Joe Gibbs racing will announce on August 25th in a news conference forum that Joey Logano will replace Tony Stewart in the #20 car next season as Tony will go on to his Stewart-Haas car owner duties.
The goal is to get Logano in a fourth Sprint Cup car by the Richmond Race…THIS SEASON! The last race before the Chase is officially underway.
NASCAR.com reports: “In no way will JGR jeopardize any of those cars’ chances of making the Chase [by putting Logano in a Cup car at Richmond],” the source said. “They don’t even want to risk the appearance of possibly jeopardizing the Chase chances of the other three cars.”
The regular NASCAR fans know that Joey Logano is a great race car driver, his track record in the Nationwide Series is far superior to most of the drivers running in the Nationwide Series full time, in 9 Natiowide Series starts he’s won once, got 2 poles and 3 top five finishes. But the big question is…is it too soon to be putting him into a Sprint Cup car?
August 27, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I am still having a hard time picturing Joey in the orange #20. I think he should have run for a Nationwide championship first, get more wins under his belt, and build his fan base. But what do I know, I guess that’s why I am here at the computer talking about it, instead of making those decisions.