Joey Logano and Bubba Wallace React to Big One at Talladega
Both Joey Logano and Bubba Wallace were taken out of the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega in the Big One. Wallace was spun while up front as he received a tough push from Ross Chastain and the cars behind him. From there, the 23 was a wall in front of the field as 26 cars were involved.
Logano out. Wallace out. Ty Gibbs, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Cole Custer, and Kyle Larson also out. Brad Keselowski and Josh Berry are multiple laps down because of repairs in the garage. It was a scrap yard on the banks of Talladega.
When they were released from the care center, Logano and Wallace spoke to Jamie Little on Fox. Logano seemed a little more upset in the moment than Wallace.
"Yeah, they started wrecking above me there and I was just trying to get low as I can to try to avoid it, and there was cars, everyone was trying to do the same thing, trying to get low and just caused the big crash at Talladega," Logano said after leaving the infield care center. "So, it's frustrating, I felt like we had a pretty solid car, it's kind of in the spot that I wanted to be. Had my teammate around me there and thought I was in an okay spot, and yeah.
"What do you want? Save fuel or crash, pick one. That's what it feels like right now, it's frustrating. We've got round bumpers on these things, the cars are unstable, and you know, once everyone starts pushing and racing aggressive, it's going to happen. So, until we fix that stuff we're going to continue seeing it unfortunately, and unfortunately today, we were the ones that got caught up in it."
So, what is the fix? A redesign of the noses on these cars for superspeedways? Tandem drafting? What is the solution to increase intensity but avoid these catastrophic wrecks?
Bubba Wallace Weighs in on Massive Wreck
For Bubba Wallace, it was another example of how the driver has learned to take the good with the bad in recent years. He still has moments like he did a few weeks ago with Carson Hocevar, but then he shows maturity like he did today.
Wallace was leading when he was sent up to the wall. It was a tough break for a team looking to match the success of their counterparts of the No. 45.
"(Expletive), right?" Wallace said. "Nothing to show for it in the first stage, obviously, just trying to figure out the strategy stuff. But man, just hate it. Hate it for Xfinity and our team. We don't want to have any DNFs, we have two now, so. It's just a bummer. We've got to figure out how to be pushed better, so I take responsibility on that. We'll have a good debrief and figure out what we can do to make our Toyotas a little bit better being pushed and maybe not have that happen. But appreciate Xfinity, we'll go on to ole Texas and have some fun."
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This story was originally published April 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM.