NASCAR Cup Series

Joey Logano wrecks in opening practice at New Hampshire

Published Jul. 11, 2014 12:45 p.m. ET

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With just under an hour left in opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Joey Logano cut a left rear tire and hit the wall in Turn 1 to bring out the red flag.

Hitting the wall hard with the right rear and right front of the No. 22 Ford, the damage was too extensive and the team was forced to pull out the backup car.

"We had a left rear tire go down there," Logano said. "The same exact thing happened in this race last year. I wasn't even close to saving that. I needed about 500 more yards of straightaway to save that one. Unfortunately, we will have to get the second AutoTrader.com Fusion out here and try to get it tuned up for the race. It is a bummer. I felt like our car was pretty good. It wasn't great, but we were getting closer and I felt like we were a top-five car. Hopefully, the other one is just as good. Team Penske does a great job of making these cars consistent, so I am not too worried about it."

Logano's left-rear tire failure wasn't the only issue, as a number of other drivers had tire issues early in the opening practice. The Team Penske driver was the only one to hit the wall, however.

After suffering multiple tire failures with this compound, Logano said there's no indication before the tire gives out.

"That was only the third run on the tire, so it is kind of odd," he said. "It is something we have had issues with with this tire. I had one go down at the Milwaukee test and I know they have had some issues when cars tested here of tires going down, and it is the left rear all the time. I don't know what it is. I have had three of them now with this tire. Three left-rear tires go flat with this type of tire. Maybe we need to look at something we are doing that is causing it. We will figure it out."