Joey Logano

SlicedBread22 said:
First of all.. I want to point out that Joey finished 4th, 1st, and 4th in the first 3 rounds of the chase. In case anyone missed that.. only driver with 3 top 5's ;) :D

Also.. Joey's paint scheme for Charlotte

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Hot damn. I'll take a diecast.
 
ChexOrWrex said:
Canadian math. Who knew?
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Really? You know its also a top 10 too right? lol :D

Don't talk to me about math.... most around here... including you(if my memory serves me correctly)... failed miserably when presented a simple math problem regarding percentages and ratios... don't hurt your brain trying to figure out how a top 5 is also top 10 ;)
 
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Team Penske’s Joey Logano had the best Challenger Round, finishing fourth, first and fourth in the three races. He led 122 laps at Kansas and got stronger as the race unfolded and won the Hollywood Casino 400.

He’s driving at a scary-good level, and now he can drive knowing he’s already qualified for the Eliminator Round. That’s confidence and peace of mind the No. 22 can’t put a price on.

“We’ve got a real shot at winning the championship, and I feel like we’re one of the teams to beat,” Logano said during the ESPN broadcast.

Yes, Logano is the car to beat going forward.


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...for-nascar-chase-for-the-championship/page/13
 
http://ifantasyrace.com/2014/10/07/joey-logano-brad-keselowski-penske-driver-beat/

Logano has a blistering 4.4 average finish since the Brickyard 400 on July 27, with three of his five victories in 2014 coming during that stretch.

On the flip side, his teammate Brad Keselowski is facing some adversity after tire issues led to a 36th-place finish for the “Blue Deuce” at Kansas. Keselowski currently sits 10th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase standings, trailing Jeff Gordon by 22 points to advance to the next round based on points.
 
ToyYoda said:
You're gonna give Joey some blisters if you don't take it easy. ;)
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Lol I know maybe goin a bit over board... Im just excited... its a great time to be a Joey fan..... really though... average finish of 4.4 since Indy?! Thats pretty epic...... plus I had yesterday off and was bored so.........

Im sure eventually I'll get used to him doing so well and not brag about it so much lol

'09-'12 were tough years to be a Joey fan.. put up with a lot of crap from ppl lol... just returning the favour ;)

The best part of all of this HAS to be that Tony Stewart is doing about as well as Joey was back then... because I think my dad gave me more crap than anyone and hes a big Tony fan. Now all he has to say is "Dont make fun of Tony...He's a champion ya know"
 
SlicedBread22 said:
Lol I know maybe goin a bit over board... Im just excited... its a great time to be a Joey fan..... really though... average finish of 4.4 since Indy?! Thats pretty epic...... plus I had yesterday off and was bored so.........

Im sure eventually I'll get used to him doing so well and not brag about it so much lol

'09-'12 were tough years to be a Joey fan.. put up with a lot of crap from ppl lol... just returning the favour ;)

The best part of all of this HAS to be that Tony Stewart is doing about as well as Joey was back then... because I think my dad gave me more crap than anyone and hes a big Tony fan. Now all he has to say is "Dont make fun of Tony...He's a champion ya know"
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Just messin' with ya, man. You stuck with Joey during the lean years, now it's paying off. Enjoy.
 
SlicedBread22 said:
Lol I know maybe goin a bit over board... Im just excited... its a great time to be a Joey fan..... really though... average finish of 4.4 since Indy?! Thats pretty epic...... plus I had yesterday off and was bored so.........

