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NASCAR Results Today: Texas – Joey Logano battles Team Penske team-mate as dramatic Cup race goes to overtime

After 267 laps of NASCAR Cup Series action, and overtime for good measure, reigning champion Joey Logano has won the 2025 Wurth 400. In a race that saw 12 cautions thrown, the Team Penske star got himself into contention late on at Texas Motor Speedway having started way down in 27th, ultimately securing the victory […]

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After 267 laps of NASCAR Cup Series action, and overtime for good measure, reigning champion Joey Logano has won the 2025 Wurth 400.

In a race that saw 12 cautions thrown, the Team Penske star got himself into contention late on at Texas Motor Speedway having started way down in 27th, ultimately securing the victory with an overtime pass on Team Penske team-mate Ryan Blaney.

Blaney also went on to be overtaken by Ross Chastain in overtime, with the No. 12 Ford having to make do with third spot.

Elsewhere, Kyle Larson and Erik Jones rounded out the top five at Texas, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Austin Dillon, John Hunter Nemechek, Christopher Bell and Daniel Suarez, in that order.

Earlier in the race, after 75 laps of racing, Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota caught fire after experiencing an engine issue, seeing the first stage end under caution, with Austin Cindric taking the victory.

Then, in stage two, the caution came out to end the stage once again, this time following a tire blowout for Chris Buescher. Larson was the winner of that stage, although had close company from Tyler Reddick behind.

With that said, let’s take a look at the full race results from Texas.

NASCAR Cup Series results: Who won the Texas race today?

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske Ford
2	Ross Chastain	1	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
3	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske Ford
4	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
5	Erik Jones	43	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
7	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
8	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
9	Christopher Bell	20	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
10	Daniel Suarez	99	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
11	Todd Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports Ford
12	Ty Dillon	10	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
13	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
14	Riley Herbst	35	23XI Racing Toyota
15	Justin Haley	7	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
16	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17	Zane Smith	38	Front Row Motorsports Ford
18	Chris Buescher	17	RFK Racing Ford
19	Cole Custer	41	Haas Factory Team Ford
20	Kyle Busch	8	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
21	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Ford
22	Shane van Gisbergen	88	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
23	Ty Gibbs	54	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
24	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
25	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske Ford
26	Michael McDowell	71	Front Row Motorsports Ford
27	Chase Briscoe	19	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
28	Brad Keselowski	6	RFK Racing Ford
29	Ryan Preece	60	RFK Racing Ford
30	Cody Ware	51	Rick Ware Racing Ford
31	Jesse Love	62	Beard Motorsports Chevrolet
32	Josh Berry	21	Wood Brothers Racing Ford
33	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing Toyota
34	Noah Gragson	4	Front Row Motorsports Ford
35	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
36	AJ Allmendinger	16	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
37	Chad Finchum	66	Garage 66 Ford
38	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

NASCAR Cup Series: Texas Stage 2 results

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Toyota
3	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4	Ryan Preece	60	RFK Racing Ford
5	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing Toyota
6	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
7	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske Ford
9	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske Ford
10	Kyle Busch	8	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

NASCAR Cup Series: Texas Stage 1 results

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske Ford
2	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Toyota
3	Josh Berry	21	Wood Brothers Racing Ford
4	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
5	Chris Buescher	17	RFK Racing Ford
6	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
7	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8	Ty Gibbs	54	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
9	Michael McDowell	71	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
10	Erik Jones	43	Legacy Motor Club Toyota

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USAC National Midgets Results From Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex

Sweet Springs, Missouri — Kale Drake may not be overly superstitious, but at the least, he is certainly a little bit stitious. Prior to Sunday night’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, the Collinsville, Oklahoma native was involved in a series of fortunate events with the number […]

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Sweet Springs, Missouri — Kale Drake may not be overly superstitious, but at the least, he is certainly a little bit stitious.

Prior to Sunday night’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, the Collinsville, Oklahoma native was involved in a series of fortunate events with the number two featuring prominently everywhere he turned.

