Joey Logano

Joey Logano has a perpetual smile on his face, and for good reason. On Saturday, the motor-sports wunderkind turned 18 - the minimum age required to compete on any of NASCAR's three premier circuits. While he feasted on a 150-pound cake baked in the shape of his race car, Joe Gibbs, the team owner and Hall of Fame football coach, sang "Happy Birthday. " Tomorrow, Logano will make his Nationwide Series debut at Dover International Speedway under the weight of tremendous expectations, some self-inflicted and others placed on his shoulders by people in the know.

Lenox Industrial Tools 301 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. When: Sunday, 1 p.m. TV/Radio: TNT/WNPV (1440-AM), WDSD (94.7-FM) Course: 1.058-mile oval Distance: 300 laps/318.4 miles 2009 winner: Joey Logano 2009 pole winner: None because of inclement weather. Track qualifying record: Juan Pablo Montoya, 133.431 mph (Sept. 20, 2009) Track facts: Joey Logano's first Cup win was in a rain-shortened race. He led only 11 laps before rain halted the race.

CONCORD, N.C. - Greg Biffle had to pit for gas, so Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead. Cars wrecked on the next-to-last lap, and still Earnhardt led. But you have to have enough fuel to finish. Earnhardt didn't and Kevin Harvick did, and Harvick ended a wild night of racing with a victory in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. David Ragan finished second, Joey Logano third, Kurt Busch fourth, and AJ Allmendinger fifth. Harvick becomes the Sprint Cup Series' first three-time winner this season.

Teen star Joey Logano, 18, raced to his second career NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch and finishing 0.487 seconds ahead of Busch in the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, Tenn. Logano led nine times for a race-high 95 laps. Pro football Buffalo Bills safety Donte Whitner, 23, was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers trying to control a rowdy crowd outside a Cleveland nightclub early yesterday, police said.

Jack Roush joked Friday that Pocono Raceway - in the heart of a resort area that once was a traditional destination for newlyweds - would be a fitting place for Tony Stewart's "honeymoon" as a first-year driver/owner to end. Stewart chuckled at the rival owner's jab but admitted: "He's right - it's been a honeymoon to this point [because] we haven't had to go through the lows yet. We will get a dose of reality at some point. Every race team does. " Less than 24 hours later, Roush's prediction sounded eerily prescient.

TALLADEGA, Ala. - The leader on the last lap isn't supposed to win at Talladega Superspeedway. Everybody knows that. Brad Keselowski disagrees, and he showed how to do it Sunday with a calculated plan that sent him to Victory Lane. Keselowski used a big push from Kyle Busch to pass leader Matt Kenseth, and after leaving the Daytona 500 winner in their wake, Keselowski staved off Busch's attempt to snatch the win. Using a move Keselowski said he had dreamed about, he held on for his second win of the season and second at Talladega.

ANOTHER RACE, another feud. This time it's Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick. We've all seen NASCAR drivers mad at each other. But this is the first time I can recall a driver including a rival's wife in his remarks. Quick review: During the closing laps of last Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway, Harvick nudged Logano's Toyota, sending it spinning. Logano skillfully managed to save the car. When the race ended, a fuming Logano parked next to Harvick on pit road and attempted to confront him. That's when Logano told a TNT reporter, "His wife wears the firesuit in the family and tells him what to do. " Logano, who turned 20 last month, had a right to be angry about the racing incident with Harvick.

Joey Logano, only 18 and a reed-thin 140 pounds, will replace Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing next season. With Stewart, a two-time Sprint Cup points champion, set to leave JGR after 10 years to become driver-owner of what is now called Haas-CNC racing, Logano next season will inherit Stewart's sponsor, Home Depot, and his crew chief, Greg Zipadelli. Logano, of Middletown, Conn., has starred at every level, including 14 straight wins in Legends Cars.

A drenching overnight storm that looked as if it might submerge Dover International Speedway and potentially postpone yesterday's AAA 400, moved out of the area in time to allow the second race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup to go off on schedule. Once the skies cleared, the only thing that stopped Jimmie Johnson was the checkered flag. NASCAR's three-time defending champion turned in another dominating effort on a track where he has won nearly one-third of his starts (5 of 16)

LONG POND, Pa. - Joey Logano is barely old enough to drink and, from the look of his baby face, rarely has need for a razor blade. Yet the third-year Sprint Cup Series driver can't help but wonder about his job security. With one win in 95 career races and a dismal start to the 2011 season, when he failed to finish better than 23d in the first five races, Logano saw speculation grow about his future in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. "Obviously, there's been a lot of rumors around our team lately," Logano conceded.

