Penske star Joey Logano will hit a significant profession milestone this weekend as he made his 600th begin within the NASCAR Cup Collection at Dover Motor Speedway.
Logano stepped as much as the Cup Collection with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2009 and has been a staple on the grid ever since, marking its third title within the championship in 2024.
He first joined the JGR and NASCAR premiere collection, nevertheless it was his transfer to Workforce Pensuke that propelled him to his present stardom in 2013.
Logano hadn’t scored one of the best season to this point, however solely traveled as soon as to the successful lane within the opening 20 rounds.
Nonetheless, the Connecticut native enjoys the chance to rejoice his private landmarks with “Monster Mile.”
“A symbolic weekend the place we are able to hit that 600th begin,” he stated. “It is definitely a busy week, because it’s fairly particular, too. We journey lots, so it is a brief one, nevertheless it’s all good.”
He requested how he dealt with the feelings that enter the weekend, and stated, “I suppose in two other ways. At first look, ‘Properly, it simply begins.’
“However when you begin occupied with it, you’ll take part within the sport as a top-level athlete for over 16 years and hit a 600 begin. That is very unbelievable to have a profession for a very long time.
“It is plenty of begin. I keep in mind the three hundredth begin. I feel it was (Matt) Kenseth on the time. It was in all probability (Martin) Truex, not too removed from the 600. However I am right here so it went fairly rapidly.
“It was a trip. The game is nice for me and my household and I am proud to be part of it.”
At 35, Logano will not be within the temper to decelerate his helmet and hold up the telephone.
Penske drivers have made it clear that retirement is out of the query till the retirement continues to be aggressive and might compete close to the sharp fringe of the pack.
Nonetheless, as quickly as he felt he had misplaced the sting, he was thrown right into a towel reasonably than wandering across the NASCAR.
“I all the time say so long as I can win (I will not retire),” he stated. “I actually really feel that is the norm for me, I like racing, however I like successful extra.
“If I might race different issues and win, I might go and try this, however my dream has all the time been to be a NASCAR driver and turn out to be a NASCAR champion.
“As quickly as I really feel like I am being dragged right into a crew, whether or not it is a racetrack or a racetrack, I haven’t got something on the desk anymore, after I have to get out of the best way at that time.
“I need to see Roger Pensuke and his race crew and profitable individuals. I care lots about them, so I need to be a technique to contribute to it.
“If I have been Roger Pensuke, I might anticipate to be out of the worker, particularly so long as I used to be there. That might be a consider figuring out when it’s. You do not need to be that man.
“Each time it occurs, I feel it occurs. I do not know when that occurs. I’ll be the fool who thinks you may compete on the high stage in your 50s.
“Sooner or later one thing adjustments, however for now I nonetheless really feel as recent as ever. I really feel as sharp as ever. I’m nonetheless driving as ever.
“I am nonetheless bothering. I am nonetheless emotional about issues, so it exhibits that I care lots. When these components are nonetheless there, I do not know but. I do not know.”
