Joey Logano’s Car Destroyed in a Wild Wreck Involving AJ Allmendinger at Phoenix

Joey Logano caused a massive wreck at Phoenix following his brush up with AJ Allmendinger, causing the former to suffer from a DNF.

Joey Logano’s Car Destroyed in a Wild Wreck Involving AJ Allmendinger at Phoenix

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In Short
  • Joey Logano was involved in a significant wreck at the Straight Talk Wireless 500, ending his race early.
  • The collision also affected AJ Allmendinger, Ross Chastain, and several other drivers, resulting in multiple DNFs.
  • Logano expressed disappointment over the incident, believing he had a competitive car before the crash.

Joey Logano’s Sunday ended in a massive disappointment at the Straight Talk Wireless 500 in the NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix. Despite looking strong throughout the weekend and starting the race from pole position, he was involved in a massive wreck and caught AJ Allmendinger in the collision as well. As such, Logano was unable to achieve the race win at Phoenix.

At around Lap 255 in Stage 3, Joey Logano miscalculated the gap that he had over Aj Allmendinger. Though the latter tried to give him space, it was too late for Logano to react and save his car from going feral on track. The Penske star lost control of the car and hit Josh Berry as well. Moreover, multiple other drivers were involved in the wreck, with some of them suffering from DNFs in the aftermath of the collision.

Apart from Joey Logano and Aj Allmendinger, Austin Dillon, Daniel Suárez, Chase Elliott and Shane Van Gisbergen were also caught in the crossfire. Logano, Suarez and Berry ended their races early because of massive damage to their challengers. Subsequently, after a brief visit to the medical center, the #22 driver opened up on the situation and noted how disappointing it was to end such a positive day like this.

Joey Logano reckoned that he wasn’t a 100% sure about how the entire accident unfolded. He added that he was unsure about going three-cars wide and thought he had enough room. Logano hated to go through such a rough day despite having a capable car. It pained him further to know he DNFed, even though he had the third or fourth best car at Phoenix. Ultimately, the #22 driver showcased promising results, and he will hope to continue the positive momentum forward.

I’m not really 100 percent sure what happened there, I guess I didn’t realize I was three-wide… it felt like there was some room there but just ran out of space into [Turn 1]. … It is what it is. … Gosh, it’s been a rough day. We had a good Shell Pennzoil Mustang. We were probably a top three car, top four car. It just really hurts to be here

Joey Logano said in a post-race interview.

Joey Logano accepts he “didn’t mean” to wreck Ross Chastain at Phoenix

Sadly, AJ Allmendinger wasn’t the only one involved in the wreck, as even Ross Chastain was bumped into by Joey Logano. During the same wreck at Lap 255, Chastain suffered from the brunt of the massive wreck and went on to collide into Anthony Alfredo as well. Following the crash, Logano took to the team radio and accepted blame for yet another collision into the 33-year-old.

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Joey Logano noted that he didn’t mean to hit into Ross Chastain and send him barreling down the track. He reiterated that he did not want to clip into Chastain and ruin his race as well. Logano suffered from a DNF, but the Trackhouse star ultimately finished in P28 after sustaining massive damage to his challenger.

Dang it, I didn’t mean to do that, obviously. I didn’t try to clip him.

Joey Logano said, as reported by Jonathan Fjeld.

The 2026 season has been off to a rocky start for Joey Logano. He hasn’t been able to achieve the picture perfect start to the year, or achieve any notable results yet. The Penske star will now hope to prepare much better for the Las Vegas race and score points.

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