“I was talking to (USAC official Kirk Spridgeon) and Justin (Grant) at the trailer earlier today and I told them that when I stopped at the gas station, it was $22.22. After that, I drew the pill 22, then I put on 22 tear-offs before the A-Main. I might be superstitious but I think it worked out,” Drake said with a laugh.

2025 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midgets at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex

In the end, that same numeral played an integral role in the backdrop of Drake’s fortunes at Sweet Springs. As a matter of fact, he was leading the USAC Midget race there in 2024 with two laps remaining when he found trouble and bounced to a stop, ending his bid for the win.

On Sunday, Drake was slotted third on the final restart. Picking up from where he left off one year ago, Drake made a charge around the outside to take the lead with – you guessed it – two laps to go. Lest we mention that he led the feature three different times, each in chunks of two laps at a time – laps 1-2, laps 16-17 and laps 29-30.

When all was said it done, Drake collected – wait for it – USAC National Midget career victory number two. But to do it in such dramatic fashion, this will be one he remembers for a lifetime, possibly “two” lifetimes.

“Holy smokes, that was a long race and a technical one and super fun,” Drake exclaimed. “That’s not quite up my alley but we made it work.”

Drake was in a prime spot for the start of the 40-lap main event – on the pole position in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/Eibach – TRD – Toyota – Mobil 1/LynK/Speedway Toyota. But after leading the opening lap, he found himself suddenly on the chase of his teammate, Jacob Denney.

But on lap 16, Denney tripped over the turn two cushion, opening the door for Drake to race on by while utilizing the bottom of turns three and four to edge his way into the lead. After the lap was completed, 17th running Garrett Benson flipped into the outside wall at the exit of turn four. He was okay, but his night was over.

Now let’s flashback to before the start of the feature. Riley Kreisel was initially slated to start on the pole, but in a wild turn of events, was penalized for being late to staging, delayed while attempting to remedy a tire bleeder issue. The result was a two row penalty, which docked Kreisel back to fifth on the grid. However, as it turned out, it wasn’t much of a deterrent to the determined Kreisel.

Kreisel’s Ron Cox owned ride hadn’t been fired since January’s Chili Bowl Nationals four months earlier. Furthermore, he only found out he was going to compete at Sweet Springs at 11pm the night before. On top of everything else, it was only his third career USAC National Midget start and his first since seven years prior in 2018 at the very same 1/6-mile Sweet Springs dirt oval.

The beneficiary of Kreisel’s position shuffle was Drake who moved from the outside of the front row to the pole, a spot he actually wasn’t all that particularly at ease with.

“I didn’t know how I really felt about taking the pole over,” Drake admitted. “I didn’t really want to start the race off and set the pace, but Jacob got out in front of me and showed me what I needed to do and what not to do, which really showed me where the limit was.”

Back to Kreisel. Just after the restart, he found his groove on the bottom and rolled past Denney for second on the 17th circuit, then picked off Drake moments later on lap 18 for the lead. At the same time, 13th starting Drake Edwards followed Kreisel’s path to slot into second ahead of Drake. However, Edwards performed a half-spin in turn two on lap 24 and lost grip of the second spot to Drake in the meantime. That said, Edwards stuck with it and snuck his way back into second on the bottom past Drake as the pair worked around the lapped car of Thomas Meseraull.

Meanwhile, Kreisel’s lead had expanded to a full second and he looked to be on his way to a surefire first career USAC national victory. But on lap 37, series Rookie Brandon Carr (20th) hooked the turn one cushion and nearly flipped before coming to a rest on all fours. Kreisel’s 1.35 second advantage over the field was erased due to the caution and he now had the field bearing down on him with a three-lap shootout on the horizon.

Sitting third with three to go was Drake who had low line dwellers Kreisel and Edwards, both first time USAC national winning hopefuls, sitting in front of him coming back to green. There was only one place to “send it.”

“I had to remind myself on that restart that I know what I’m doing and I have the best guys behind me, and I just needed to hit my marks,” Drake recalled. “It really came down to that last restart. I really had to send it. If I could hit my marks, I knew I had the best car on the racetrack, so it was just a matter of committing. It took a lot of commitment to run it up there and be fast.”

