Let me just say this first: I don’t care that somebody threw the Penske guys under the bus. There, I said it. (Cue the “you work for Hendrick” trolling in 3…2…1…) Last week, after both Penske cars were busted by NASCAR at Texas for some creative rear-end components, Jenna Fryer wrote that NASCAR may have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Joey Logano’
The Tattletale Issue
April 22nd, 2013 
T.C. 
Posted in NASCAR News 
Tags: Brad Keselowski, cheating, hendrick motorsports, inspection, Joey Logano, Penske 
7 Comments »Continued Performance, Not One Win, Will Save Logano
June 11th, 2012 T.C. Before Pocono, all the talk about Joey Logano was that he may be on his way out of a Cup ride at Joe Gibbs Racing. Following a win from the pole on Sunday, the discussion about Logano is now about how the win saved his ride. But I’m not convinced that is the case. 2012 [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Home Depot, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Pocono, sliced bread 9 Comments »Gibbs’ Reliability Issue
August 4th, 2011 Journo Joe Gibbs Racing didn’t have a particularly good weekend in Indianapolis. The teams finished 10th, 25th and 27th. Adding to the weekend woes was what has become a very common problem for JGR – an expired engine; this time for Denny Hamlin. This ongoing issue comes as rumors about the future of JGR’s engine program [...]
Posted in Racing Observations, The Business of NASCAR Tags: Dave Rogers, Denny Hamlin, Engine, jgr, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Mark Cronquist, Toyota 8 Comments »Logano Flying High, Under The Radar
November 18th, 2010 T.C. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3. No, that isn’t a countdown of some type. Those are Joey Logano’s finishes over the last five races. At this rate, he’ll finish second at Homestead and win the 2011 Daytona 500. How cool would that be? With all that has been going on over the last few weeks with [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: 2010, Greg Zipadelli, homestead, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano 2 Comments »Logano Needs To Quit Talking And Just Get Payback
June 24th, 2010 T.C. When it comes to racing Joey Logano, a pattern is starting to emerge with how some of the veterans treat the young driver. And the message from the veterans appears to be that they don’t respect this kid very much. Recent run-ins with Kevin Harvick and Juan Pablo Montoya kept Logano from good finishes at Pocono [...]
Posted in NASCAR News, Racing Observations Tags: Greg Biffle, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, payback, revenge 22 Comments »Helicopter Parenting NASCAR Style
June 8th, 2010 Journo Helicopter parent: a colloquial, early 21st-century term for a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her child’s or children’s experiences and problems Bill France Sr. founded NASCAR some 60+ years ago with the outlaws and good ole boys of Southern stock car racing. It was a rough and tumble time – France [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, John Darby, NASCAR, Tom Logano 21 Comments »2009 Predictions Revisited
December 20th, 2009 T.C. Following the 2008 season, Journo and myself wrote a series of posts that covered all the major teams in the Cup Series. We looked at where they had been in 2008 and where they were going in 2009. The posts contained some predictions for the 2009 season, with some being more specific then others. I [...]
Posted in Cup Team Observations Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, bobby labonte, Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., david ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme, Denny Hamlin, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, Elliott Sadler, Gillett Evernham Motorsports, Greg Biffle, hendrick motorsports, Jamie McMurray, jeff burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, michael waltrip racing, Paul Menard, Penske Racing, Reed Sorenson, richard childress racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, robby gordon, Robby Gordon Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, ryan newman, Sam Hornish Jr., Scott Speed, Stewart-Haas Racing, Team Red Bull, Tony Stewart, Travis Kvapil, Yates Racing 3 Comments »Kudos To Joey Logano
October 5th, 2009 T.C. I’ve taken a little grief from the readers regarding my post from last week about Joey Logano needing a short memory after wrecking big at Dover. Some of you thought I was reading too much into his post wreck comments (to be honest, Journo thought I was too), and that you thought he would be fine. [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Cup Series, Dover, fear, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Kansas, Nationwide Series, wreck 3 Comments »What Do Two 19-Year-Olds, Tony Stewart, Hendrick and ‘Crash Gate’ Have In Common?
October 5th, 2009 Journo …nothing other than they’re all in my weekend notes (lame I know). Saturday was a good day to be 19. Well a good day to be 19 if you happened to drive in the Nationwide Series. In his first career NASCAR appearance on Saturday, 19-year-old Parker Kligerman scored his first career pole. Then 19-year-old Joey [...]
Logano Needs A Short Memory
September 30th, 2009 T.C. While doing my usual internet trolling tonight, I came across Tom Bowles’ weekly “Did You Notice” piece over at The Frontstretch. In it, he talks about Joey Logano’s reaction to his wild wreck this past weekend at Dover. If you haven’t seen Logano’s wreck, click here. Bowles quotes Logano as saying: “It just really scared [...]
Posted in Racing Observations Tags: Dover, fear, Frontstretch, Joey Logano, Tom Bowles, wreck 16 Comments »