Joey Logano’s chance to win AAA Texas 500 blows out with tire

“It was pretty clear before and remains clear that you can race hard for a win, make contact that’s reasonable, kind of prudent for the situation”, Keselowski said.

Daniel Suarez, driver of the #18 ARRIS Toyota, leads Ty Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet, and Brian Scott, driver of the #2 Albertsons/Sanderson Farms Chevrolet, during the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway on November 7, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas.

With only next week’s race at Phoenix left to settle the quartet who will run for the championship, the mission is crystal-clear for Keselowski and Logano.

After weeks of controversies and disputes, Texas Motor Speedway provided a few refreshment to racing fans.

The crucial race is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on NBC.

Sixth in points among the eight contending drivers going for four final spots, Keselowski will head to Phoenix essentially facing a must-win scenario because he is 19 points out of fourth right now. They joined Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Paul Menard and Jamie McMurray among the drivers eliminated after the Dover race.

Keselowski was dominant on Sunday, as he led the most laps of anybody, but he finished second to Jimmie Johnson, who passed him with just three laps to go.

“We led 300-some laps and these debris yellows always favor someone, and it wasn’t our day for them to favor us”, Keselowski said. I feel like this is a good opportunity for us to have a really good day and for us to score a victory.

Hendrick’s Jeff Gordon was only able to qualify in 18th place, but his job is already largely done as his victory means that he will go into the season finale at Homestead-Miami with a guaranteed shot at winning the 2015 title in his last race before he retires from competition.

With one race remaining to set the field of four for NASCAR’s title-deciding season finale, it’s highly possible both Penske drivers will not race for the championship.

Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five. “We really needed to win this one”. We had to play back and forth thing about where we are learning on the racetrack what position were clean air which security or green flag which is much like.

Brad Keslowski was in first place with Martin Truex Jr.in the second position for the final restart.

That combination dropped Truex from second to eighth over the final 15 laps.

Keselowski went into Texas facing a 20+ point hole after being involved in a wreck at Martinsville. “I don’t think we are bad in race trim, but I do think we have a little bit of work to do there, so I am anxious to get at that tomorrow and get to work on it and find a little bit more speed for Sunday”. “I hate to see him retire”. “I don’t know what the deal is with everything coming out of the blue”.

In the process, Johnson turned in a performance that showed why he ranks among the very best drivers ever to strap in a race vehicle. Textbook pass for the win at the end of the race when someone is trying to take your lane. NASCAR then suspended Kenseth for two races, and his appeals were denied. “That’s a nice buzz word….”

“I guess I don’t know”.

Joey Logano finished 40 at Texas, 66 laps behind Johnson, which was due mostly to blowing a tire ten laps into Sunday’s race. Johnson led the final four laps of the race of the mile and a half track for the season sweep after winning the spring race in Texas.