Logano is seeking sweep at Charlotte
concord, n.c.» Joey Logano has shown he has a pretty good feel for the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Now the question is whether he can go the distance — 600 miles, that is.
Logano looks to complete a “Joey sweep” at CMS at the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night after winning October’s 400-mile playoff race and the Sprint Cup AllStar race here last weekend.
The 26-year-old will start on the front row, alongside polesitter Martin Truex Jr., for the longest and most grueling NASCAR race of the year.
He’s hoping the momentum from winning the allstar race carries over. His past three Sprint Cup races ended with crashes.
“It is nice to break through after three tough weekends and be able to break through and get that first victory of the year,” Logano said. “Even though it was the All-Star race and it didn’t count for points, we really want to win this Coca-Cola 600.”
Logano is eighth in the Sprint Cup point standings and has three top-five fin- ishes in 12 races, but he is still searching for his first points race victory of the season.
In fact, he hasn’t won since winning three straight races in the Chase for the Cup contender round of the playoffs last year, a string of 16 straight races.
But Logano said his confi- dence is running high given his recent success at Char- lotte Motor Speedway.
“It’s become one of our best racetracks, for sure,” he said. “Any time you go to the racetrack and the last two races you’ve run you’ve won, that makes you feel good and obviously gives you a lot of confidence go- ing into the race.”
Truex, of Denver’s Furni- ture Row Racing, is looking for his first win of the year.