Joey Logano captures first NASCAR Cup victory at North Wilkesboro

Three-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano came into the first NASCAR Cup series points race in 30 years at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway looking to break out of his 45-race winless slump. When the checkered flag waved over Logano’s winning No. 22 Team Penske Ford Mustang in Sunday’s Window World 450, the cheering sold out crowd had witnessed an old-fashioned “butt whippin” as ...

After 30 years, NASCAR has finally returned to North Wilkesboro with a points-paying Cup race, and it was the No. 22 Team Penske Ford of Joey Logano holding off Denny Hamlin to claim the win. He lapped most of the field, leaving just six cars on the lead lap and putting everyone from 11th on back at least two laps down. It was a sensational showing in a surprisingly clean race. Track ...Keep reading

Logano snapped a 45-race winless streak Sunday night with a dominant victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway in the first points race at the 0.625-mile track in 30 years.

In a race that featured just five cautions, Joey Logano, 36, held off Denny Hamlin for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season on Sunday night in the first points event at North Carolina's North Wilkesboro Speedway in 30 years.

After leading a single-race career-best 323 laps, Logano crossed the finished line 0.859s ahead of series leader Denny Hamlin to win for the first time since May 2025.

Joey Logano had not found Victory Lane in the NASCAR Cup Series since May 2025. Then, he dominated at North Wilkesboro.

After 450 laps of racing at North Wilkesboro, Joey Logano secured his first win of the 2026 season, and jumped back above the Chase cut-line with a huge points day. At the very top of the standings, Denny Hamlin extended his advantage after a mid-race incident for Tyler Reddick and a late-race speeding penalty for Ryan Blaney. Hamlin now holds a 68-point lead over Reddick, with Blaney 87 points ...Keep reading

Joey Logano is back in Victory Lane.After enduring a 45-race winless streak, the three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion returned to the top on Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway, putting together one of the most dominant performances of his career.Logano led 323 of the race’s laps, the most he has ever led in a single…

Logano returns to Victory Lane for the first time in the 2026 NASCAR Cup season, holding off Hamlin and leading 323 of 450 laps

There was no stopping Joey Logano in NASCAR's first points-paying Cup race at North Wilkesboro in three decades. The Team Penske driver led 323 of 450 laps, taking a commanding victory and his first of the 2026 season. That beats Logano's own personal record for laps led in a single race (previously 309 at Martinsville in 2018). Logano now has 38 career wins, and that win vaulted him above the ...Keep reading

The Team Penske driver earned his first victory of the season in the first points race at the North Carolina short track since 1996.

NASCAR returned to North Wilkesboro and Joey Logano returned to victory lane, snapping a 45-race winless streak in the hills of North Carolina.

Joey Logano delivered one of the most dominant performances of his career, leading 323 laps at North Wilkesboro to secure his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in more than a year.