With six victories this season, Denny Hamlin stands as the odds-on favorite to win the Cup Championship among the final four contenders. Yet his 21-year wait for a title still threatens over one of NASCAR’s most consistent performers, a storyline that fuels both fan anticipation and sentiment.
William Byron won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, clinching a spot in the Championship 4 at Phoenix.
The fourth year of NASCAR's Next-Gen car will be the first year that Team Penske does not win the NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Without a win at Martinsville in 2018, Joey Logano likely wouldn't have gone on to win his first NASCAR Cup Series title later that same year. But on Sunday at Martinsville, when he needed another clutch win, the three-time Cup Series champion didn't have enough.
On Sunday, the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series will take on the half-mile Martinsville Speedway in the penultimate race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Team Penske drivers have a knack for coming alive when the playoffs roll around. Joey Logano, for one, has made a habit of doing just enough in the regular season, winning a single race each year to punch his playoff ticket, before turning up the heat in the final stretch to capture two championships in the last three seasons.
Joey Logano has been involved in the philanthropic work since long before NASCAR established its Driver Ambassador Program, which rewards drivers who promote the sport through appearances and media efforts.
Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney suffered from a disappointing end to their races at the YellaWood 500 at Talladega despite looking strong from the get-go. Both Penske drivers had a great shot at finishing within the top five and strengthening their playoff positions, but because of the team’s chaotic fuel strategy, they couldn’t do so.
Last year’s two-week break for the 2024 Summer Olympics proved to be a blessing in disguise for several NASCAR drivers, Kyle Busch among them. Busch, who had been struggling to find form, came back from the hiatus swinging, notching three top-5 and two top-2 finishes in the final four regular-season races.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — If Team Penske and NASCAR want to salvage even a shred of fan-respect heading into their knock-out showdown at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, they need to quietly root against Joey Logano.
Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney were starving for help behind them late in this past Sunday’s Round of 8 playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway. They started up front on the Stage 3 restart with 17 laps to go, in good position for at least one of them to win the race.
The Team Penske duo of Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney had control of Sunday’s Round of 8 playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway. They started up front on the Stage 3 restart with 17 laps to go, in good position for at least one of them to win the race.
Joey Logano suffered from mediocre results at the YellaWood 500 at Talladega. The Penske star started the race from P16 and could not gain any positions on track towards the end of the race.
Joey Logano was understandably frustrated after Sunday's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Following the YellaWood 500, here's what the NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings look like.
Both Team Penske drivers will need a win at Martinsville to keep their title hopes alive.
Joey Logano may sit seventh in the standings, 24 points adrift of the cutline to make it into the Championship 4, but he knows it takes just one race to turn the tables.
Entering the race weekend at Talladega, Joey Logano is in a precarious position. He is 7th in points and -24 to the cutline. If Logano wants to make the Championship 4, a win is the easy way out.
As the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs head into the Round of 8 on Sunday in the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, three-time and defending series champion Joey Logano finds himself in a very familiar situation, the perceived underdog in the championship fight with a plethora of race tracks that suit his driving style perfectly coming up.
For years now, the NASCAR playoff format has been the sport’s favorite argument starter. Whether it’s fans debating “true champions” or former drivers calling for a return to the old full-season points system, the chatter never really stops.
Joey Logano’s no stranger to the spotlight, but after the Charlotte Roval’s wild finish, he caught heat like never before. Fans in the stands let him have it, booing during interviews and broadcast hits, while social media erupted with shade, calling his Round of 8 advance a “lucky” fluke.
Highlights Joey Logano fires back at critics ahead of the Round of 8 race at Las Vegas with a defiant message. The defending champion believes he’s misunderstood, saying most criticism comes from people who don’t know him personally.
It’s official. NASCAR is moving towards a tweaked playoff format. After the turbulent waves of criticism crashed on Joey Logano’s 2024 championship, the sport is yielding.
In the chaos of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, survival often matters more than raw speed. And when it comes to surviving by way of clawing, scraping, and strategizing through each elimination round, few do it better than Joey Logano and the No.
Highlights: Joey Logano was surprised by NASCAR's delayed caution late in Truck Series race. Cup Series had a similar delayed caution the week before at Kansas.
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