NASCAR champ Joey Logano says drivers 'can't race without wrecking' after Talladega chaos

Joey Logano has once again bemoaned the state of superspeedway racing in NASCAR.

The Team Penske star was caught up in the Big One at Talladega on Sunday along with at least 25 other drivers, his race ending on the spot after the incident caused by Bubba Wallace getting loose from a push.

The race was unusually structured to front-load the inevitable fuel saving laps in a 98-lap opening stage, but it didn't take much actual racing in the 45-lap Stage 2 before things got out of hand.

The three-time champion claimed after the wreck that it's now proven fact that the Next Gen car can't be raced properly at superspeedways without drivers wrecking, once they're done with soporific fuel-saving measures.

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“We got to the point where we could start racing and not have to save fuel and we’ve proven with this car we can’t race each other without wrecking,” said Logano. "We got maybe 10 or 12 laps of racing in before we wrecked. That’s about as far as I think we’ve ever gone.”

The veteran racer also explained that the cars are currently completely unsuited to being lined up and pushing because of their physical and aerodynamic characteristics, explaining: “We’ve got round bumpers in unstable cars.

"Cars that you’re able to pop the bubble real easy and get to each other’s bumper, but when you get there, you’ve got to be careful because they’re not stable. It’s like pushing two basketballs against each other. It’s not going to push straight. They’re not two bricks against each other. It’s frustrating.

“That doesn’t help. You’re running on rear limiters. The cars are so solid. There’s no suspension. All those things together. Like I said, there’s no bubble behind the car. You really just get right to the back bumper really quickly. The runs are massive. If you’re not lined up just perfect when you push, you’re going to upset the car in front of you.”

Intriguingly though, Logano claims that he has a solution to the problem. Except...he's not going to elaborate on what it is.

“I plead the fifth,” he said. “Yes [I have a solution], but I’m not going to say it.”

Logano currently sits 15th on points after the race, just barely above the postseason cut line.

NASCAR Cup Series points standings after Talladega

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points (Stage)	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	484 (78)	5	6	7
2	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	374 (83)	1	4	6
3	Ryan Blaney	Ford	344 (87)	1	3	6
4	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	340 (48)	1	4	6
5	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	322 (59)	1	5	7
6	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	315 (91)	0	3	6
7	Chris Buescher	Ford	309 (58)	0	1	5
8	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	292 (42)	1	3	4
9	Christopher Bell	Toyota	290 (73)	0	3	4
10	Brad Keselowski	Ford	279 (42)	0	2	4
11	William Byron	Chevrolet	277 (55)	0	2	5
12	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	276 (71)	0	1	5
13	Ryan Preece	Ford	269 (37)	0	0	2
14	Daniel Suárez	Chevrolet	235 (26)	0	1	2
15	Joey Logano	Ford	234 (54)	0	2	3
16	Austin Cindric	Ford	226 (49)	0	1	3
17	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	222 (32)	0	3	4
18	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	205 (22)	0	1	2
19	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	195 (24)	0	1	2
20	Zane Smith	Ford	183 (11)	0	1	3
21	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	183 (15)	0	0	1
22	Todd Gilliland	Ford	181 (19)	0	0	1
23	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	179 (19)	0	1	2
24	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	163 (8)	0	0	0
25	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	161 (11)	0	1	2
26	Erik Jones	Toyota	161 (0)	0	0	2
27	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	160 (11)	0	0	1
28	Josh Berry	Ford	147 (30)	0	0	2
29	Riley Herbst	Toyota	144 (9)	0	0	1
30	Noah Gragson	Ford	144 (4)	0	0	1
31	John H. Nemechek	Toyota	141 (14)	0	0	0
32	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	123 (0)	0	0	0
33	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	103 (2)	0	0	0
34	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	89 (3)	0	0	0
35	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	85 (4)	0	0	0
36	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	80 (10)	0	1	1
37	Casey Mears	Ford	9 (3)	0	0	0
38	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	3 (0)	0	0	0