Joey Logano started ninth and finished 23rd in the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion on Sunday afternoon at Pocono Raceway. On the sixth lap of the event, Logano was forced to pit with a flat left-rear tire, dropping the team to the 39th position. As the first stage went on, Logano was able to regain positions, almost reaching the top-10 before having to pit again to make the end of the stage. That stop dropped the Shell-Pennzoil Ford one lap down. The team would continue to adjust on the car, consistently running top-10 lap times when they had clean air but recovering track position proved difficult. At the end of the second stage, pit stop cycles would move the team back to 20th position for the restart. Again Logano worked his way forward but on lap 153, the brakes faded and he was forced to drive with extreme caution until the checkered flag at lap 160, finishing 23rd.

“Unfortunately we had a puncture to the left rear on the lap six and that really put us behind in the first stage. We had a decent car most of the day, the team made good adjustments but we weren’t able to recover our track position. There at the end the brakes just went away had to just survive the last few laps. Just bad luck and not indicative of the car we had today. Congratulations to Ryan Blaney on his picking up his first victory, he did a great job and he’s been close to getting it for a while.”