Joey Logano had a bittersweet day in Sunday’s Brickyard 400.
He finished a strong fourth in the incident-filled 24th edition of the Brickyard 400. It was just Logano’s second top-five finish and third top-10 showing in the last 11 races.
But there was also bad news, too.
Kasey Kahne’s win knocked Logano further back in his bid to rejoin the top-16 drivers eligible for the upcoming NASCAR playoffs. With Clint Bowyer dropping out of the top-16 and Kahne moving into playoff contention, Logano has slipped back to 18th place in the playoff-eligible standings.
As a result, Logano all but has to win one of the next six races to qualify for the playoffs -- unless he can point his way in with continued strong top-five finishes.
Logano talked about the situation he faces with NBC Sports after Sunday’s race. Click on the above video to see what he had to say.