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Logano Earns Third Top-10 Finish of the Season in Charlotte

Concord, N.C. (May 25, 2009) – Joey Logano and The Home Depot Team brought home their third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series top-10 finish of the season in the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600. The ninth-place finished also move Logano up five positions in the Sprint Cup standings to 25th, less than 70 points out of the top 20.

NASCAR’s longest race of the season took a little longer than expected as rain permeated the greater Charlotte area throughout the Memorial Day Weekend. Rain forced NASCAR to delay the start of the annual 600-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway to Monday at 12 noon only to have the race delayed even longer as rain continued to dampen the 1.5-mile speedway throughout the course of the day.

Coca-Cola 600 Preview: Quotes

Last weekend was huge for this team. Not only did we have a good car, I think better than an eighth-place car, but we learned a lot as a team. Since we didn’t get the opportunity to test, the 140 laps I ran in The Home Depot Toyota were so important. I am getting comfortable with these cars now and I think that has shown over the last month. Zippy and I are communicating better too. At the start of the season when I would say the car was tight, he was trying to figure out how tight it really was. That’s stuff that just takes time but I really think we are getting there now. I feel like a different driver now than when I started the season. We’ve progressed so much over the last 11 races, that where I was once happy to get a top-20 I think I’d be disappointed now. I’m not sure what to think about 600 miles. That’s a lot of miles and a long race.

Coca-Cola 600 Preview: Notes

Happy Birthday! Joey Logano will spend his 19th birthday behind the wheel of The Home Depot Toyota in his first 600-mile race on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Logano competed in the Sprint Showdown and the All-Star Race last weekend completing all 140 laps. He finished fifth in the Showdown after starting 19th and finished eighth in the All-Star Race after receiving the fan vote into the main event.