Joey Logano says he will “come back ten times harder” every time someone “kicks me down” after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race in⛄ Texas.

Penske driver Logano sent his #22 Ford up the inside of the #71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet of Michael McDowell with four laps to run t♍o take the lead in the Wurth 400.

McDowell crashed just minutes later in the race to prompt a caution, but the reigning cham꧋pion held firm on the restart during overtime to beat Ross Chastain’s Trackhouse Chevrolet by 0.3s.

It was the first victory for Logano since he clinched his third Cup Series title at Phoenix last year and followed just a week after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:he was disqualified from Talladega for rac﷽ing with a missing nut on his spoiler bracket.

In thꦏe post-race press conference, Logano said the result at Texas Motor Speedway showed his and Penske’s ability to b꧃ounce back from adversity.

“You start to wonder if you 𒉰are ever going to win for these guys [sponsor AA Racing]𝓀,” he said.

“They’ve been a great partner of Team Penske and myself for the last 14 or so years. Yeah, it’s been kind of heartb🏅reaking being close quite a few times 𒐪and never getting into victory lane.

“It was a special one to be able to 🙈cli𒁏ck one-off for them and for the 22.

“After what happened las🌳t week to be able to rebound and come right back, it was a total 22 way of doing things.

He added: “There’s always a sto🦄ry next week, right? I told my wife last week before we left, I said, Watch, we’ll go win this one. It’s just how we do stuff.

“Any time you kick us dowඣn, I feel like🎀 we come back ten times harder, whatever that is in us. Definitely had a fast car today, and like I said, it’s nice to change the storyline.”

Pressed furtheꦦr on the topic, Logano said he had extra motivation to prove naysayers wrong after he was excluded from fifth place at Talladega fo💞r a technical infringement.

“I think any time somebody says something about you, you can use it as motivation, whether it’s good 𝔉or bad,” he said. “When you have some negative comments and 🍒things like that, you have a chip on your shoulder. Well, I’ll prove you wrong. You want that story. It’s cool, right?

“I don’t feel like I put more effort in one week over the others, but I think subconsciously there’s something that happens. Something happens in the playoffs. There’s something that happens when someone says🔜 something to you, right? Everyone in here can probably relate to that at some point.”

Logano’s first victory of the season elev𒅌ates him to ninth in the championship on 288 points, although he still trails standings leader William Byron (Hendrick Motorsports) by 133 points.