Roger Penske’s Ambitious Star Lands Teammate Joey Logano in Hot Waters After Sonoma Tango With Tony Stewart’s Mentee

The Toyota/Save Mart 350 road race at repaved Sonoma saw its third yellow fly on Lap 19 of the very first stage after a Team Penske pit strategy went horribly wrong.

Pitting from the lead, Roger Penske’s #22 driver Joey Logano suffered damage to the side and rear of his car after mid-pack collisions with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe and Wood Brothers Racing’s Harrison Burton.

Team Penske mixing it up with Stewart-Haas to pile on Joey Logano’s woes

According to an update by The Athletic’s Jordan Bianchi, “Joey Logano says it feels like the suspension is bent in the back left.” 

In a separate Twitter post by NASCAR.com’s Dustin Albino, his crew chief Paul Wolfe reportedly told him “It didn’t look like anything was bent.”  

Regardless, from winning the Busch Light pole to finishing Stage 1 in P30, Logano’s 2024 woes were on full display off Turn 3A at Sonoma. But the car that looked like it suffered the worst out of all the half a dozen or so cars involved was the #14 of Chase Briscoe. After making contact with his fellow Ford Performance driver, Briscoe’s own Mustang Dark Horse looked much worse for wear. Replays showed the #14’s rear panels barely hanging off its frame in a distressing manner.

Interestingly, it was Logano’s teammate Austin Cindric who turned Briscoe into the #22, right after its driver spun out of in the middle of the track coming “through the esses,” as Jonathan Fjeld called it in later updates. Another car caught in the ensuing melee was Ricky Stenhouse Jr’s #47 Camaro ZL1. However, Ricky received minimal damage, sliding off-track just in time.

At the end of Stage 1, Logano finished 30th, whereas Cindric placed 14th. On a brighter note, Team Penske’s defending Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney picked up some crucial stage points at P2 finishing behind 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick.

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