TALLADEGA, Ala. - The leader on the last lap isn't supposed to win at Talladega Superspeedway. Everybody knows that. Brad Keselowski disagrees, and he showed how to do it Sunday with a calculated plan that sent him to Victory Lane. Keselowski used a big push from Kyle Busch to pass leader Matt Kenseth, and after leaving the Daytona 500 winner in their wake, Keselowski staved off Busch's attempt to snatch the win. Using a move Keselowski said he had dreamed about, he held on for his second win of the season and second at Talladega.

LONG POND, Pa. - Joey Logano is barely old enough to drink and, from the look of his baby face, rarely has need for a razor blade. Yet the third-year Sprint Cup Series driver can't help but wonder about his job security. With one win in 95 career races and a dismal start to the 2011 season, when he failed to finish better than 23d in the first five races, Logano saw speculation grow about his future in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. "Obviously, there's been a lot of rumors around our team lately," Logano conceded.

CONCORD, N.C. - Greg Biffle had to pit for gas, so Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead. Cars wrecked on the next-to-last lap, and still Earnhardt led. But you have to have enough fuel to finish. Earnhardt didn't and Kevin Harvick did, and Harvick ended a wild night of racing with a victory in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. David Ragan finished second, Joey Logano third, Kurt Busch fourth, and AJ Allmendinger fifth. Harvick becomes the Sprint Cup Series' first three-time winner this season.

Lenox Industrial Tools 301 New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H. When: Sunday, 1 p.m. TV/Radio: TNT/WNPV (1440-AM), WDSD (94.7-FM) Course: 1.058-mile oval Distance: 300 laps/318.4 miles 2009 winner: Joey Logano 2009 pole winner: None because of inclement weather. Track qualifying record: Juan Pablo Montoya, 133.431 mph (Sept. 20, 2009) Track facts: Joey Logano's first Cup win was in a rain-shortened race. He led only 11 laps before rain halted the race.

ANOTHER RACE, another feud. This time it's Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick. We've all seen NASCAR drivers mad at each other. But this is the first time I can recall a driver including a rival's wife in his remarks. Quick review: During the closing laps of last Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway, Harvick nudged Logano's Toyota, sending it spinning. Logano skillfully managed to save the car. When the race ended, a fuming Logano parked next to Harvick on pit road and attempted to confront him. That's when Logano told a TNT reporter, "His wife wears the firesuit in the family and tells him what to do. " Logano, who turned 20 last month, had a right to be angry about the racing incident with Harvick.

LONG POND - A hundred yards, Denny Hamlin estimates. He was 100 yards from relief. After this 500-mile odyssey, he was moments from seeing the white flag. One thing. Behind him, an accident broke out. One of NASCAR's fastest-rising feuds boiled over. The caution flag flared up instead. And yesterday's Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 at Pocono Raceway headed to a two-lap restart. With one final surge, Hamlin pulled away from Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart to win. No, nothing was handed to Hamlin.

A drenching overnight storm that looked as if it might submerge Dover International Speedway and potentially postpone yesterday's AAA 400, moved out of the area in time to allow the second race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup to go off on schedule. Once the skies cleared, the only thing that stopped Jimmie Johnson was the checkered flag. NASCAR's three-time defending champion turned in another dominating effort on a track where he has won nearly one-third of his starts (5 of 16)

Jack Roush joked Friday that Pocono Raceway - in the heart of a resort area that once was a traditional destination for newlyweds - would be a fitting place for Tony Stewart's "honeymoon" as a first-year driver/owner to end. Stewart chuckled at the rival owner's jab but admitted: "He's right - it's been a honeymoon to this point [because] we haven't had to go through the lows yet. We will get a dose of reality at some point. Every race team does. " Less than 24 hours later, Roush's prediction sounded eerily prescient.

Teen star Joey Logano, 18, raced to his second career NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch and finishing 0.487 seconds ahead of Busch in the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, Tenn. Logano led nine times for a race-high 95 laps. Pro football Buffalo Bills safety Donte Whitner, 23, was shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers trying to control a rowdy crowd outside a Cleveland nightclub early yesterday, police said.

Joey Logano, only 18 and a reed-thin 140 pounds, will replace Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing next season. With Stewart, a two-time Sprint Cup points champion, set to leave JGR after 10 years to become driver-owner of what is now called Haas-CNC racing, Logano next season will inherit Stewart's sponsor, Home Depot, and his crew chief, Greg Zipadelli. Logano, of Middletown, Conn., has starred at every level, including 14 straight wins in Legends Cars.