May 4, 2025
Joey Logano and his No. 22 Ford have been surprisingly slow at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. In practice on Saturday morning, Logano ended up 31st-fastest out of 38 cars, and then in qualifying he was only able to muster the 27th-fastest lap, meaning he will start on the inside of row 14 when the Würth 400 goes green on Sunday. While this means Logano will have solid Place Differential upside for DFS players to consider, you have to wonder what his true upside is this weekend. Logano finished second here at Texas back in 2022, but the last two years haven't been as kind to the Cup Series Champion, as he ended up 21st in 2023 and 11th last year. On a positive note, the No. 22 Ford looked solid on the long runs in practice, as Joey ranked ninth-best in 20-lap average during the session. Earlier this season,, Logano finished 15th at Las Vegas, 14th at Homestead, and 13th at Darlington--which are all intermediate tracks like Texas, but not super similar. At $9,500 on DraftKings, the Place Differential upside is definitely there for Logano, but he is by no means a slam-dunk DFS option on Sunday. If he's only able to muster a teens finish in the Würth 400, it may be better to pivot to other fantasy options that could give you more value upside. With that being said, it's still a good idea to have some Logano exposure with your lineups.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
April 28, 2025
Arguable pre-race favorite Joey Logano had arguably the best run at Talladega, leading 24 laps, posting the race's best average running position of 7, and finishing fifth on track before being disqualified for a missing spoiler brace. Although Logano ran in the top ten for most of Stage 1, he burned more fuel while running out front and did not earn any stage points, but finished second in Stage 2 before he was stripped of his points post-race. He embarrassed himself thoroughly by lashing out at his teammate Austin Cindric for costing him the stage "win" and got his comeuppance when Cindric won the race while Logano was relegated to a last-place finish. Nonetheless, despite only one top ten finish in the first nine races, Logano has still collected enough stage points to be sitting in a tie for 10th with Ross Chastain 36 points above the playoff cutline.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
April 27, 2025
Team Penske's Joey Logano will start third for the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. This marks the fifth consecutive race where Logano has a top-10 starting position at the site. In 32 starts at Talladega, Logano has three wins, 11 top-10 finishes, and 509 laps led, which is the most of all active drivers in the field. With nine races completed so far this season, Logano has one top-10 finish, despite leading multiple laps in five different events. Logano will likely find his way to the front at some point and lead laps based on his overall speed in the past at drafting tracks. However, Joey has yet to finish inside the top 10 with the Next-Gen car at Talladega. DFS players should only consider rostering Logano for tournament games, but even then, he is a massive Place Differential risk and should not be rostered due to his finishing history at Talladega.
--Sean Engel - RotoBallerSource: DriverAverages.com
April 13, 2025
Joey Logano has had a pretty baffling season as he ranks third in laps led this year and ninth in points despite only posting a single top-10 finish. He's had numerous unforced errors that usually resulted in finishes just outside the top 10, and he made another one on Saturday in Bristol qualifying, where he hit the wall and had a half-spin that resulted in a 38th-place starting position, his worst since 2017. Whenever a champion with speed qualifies that poorly, you almost have to jump on that for DFS place-differential points, but despite winning two races at Bristol, Logano has also failed to finish in the top 10 in his last eight Bristol starts and has finished worse than his starting position in each one, which is similar to his trend this season. In a race where other typical contenders like William Byron, Chris Buescher, Chase Elliott, and Ross Chastain qualified poorly, some of them may be better place-differential options.
--Sean Wrona - RotoBallerSource: Racing Reference
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