The second race in the Chase for the NASCAR Cup Series is set for this weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway, a place where Ford has won twice in the four years that circuit has been on the schedule. Ryan Blaney will be looking to join Team Penske teammates Joey Logano (2022) and Austin Cindric (2024) as winners at the track.
UP TO SPEED
FORD DRIVERS IN THE CHASE
3rd – Ryan Blaney (-16 behind leader Denny Hamlin)
8th – Joey Logano (-72)
11th – Chris Buescher (-88)
14th – Austin Cindric (-102)
15th – Ryan Preece (-104)
PENSKE SUCCESS AT WWTR
Team Penske has enjoyed NASCAR’s stop at World Wide Technology Raceway, winning two of the four events held at the facility and leading 224-of-960 laps (23%) in the four races combined. Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney have each led at least one lap in three of the four races (2022, 2024 and 2025) while Blaney led the second-most laps in 2023 with 83. Overall, the trio has combined for eight Top 10 finishes in 12 starts, including Logano, who has finished no worse than fifth.
Driver: 2022-2023-2024-2025
Joey Logano: 1st-3rd-5th-5th
Ryan Blaney: 4th-6th-24th-4th
Austin Cindric: 11th-13th-1st-19th
BERRY TOP 10 STREAK AT SIX AND COUNTING
Josh Berry’s seventh-place finish in last weekend’s Southern 500 marked his sixth straight Top 10 run, a streak that began in July at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when he was seventh. Since then, he’s been a man on a mission as evidenced by the results below:
Josh Berry Top 10 Streak by Race
Indianapolis – 7th
Iowa – 4th
Richmond – 8th
New Hampshire – 3rd (Led a career-high 73 laps)
Daytona – 9th
Darlington – 7th
A LOOK BACK
LOGANO WINS GATEWAY DEBUT
Just like he did in the inaugural Clash at the Coliseum and Bristol Dirt Race, Joey Logano won the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway, beating Kyle Busch in a dramatic overtime finish in 2022. Both drivers took turns crossing over each other for the lead on the final lap before Logano made the decisive pass in turn four to claim his second win of the season.
RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME FOR CINDRIC
Austin Cindric was in the right place at the right time, taking advantage of teammate Ryan Blaney running out of gas at the white flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series race in 2024. Cindric, who had not won since capturing the 2022 Daytona 500, was part of a Team Penske trio that was strong all day as he led 53 laps. Blaney appeared in control after outdueling Christopher Bell for the lead, but he ran out of gas just before beginning the final lap, allowing Cindric to inherit the top spot and cruise to his second career victory. Overall, Cindric, Blaney and Joey Logano combined to lead 74 laps while Ford as a whole led 137-of-240 laps.
PAST WINNERS
FORD’S NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS AT WWT
2022 – Joey Logano
2024 – Austin Cindric
