Joey Logano frustrated after poor result puts title defense in jeopardy

Joey Logano was understandably frustrated after Sunday's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. 

The three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion led the most laps (35) of any driver on Sunday and had perhaps the fastest car in the field. But fuel mileage issues late in the race shuffled Logano and his Penske teammate in Ryan Blaney out of the top five, and when it was all said and done, Logano finished 16th. 

It was a golden opportunity at victory and a Championship 4 berth down the drain for the No. 22 team, who will need a win at Martinsville next week to advance to Phoenix. 

"It was a battle throughout the day," Logano told NBC Sports. "Led some good laps throughout the day, just the laps that mattered we weren't there, unfortunately. Really, really frustrating. Really frustrating, I tell you, because you're so close. When you see in front of you what you have to do, and you can't do anything about it, it's frustrating. We know what we gotta do now, it's pretty simple."