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NASCAR Cup Series Fans Respond To Joey Logano Snapping Skid, Earning Würth 400 Title At Texas Motor Speedway

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So much for the season-long slump by the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion. 

While surviving the attrition at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Joey Logano earned his first win and top-five finish in 11 events. Logano, who led just seven of 271 laps, won in overtime after claiming the lead for good after passing Michael McDowell along the backstretch. He won by 0.346 seconds over runner-up Ross Chastain. 

Clinching the title, Logano executed a near-flawless overtime restart. 

 Logano’s Team Penske’s teammate, Ryan Blaney, placed third after leading two rotations and falling back one spot on the final lap. 

Logano earned his 37th career win after starting P27 Sunday.  

X (Twitter) users responded to Logano getting back to Victory Lane Sunday, becoming the ninth different winner during the past nine races at Texas … 

 After winning his first career pole position, Zane Smith paced the field as the green flag flew … 

Remember this Texas moment … 

Was it karma after he gave the “horns down” sign during driver introductions? Well, Denny Hamlin’s machine caught fire on Lap 75. Hamlin escaped serious injury, but placed last …  

 Stage 1 winner Austin Cindric led for 60 laps, but was the last machine running, placing P25 … 

Stage 2 winner Kyle Larson led for 90 laps, but settled for a P4 …

With William Byron leading off the Lap 172 restart, the first “major” crash transpired after Bubba Wallace, in P7, lost control along Turn 2 and struck the inside wall. Along the way, AJ Allmendinger, Alex Bowman, Noah Gragson, and Chad Finchum were taken out in “the big one we didn’t have last week” at Talladega Superspeedway … 

Kyle Busch crashed along Turn 4, while Ricky Stenhouse Jr. went for a slide in the infield. Stenhouse recovered to earn a P6 … 

Ryan Preece, Cody Ware and pole-sitter Carson Hocevar wipe each other out on Lap 237. Hocevar earned the extra playoff point for executing the fastest lap (28.56 seconds) at the 1.5-mile quad oval … 

McDowell led with five to go in regulation, but bowed out late, placing P26 … 

 The final OT restart …