Michael McD𝄹owell♊ came close to winning the NASCAR Cup Series race in Texas, but ultimately crashed out of the event while running in third.

McDowell was leading the closing stages of the Wurth 400 in the #71 Spire Motorsport Chevrolet, having passed the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Kyle Larson on lap 244.

But as the race neared its conclusion, McDowell came under pressure from the Penske's Joey Logano, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:who overtook him just four la💦ps fromꦛ the finish.

The pass unsettled ꦛthe 40-year-old, who subsequently dropped behind the other Penske Ford of Blaney into third place.

A first podium since last year’s Sonoma event was still on the cards for McDowell, but he blew that away on the following lap when he lost control of his car at Turn 2 and slammed the ba🐻rriers on the back straight.

He was eventually classified 26th.

McDowell felt gutted by his late-r🤡ace incident, having had a shot at giving his new team Spire Motorsports its first Cup Serie🙈s victory since Justin Haley’s triumph at the Daytona 400 in 2019.

“I just really hate it for everyone on this No. 71 Chevrolet," he said. "We were gi🦹ving it everything, we had there to try to keep track posi𝐆tion.

“Joey [Logano] got a run there, and I tried to blocജk it. I went as far as I think you could probably go.

“When [Ryan] Blaney slid up in front of me, it just took the air off of it and I just lost the back of it. I still had the fight in me, but I probably should have conceded at thaꦛt poi🐎nt.

“But I’m just 𒆙proud of everyone at Spire Motorsports. I know that’s not the day we wanted, but we had an opportunity to win the race.

“I’m really proud of everyone at the Hendrick Motorsports engine shop – you guys saw those restarts, the motors were ripping. Just hate that we didn’t get it done♒, but we knew we had to go for it. We went for it and itꦚ didn't work out."

McDowell, who split with Front Row Motorsports after 2024 to join Spire Motorsports, sit🀅s 20th in the standings with a best finish of 11th.