During a chaotic pit lane sequence and the second stage at Texas Motor Speedway, Joey Logano's day ended early, following him smashing his left front into the No. 41 of Cole Custer when Custer abruptly stopped on the pit lane in Sunday's Würth 400.
The incident happened as cars were nearly avoiding each other up and down the line, with many taking only two tires into the pits. Kyle Larson nearly collided with Chase Briscoe when Briscoe left his box early, and Larson was coming into pit a box ahead.
Custer stopped because the No. 54 of Ty Gibbs was quickly leaving his pit stall when he got rammed by Logano, who finished his pit stop further up pit row.
"Everyone was trying to get two tires, and the whole field is passing you because the pit stops are so fast on two tires," Logano told Fox Sports' Jaime Little about the crash. "He just checked up in front of me, stopped, and you're trying to look and try to get up out of the way, and it just stopped. There was nothing I could do. I couldn't stop in time.
It's been a tough year, Jamie, to say the least. But prior to the speed we had today, the Discount Tire Mustang had good speed. Speed capable of going up there and running into that long run there. At the end of the stage, we're one of the best, if not the best car, which makes it hurt even more to be honest with you. But glad we had speed at least, and all you can do is keep digging."
This crash came just minutes after Logano narrowly avoided the spinning Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chrevolot of William Byron.
Logano and Custer join Christopher Bell in the garage. Bell was leading when a freak incident on track ended his day, when the No. 34 of Todd Gilland crashed ahead of the leaders into the wall and came shooting down the track, clobbering the No. 20 JGR entry.
While the crash ended Logano's day, the No. 41 team was able to make extensive repairs and rejoin the race in the final stage to try and regain a few positions following the retirements of Ty Gibbs, Chad Finchum, and Kyle Larson.
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