[autotag]Joey Logano[/autotag] took the white flag at Richmond Raceway and saw Victory Lane in his sights for the second time in 2024. However, that went south in Turn 3 as Austin Dillon dumped Logano with no intentions of making the corner. Then, Dillon made contact with Denny Hamlin en route to victory lane. It was a disappointing finish for Logano, who came home in 19th place after a near victory.
Following the event, Logano was seeing red and didn’t hold back his frustrations about Dillon. The driver of the No. 22 car was rightfully upset and blasted the Richard Childress Racing driver.
“It’s chicken [expletive],” Logano said. “There’s no doubt about it. [Austin Dillon] is four car lengths back, not even close. Then he wrecks the 11 to go along with it. Then he’s going to go up there and thank God and praise everything with his baby. It’s a bunch of BS. It’s not even freakin’ close.”
AUSTIN DILLON SLAMS INTO JOEY LOGANO!
HE WINS AT RICHMOND. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/6fCmEzG6WC
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) August 12, 2024
“Dude, I get it, bump-n-run. I get it. I didn’t back up the corner at all. He came in there and just drove through me. It’s ridiculous that that’s the way we race. Unbelievable. I get bump-n-runs. I do that. I would expect it. But from four car lengths back, he was never going to make the corner. Then he wrecks the other car, wrecks [Denny Hamlin] to go with it. What a piece of crap.”
Logano was one turn away from his second victory of the 2024 NASCAR season but went home with a top-20 finish. There will be plenty of debates within NASCAR on whether Dillon receives a penalty or not, but it doesn’t change the result for the Team Penske driver. Logano lost out on the win and five playoff points, which can’t be returned during the week.
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