After nearly two decades of closing out the NASCAR season under the Miami sun, the sport made a change in 2020, trading the palm trees of Homestead for the desert heat of Phoenix.
Akin to many of his peers, including the likes of Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano has always kept his eyes on one prize: winning in NASCAR, come what may.
When did the conversation flip about the NASCAR elimination style playoff format? It started with Joey Logano, and his first championship win in 2018, Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic believes.
Can you name every driver to be the NASCAR Cup Series champion since 1984?
Few NASCAR legends have been fortunate enough to watch their children carry on the family legacy behind the wheel. A lot of eyes now seem to be on Joey Logano’s kids, who might be next in line to join that next generation of racing dynasties.
Ryan Blaney won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, and Kyle Larson brought home the 2025 Cup Series championship.
Joey Logano has long stood in defense of NASCAR’s (Chase) playoff format, so firmly, in fact, that even Dale Earnhardt Jr. once joked he’d heard enough of Logano’s crusade to justify it.
Joey Logano has long stood behind NASCAR’s winner-take-all playoff system. But with the sport considering multiple races for the Championship 4 round and rotating venues for the finale each season, the system that fueled Team Penske’s three-year streak of dominance may soon be a thing of the past.
With six victories this season, Denny Hamlin stands as the odds-on favorite to win the Cup Championship among the final four contenders. Yet his 21-year wait for a title still threatens over one of NASCAR’s most consistent performers, a storyline that fuels both fan anticipation and sentiment.
Joey Logano has been unable to keep up with the winning momentum of the 2024 season. Logano came into the year as a defending Cup Series Champion and hoped to win one this year as well.
The fourth year of NASCAR's Next-Gen car will be the first year that Team Penske does not win the NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Without a win at Martinsville in 2018, Joey Logano likely wouldn't have gone on to win his first NASCAR Cup Series title later that same year. But on Sunday at Martinsville, when he needed another clutch win, the three-time Cup Series champion didn't have enough.
On Sunday, the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series will take on the half-mile Martinsville Speedway in the penultimate race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Team Penske drivers have a knack for coming alive when the playoffs roll around. Joey Logano, for one, has made a habit of doing just enough in the regular season, winning a single race each year to punch his playoff ticket, before turning up the heat in the final stretch to capture two championships in the last three seasons.
Joey Logano has been involved in the philanthropic work since long before NASCAR established its Driver Ambassador Program, which rewards drivers who promote the sport through appearances and media efforts.
Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney suffered from a disappointing end to their races at the YellaWood 500 at Talladega despite looking strong from the get-go. Both Penske drivers had a great shot at finishing within the top five and strengthening their playoff positions, but because of the team’s chaotic fuel strategy, they couldn’t do so.
Last year’s two-week break for the 2024 Summer Olympics proved to be a blessing in disguise for several NASCAR drivers, Kyle Busch among them. Busch, who had been struggling to find form, came back from the hiatus swinging, notching three top-5 and two top-2 finishes in the final four regular-season races.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — If Team Penske and NASCAR want to salvage even a shred of fan-respect heading into their knock-out showdown at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, they need to quietly root against Joey Logano.
Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney were starving for help behind them late in this past Sunday’s Round of 8 playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway. They started up front on the Stage 3 restart with 17 laps to go, in good position for at least one of them to win the race.
Joey Logano suffered from mediocre results at the YellaWood 500 at Talladega. The Penske star started the race from P16 and could not gain any positions on track towards the end of the race.
Joey Logano was understandably frustrated after Sunday's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Entering the race weekend at Talladega, Joey Logano is in a precarious position. He is 7th in points and -24 to the cutline. If Logano wants to make the Championship 4, a win is the easy way out.
Another win in Sin City on Sunday would give Logano the opportunity to defend his 2024 championship.
For years now, the NASCAR playoff format has been the sport’s favorite argument starter. Whether it’s fans debating “true champions” or former drivers calling for a return to the old full-season points system, the chatter never really stops.
Joey Logano’s no stranger to the spotlight, but after the Charlotte Roval’s wild finish, he caught heat like never before. Fans in the stands let him have it, booing during interviews and broadcast hits, while social media erupted with shade, calling his Round of 8 advance a “lucky” fluke.
Highlights Joey Logano fires back at critics ahead of the Round of 8 race at Las Vegas with a defiant message. The defending champion believes he’s misunderstood, saying most criticism comes from people who don’t know him personally.
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