On Sunday, May\u202f4,\u202f2025, the NASCAR Cup Series rolled into Texas Motor Speedway for the 11th race of the season\u2014the W\u00fcrth\u202f400 presented by LIQUI\u202fMOLY. Set on the 1.5\u2011mile quad\u2011oval in Fort\u202fWorth, Texas, the event was scheduled for 267 laps (400.5\u202fmiles) but stretched to 271 laps (406.5\u202fmiles) after a dramatic overtime finish. Under sunny skies and in front of capacity crowds, drivers battled tight pack racing, multiple cautions, and tire\u2011wear challenges on the high\u2011banked turns. Team Penske\u2019s Joey\u202fLogano eventually emerged victorious, capturing his first win of the year and the 37th of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday\u2019s lone practice session saw rising star Carson Hocevar top the charts with a lap of 28.288\u202fseconds at 190.894\u202fmph, outpacing veteran A.J.\u202fAllmendinger and Noah\u202fGragson in the top three. The next day, Hocevar backed up that speed by winning his first career NASCAR\u202fCup Series pole\u2014a 28.175\u2011second flyer at 191.659\u202fmph aboard the No.\u202f77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. It was a Texas\u2011themed qualifying effort, complete with cowboy attire on pit road, as Hocevar led a qualifying field that featured William\u202fByron, Austin\u202fCindric, Kyle\u202fLarson, and Michael\u202fMcDowell rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stage\u202f1 (Laps\u202f1\u201380) kicked off with Hocevar\u2019s #77 Chevrolet leading the first 22 circuits before pitting under an early yellow. Noah\u202fGragson spun in Turn\u202f1 to bring out the opening caution, setting up varied pit strategies. When green\u2011flag pit cycles concluded, Team Penske rookie Austin\u202fCindric seized the lead and paced the field to the Stage\u202f1 checkers, earning 10 valuable championship points. Tyler\u202fReddick finished second, with Josh\u202fBerry, Kyle\u202fLarson, and Chris\u202fBuescher completing the stage top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following pit swaps during the break, Josh\u202fBerry led the field to green for Stage\u202f2 (Laps\u202f81\u2013165). Early in the segment, Chase\u202fBriscoe\u2019s spin in Turns\u202f3\u20134 collected Riley\u202fHerbst and brought out a caution, but Berry continued to dominate until he too got loose over the infamous Texas bumps and slammed the wall. On the ensuing restart, Kyle\u202fLarson rocketed from the front row, fending off Tyler\u202fReddick\u2019s advances to capture the Stage\u202f2 win and 10 additional points, with Reddick, Alex\u202fBowman, Ryan\u202fPreece, and Bubba\u202fWallace rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final stage saw early mayhem as Bubba\u202fWallace spun on the backstretch, collecting Gragson, A.J.\u202fAllmendinger, Alex\u202fBowman, and Chad\u202fFinchum in a multi\u2011car wreck. William\u202fByron briefly led before yielding to Kyle\u202fLarson, who reclaimed control until lapped\u2011traffic chaos unfolded in the closing laps. Michael\u202fMcDowell surged from midpack to lead on Lap\u202f245, only to lose control in Josh\u202fBlaney\u2019s dirty air four laps later, smashing into the Turn\u202f2 wall and forcing the race into overtime. On the green\u2011white\u2011checker restart, Logano powered past teammate Ryan\u202fBlaney and held off Ross\u202fChastain to score the win in his No.\u202f22 Ford, punching his playoff ticket and marking Penske\u2019s second straight triumph after Talladega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Texas delivered a whirlwind afternoon: Denny\u202fHamlin\u2019s engine exploded on Lap\u202f75, ending his streak of 21 straight lead\u2011lap finishes in spectacular fashion as flames engulfed the No.\u202f11 Toyota. Josh\u202fBerry led 41 laps before his Stage\u202f2 crash, and pole\u2011setter Hocevar fell victim to a green\u2011flag wreck late in the race. In total, there were 12 cautions for 73 laps, 20 lead changes among 13 drivers, and an average race speed of 116.885\u202fmph over 3\u202fhours 28\u202fminutes and 40\u202fseconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite finishing 13th, William\u202fByron maintained the points lead with 421 markers, 13 ahead of Kyle\u202fLarson in second. Denny\u202fHamlin and Chase\u202fElliott sit tied for third at 338 points, while Tyler\u202fReddick (337) and Christopher\u202fBell (335) round out the top six. Joey\u202fLogano\u2019s win vaulted him back into contention, climbing to ninth in the standings and keeping his championship hopes alive as the regular season heads into its final stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2025 W\u00fcrth\u202f400 presented by LIQUI\u202fMOLY delivered high drama\u2014from Hocevar\u2019s breakthrough pole and Cindric and Larson\u2019s stage domination to Logano\u2019s clutch overtime pass. As teams pack up and head to Kansas Speedway for next Sunday\u2019s AdventHealth\u202f400, the momentum from Texas will carry forward, with both drivers and manufacturers vying for playoff positioning in the dog\u2011eat\u2011dog world of NASCAR\u2019s Cup Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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