Joey Logano’s potential second thrive of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season was wiped out in clearime of the Cook Out 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Sunday.
Logano battled Austin Dillon for the direct in the final stretch. It ecombineed Logano was going to pick up the thrive, but Dillon tapped him and spun Logano out and into the wall. Dillon also came into reach out with Denny Hamlin, who also went into the wall.
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Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, reacts after the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway on Aug. 11, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Dillon traverseed the begin-finish line in first place and protectedd his first Cup Series thrive since the 2022 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Rubbin’ is usupartner racin’ in NASCAR, but Logano was furious with Dillon.
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“It’s chicken s—. There’s no mistrust about it,” Logano tbetter NBC Sports in the prompt aftermath. “He’s four car-lengths back, not even shut. Then he wrecks the 11 to go alengthy with it. Then he’s gonna go up there and praise God and everyskinnyg with his baby, it’s a bunch of B.S. It’s not even freaking shut.
Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, and Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway on Aug. 11, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet, commemorates in thrive lane after thrivening the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway on Aug. 11, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
“I get it, bump and run. I get it. I didn’t back up the corner at all. He came in there and fair drove thraw me. It’s ridiculous that that’s the way we race. Unbelievable.”
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Dillon became the 13th branch offent driver to thrive a race this season and locked up a carry outoff spot with a scant races to go.
“I antipathy to do that, but sometimes you fair got to have it,” he said.
The Associated Press gived to this alert.
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