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Joey Logano started 13th and finished 37th after running inside the top-10 in the early stages of the Overton’s 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon. At the drop of the green, the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion struggled with security on corner entry and a tight condition through the center of the corner. Crew chief Todd Gordon called for an air pressure and wedge adjustment on the first pit stop of the race. Logano reported that the car fired off better, allowing him to gain several positions on the restart. The gains were only short lived as the car became even more unsettled entering the corners and was loose on exit. On the second stop of the day, Gordon elected to go the opposite direction on changes from the first stop. That change hurt the initial fire-off speed of the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford, but Logano was able to move forward in the middle section of the run before fading late. Following the team’s third pit stop of the race, Logano finally had a car he could compete with, but an unfortunate mechanical failure in the rear suspension sent the team to the garage for a lengthy repair. Relegated to the 37th position, the team continued to battle, making small changes trying to establish a balance that Logano could run lap-times near those of the race leaders. Those changes will hopefully serve the team well when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series returns to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September.

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“Yeah, we were in this spot two times last year in the playoffs. Must win. Back against the wall. We won both times. The team has it in them. We just have to get faster to be able to do that. Our team executes well, we just have to have something to race with a little bit.”

Overton's 301