Im sure eventually I'll get used to him doing so well and not brag about it so much lol

'09-'12 were tough years to be a Joey fan.. put up with a lot of crap from ppl lol... just returning the favour ;)

The best part of all of this HAS to be that Tony Stewart is doing about as well as Joey was back then... because I think my dad gave me more crap than anyone and hes a big Tony fan. Now all he has to say is "Dont make fun of Tony...He's a champion ya know"
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It feels great to have a winning driver. Being on top feels awesome. But there is such a thing as sore winning. Gordon lead the points for pretty much the entire year, you didnt see us making gordon thread after gordon thread ya know? Im happy for ya & Joey. Hes a good kid with plenty if talent. Hes gonna have a decorated career. But the only reason you catch so much riff on here is because of the sore winning attitude. I know you take pride in being obnoxious, youve said that yourself, but nobody else really appreciates it. ~The more ya know
 
ChexOrWrex said:
It feels great to have a winning driver. Being on top feels awesome. But there is such a thing as sore winning. Gordon lead the points for pretty much the entire year, you didnt see us making gordon thread after gordon thread ya know? Im happy for ya & Joey. Hes a good kid with plenty if talent. Hes gonna have a decorated career. But the only reason you catch so much riff on here is because of the sore winning attitude. I know you take pride in being obnoxious, youve said that yourself, but nobody else really appreciates it. ~The more ya know
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I understand that completely... and somewhat agree.... It will die down.. yes ok.. I admit Im a sore winner right now... thats okay with me because I've been through the ringer and back as a Joey fan. Im like overloaded with success right now lol... I was hoping for a 2(+) win season and for him to finish higher in the standings than he did last season and right now he's the odds on favorite to win the title with 5 wins so far and no chance of finishing worse than last season. Even I never saw that coming... Sorry if I feel the need to shove that in some faces lol... like I said... bear with me... it'll fade.

Just maybe try to avoid rf.com for a bit if he does win the cup :D
 
FenderBumper said:
lol That's a white flag in the 'who's better' argument.
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He used to bust my balls so much lol.. how fitting that as soon as Joey started running up front.. Tony isnt running up there to race with him.... I would like to see those two race for a win sometime though.

Im afraid the closest I'll get to that is when he lapped the 14 (of Jeff Burton) on the final lap at Bristol
 
SlicedBread22 said:
He used to bust my balls so much lol.. how fitting that as soon as Joey started running up front.. Tony isnt running up there to race with him.... I would like to see those two race for a win sometime though.

Im afraid the closest I'll get to that is when he lapped the 14 (of Jeff Burton) on the final lap at Bristol
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2 years ago, Logano's cup career was in serious jeopardy. He took his second chance and ran with it. It's great to see him mature from from the days when daddy and mommy lead him around on a leash.
 
It's time to jump on the Joey Logano bandwagon


It’s time to finally become a believer in Joey Logano.

He’s no longer a driver who might reach his potential someday nor a driver who was just not as good as advertised. He has five wins this year and appears poised to compete for a championship. Take a look at preseason picks (mine for instance, which didn't even have him in the Chase) and this could still be considered a little bit of a surprise.

Logano will quickly point out that it shouldn’t be a surprise. He had a breakout year in 2013, his first at Penske after four years of being at first meek and intimidated and then dismissed by Joe Gibbs Racing when he was just coming into his own.

But there was just something about those first four years that kept people from thinking he was capable of a five-win season and vying for a title. It wasn’t that he didn’t win right away, it was that he rarely came even close to winning right away. Yes, he was 18 when he started in Cup, but shouldn’t the talent have been displayed earlier? And why should anyone have thought that he would become much tougher and refuse to get pushed around?

There were signs that JGR didn’t have the best support system for Logano. Crew chief Greg Zipadelli probably wasn’t the best fit after having such success with the hard-nosed Tony Stewart. And sponsor Home Depot was a mediocre fit at best in having a teenager trying to be the spokesman for housewares and appliances. It all created an atmosphere of not when would Logano be successful but instead when would Logano be voted off the island.

He eventually was replaced by Matt Kenseth, a move announced in 2012 when JGR couldn’t find sponsorship to keep Logano. That is when Brad Keselowski lobbied Roger Penske to hire Logano for the ride left open when AJ Allmendinger got fired for failing a drug test.

Penske listened to his driver. And all of a sudden, Logano had a place that had confidence in him.

