By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Joey Logano wanted to compete against Jeff Gordon when he was younger. As the legend races in his final Daytona 500, Logano was able to win the historic race.
Logano, who led the final six laps, won his first Daytona 500. In addition, this was his first restrictor plate win of his career.
“About as cool as I thought it would feel,” Logano said of his win. “I think as a kid, any young racer dreams of winning the Daytona 500. It’s the biggest race we have all year. You’re down here for two weeks. So much buildup coming into this race, with the qualifying, and the Duels. You get out there, the first time you’ve raced in a couple of months. There’s a lot of anxiety, and a lot of nerves before the race.
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“To be able to pull that car into Victory Lane, see my team there, see my family and my friends. Everyone was here. It couldn’t be any better. It’s an amazing feeling. I can’t put it into words. It’s something that you can’t describe. I keep reliving over and over again what it was like down the back straightaway when I came off of turn two there, looking in the mirror, saw them crashing. Okay, you hope there’s a caution. But I think even that, they weren’t close enough to be able to make a run.”
He also became the second youngest to win the Great American race. He’s only 24 years old but has been racing in NASCAR for the past 7 years.
His previous best finish was 9th in this race.
“We looked at it,” Crew Chief Todd Gordon said. “I thought as you look at the week we had coming into this, it was cold. The Unlimited was pretty cold. The Duels were pretty cold. The pack stayed tight and together. We talked a lot about how we wanted our racecar to be come race time. “I think we made the right calls to have enough stability in the car. We could maintain our position up front. Joey did a phenomenal job of finding the right lines. I think Tab Boyd did a great job from the spotter’s stand to get us out front.
“I’d say the biggest thing that helped us today beyond having speed and getting up there, we worked well with the 15 car. I think those guys did an awesome job helping us today.”
Following Logano, Kevin Harvick finished second. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a third-place finish. Rounding out the Top 5, Denny Hamlin was fourth and Jimmie Johnson was fifth.
With the third-place finish, Earnhardt Jr. secured his eighth Top 5 finish at the Daytona 500. He surpassed his father, who had seven.
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Only “The King” Richard Petty and Carl Yarborough have more than NASCAR’s most popular driver. Petty has 11, while Yarborough has 9.
Trevor Bayne is the youngest driver to win this race. He was 20 years old and a day old when he won the race with the Wood Brothers Racing team in 2011.
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