Joey Logano has a fix for the chaos at Talladega. He just isn't willing to tell NASCAR what it is.

In the aftermath of the Big One at Talladega, when he was pushed for the same, he simply said, “I plead the fifth. Yes, but I'm not going to say it.”

That smart reply simply implies that his response may be highly controversial or possibly not agreed upon within NASCAR.

The Talladega Cup race had an insane multiple-car wreck, with as many as 26 drivers involved in the incident. Among those who faced the most damage were Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, Brad Keselowski, Chad Finchum, Cole Custer, Joey Gase, Chase Briscoe, Connor Zilisch, and William Byron.

The race was immediately red-flagged for cleanup, and along the sidelines, reporters caught up with Logano, whose day effectively ended after the Big One. The three-time Talladega winner was obviously unhappy with the situation, highlighting a mix of technical and structural issues with the current car, which make routine passing and close-up action extremely dangerous.

“We've got round bumpers in unstable cars. Cars that you're able to pop the bubble real easy and get to each other's bumper, but when you get there, you've got to be careful because they're not stable. It's like pushing two basketballs against each other. It's not going to push straight. They're not two bricks against each other. It's frustrating.

"That doesn't help. You're running on rear limiters. The cars are so solid. There's no suspension. All those things together. Like I said, there's no bubble behind the car. You really just get right to the back bumper really quickly. The runs are massive. If you're not lined up just perfect when you push, you're going to upset the car in front of you,” Logano added.

Though he didn't reveal his solution, Logano ended the interaction on a hopeful note, stating that this is still a long season.

“It's a little frustrating at the moment, but it's still a long season, a long ways to go. All you can do is move on and keep grinding. That's what we do, so we'll keep doing that.”

Ryan Blaney: “I Don’t Really Know if There’s Anyone to Blame”

Logano’s teammate, Ryan Blaney, was among those involved in the crash, and he, too, was out of contention. Running just behind Ross Chastain, the No. 12 Penske driver had a clear view of how tightly the field was packed, and he described the situation as a chain-reaction nature of wrecks at the Superspeedway.

“With the wreck, I feel like we all got pin-balling off each other a little bit. From what I've seen, we're all bumping and bumping, and they were unstable. It turned Bubba to the top, and the outside lane was there, and he got clipped. Just one of those things.

"It closed tight quick, and we all got pin-balling, and we've seen that so many times. You're trying to lift and check, and next thing you know, everybody wrecks. Unfortunate, I hate that we were in the middle of it. I don't really know if there's anyone to blame; we all just started bouncing off each other," he said.

In the end, Carson Hocevar finally won his first-ever career Cup race by passing Chris Buescher on the final restart with two laps remaining. The 23-year-old, just like his personality, had one of the quirkiest celebrations seen in NASCAR, as he drove around the track sitting on his car's window.

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Written by

Aaradhya Singh

Edited by

Suyashdeep Sason