Sunday, February 22, 2015

Joey Logano kicks off 2015 season with a Daytona 500 win

Joey Logano is on top of the racing world. 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Joey Logano picked up where he left off, capping a breakout 2014 season by winning Sunday's Daytona 500.

Logano won under caution when a big crash involving Jeff Gordon erupted on the backstretch on the final lap of a green-white-checkered finish. The crash started when Austin Dillon clipped Gordon from behind in the middle of the pack.

“I can’t believe it. This is absolutely amazing," Logano said. "This is awesome. The Daytona 500, oh my God. I was so nervous the whole race. … This is our weakest racetrack, we were terrible at them last year but works so hard and that works every time."

At 24, Logano was clearly in awe after his first victory in the Great American Race.

"This is so cool," he said in victory lane. "This is better than Disney World in here."

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Race Fast Facts - Daytona:
No. 22 Joey Logano won the 57th Annual Daytona 500, his ninth victory in 221 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2015.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 14 races at Daytona International Speedway.
No. 4 Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 29 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2015.
No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (third) posted his 18th top-10 finish in 31 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Joey Logano leads the point standings by 5 points over Kevin Harvick.
This is Team Penske and car owner Roger Penske's second Daytona 500 victory, his first was in 2008 with driver Ryan Newman.
Joey Logano is the second youngest driver in series history to win the Daytona 500 at the age of 24 years, 8 months, 29 days. The youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 is Trevor Bayne at the age of 20 years, 0 months, 1 day.

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