“I have to thank J.D. and Joe (Gibbs) for giving him the time, kind of getting it ready for us,” Roger Penske quipped. “I probably have to send him a check.”

Penske obviously won't send Gibbs a check, and to be honest, many questioned whether he had made the right decision when he decided to hire Logano.

Logano is showing that it takes time to learn Sprint Cup cars, especially if a driver has limited Nationwide experience. He shows that it might be smart that if a driver has shown the ability to win — Logano had won 18 Nationwide races while at JGR, including nine in 2012, amid his Cup struggles — that the driver will eventually win at the Cup level.

The fact is that Logano now has a little bit of a swagger. It’s still an awkward swagger, but forgive him, he’s just 24 years old.

He’s still young. And anyone who doesn’t take him seriously after he has won this year at Texas, Richmond, Bristol, New Hampshire and Kansas — five tracks that have little in common — is making a big mistake.

from here
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
It's time to jump on the Joey Logano bandwagon


It’s time to finally become a believer in Joey Logano.

He’s no longer a driver who might reach his potential someday nor a driver who was just not as good as advertised. He has five wins this year and appears poised to compete for a championship. Take a look at preseason picks (mine for instance, which didn't even have him in the Chase) and this could still be considered a little bit of a surprise.

Logano will quickly point out that it shouldn’t be a surprise. He had a breakout year in 2013, his first at Penske after four years of being at first meek and intimidated and then dismissed by Joe Gibbs Racing when he was just coming into his own.

But there was just something about those first four years that kept people from thinking he was capable of a five-win season and vying for a title. It wasn’t that he didn’t win right away, it was that he rarely came even close to winning right away. Yes, he was 18 when he started in Cup, but shouldn’t the talent have been displayed earlier? And why should anyone have thought that he would become much tougher and refuse to get pushed around?

There were signs that JGR didn’t have the best support system for Logano. Crew chief Greg Zipadelli probably wasn’t the best fit after having such success with the hard-nosed Tony Stewart. And sponsor Home Depot was a mediocre fit at best in having a teenager trying to be the spokesman for housewares and appliances. It all created an atmosphere of not when would Logano be successful but instead when would Logano be voted off the island.

He eventually was replaced by Matt Kenseth, a move announced in 2012 when JGR couldn’t find sponsorship to keep Logano. That is when Brad Keselowski lobbied Roger Penske to hire Logano for the ride left open when AJ Allmendinger got fired for failing a drug test.

Penske listened to his driver. And all of a sudden, Logano had a place that had confidence in him.

“I have to thank J.D. and Joe (Gibbs) for giving him the time, kind of getting it ready for us,” Roger Penske quipped. “I probably have to send him a check.”

Penske obviously won't send Gibbs a check, and to be honest, many questioned whether he had made the right decision when he decided to hire Logano.

Logano is showing that it takes time to learn Sprint Cup cars, especially if a driver has limited Nationwide experience. He shows that it might be smart that if a driver has shown the ability to win — Logano had won 18 Nationwide races while at JGR, including nine in 2012, amid his Cup struggles — that the driver will eventually win at the Cup level.

The fact is that Logano now has a little bit of a swagger. It’s still an awkward swagger, but forgive him, he’s just 24 years old.

He’s still young. And anyone who doesn’t take him seriously after he has won this year at Texas, Richmond, Bristol, New Hampshire and Kansas — five tracks that have little in common — is making a big mistake.

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It's been a bumpy ride on this bandwagon... but I've got a seat right up front :)
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
It's time to jump on the Joey Logano bandwagon


It’s time to finally become a believer in Joey Logano.

He’s no longer a driver who might reach his potential someday nor a driver who was just not as good as advertised. He has five wins this year and appears poised to compete for a championship. Take a look at preseason picks (mine for instance, which didn't even have him in the Chase) and this could still be considered a little bit of a surprise.

