“It’s been a hard season!” Joey Logano recalls sleepless nights over poor runs in 2024 after Nashville win  

Joey Logano feels a lot of pressure is off his shoulder after the win at Nashville.

“It’s been a hard season!” Joey Logano recalls sleepless nights over poor runs in 2024 after Nashville win  

Joey Logano (Via IMAGO)

Two times NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano came into the 2024 season with the hopes of redemption. His title defence in 2023 ended early owning to underwhelming performance while his teammate Ryan Blaney secured the title. The start of the season was great for the No:22 Foord driver as he and his crew were struggling be consistent.

Mid-way to the regular season, Joey Logano with his crew was able to find some performance and an edge, which led to them winning the $1 million-dollar All-Star race. But with his points tally and P16 spot in the points table made it something less significant to celebrate. Fortunately, the win gave the team a direction to follow as now all three Penske driver are in the playoffs.

Before surviving the five overtime restarts for the win at Nashville, Logano was under huge pressure. Being in the playoff bubble was really taxing for him as he couldn’t even sleep well on someday. Now with it finally over because of his race win, he feels relived and Logano now has seven weeks before the playoff to drive with a clam head.

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It’s been a hard season and being on that cutline, I tell you it sucks. It’s just not fun. It’s hard and you just want a little bit of relief of the pressure and with seven weeks to go until the playoffs it gives us a chance to breathe for a second and start just kind of working on our car a little bit differently and just sleep better, to be honest with you.
Joey Logano said via NBC.

Joey Logano credits teamwork for the win

The No:22 Ford wasn’t the best car of the day under any circumstances on Sunday, but they were able to win the race because of the fuel management and strategy.  Logano in post-race interview gave all the credits to his team that helped him to pull off the surprise.

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Joey Logano (Credits: Beyond the Flag)
A lot of teamwork there. You have to give a lot of credit to our fueler, Nick Hensley, our engine department with Roush Yates building obviously some engines that could also manage fuel really well, and some guts – a lot of cajones made it happen.
Joey Logano said.

The race win will give Logano and his crew the confidence alongside the momentum it needs to convert the season to championship contending year. It would be interesting to see how the reminder the year would playout for the team.

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