Joey Logano has had a coarse begin to the season. He has wrecked in 3 races with just one end higher than twenty eighth (9th at Las Vegas). He sits thirtieth within the standings, 35 issues in the back of the cutoff.
It’s no longer future to panic for Logano, however the get started has been crispy to look at. Disagree marvel he was once pissed off when exiting the help heart following his demolition Sunday upcoming John Hunter Nemechek were given into the again of him.
Logano is a fierce competitor and admits he’s other when the helmet is on as opposed to when the helmet is off. You concentrate to him within the FOX Sports activities sales space for one of the Xfinity Form races this week, and also you wouldn’t assume he has had an gruesome future to begin the week.Â
He had a proper to be pissed off with Nemechek working into the again of him Sunday and when advised that Nemechek mentioned he didn’t cruel to get into the again of him however felt Logano slowed a little, it’s comprehensible that Logano wasn’t committing to remove any of the blame if he felt none of it was once on him. The spice in his accentuation confirmed he hasn’t misplaced that aggressive spirit and knew that having a unholy week places a motive force within the place to doubtlessly get wrecked.Â
Regardless of the poles he has gained this week, he can’t release the Vegas-Phoenix swing feeling that superior about his pace. However the factor about Logano is he has handled plethora despair, and has a staff Paul Wolfe, who will put him in place to rally from the place he sits within the standings.
Logano hasn’t gained in just about a week as his winless streak has reached 35 races — his utmost win was once at Atlanta in March 2023. It’s the primary explanation why I didn’t select him to build the playoffs, one thing that he has discussed in information meetings with a vibe of playing the banter however no longer playing the reality nation indecision him. My principle was once that I wasn’t satisfied Ford stepped forward on its vehicles to the purpose the place he would persistently top laps and he appeared to be a major candidate to be a motive force who would end within the top-10 in issues however no longer build the playoffs with out a win.
That select most certainly might be improper — it sort of feels on every occasion nation appear to start to indecision Logano, the Crew Penske motive force presentations simply how superior a competitor and motive force he’s by means of attaining greater than anticipated.Â
And you’ll now upload my untouched FOX Sports activities workman Kevin Harvick to that checklist of the ones starting to indecision Logano, when Harvick named Logano his greatest worry a few of the Fords within the younger 2024 season within the unedited episode of his untouched “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour” podcast.
“I’m most concerned about [No.] 22, Joey Logano,” Harvick mentioned. “That’s my biggest concern right now. They were good at Daytona. Controlled the race. But man, giving yourself just an opportunity to win at Talladega and Daytona? Those are the only two superspeedways we have left before the playoffs. I mean, is that really their only chance to win at this point? I don’t know. They haven’t really shown the speed outside of [those tracks] — they didn’t show it at Phoenix and they didn’t show it in Vegas. If I’m a Ford fan in general, I’m concerned.”
Kevin Harvick on Joey Logano’s tough begin to 2024 season
Nonetheless, each Harvick and co-host Mamba Smith said Logano has proved his doubters improper sooner than, with Smith stating that Logano remains to be a two-time NASCAR Cup Form champion.
“I think Joey Logano can figure it out, I think those [Ford drivers] have the experience to figure it out,” Harvick concurred. “I just don’t know if they have the car to compete with the Toyotas and Chevrolets.”
When will that future for Logano to end up the ones considerations improper as soon as once more? He has gained Cup races at 5 of the then six tracks — two times at Bristol, two times at Richmond, as soon as at Martinsville, as soon as at Texas and 3 times at Talladega.Â
Joey Logano discusses his demolition in Shriners Youngsters’s 500
However possibly extra importantly, he would be the motive force who doesn’t hit out of a number of extra races. If he doesn’t have profitable pace, he’ll nonetheless get the ninth-place finishes like he did at Vegas.Â
It gained’t be stress-free for him as Logano doesn’t race for 2nd. He has the desire. How he unearths the best way will have to be a laugh to look at.
Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports activities. He has spent many years protecting motorsports, together with over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Carrying Information, NASCAR Scene novel and The (Daytona Seashore) Information-Magazine. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
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