Hearing such compliments, how does a young man maintain the same hat size?
"I focus on one race at a time," Logano said on a recent conference call. "That's kind of how I treat life, one day at a time. As long as you go out there and win races, that stuff [expectations] will take care of itself."
Before Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Martin said: "I don't think NASCAR's ever seen anything quite like Joey Logano. I predict he's going to bring a lot of excitement to NASCAR yet this year."
Logano dominated the ARCA series race at Rockingham, N.C., earlier this month, leading 257 of the 312 laps on his way to beating veteran Ken Schrader by more than 4 seconds.
"He embarrassed the competition at Rockingham," Martin said.
Last year, Logano outran Kevin Harvick, another Sprint Cup series veteran, in a race at Iowa Speedway.
Handling Dover's banked "Monster Mile" won't be a new experience for Logano. Last year, he finished second in the NASCAR Camping World Series East race at the track, yet clinched the series. Logano led the most laps (79) in the 150-lap event.
With his life revolving around racing, Logano has been home-schooled. He said he attended a Catholic school in Connecticut through fourth grade. Then the family moved to Georgia. They now live in North Carolina. He said he hasn't missed attending high school.
"I've kind of been doing this my whole life, so I don't know anything different," he said. "I have friends who are my age, but they all race."
Most kids don't have T-shirts with their names and faces on them. Logano was 9 when his first T-shirts were printed.