Staying true to his personal pep talk under the helmet, Drake dug in on the outside and nipped Edwards at the stripe for second with two to go on lap 38. Heading to the white flag, Drake hit the cushion in turn one perfectly, then launched off turn two to dispose of Kreisel and place himself at the top of the leaderboard.

On the last go around, Drake changed course and attacked the bottom of turns three and four to thwart off Kreisel and Edwards and block the lane. Drake crossed the line with a 0.363 second margin of victory, his first in USAC since a BC39 prelim win last September.

Behind him, Justin Grant seemingly came out of nowhere, picking off both Kreisel and Edwards in one fell swoop off turn four to get the second spot by a car length. The runner-up result also moved Grant back to the top of the USAC National Midget standings. Grant’s fourth to second final corner surge proved to be the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.

In Arizonian Drake Edwards’ first ever visit to Sweet Springs, he earned his best career USAC National Midget finish. He very nearly won the thing after starting 13th but wound up a strong third to round out the podium.

Kreisel fell to fourth after leading a race high 21 laps while 2018 and 2024 Sweet Springs USAC Midget feature winner Logan Seavey took fifth.

Andrew Felker doesn’t run USAC National Midgets very often, but when he does, he does some mighty fine work. He advanced 12 positions on his way from 19th to 7th to collect the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.

Earlier in the evening, Cannon McIntosh recorded his 12th career USAC National Midget fast time during Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying. That moved him to 49th on the all-time list alongside Don Meacham, Larry Rice and Josh Wise.

USAC National Midgets At Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex Results

1. Kale Drake (1), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Drake Edwards (13), 4. Riley Kreisel (5), 5. Logan Seavey (3), 6. Gavin Miller (11), 7. Andrew Felker (19), 8. Kyle Jones (15), 9. Cannon McIntosh (6), 10. Jacob Denney (2), 11. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9), 12. Gunnar Setser (12), 13. Daniel Robinson (24), 14. Cale Coons (18), 15. Steven Snyder Jr. (17), 16. Hayden Reinbold (7), 17. Brecken Reese (14), 18. Thomas Meseraull (21), 19. Branigan Roark (22), 20. Mack Leopard (8), 21. Brandon Carr (20), 22. Kameron Key (10), 23. Garrett Benson (16), 24. Chad Winfrey (23)

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Bishop Motorsports welcomes Jordan DaCosta to the team

Bishop Motorsports is proud to officially welcome 18-year-old Florida drag racing sensation Jordan DaCosta to the team. Just one month after joining the program, Jordan traveled to Minnesota to meet the team and complete his NHRA licensing process—an experience that turned heads and proved he’s one to watch. In a remarkable display of talent, Jordan […]

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In a remarkable display of talent, Jordan successfully licensed in five NHRA classes—Super Street, Super Gas, Super Comp, Top Dragster, and Advanced ET—in just three days.

“This is something big and exciting for our sport,” said team owner Chris Bishop. “To see someone so young adapt and drive at such a high level with this kind of versatility—it’s rare. Jordan showed us right away that he’s the real deal.”

Jordan’s journey to this milestone has been fueled by determination and vision.

“I’ve been working toward finding an NHRA team that believes in me and shares the same goals,” said Jordan DaCosta. “I can’t believe I’ve gotten to this point. Before this, my personal best was a 9.33 in the quarter mile. Now, I’m leaving Minnesota with a new personal best of 7.75 seconds and a top speed of 180 MPH+. It’s unreal.”

From day one, Jordan made it clear he wasn’t here to take shortcuts. AJ from Go Lithium and Bishop Motorsports’ Partnership & Logistics Manager shared:
“From day one, Jordan showed he was willing to put in the work. We threw roadblocks in his path, and he overcame every single one without hesitation. When he finally got in the car, he didn’t just show up—he proved he belonged. Jordan is the real deal. He’s focused, driven, and eager to learn, both on and off the track. He lifts up everyone around him and shares the same vision we do. We’re proud to have him with us and excited to see where his journey takes him next.”

