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Joey Logano praises NASCAR for "stepping out of our comfort zone"
Joey Logano praises NASCAR for "stepping out of our comfort zone"

Yahoo

time13-06-2025

  • Automotive
  • Yahoo

Joey Logano praises NASCAR for "stepping out of our comfort zone"

As NASCAR takes on Mexico City this weekend, three-time Cup Series champion Joey Logano spent a few minutes speaking exclusively with Luis Ramírez in preparation for the event. Despite failing to win at any road course race in roughly a decade, the Team Penske driver is looking forward to this weekend's unique race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The event also presents several unknowns as it's a track most drivers in the field have never seen before — and Cup cars have never raced here until now. Advertisement "We'll have to wait and see ... It's obviously a lot of unique things, a lot of new things, for all of us to try and figure out and overcome," said Logano. "You know, not just the race track being new, but all of us being south of the border for us is very new here in Mexico. It's amazing the whole sport moved like this. Like, how many trucks have come down here and set up our race for everyone here in Mexico? It's really exciting. It's pretty impressive, to see it all come together, too. 'This has obviously been a lot of work for everyone at NASCAR. The teams, the truck drivers all had to put a lot into this. It's going to be a great event. I'm excited about that. And like you said, we gotta figure out the race itself." Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford It may sound unbelievable, but this weekend is the first time in 67 years that NASCAR has held a points-paying Cup race outside of the United States. Though a handful of exhibition races were held in Japan and Australia in the 1980s and 1990s, this might be a real turning point. Advertisement Officials have indicated that Mexico could be the beginning of some real international expansion by the top level of the sport, but how does the reigning champion feel about more races beyond the USA? "I think this definitely is stepping out of our comfort zone and when you do that, you usually grow and see other opportunities that come along with that so I think this is a good start," said Logano. "Lord knows where we go from here. I don't know. I think if this is a great success -- and it seems so far it has been going very well -- but if this can be successful, then yeah, we can pick up and move to some different places. Mexico made good sense to be able to do this. The fans are very excited about us being here. You can drive the trucks here. You start going to other countries, you got to start figuring out how to fly things or put them on boats and that changes the game again. So this is a good step in the right direction. No road course ace Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford Joey Logano, Team Penske Ford As mentioned, Logano doesn't have the best record at road courses. Only one of his 37 Cup wins came at a road course, and that was Watkins Glen back in 2015. Nonetheless, Logano is one of the most successful drivers in the sport and is the only active driver with more than two titles, so why has it been so hard for him to adjust to road course racing? Advertisement "That's a great question," laughed Logano. "If I knew the answer, I would have done it by now. Just, I think road course races -- I grew up racing short track ovals. That's what my roots are so you feel at home doing that. The road courses...I feel more and more comfortable as we do them more in NASCAR these days, but yeah, I just think it takes a lot of things to all come together." Threat of rain NASCAR Mexico City race logo NASCAR Mexico City race logo And if attempting to learn to a new road course wasn't difficult enough, Logano and the other 36 Cup drivers in the field will likely have to deal with some rain showers as well. Advertisement "Everything else is different, might as well add some water to the equation," said Logano in response to the questionable weather forecast. "But it'll be fine. Hopefully, it doesn't pour. We'll race out there in wet conditions, but I don't think we're gonna be out there in rainy conditions. Hopefully, the weather holds off enough to where it's just a little shower and we can go out there and race." The NASCAR Cup Series has six sets of wet-weather tires on hand (per team) and has even experimented with racing on damp ovals in recent years, in addition to road course races. To read more articles visit our website.

