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Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano has expressed his views regarding the changes made to the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
Speaking to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Logano said that he has no issues with having one more road course race in the playoffs. Watkins Glen International Road Course race has been moved to the playoffs for the 2024 season after being in the regular season from 1992 to 2003.
The #22 Ford driver, who had achieved success at different tracks since his rookie season, said that winning the NASCAR championship is about showcasing drivers’ skills in all types of tracks: superspeedway, short track or road course.
Ahead of the new season, Joey Logano has shared his thoughts on NASCAR’s decision to change up their schedule for the 2024 season.
“Adding another road course, that’s okay. That’s alright. You know, I mean, part of winning a NASCAR championship is you have to be good at all the race tracks, whether it’s a super-speedway or a road course or a half-mile or a mile-and-a-half, or whatever comes at you. You’ve got to be good at all of them if you’re going to win. So it definitely has that in the playoffs,” Logano said as quoted by On3.com.
“The speedway racing changes in the playoffs too, because there’s just different, there’s different agendas out there, than what there is when you’re not in the playoffs,” he added.
“For a playoff team in the playoffs, the win is huge” – Joey Logano
The Team Penske driver feels that playoffs’ superspeedway races do not have the same result as in the regular season.
About the flow of speedway races during playoffs, Logano said:
“For every team, a win is huge in the regular season. For a playoff team in the playoffs, the win is huge. If you’re not in the playoffs, it’s not as big of a deal. It’s just not.
"So when you go to those races, the alliances and who works together and all that, it’s weighted towards the playoff guy. I think that takes something away from speedway racing.”
Joey Logano will look to bounce back in the upcoming 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season after a disappointing performance in 2023. He scored only one win and made an early playoff exit in his title defense season.
