavily on strategy from the start in order to make back some track position but it didn’t quite fall our way. Hopefully we can build some momentum in Martinsville before heading to Phoenix to race for a championship.”
WHAT’S NEXT:The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway for the Round of 8 finale on Sunday, November 3. Coverage of the XFINITY 500 begins at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

