‘What have you been watching?’ Joey Logano lashes out at fans for comparing NASCAR to WWE

‘What have you been watching?’ Joey Logano lashes out at fans for comparing NASCAR to WWE

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NASCAR is one of the premier racing events around the world and the premier event when it comes to stock car racing. For a sport such as NASCAR which has so much cultural influence in and around its fans, it’s not easy to start something new without overcoming a strong line of defense and criticism but change is inevitable.

NASCAR has been going through a rough patch over the years as it is failing to cater to its traditional as well as young demography of fans and has been trying to find the balanced ground in-between to cater to both. But not always everyone will support the new resolutions and the Atlanta Motor Speedway getting reconfigured to a superspeedway was one of them.

Drivers such as Kyle Busch come forth suggesting that the tracks such as in Atlanta are more concerned about entertainment than racing which prompted some fans to accuse NASCAR just being some kind of scripted event for the sake of entertainment such as WWE a statement that wasn’t well-received by the 2018 Cup Series Champion Joey Logano.  

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Find out what Joey Logano had to say about NASCAR-WWE comparison  

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Joey Logano not happy with NASCAR-WWE comparison

Joey Logano said he just shakes his head and laughs when people suggest to him NASCAR has become like WWE. He backed his arguments that it isn’t even close to it pointing out the intense competition in NASCAR irrespective of the track. Joey Logano went on mock such comments suggesting it would have been easier for him if NASCAR was scripted.    

“I just shake my head and laugh. At that point, you just don’t get it. Do you think we’re out there with a script on how this thing is supposed to go? No. It’s a competition. No matter what track you go to — whether it’s a superspeedway or it’s COTA this weekend at a road course, there is competition. There is a lot of work that goes into how do you beat your competitors,”  Joey Logano said.  

“It’d be a lot easier if I had a script on how this was supposed to go. I wouldn’t have to go to work every day. I’d just show up and drive. This would be easy. Just tell me what to do. But it’s not like that. And that’s why when someone says that I’m like, what have you been watching? We’re not even close to that,” Joey Logano added.

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