Joey Logano Embraces Veteran Role Hauv Kev Sib Tw Championship

Joey Logano tsuas yog 32 xyoo xwb, tab sis nws yog tus qub tub rog ntawm plaub tus neeg tsav tsheb sib tw rau Nascar Cup Series kev sib tw hnub Sunday no ntawm Phoenix Raceway.

Logano yog nyob rau hauv nws 14th lub caij puv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Nascar lub premier faib, thiab nws yog aimed mus yeej nws thib ob championship. Tsis tsuas yog nws ntseeg siab hauv nws Pab Pawg Penske lub peev xwm los yeej rau hnub Sunday, tab sis nws paub tias nws muaj txiaj ntsig zoo dua 2020 tus yeej Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell thiab Ross Chastain.

"Kuv xav tias peb yuav yeej," Logano, uas ua kom nws qhov chaw hauv Championship 4 nrog yeej ntawm Las Vegas Motor Speedway thaum Lub Kaum Hli 16, tau hais. "Peb tsis ua kev zoo siab rau qhov tseeb tias peb nyob hauv Championship 4. Peb xav ua kev zoo siab thaum peb tau yeej."

Logano yog tib tus neeg tsav tsheb hauv Championship 4 uas tau kaw hauv nws qhov chaw rau Phoenix ua ntej ntawm lub asthiv dhau los kev sib tw ntawm Martinsville Speedway. Nws peb tus neeg sib tw tsis paub yog tias lawv yuav sib tw rau qhov kev sib tw ncaws pob kom txog thaum tus chij checkered yoj rau hnub Sunday yav tsaus ntuj.

Qhov zoo mus rau Logano. Nws piav.

"Tam sim ntawd, hnub Monday tom qab Vegas, peb muab txoj kev npaj ua ke rau qhov peb yuav yeej (ntawm Phoenix)," Logano hais. "Dab tsi yog cov khoom uas peb yuav tsum tau tham txog ob thiab ib nrab lub lis piam tom ntej no, ua raws li txoj kev npaj peb muab tso ua ke, yuav ua li cas kom peb lub tsheb zoo dua thiab ua kom pab neeg npaj txhij."

Tsuas yog 16 tus neeg tsav tsheb tau yeej ob lossis ntau dua Nascar Cup Series kev sib tw, nrog rau qhov kawg ua tau yog Kyle Busch hauv 2019, uas tam sim no tsuas yog tus tsav tsheb hauv thaj teb nrog ntau lub npe. Logano yeej nws qhov kev sib tw hauv 2018, tab sis nws ntseeg tias nws txoj haujlwm 506 pib yog qhov sib txawv ntawm lub sijhawm no.

Peb tus neeg tsav tsheb sib tw tawm tsam Logano rau qhov kev sib tw muaj qhov sib npaug ntawm kev paub ua ke raws li nws ua. Elliott muaj xya lub caij tag nrho hauv qab nws txoj siv, Chastain muaj plaub thiab Tswb muaj peb.

Tsuas yog yim xyoo dhau los, Logano yog tus hluas, tsis muaj kev paub lub ntsej muag hauv kev sib tw ncaws pob. Nws tau nkag mus rau nws thawj Championship 4 tom qab xyoo dhau los ua ib qho kev cia siab zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev ua si nawv keeb kwm. Nws txawm tau txais lub npe menyuam yaus "Sliced ​​Cread" los ntawm Nascar Hall of Famer Mark Martin vim nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas txhua tus tau pom hauv kev txhim kho.

Nws coj Logano ob peb lub caij thiab txav los ntawm Joe Gibbs Kev Sib Tw mus rau Pab Pawg Penske kom ruaj khov nws cov xwm txheej ua tus thawj coj sib tw. Txij li thaum koom nrog Penske hauv 2013, Logano muaj 28 yeej, suav nrog 2015 Daytona 500. Nws yeej muaj kev ua haujlwm siab rau 2015.

Logano tau hais tias "Nws zoo nyob ib puag ncig ntev npaum li kuv tau mus," Logano hais. “Kuv muaj peev xwm siv qhov kev paub dhau los rau kuv qhov txiaj ntsig. Kuv tseem muaj 32 xyoo. Nws yog ib qho chaw zoo nyob rau hauv thiab nws yog ib qho chaw tshwj xeeb rau hauv. Tsis muaj lwm tus neeg sib tw uas muaj ntau lub laps li kuv muaj thiab tseem hluas. Nws yog ib yam dab tsi los siv rau peb kom zoo dua lub asthiv no. "

Xyoo no, Logano muaj peb qhov yeej (Darlington, Gateway thiab Vegas) hauv qab nws txoj siv thiab 16 sab saum toj 10s. Nws tsuas yog ib xyoo nruab nrab rau 2018 tus yeej, uas tau ua tiav qhov nruab nrab ntawm 10.7 lub caij ntawd.

Raws li Logano npaj rau kev sib tw zaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo, nws tau siv US Network's Nascar docuseries Kev sib tw rau Championship kawm txog nws cov phooj ywg.

"Nws yog qhov nthuav rau kuv txawm tias yog tus neeg sib tw, zaum thiab saib nws," Logano hais. "Kuv tuaj yeem pom tias kuv cov neeg sib tw npaj tau li cas rau kev sib tw thiab lawv lub neej txhua lub lim tiam zoo li cas. Nws yog nthuav kom pom.

"Kuv tsis paub tias muaj ib yam dab tsi uas kuv yuav siv tawm tsam lawv, tab sis nws yog qhov nthuav kom pom tias peb lub neej txawv li cas. Peb txoj haujlwm zoo ib yam, tab sis peb lub neej tsis tuaj yeem txawv dua. "

Thiab rau saum nws tawm, Logano muaj kev ntseeg siab hauv nws lub npe vam tias nws twb xav txog yuav ua li cas nws tuaj yeem koom nrog nyuaj dua tom qab nws thawj qhov kev sib tw.

Logano hais tias, "Vam tias, nws zoo li zaum ob."

Nascar kev sib tw championship ntawm Phoenix pib hnub Sunday, Kaum Ib Hlis 6 thaum 3 teev tsaus ntuj ET. ntawm NBC.