Joey Logano began twelfth in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. By the tip of the primary stage, the three-time champion had moved up a few spots and completed tenth.
And that’s when issues took an surprising flip.
In the course of the stage break pit cease, Logano and Josh Berry had been concurrently trying to exit their pit packing containers on the slender pit street, when the No. 21, which was on the surface, hit the passing No. 5 automotive of Kyle Larson, ricocheted again to the left and hit the No. 22, sending each vehicles for a synchronized spin.
On Tuesday, Logano made his weekly on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, talked concerning the incident and was requested if he wish to see pit street widened on the 1.5-mile monitor.
“I do not know what their plans are so far as renovations down there, however I might put that because the No. 1 precedence,” Logano stated. “Not due to the wreck on pit street however due to the protection danger for the pit crew. Like we’re flirting with catastrophe on that pit street and no person needs to see that in any respect.”
A couple of minutes later, after discussing the hazards pit crew members frequently face, the Staff Penske driver talked a few doable resolution apart from widening pit street.
“I do not know like even in case you decelerate the pit street pace, which might be the simplest factor to do, it nonetheless does not actually repair the issue, proper?” he stated. “Josh and I weren’t even as much as pit street pace once we went spinning round. I used to be simply getting going. So yeah, it is form of a scary, sketchy factor. I really feel like we’re flirting with catastrophe on that one. We’re positively enjoying with fireplace.”
Curiously, Logano stated Gateway can be harmful as a result of it is essentially the most slender pit street on the circuit.
