Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano has three Talladega wins – second only to Brad Keselowski’s six victories among active drivers. Even with his impressive win tally, Logano smiled and conceded there are so many variables at play on a superspeedway, strategy changes in an instant.
Logano has led laps in eight of the last 10 Talladega races and earned a win (2018, Spring) . However, the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford has finished 26th or worse in four of the last five races here, suffering three DNFs in that time.
“A good race on a superspeedway is for me, not wrecking, that’s important to me because I’m inside there and I don’t want to be in one of those wrecks,” Logano said smiling. “A good race for me is interesting strategy right through the stages and that happens if it goes green.
“You see the Fords, Toyotas and Chevys pitting at all different times and how that kind of mixes back up at the end of a stage and I always think that’s interesting at a speedway and I like to see how that plays out.
“You’ll see three-wide racing. Talladega always delivers. You’re not going to know who’s going to win the race going down the backstretch, you just don’t know. So, it’s exciting. That’s why fans love it.”
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