Baseball Hall of Famer Calls Out Joey Logano After Talladega
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During Sunday’s Jack Link 500, Team Penske’s Joey Logano went viral for his expletive-filled rant against teammate Austin Cindric at the end of stage two. Logano has now opened up about this viral rant in a recent interview.
During the final lap of stage two during Sunday’s race at Talladega, Austin Cindric had a chance to push his Team Penske teammate Joey Logano through the tri-oval. However, Cindric instead lifted, leaving the No. 22 out to dry, awarding the stage win to Bubba Wallace’s Toyota.
Shortly after Logano’s second-place finish in stage two, FOX played the audio from Logano’s in-car radio, which revealed not only how angry the third champion was with his teammate.
“Way to go Austin, way to go, you dumb fuck! Way to fucking go. What a stupid shit. You just gave it to him [Wallace]. Gave a Toyota a stage win. Nice job.” — Joey Logano
This audio was at the center of attention after Cindric went on to win Sunday afternoon. Fans, media members, drivers, and even a Baseball Hall of Famer are calling out Logano for his poor sportsmanship.
Logano finally addressed the matter on Tuesday during the episode of Beyond the Wheel on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The Cup Series veteran opened by clarifying what teammates, be they in-house or manufacturer teammates, have to agree on prior to a race weekend.
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“When you go superspeedway racing, there are different rules in place for the teams,” Logano said. “There’s the OEM rules, there’s the team rules, and you try to put these all in place to try to give your cars the best chance to win.”
Yet, in Logano’s opinion, these rules were not followed by the No. 2 when he lifted in the tri-oval. “The rules that were set in place weren’t followed,” Logano said. “That ticked me off quite a bit because I feel like I’ve always done the right thing, and I try really hard to do that. And the rule has been put in place because of things that we’ve done wrong in the past, right?”
Of course, through a race weekend, we see these “rules” get broken time and time again; maybe a teammate does give a push, and maybe a Chevrolet pits with the Toyotas. For Logano, however, Cindric’s failure to push him was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
“Austin and I talked about it; we gotta move forward, right? That’s what it is. So, you know, I explained my side, he understood. We move on. That’s pretty much all there is to it. There’s no sense of airing our dirty laundry and really airing out what the actual rules are ’cause that’s private information that doesn’t need to be out to everybody.” — Joey Logano
However, Logano did laugh about it and show a little regret for his semi-public outburst, saying that though this conversation needed to happen, he probably shouldn’t have hit the talk button.
“Should I have hit the button and probably spouted off so much? Probably not. Probably blew up into a little bigger situation than what it needed to, but the conversation either way needed to happen. But just more people were talking about it now.”
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Garrett Mitchell, better known by his online persona Cleetus McFarland, says his 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series schedule isn’t set in stone, something the YouTube star explained to Dale Earnhardt Jr on the latest episode of The Dale Jr Download.
One of the biggest surprises in recent NASCAR news is that YouTube star Cleetus McFarland, whose real name is Garrett Mitchell, will make his NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series debut next month at Rockingham Speedway.
Mitchell, who has just won a NASCAR National Series start to his name, will make this start with Richard Childress Racing in their No. 33 car as part of a part-time development contract that will see him make starts in 2026 and 2027.
Per Mitchell, his contract will cover three races per season, though he hinted it could be more in a Facebook post. Nonetheless, fans are eagerly awaiting an official schedule of what other tracks Mitchell and RCR will tackle in 2026.
Unfortunately, fans will have to wait a little longer for this schedule, as the 30-year-old Floridian explained during a recent interview with Dale Earnhardt Jr, his 2026 schedule is still up in the air a month ahead of his first race.
During an interview on the latest episode of the Dale Jr Download, Mitchell told Earnhardt that while he plans to race the superspeedways after Rockingham, with his sights set on Talladega’s April 25 or October 24 race weekend, the decision lies in the hands of NASCAR.
“NASCAR said I cannot run Talladega unless I go to Rockingham first and do well,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell then clarified that while he will have a rookie test for Rockingham, the race at Rockingham will determine his eligibility to race at Talladega.
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Mitchell, who has two ARCA starts at Daytona and one at Talladega, has already taken a rookie test this season at Rockingham for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Despite a minor crash during this test, Mitchell was cleared to race in the season-opening race at Daytona, crashing himself in a single truck spin five laps into the race, after a valiant qualifying effort.
Even with the barrier of Rockingham in the way, fans are already somewhat concerned about McFarland’s skills, given the result of his short time behind the wheel of a truck.
During this episode of The DJD, Mitchell expressed his intentions to work his way up the ladder and learn, but with the caveat that if an opportunity presents itself to him, he will take it, using the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Cup Series as a metaphorical example.
“I don’t want to drive a Cup car right now. But, brother, if someone calls me and says, ‘We got a spot in a Cup car in the Daytona 500?’ I mean, what am I supposed to do?” — Cleetus McFarland
Despite his doubters, with the support of RCR and their developmental tools, Mitchell seems confident about the opportunity, already getting in some sim time with RCR.
Either way, no matter how much support he has in his corner, Mitchell is diving in headfirst once again with this opportunity.
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Lionel has officially opened pre-orders for Garrett Mitchell’s (better known as Cleetus McFarland) first-ever NASCAR diecast.
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YouTube star-turned-NASCAR driver Garrett Mitchell, best known by his online persona Cleetus McFarland, has signed a part-time deal to race with Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series for the next two seasons.
UPDATE 3:00 PM EST: Per RCR Mitchell will make his debut at Rockingham Speedway on April 4.
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