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Joey Logano Overcomes Damage to Finish Third in Daytona 500

Story byLogano Overcomes Damage to Finish 3rd in Daytona 500 James Gilbert - Getty ImagesDeb WilliamsMon, February 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC·1 min readJoey Logano’s third-place finish in the Daytona 500 made him the highest finishing Ford in the event, but he said the entire 200-lap race didn’t go well for him.“In the first Stage, when everyone stayed out and made it, we didn’t go for that,” Logano recounted. “So, we lost points there, and it kind of set us back. We had a hard time just getting back up there.

Joey Logano Overcomes Damage to Finish Third in Daytona 500

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Key Highlights

  • We had a great pit cycle, but no one was great with us.
  • So, we lost all the positions we gained on pit road when I got swallowed up by the field. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“Then made a great move at the end, got three wide on top, got to the front.
  • I had an opportunity to get underneath the Spire (Motorsports) cars.
  • It felt like it was the right move.
  • I made it and the car was just slow at the end.“I think the damage I got from the wreck earlier hurt it more than I expected when I put it back out in the wind which made me go back a little bit.”Logano said he wasn’t upset with his third-place finish.“We’ve led a lot of laps in this race, and we haven’t seen the finish in years,” Logano said.
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