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.