NASCAR Cup Series

Meet the jack that survived a lap at Talladega Superspeedway

Published Nov. 15, 2016 3:19 p.m. ET

Chase Wilhelm

Before rolling into Victory Lane at Talladega Superspeedway, Joey Logano rolled around with an extra piece of equipment in Sunday's Hellmann's 500.

After the first round of pit stops, Logano left pit road with the jack still underneath his No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

Miraculously, it survived a full lap around the 2.66-mile superspeedway.

And at first, Logano didn't even realize it was there.

“My crew chief Todd (Gordon) said, ‘Hey, you've got the jack with you,” he added. “I'm looking around. Look in the mirror. I didn't really see it. Then I looked to the left, I saw the jack post like at my head. I thought, ‘Oh, I don't need that.’ I tried to shake it off. Couldn't do that. Had to come back down pit road.

“Maybe it was a blessing we didn't lose it. You run that thing over, it could have done a lot of damage to our race car. … Ultimately it was okay. We have to buy a new jack for next week, but it's nice to know that we had a world record of fastest lap with a jack underneath a race car.”

It looks like the team will need to invest in a new jack before heading to Martinsville Speedway.

And who knows, maybe the now-famous jack even set a record.

Ladies & Gents we present, the infamous No. 22 crew 'Dega jack, up close & personal... pic.twitter.com/tCrY2C0klG
— Team Penske (@Team_Penske) October 24, 2016