PLAYERS:
Joey Logano,
Denny Hamlin,
Clint Bowyer,
Matt Kenseth,
Paul Menard,
Jamie McMurray,
Carl Edwards,
Ryan Newman,
Marcos Ambrose,
Kevin Harvick,
Jeff Burton,
Regan Smith,
Brad Keselowski,
Jeff Gordon,
David Reutimann,
Bobby Labonte,
David Gilliland,
Greg Biffle,
Dave Blaney,
David Ragan,
Aric Almirola,
Kasey Kahne,
Kyle Busch,
A.J. Allmendinger,
Tony Raines,
Joe Nemechek,
Mike Bliss,
Scott Riggs,
Reed Sorenson,
Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
Martin Truex, Jr.
There’s no denying that Joey Logano has been preforming under a microscope ever since he jumped aboard the Joe Gibbs Racing 20 car in 2009.
He was the new hot-shot rookie on the scene, and everyone expected him to take the sport by storm at 19-years-old.
To say Logano’s career started off “less than ideal” is quite the understatement after crashing out of the 2009 Daytona 500 early and finishing the race 43rd.
From there, he struggled to grasp the Sprint Cup car, finishing far down the running order in a top-level ride was not the start JGR or Logano had in mind.
But then came the race at New Hampshire where Logano took the win in a rain-shortened race. A win that silence all the critics—or not—for a moment.
After the win, the successes in the Cup Series were few and far between for Logano as he continued to be a weekly contender in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series.
However, his lack of success in the Cup Series after the New Hampshire victory woke up a stir of talks of how secure his fut...
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credit: getty images
Yeah, it was just an amazing weekend. Right off the truck, our Home Depot car had a lot of speed, and Jason and all the boys did a really good job with the test, trying to learn things, not getting off track of what we knew worked for us but still try things and not forget about it.
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Pos
Car
Driver
Team
Time
Behind
1
20
Joey Logano
The Home Depot Toyota
50.139
Leader
2
99
Carl Edwards
Kellogg’s / Cheez-It Ford
50.178
-0.039
3
24
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