The saying goes, “Everything’s Bigger in Texas”, and that certainly applied to NASCAR’s running of the Wurth 400 on Sunday, 5/4. I was watching the race with my father, and he said “Man, this is the race that didn’t want to end!”, and he was right. Not only did this race have an overtime finish, but it also lasted 3 hours, 28 minutes, and 40 seconds. There were 20 lead changes, 12 cautions for 73 laps, and polesitter Carson Hocevar secured the fastest lap of the race, with a 28.56 lap time.

The race had all the crashes we didn’t have last week at Talladega. Bubba Wallace had a crash on the backstretch, and his car caught some air, but didn’t flip, and collected three to five cars within the wreck. Carson Hocevar was launched in the air by Ryan Preece, but landed on his wheels as well. 

The race was marred with cautions, but still wasn’t unusual for Texas. Many of the cautions happened later in the race, which is why my father said his remark above.

Joey Logano claimed his first victory of the season in the Lone Star State, beating out a hard-charging Ross Chastain in an overtime restart. This would leave Ryan Blaney as the only driver from Team Penske yet to win in 2025. Chipper Jones and Joey Logano would end their argument, and they both had a good laugh about the debate between them. 

The point standings had not much of a shakeup from this week’s race, but it did cut down William Byron’s point lead to 13 points above Kyle Larson. Carson Hocevar jumped 3 positions to 17th place, with 219 points, -202 off of Byron. 

Next Week’s race will be the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, May 11th, 2025 at 3:00 PM EST on FOX.