The latest auto news, reviews, prices, product and vehicle releases. Jun
17th
Stay connected Subscribe to our RSS feed
Although summer hasn't officially started Joey Logano has turned up the heat in NASCAR. On Saturday he held off James Buescher to win the Nationwide Race at Michigan International Speedway.
It was his fourth series win in five races, fifth this season and second victory in six days after winning the Sprint Cup race in Pocono.
When asked how it is that he is on such a streak, Logano answered "I've just had a lot of confidence in myself lately and my abilities and knowing what I can do," Logano who drives a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing said. "There hasn't been an opportunity that we let slip up yet.
"Obviously I've got a great team. I've got a great crew chief on the Cup side with Jason (Ratcliff) and Adam (Stevens) over here, have been doing two awesome jobs and working together really well and making both programs rise up to where it needs to be. We're just capitalizing on every opportunity we got right now."
Logano was masterful on the restarts and Buescher knew it.
"We took a shot at it at the end," Buescher said. "As long as you're in position, that's all you can ask for."
Kurt Busch fresh from his one-week NASCAR suspension finished third surviving an early incident which involved him and Danica Patrick.
"I felt like we did the best we could with that damage from that first spin by Danica," said Busch. "I didn't see where she was in the top groove and a bunch of us were on the bottom side racing hard. I hit the back of the 22 (Brad Keselowski).
"We had to work our way back up from all that repair work and worked our way back up a couple times from starting in the back and brought the Monster Energy car home in third today.
"A little too much damage I thought when I got out of the car and looked at it I was like, 'Woo, that was definitely slowing us up on the straightaway a little bit.' The hood wasn't sealed to the nose so it was a great finish all in all with all the teamwork that went into it -- good, solid pit stops.
"The restart before the final one, I was on the inside and went from third to eighth and then the restart on the final one, I went from eighth back up to third."
It was his fourth series win in five races, fifth this season and second victory in six days after winning the Sprint Cup race in Pocono.
When asked how it is that he is on such a streak, Logano answered "I've just had a lot of confidence in myself lately and my abilities and knowing what I can do," Logano who drives a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing said. "There hasn't been an opportunity that we let slip up yet.
"Obviously I've got a great team. I've got a great crew chief on the Cup side with Jason (Ratcliff) and Adam (Stevens) over here, have been doing two awesome jobs and working together really well and making both programs rise up to where it needs to be. We're just capitalizing on every opportunity we got right now."
Logano was masterful on the restarts and Buescher knew it.
"We took a shot at it at the end," Buescher said. "As long as you're in position, that's all you can ask for."
Kurt Busch fresh from his one-week NASCAR suspension finished third surviving an early incident which involved him and Danica Patrick.
"I felt like we did the best we could with that damage from that first spin by Danica," said Busch. "I didn't see where she was in the top groove and a bunch of us were on the bottom side racing hard. I hit the back of the 22 (Brad Keselowski).
"We had to work our way back up from all that repair work and worked our way back up a couple times from starting in the back and brought the Monster Energy car home in third today.
"A little too much damage I thought when I got out of the car and looked at it I was like, 'Woo, that was definitely slowing us up on the straightaway a little bit.' The hood wasn't sealed to the nose so it was a great finish all in all with all the teamwork that went into it -- good, solid pit stops.
"The restart before the final one, I was on the inside and went from third to eighth and then the restart on the final one, I went from eighth back up to third."