Joey Logano has vivid memories of New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he came as a child with all his dreams intact.
And unlike many children who fantasize about become elite athletes, Logano hasn’t deviated from the path he envisioned as a pre-teen.
“For me, when you’re seven or eight years old, and I came to watch my first Cup race here… when you’re that old, yeah, there’s nothing telling you you can’t,” Logano said on Friday at the Magic Mile. ‘Yeah, I’m going to make it Cup racing. I’m going to win championships. Watch this. I’m going to be awesome.’
“All kids have a dream like that, and it’s really cool, and kids should have dreams like that and be able to try to make them happen. Sometimes you may have to change your dream as you go, but I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to be able to continue that long road to try to get to a championship. I still think it’s cool, though, to be out there.
“I remember coming here my first time and watching the time it was the Busch North Series and the modifieds and the Cup race, and I met Jeff Gordon. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world, and then you go out there and race against him 10 years later or so.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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