Logano will quickly point out that it shouldn’t be a surprise. He had a breakout year in 2013, his first at Penske after four years of being at first meek and intimidated and then dismissed by Joe Gibbs Racing when he was just coming into his own.

But there was just something about those first four years that kept people from thinking he was capable of a five-win season and vying for a title. It wasn’t that he didn’t win right away, it was that he rarely came even close to winning right away. Yes, he was 18 when he started in Cup, but shouldn’t the talent have been displayed earlier? And why should anyone have thought that he would become much tougher and refuse to get pushed around?

There were signs that JGR didn’t have the best support system for Logano. Crew chief Greg Zipadelli probably wasn’t the best fit after having such success with the hard-nosed Tony Stewart. And sponsor Home Depot was a mediocre fit at best in having a teenager trying to be the spokesman for housewares and appliances. It all created an atmosphere of not when would Logano be successful but instead when would Logano be voted off the island.

He eventually was replaced by Matt Kenseth, a move announced in 2012 when JGR couldn’t find sponsorship to keep Logano. That is when Brad Keselowski lobbied Roger Penske to hire Logano for the ride left open when AJ Allmendinger got fired for failing a drug test.

Penske listened to his driver. And all of a sudden, Logano had a place that had confidence in him.

“I have to thank J.D. and Joe (Gibbs) for giving him the time, kind of getting it ready for us,” Roger Penske quipped. “I probably have to send him a check.”

Penske obviously won't send Gibbs a check, and to be honest, many questioned whether he had made the right decision when he decided to hire Logano.

Logano is showing that it takes time to learn Sprint Cup cars, especially if a driver has limited Nationwide experience. He shows that it might be smart that if a driver has shown the ability to win — Logano had won 18 Nationwide races while at JGR, including nine in 2012, amid his Cup struggles — that the driver will eventually win at the Cup level.

The fact is that Logano now has a little bit of a swagger. It’s still an awkward swagger, but forgive him, he’s just 24 years old.

He’s still young. And anyone who doesn’t take him seriously after he has won this year at Texas, Richmond, Bristol, New Hampshire and Kansas — five tracks that have little in common — is making a big mistake.

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Wow, DPK, has Jr. lost another fan?
 
ChexOrWrex said:
It feels great to have a winning driver. Being on top feels awesome. But there is such a thing as sore winning. Gordon lead the points for pretty much the entire year, you didnt see us making gordon thread after gordon thread ya know? Im happy for ya & Joey. Hes a good kid with plenty if talent. Hes gonna have a decorated career. But the only reason you catch so much riff on here is because of the sore winning attitude. I know you take pride in being obnoxious, youve said that yourself, but nobody else really appreciates it. ~The more ya know
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Its a Joey thread dude
 
ChexOrWrex said:
It feels great to have a winning driver. Being on top feels awesome. But there is such a thing as sore winning. Gordon lead the points for pretty much the entire year, you didnt see us making gordon thread after gordon thread ya know? Im happy for ya & Joey. Hes a good kid with plenty if talent. Hes gonna have a decorated career. But the only reason you catch so much riff on here is because of the sore winning attitude. I know you take pride in being obnoxious, youve said that yourself, but nobody else really appreciates it. ~The more ya know
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Yeah, this has to suck for Gordon fans.....and Jr, fans, Kez fans, Kryle fans, Hammy fans, JJ fans, etc....

After the killer move he pulled at Kansas, I bet Biffle has an overloaded bandwagon too.
 
When Marcos Ambrose finally leaves I will have to find another driver to follow and at the moment it has to be Joey or Brad. Decisions, decisions......
 
OzFan said:
When Marcos Ambrose finally leaves I will have to find another driver to follow and at the moment it has to be Joey or Brad. Decisions, decisions......
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Go with Logano
 
OzFan said:
When Marcos Ambrose finally leaves I will have to find another driver to follow and at the moment it has to be Joey or Brad. Decisions, decisions......
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If you're a Ford fan, you can cheer on the Biff until you decide.
 
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