Joey Logano came to Homestead as one of four drivers eligible for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
He also came to the season finale with the best average finish through the first nine races of the Chase.
But a mistake on pit road, when his No. 22 Ford fell off the jack as his crew was changing left-side tires, relegated Logano to fourth in the final standings.
Logano has little patience with the maxim that you have to lose a championship before you can win one.
“Who said that the first time?” Logano asked. “That’s the worst quote ever. It is a heartbreak not to win it, but I’m a silver-linings person. I look at the positives. We won five races. We scored a ton of points throughout the Chase.
“We had a lot of top-fives. The teams worked well together. We kept growing throughout the whole season, and it makes me excited for next year. Yeah, we didn’t accomplish our ultimate goal this year, but we came really, really close, and for that reason, I like our shot for next year.”
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