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Joey Logano slams NASCAR Promoter’s Caution after All-Star Race, claims he would have spun Christopher Bell

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Joey Logano (23)
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Joey Logano was not happy after losing the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race to Christopher Bell. After the race, Logano spoke to FOX Sports’ Regan Smith about not being a fan of the Promoter’s Caution and having the chance to spin Bell.

“I’m pissed off right now. Just dang it, we had the fastest car,” Logano said. “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 [Christopher 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 wants ‘no gimmicks with the caution’

“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.”

Logano then shared more thoughts on the Promoter’s Caution. “Yeah, I’m all about no gimmicks with the caution,” he said. “I am all about that. I’m a little — me and Marcus Smith aren’t seeing eye to eye right now, okay? I’ve got to have a word with him.”

Joey Logano was looking to win the NASCAR All-Star race for the second consecutive year and the third time in his career. After getting off to a slow start this season, Logano has seemingly found his groove, winning his second race in three weeks. Earlier this month, the defending Cup Series champion won the Texas Motor Speedway race. Last week, Logano finished ninth at Kansas.