Adding to the excitement of the weekend, Jordan also got to experience the winner’s circle when teammate Steve Stockton captured the win in Super Pro, and teammate Cameron earned a runner-up finish in Junior Dragster. The weekend was not just a breakthrough for Jordan—it was a winning weekend all around for Bishop Motorsports.

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“Pissed off” Joey Logano calls out Bell, ‘gimmick’ All-Star Race caution

Joey Logano did not go and win back-to-back in the NASCAR All-Star Race, but he certainly gave it everything he had. The Team Penske driver was in control of the race until the promoter’s caution was displayed with just under 40 laps to go. The controversial new rule for this non-Championship points exhibition race allowed […]

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The controversial new rule for this non-Championship points exhibition race allowed for the race promoter to throw one caution, whenever they want, between Lap 100 and 220 in the 250-lap event.

Logano ended up finishing second to Christopher Bell, and he wasn’t too thrilled with him or Speedway Motorsports CEO Marcus Smith.

“I’m glad you had a blast,” Logano told a NASCAR on FOX reporter. “I’m pissed off right now. Just dang it, we had the fastest car. The Shell-Pennzoil Mustang was so fast. You get to — I’m trying to choose my words correctly on the caution situation. Obviously I got bit by it, so I am the one frustrated obviously.

“Gosh, I don’t know. I felt like the falloff wasn’t too bad as the sun went down, and yeah, six cars or so stayed out with us. Thought maybe we could hold him off but the 20 [Bell] had a good enough restart, cleared too many of them too fast. I couldn’t get away in time. It took me six, seven laps to get my car up and rolling again.

Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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Logano continued, struggling to hold back his annoyance. “I did all I could do to hold him off and he got under me and released the brake and gave me no option. Kind of just ran me up into the wall, and if I could’ve got to him, he was going around after a move like that, I just couldn’t get back to him. Just too much to try to make up with the tire deficit.

“Just frustrated after you lead so many laps and the car is so fast and you don’t win, it hurts quite a bit.”

In a later media scrum, Logano spoke more about Bell’s race-winning move. “It is what it is,” said Logano. “I don’t know. I mean, sure. Sure. He did it good enough that I couldn’t get back to him because I was gonna show him what fair was, but I just couldn’t get there. I just couldn’t get there with the tires. I couldn’t get away fast enough. It took me six or seven laps after that restart to get rolling again and then he passed too many cars there the first couple laps and then he was there. I was doing all I can to play defense until my rear tires would come in and it just took too long, and then he was gone. I couldn’t catch back up.

“It’s frustrating when you lead that many laps, you had the fastest car and a gimmick caution beats you. It just sucks, but it is what it is. You move on and we’ll be happy that we had the best car the last two times that we’ve been here. I wish we had two wins, though.”

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All-Star Race; Gragson Claims Fan Vote

Carson Hocevar recorded his first All-Star Open victory on Sunday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. NWS/HHP photo From the North Wilkesboro Speedway The NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday, May 18, added two first-time participants – winner Carson Hocevar and runner-up John Hunter Nemechek – through the All-Star Open on Sunday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Noah Gragson […]

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Carson Hocevar recorded his first All-Star Open victory on Sunday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. NWS/HHP photo

From the North Wilkesboro Speedway

The NASCAR All-Star Race on Sunday, May 18, added two first-time participants – winner Carson Hocevar and runner-up John Hunter Nemechek – through the All-Star Open on Sunday at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Noah Gragson qualified for his third All-Star Race start by winning the Fan Vote for the third consecutive year.

Hocevar, though, felt like the real winner. The Spire Motorsports driver assumed the point after pole winner Shane van Gisbergen dominated the opening 50 laps, but pitted for four tires under a caution period and never recovered the track position.

Hocevar used a quick two-tire stop, clean air and a strong car to keep all comers at bay, while a slew of contenders fought it out for the second transfer spot. Nemechek’s Legacy Motor Club team opted to take four tires under a late caution for Riley Herbst’s spin, and used the improved grip to catch and pass Bubba Wallace for second. Wallace faded to eighth on old tires.

Ty Dillon ended up third with Erik Jones fourth and Michael McDowell fifth. Gragson advanced after finishing 17th.

