Joey Logano Stuns Field, Scores 1st Win Of 2025 at Texas

Joey Logano celebrates his second career Texas Motor Speedway win at the NASCAR Cup Series level in victory lane following the 2025 Würth 400. (Photo Credit: Sean Folsom | The Podium Finish)

FORT WORTH, Texas —  The three-time and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion, Joey Logano, overcame loads of adversity to score his first win of the 2025 campaign during Sunday’s Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.

The veteran driver from Middletown, Connecticut, led only seven laps in the closing moments. On Lap 264, just a few laps from the finish, the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford went low on the backstretch. He skillfully avoided a block from Michael McDowell and passed the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet to take the lead. Utilizing the final restart after McDowell crashed, overtaking Ross Chastain and Ryan Blaney, and securing the victory after navigating through 12 cautions during the event.

After Carson Hocevar, the defending NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year, led the first 22 laps of the race from his first career pole, Austin Cindric took control for most of Stage 1, taking on a challenge from Tyler Reddick for the race lead in the first 80 laps of the race.

Austin Cindric (No. 2) holding the race lead from Josh Berry (No. 21) during the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. (Photo Credit: Sean Folsom | The Podium Finish)

Denny Hamlin faced a significant setback when his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team experienced a motor failure entering Turn 2, resulting in the second caution of the race. This incident concluded Stage 1 under yellow, allowing Cindric to secure the stage victory.

As the caution period was lifted to begin Stage 2, Las Vegas winner Josh Berry found himself with the race lead, pulling out to a one-second lead over Kyle Larson as the stage progressed.

Berry found himself in trouble with 41 laps remaining in Stage 2. The driver of the No. 21 Ford Mustang for Wood Brothers Racing got loose while entering Turn 4, causing his car to spin sideways and back into the wall. This incident brought out the fourth caution flag of the day and derailed his chances of securing a big win at the 1.5-mile oval facility. Meanwhile, Larson went on to claim the Stage 2 victory, marking his sixth stage win of the 2025 Cup Series season.

Hocevar’s promising day after claiming his first NASCAR Cup Series pole, leading a total of 22 laps and finishing sixth in both stages, the young driver found himself in a three-car melee with Cody Ware and Ryan Preece with 33 laps remaining, trapping the No. 77 one lap down.

As the race reached the most critical point with just 10 laps remaining, McDowell was in the lead, ahead of the Team Penske duo of Blaney and Logano. Logano steadily approached, preparing to make his final move to claim victory. He executed that move successfully with four laps to go, as his No. 22 AAA Insurance Ford overtook McDowell’s No. 71. This marked Logano’s first lead of the day. Meanwhile, McDowell found himself crashing into the outside SAFER barrier wall, which destroyed his Chevrolet and dashed his hopes of winning, resulting in the final yellow flag of the race.

Joey Logano (No.22) fighting Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney (No.12) for position during the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. (Photo Credit: Sean Folsom | The Podium Finish)

As the race got back underway for NASCAR overtime, Logano was granted a huge push from Chastain that shot both cars way out in front, propelling Logano for the race lead as he would circle back around to score his first win of the 2025 season.

“The sport changes so quickly,” Logano said in a post-race interview.

“It’s crazy how you can just ride these rollercoasters and just proud of the team. Finally got (sponsor) AAA Insurance into Victory Lane. They’ve been a partner of mine since I’ve been at Penske, so 13, 14 years. I’ve yet to win with them. It was awesome to get that done here.”

Chastain, who helped Logano on the restart, settled for his best finish thus far in 2025 with a second-place run after starting 31st on the grid for the 400-mile sprint.

“Gosh, that’s a working day. Just no confidence in the car yesterday. Y’all saw that. Just the speed of the Trackhouse cars on Saturdays is just terrible. We’re just not confident, all three drivers. There was one pit stop today that (crew chief) Phil Surgen and the group took a ton of people back at Trackhouse and on the box here in GM at Chevrolet. They made me a confident driver all of a sudden with one adjustment. It was small stuff. It doesn’t even make sense, but after that, I was a confident driver.”

Blaney, Larson, and Erik Jones emerged as the top 5 finishers as the dust settled in Fort Worth.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon, John Hunter Nemechek, Christopher Bell, and Daniel Suarez rounded out the top 10 on Sunday afternoon.

For Logano, the victory now marks his 37th as a Cup Series driver, tied for 23rd all time with 1970 Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Isaac.

Logano sits ninth in the NASCAR Cup Series points standings, as well as a ticket to the NASCAR Playoffs as the series heads out to the Midwest for the Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, May 11.

Stage 1 Results
1. Austin Cindric
2. Tyler Reddick
3. Josh Berry
4. Kyle Larson
5. Chris Buescher
6. Carson Hocevar
7. William Byron
8. Ty Gibbs
9. Michael McDowell
10. Erik Jones

Stage 2 Results
1. Kyle Larson
2. Tyler Reddick
3. Alex Bowman
4. Ryan Preece
5. Bubba Wallace
6. Carson Hocevar
7. William Byron
8. Ryan Blaney
9. Joey Logano
10. Kyle Busch

Würth 400 Presented By Liqui Moly Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Results