Logano has had a depressing begin to the 2024 NASCAR Cup season, with only one prime 10 end within the first six races and 4 finishes of twenty second or worse, together with a pair of DNFs.
He didn’t know fairly what to anticipate going into Richmond, however the weekend acquired off to a surprisingly sturdy begin when he superior to the ultimate spherical of qualifying on Saturday, which assured a begin within the prime 10.
Sunday evening’s race turned out to be simply nearly as good as Logano ran within the prime 10 or prime 5 just about your entire race and due to a late race warning, he acquired one closing time beyond regulation restart to attempt to steal a much-needed victory.
After dispatching his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin ended up holding Logano off by a scant 0.269 seconds however the runner-up end – and clear race – was a welcome respite from his early-season struggles.
“I had an opportunity. I didn’t get a adequate restart,” Logano mentioned. “I actually needed to stress them down into (Flip) 1 and pressure them to work up Truex, however I spun my tires there simply attempting to stick with them and that finally price me to be shut sufficient to do one thing.
“It feels good to be in the direction of the entrance once more. We haven’t had a run like that shortly, however it additionally stings to be that shut and never capitalize on the win. I assume I’ve blended feelings.”
Logano has had robust begins to the 12 months earlier than, however this season has been significantly tough.
Richmond’s outcome didn’t change a lot – he moved from twenty second to nineteenth within the collection standings – however mixed with a good eleventh place run final weekend at Circuit of the Americas, he’s strung collectively his two finest weeks of the season to this point.
“That is positively the toughest begin to a season we’ve had, however final week we began scratching and clawing and acquired just a little little bit of momentum and finally get to right here to the place we had been within the hunt once more,” Logano mentioned. “It feels good.
“It’s Richmond. It’s a singular race observe. It’s our greatest race observe as a group, so we anticipate to run good right here. I don’t know if this fully takes us out of the deep finish, however I believe finally, it’s a superb momentum-builder for certain.”
