Joey Logano’s mentor Mark Martin asserts the NASCAR champion “should have known better” after Richmond pit-road drama

Mark Martin feels Joey Logano warranted the $50,000 fine for unsafe actions in the pit-road after controversial Richmond race loss.

Joey Logano’s mentor Mark Martin asserts the NASCAR champion “should have known better” after Richmond pit-road drama

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Two times NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano is one of the best drivers of generation and one of the all-time greatest. Hall of Famer Mark Martin played a major role in the star driver growth, and played a role of mentor in the young Logano’s life, which the Team Penske Racing driver still cherishes.

Mark Martin recently appeared in the in the Dale Jr. Reloaded podcast and shared his verdict on the controversial finish to Richmond Cup race and post-race drama involving Joey Logano. The ex-champion was wrecked for the win by Austin Dillon and to show his frustration, Logano did burnout on the crowded pit-stop before the No:3 crew, causing safety risk.

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This made NASCAR to fine his a whopping $50,000 and Martin aggress with the severity of it. He admitted that Logano should have known better before making the decision to do a burn out in the pit-road. Martin pointed out that the excessive penalty will deter any driver from doing the same in the future.

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Joey should have known better, but if you were in his head, you knew that he had control of it and that he wasn't going to run over somebody. But everybody else doesn't know that, and if you go at that with an excessive penalty like what I think that was, it deters it.
Mark Martin said via Dale Jr. Reloaded.
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Joey Logano has hopes of winning a third championship

Though the 2024 season hasn’t been the very best for Joey Logano, he is hopeful that he can win the championship this season. Slowly but surly the No:22 team is getting back to the top team and he has a feeling that another championship win will be a possibility.

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I feel good that we can get there for sure…I feel better now that we have opportunities to win again.
Joey Logano said.

Joey Logano knows how to peak at the right time and win the championship in the playoff era. Team Penske racing is all in with their drivers to do the same as well. It would be interesting to see if he would be able to get the championship win.

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