“I’m glad you had a blast, I’m pi–ed off right now. Dang it.” Joey Logano’s reactions after the 2025 All-Star Race are reminiscent of his other over-the-line emotions. Remember the 2024 Cook Out 400 race? After Austin Dillon dumped Logano to charge for the victory in Richmond, the Team Penske driver resorted to a barrage of insults and extremely risky antics on pit road with his car. Similarly, NASCAR experts believe his All-Star Race reaction also went overboard.
‘Sliced Bread’ has anything but a clean reputation in the NASCAR Cup Series. Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin are only some of the veterans who encountered Joey Logano’s aggression earlier. But when a rival gets aggressive with him, Logano probably forgets his own actions.
Joey Logano gets zero brownie points
Talk about prolonging an already poor perception in 2025. Joey Logano’s ‘pi–ed off’ antics hardly surfaced for the first time at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Remember the Jack Link’s 500 race at Talladega Superspeedway? Logano hurled a volley of expletives at his own teammate, Austin Cindric, for breaking a line of Fords. Then Cindric went on to win the race, Logano incurred a penalty, and also got immense criticism from fans. That derogatory trend seems to have continued into the All-Star Race, via no other person but Logano himself. The No. 22 Ford driver led for 139 of 250 laps, but Christopher Bell put up a fierce battle. Coupled with the competition caution where Bell restocked on two tires, Logano fell at a disadvantage by lap 241.
Christopher Bell responded to Joey Logano’s aggressive blocks with some hard-charging passes of his own. That is how the Joe Gibbs Racing driver ultimately overtook him and grabbed the million-dollar prize. However, Joey Logano swore to get back at Bell, and this retaliatory approach confused journalist Jeff Gluck. Gluck pointed out how it was a good race on a ‘Teardown’ episode: “Here’s Christopher Bell, he’s chasing down Logano…Logano has older tires, he is blocking his butt off…Very admirably, he is putting up a hell of a fight…I thought he drove Bell up the track a couple of times, he was making it as hard as possible for Bell to pass.”
However, Joey Logano‘s vengeful comments befuddled Jeff Gluck. Considering that Logano put up equally aggressive blocks and tried to shove Christopher Bell out of the way himself, his post-race wrath made no sense. Gluck said, “Logano was just sort of outraged or incensed that Bell had done this…What? Did I miss something? ‘Cause I felt like Logano raced him plenty hard, moved him up the track. I thought Bell raced totally fine.” Jordan Bianchi also agreed, stressing that Logano may have done worse things. “If the shoe were on the other foot, Logano would have done the same exact thing…I don’t know how you can be critical of how Christopher Bell raced. He raced you fair, he raced you hard. But he didn’t do you dirty, he didn’t push you into the wall, he didn’t spin you out.”
Christopher Bell himself scratched his head in confusion after Logano posted his comments. The JGR driver became the star of the show after a short break this season. What is more, the ‘Teardown’ experts have been rooting for him for some time now.
Possibly the biggest star this season
When Christopher Bell first soared to victory in the Cup Series, Joey Logano was also there. At the Daytona road course race back in 2021, Bell toppled Logano’s lead with two laps to go to charge for the victory. Logano was interestingly, quite ‘pi–ed off’ at him back then as well. So a little frustration on his rival’s part will do nothing to stain the sterling reputation that Bell has accumulated to date. The No. 20 Toyota driver went on a fiery drive at the start of 2025, picking up three consecutive wins for the first time in the Next-Gen era. Across Atlanta, COTA, and Phoenix, Bell was like an unbeatable force. What is more, he has been consistent, collecting 8 top-tens and 6 top-fives already this season.
So, Jeff Gluck has been rooting for him for quite some time now. After Bell’s Phoenix win, Gluck declared, “He’s nailing it right now.” Jordan Bianchi also said that the No. 20 team’s streak “tells you one, how good he is, how good this team is and just where they’re at right now. This schedule sets up so well for them.” What is more, Bell has sky-high confidence in his chances this season. “I’m just a small part of it. The last couple years, we’ve been close. Everyone on our team could feel this…It’s not about me. It’s about everybody on our team. So I haven’t changed as a driver. I’m the same driver that I was back in 2021. The team is working together right now. That’s what it’s all about.”
Evidently, it would take a lot for Joey Logano to dim Christopher Bell’s sparkle at present. As the season moves forward, let us see where the two rivals clash next.
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