Eighteen year old Joey Logano started from the pole for the second consecutive week in the No. 20, in only his third start in the Nationwide series. The race ended with Logano making history as the youngest Nationwide Series winner ever. Scott Wimmer garnered a second place finish; Mike Wallace and the Gecko came in third!!
”Dave and the guys worked on the car from the minute we unloaded," Logano said. "I didn’t know what we would have going into lap one. We never gave up…loosening up, loosening it up…about the last pit stop, we got it about right. Overall it was a good night. “ Dave (Crew Chief Dave Rogers) told me we were going to win this thing tonight one way or another and I believed him. ..so, with the last twenty laps to go, I was praying for it to stay green. I expected to win at Dover…I’m getting in one of the best cars out there-I have to win races.”
Wimmer, the second place finisher added “We were just free at the end after the last pit stop. We had tight conditions all night long until then. Seems like the only way we could get close to the No. 18 and the No. 20 was to run free. I just stayed free that whole run.”
Coming off of two consecutive Top 10’s, the GEICO Racing team entered the Bluegrass state looking to extend a run that has them rapidly moving towards the Top 5 in the point standings. Success has become a habit for Mike Wallace and the Germain Racing team and the last few weeks have shown that they both expect to win. Unfortunately, as the race wound down, Wallace suffered a couple setbacks during pit stops. When the checkered flag waved over the Meijer 300, Mike Wallace and the GEICO Racing team recorded a 3rd place finish in a hard fought battle that challenged both Wallace and the Germain Racing team.
” The car was really good," said Wallace. "We had a few obstacles on pit road. I’m really happy with the whole Germain Geico team- the best run I’ve had all year; the best run in a couple of years. It’s nice to know you can go out there as a driver and compete with everyone. We found some things in our race cars that have made them run better and we finished third. Wish we could have had a caution with about five to go, so we could have challenged Scott and Joey.”
Joey is certainly starting off with a ####. If this kid can do this in the Cup series, Kyle Busch is going to have alot of competition to the finish line each week.
And JGR is sitting really pretty for the future. Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Fenway Racing better look out. The Gibbs teams are bringing in young and hungry young men. Who don't mind hanging it out on the edge every week.
I appreciate the positive comments. Joey is getting too much grief already for just being darn good at what he does in my opinion.
The world cheers a 15 year old female Olympic gymnast and the college freshman NCAA basketball or football phenom, but then we think an eighteen year old driver is too young? What's up with that?
Falcon - I agree with Photogr on the rides they are getting are top dollor and before you axe me on this. It is the same think Mike Wallace said after the race intervewed by saying most could have driven that #20 car to the win.
I am not saying he can't drive at all. I am saying even Bobby H Jr could have taken that car to the win with same crew etc. Cheers
Racing a car would not be considered a very "mature" choice of career paths by many so called "reasonable" people. In fact many participants in the sport have mental disabilities such as ADD that result in them not seeing the consequences of their actions. While this can hold a person back in some ways it can actually be an advantage to someone who wants to race a car or work in sales for example.
Look at your best race car drivers. It's the young guy full of nerves and no fear of failure, or the cost of it, that dominates. It's the maturing driver who begins to see the potential for injury and death that loses his nerve who also loses his edge. Not only is this part of the plot of many racing films but also they are facts of the sport my friend.
Yes the equipment is very important these days, as it has always been. But Joey has talent too, as do the other drivers of that 20. I mean, look who they are. There are no slouches there.
And yes, Mike and Bobby would love to drive that car. You may recall Jeff Purvis, late in his career, jumped in the 21 Childress car one year as a substitute driver and won a Busch race in a similar situation.
Not really. I was one of those under funded race teams that operated on a shoe string budget and used bailing wire and bubble gum for parts. How ever, I did my share of bumping and running.
Carting would be good and cheaper but that also depends on what class you run.Some of the advanced classes can get pricey ( $10,000.00 or more).
Photogr for President.
The thinking mans candidate.
There is a cart track an hour east of us that I keep wanting to try out. You can race the clock in their carts. They also have carts available for purchase to race on your own for a reasonable price.
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