How to watch Sunday's Cup race at Nashville: Start time, TV info and weather
How to watch Sunday's Cup race at Nashville: Start time, TV info and weather

NBC Sports

time30-05-2025

  • Automotive
  • NBC Sports

How to watch Sunday's Cup race at Nashville: Start time, TV info and weather

After completing its longest distance of the season in the Coca-Cola 600, the NASCAR Cup Series will race Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway, which produced its longest race in duration last year. The 2024 race lasted a marathon 4 hours, 3 minutes and 54 seconds because of five overtimes that extended the distance by 31 laps — an OT record for the Cup Series. Joey Logano capitalized on his sterling fuel conservation to earn the victory that locked the No. 22 Ford into a playoff run to last year's championship. Logano, Kyle Larson (two) and Denny Hamlin (three) have won the past six Cup races on concrete surfaces. Larson is the only Cup driver with four top 10s at Nashville since the track returned to the circuit in 2021. The Hendrick Motorsports star's has a personal-best average finish of 4.5 at Nashville. Halfway through the 26-race regular season, eight drivers have clinched playoff spots with victories. Coke 600 winner Ross Chastain became the third driver in the past four races to earn his first victory of 2025. Dustin Long, Details for Sunday's Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway (All times Eastern) START: The command to fire engines will be given at 7:09 p.m. ... The race is scheduled to begin at 7:19 p.m. PRERACE: The Cup garage will open at 4 p.m. ... Driver introductions are at 6:30 p.m. ... The invocation will be given at 7:01 p.m. ... The national anthem will be performed by Sgt. Elizabeth Marino, 2D Marine Aircraft Wing Band at 7:02 p.m. DISTANCE: The race is 300 laps (399 miles) on the 1.333-mile oval. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 90. Stage 2 ends at Lap 185. ENTRY LIST: Click here for the 39 cars entered at Charlotte. TV/RADIO: Prime will broadcast the race starting at 6:30 p.m. ... Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have radio coverage. FORECAST: WeatherUnderground — Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon, a high of 83 degrees and winds from the west at 5 to 10 mph with a 40 percent chance of rain. It's expected to be 80 degrees with a 24 percent chance of rain at the start of the Cup race. LAST TIME: In a key moment during his championship season, Joey Logano seized the lead in the third overtime and hung on to lead the final nine laps through two more overtime restarts.

Joey Logano takes back critical comments of how Christopher Bell raced him in All-Star Race
Joey Logano takes back critical comments of how Christopher Bell raced him in All-Star Race

NBC Sports

time20-05-2025

  • Sport
  • NBC Sports

Joey Logano takes back critical comments of how Christopher Bell raced him in All-Star Race

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A day after finishing second in the All-Star Race and being critical of how Christopher Bell raced him for the win, Joey Logano told NBC Sports that how Bell drove him 'wasn't as bad as I thought it was.' Bell and Logano dueled much of the final 20 laps Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Logano blocked Bell and tried to take his lane away while Bell worked to get by. Bell made a second attempt and eventually moved Logano up the track and took the lead with 10 laps to go. Bell went on to win his first All-Star Race. After the race, Logano expressed his displeasure with Bell's move. 'I did all I could do to hold him off and he got under me and released the brake and gave me no option,' Logano told FS1. 'Kind of just ran me up into the wall, and if I could've got to him, he was going around after a move like that, I just couldn't get back to him.' Dustin Long, Monday, before a ceremony by the mayor of Mooresville and Town Board honoring the teams of Logano and Ryan Blaney for winning the last three Cup titles, Logano admitted he had a different take on how Bell raced him in those final laps. 'When I went back and re-watched it, I was like, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was,' Logano told NBC Sports. 'If he did that (move Logano up the track) the first time he got to me, I'd be like, 'Dude, why would you do that?' 'But he made solid attempts to pass me. I ran him all up and down the racetrack. So I opened the door. Like at that point, I opened the door (to more aggressive racing). I had to do that to try to maintain the lead. 'But it also to me, it was like, OK, well, if you're willing to do that, you should be able to move that person up the racetrack. Then I should have been able to get back at him. 'I set the tone that we're going to race like assholes. It's OK that he did that to me. But in the moment you're just pissed, right? You're just like, 'He ran me up the track.' Then when I watched it, I was like, 'Nah, it's probably warranted.' 'So, I shouldn't have said that (after the race). You're mad. It is what it is. He knocked me up and then moved me up. Would I have done the same? Probably. Especially after someone ran me all over the racetrack like I did, I probably would have done the same. 'I'm a really bad loser. I'm a sore loser. I can't help it. It is who I am, but I think that's also what makes us winners.'

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