CARSON HOCEVAR, NO. 77 SPIRE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET (Race Winner): “Super big for this group, this team. It’s great to win, especially being challenged by tires there. I had my hands full. We definitely have to go to work here on our race car because I didn’t really like it, but it’s a good sign that we didn’t like it and we were still pretty quick there.”

JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK, NO. 42 LEGACY MOTOR CLUB TOYOTA (Runner-Up): “We have a shot to go win a million dollars. Hats off to this No. 42 team. We unloaded and we had good two- or three-lap speed, but no longer on pace. Proud of them for the effort they put in yesterday and what they were able to find, and pitting there at that last deal, I knew I couldn’t win from where I was at. We came and got two (tires) and that helped us out. Hats off to the whole 42 team. Proud of the effort.”

NOAH GRAGSON, NO. 4 FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS FORD (Fan Vote Winner): “The fans are the GOATs. It’s awesome to be part of this All-Star Race. Thank God for that Open race, because I feel like we got the balance fixed.”

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Alex Bowman & Hendrick Motorsports Treat the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race as a Test Session Despite Solid Top-5 Finish

All four Hendrick Motorsports drivers currently sit inside the top eight of the Cup Series standings, thanks to their consistent runs and trips to victory lane. That form seemed to take some of the pressure off heading into the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro, which the team treated more as a tune-up than a must-win […]

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Three of the HMS cars cracked the top six by the end of the night, though Kyle Larson faded to a P21 finish after showing early pace and leading five laps.

Bowman led the charge for the team, bringing his #48 home in fourth after starting ninth. Reflecting on the performance, he credited his crew for digging deep. “We were so bad yesterday and the guys made the right adjustments,” Bowman said. “Our hands are pretty tied on what we can or can’t change, and they made a lot of really good calls to take us from struggling pretty bad to at least having a shot at it there at the end.”

Though a fourth-place result in a non-points race doesn’t move the needle in the standings, Bowman acknowledged the improvement was a step forward. “I think we certainly came here just to try to learn things. It pays $1 million, but honestly, winning a regular Cup race, with the playoff implications and everything, it adds up to more than that. So yeah, just came here to learn.”

Chase Elliott, who crossed the line right behind Bowman, admitted he wished he had been in the mix for the win, calling it a strong race for track position.

He noted the event ran smoother than last year’s edition and felt his #9 Chevy was competitive, just a tick off the pace needed to win. “We were in the mix, but we just needed a little bit more [pace] to be there with Joey [Logano] and Christopher [Bell],” Elliott said.

William Byron also tipped his cap to the entire HMS lineup but pointed out that his #24 team needs to keep chipping away. “We were good to start the weekend and good to start the race, but it just seemed like it kind of went away on us,” Byron said. While he admitted he didn’t expect to walk away with the win, he felt they were at least in the ballpark. Overall, he was content with the performance but knew there is more work to be done.

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NASCAR All-Star Race results: Christopher Bell is winner, plus full leaderboard

The checkered flag is out for the NASCAR All-Star Race, featuring the best Cup Series drivers in the sport. Joey Logano is the winner of the All-Star Race on May 18 North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. This is Bell’s first All-Star Race victory in five attempts. Bell has three regular season victories […]

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The checkered flag is out for the NASCAR All-Star Race, featuring the best Cup Series drivers in the sport.

Joey Logano is the winner of the All-Star Race on May 18 North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. This is Bell’s first All-Star Race victory in five attempts. Bell has three regular season victories in winning three-straight races earlier this season.

Bell passed defending race winner and Cup Series champion, Joey Logano, with 10 laps to go and drove away to secure the victory.

The All-Star Race had five cautions for 32 laps and 18 lead changes.

Bell and Brad Keselowski won their respective heat races on May 17 and started on the front row, with Keselowski starting on pole position.

Carson Hocevar won the All-Star Open on May 18 to transfer into the main event. John Hunter Nemechek finished second in the Open and Noah Gragson won the fan vote for the final transfer spot.

Here are the results from the NASCAR All-Star Race.

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