NASCAR CUP SERIES: ENJOY ILLINOIS 300

September 13, 2026

Joey Logano

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Finishing third, Joey. Where did things get away from you, especially on the late restarts?

JOEY LOGANO: The restart where Larson took the lead. That's where I lost it obviously. He just rolled the bottom really good and cleared me, which is really surprising.

His first, like, three laps of every run was pretty spectacular. You had a bunch of three-lap runs there at the end. Once he got there, then the 48 got there, the 24 got there. Had no homies with me. No more friends. On my own (smiling).

All I could hope was that Bowman really, really, really wanted to win, was willing... That was my only chance there, that last one.

Larson got a good restart and cleared. Nothing I could do to manipulate anything. Really along for the ride the last couple restarts, because we lost it before that.

I mean, it's a good run, right? Got a lot of stage points, finished in the top five again, which is obviously what we need to do. Thinking about what the 25 points would feel like right about now, it does stink some.

Q. Is this a net positive day for the 22 team?

JOEY LOGANO: I mean, we got closer to where we need to be. Yeah when you have an opportunity like that, got a car like that, you need to win. We just didn't make it happen.