Joey Logano’s fans have gotten used to seeing him winning races. In fact, coming into Saturday night’s Busch East Series event at Thompson International Speedway, Lognao had won four of eight races with the NASCAR Grand National Division.
So most would think that it was a disappointment when Logano came out of Thompson with a fifth-place finish after Saturday night’s Pepsi 100 at the track. And while Logano was a little disappointed, he looked on the bright side and saw what the night really was; another step toward the Busch East Series title.
“It was a good points night, even though the #61 was right in front of us,” said the 17-year-old Logano after the event. “It was a decent night for us. We just didn’t have a winning car. (Eventual race winner) Sean Caisse destroyed everybody. He was pretty much three-thents of a lap quicker. We probably had a seventh or eighth place car and we finished fifth with it. We almost had a third-place run. The team did good and I’m sure that we’ll figure it out.
“What we need right now are top-five finishes and we got that tonight. It was pretty hairy out there a couple of times. So we’re lucky to get out of here in one piece.”
Logano will next head to Nashville’s Music City Motorplex this coming weekend for the next Busch East Series event. It will be Logano’s first race at the track, although it won’t be his first time there.
“We’ll head to Nashville with the points lead. I went there to watch an ASA National Tour race when I was 13. It was right before my birthday, when I started running with the Tour. It looked like a cool track, but I don’t know about driving it since I’ve never raced there.”
“I heard it’s a place that is tough on tires and I hope that it is. Those are the places where I seem to do really well. So I hope that track wears the tires out really quick. I’ve played it on the video games and it seems like a pretty neat track, so we’ll see how it is when we get there.”
For more information on Joey Logano, please contact Jeremy Troiano at (704) 788-2134 and check out joeyloganoracing.com.
