Joey Logano’s start at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday will give him the new longest consecutive start streak in the NASCAR Cup Series, with the previous holder of that mark, Martin Truex Jr. ending his own at 685 straight starts – sixth on the all-time list.
Truex, the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion, retired from fulltime competition at the end of 2024, but started last week’s season-opening DAYTONA 500. His mark began with the 2006 DAYTONA 500.
“It’s obviously a long way to go to catch those guys, but it’s kind of cool it’s happening at Atlanta because I grew up racing Legends cars here,” said Logano, who will make his 578th start and remembers parking his Legends Series car outside Atlanta’s media center as a kid hoping to race in the NASCAR Cup Series one day.
“That was the dream and now pretty cool to see that come full circle here in Atlanta.”
Logano’s former Penske teammate, Brad Keselowski, now an owner driver with Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing is next behind Logano at 546 consecutive starts.
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