BIOGRAPHY

• Birth date:       May 24, 1990
  Height:            6’ 1” 
  Weight:           140 lbs.
  Birthplace:       Middletown, CT

Joey Logano and GameStop are teaming up for a third season together in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The 2010 season will see Logano in the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 20 GameStop Toyota for 21 races. Logano’s career has been marked by a constant, rapid progression up the racing ladder, and for the first time since he raced quarter-midgets from the age of six, Logano is in the same racing series for a third season.

Seven days after turning 18-years-old, Logano made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut. The GameStop sponsorship also made its debut that day at the Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Two races later, they celebrated in Victory Lane at the Kentucky Speedway when Logano became the youngest winner in the 28-year history of the series.

Logano enjoyed a powerful 2009 season in the Nationwide Series, piloting the GameStop Toyota to five victories in 20 starts. Logano also snagged four Nationwide poles in 2009.  His victory at Nashville made Logano the first driver in NASCAR history to win two races before turning 19-years-old.

Logano’s biggest victory of 2009 came when he took the checkered flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 28, 2009. The victory made him the youngest winner in Sprint Cup history, adding one more to an ever-growing list of records.

Veteran driver Mark Martin called Logano “the real deal” when he was only 15 years old. Martin continued: “I am absolutely 100 percent positive, without a doubt, that he can be one of greatest that ever raced NASCAR. I’m positive. There’s no doubt in my mind.”   All of that praise coming three years before Logano was old enough to race in the top NASCAR categories.

Logano began cutting his racing teeth in quarter-midget racing at the age of six.  It took him only one year to capture his first Eastern Grand National championship in the Junior Stock division.  That title would be followed by two more Eastern Grand National championships in the Stock and Modified divisions, respectively, in 1998 and 1999.

By the age of nine, Logano was a national champion in the Bandolero division. After turning 12, he set a track record of 14 consecutive wins at the Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway in Legends Car competition while winning the Young Lions National and Pro National championships. The titles made Logano the youngest champion in Legends history. 

Logano then turned his focus toward full-size cars, making the leap into the Georgia Late Model Series (GLMS) and the Southern All-Stars (SAS) in 2003. Despite being three years shy of receiving his driver’s license, Logano won three times in GLMS and SAS competition, setting the young driver on a quick ascension to the next level on the stock car racing ladder.
   
The American Speed Association (ASA) and the ASA Late Model Series became the next frontier for Logano to conquer. In 2004, he captured five top-5 and eight top-10 finishes in those two series.  It was there that Joe Gibbs Racing officials took notice of the racer’s ability and signed him to their driver development program. 

Logano made his USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series debut not long after turning the age of 15 and very soon after found himself in Victory Lane at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park. Logano would continue to compete in the Pro Cup Series throughout the 2006 season, picking up two more wins. 

In 2007, with the backing of Joe Gibbs Racing, Logano captured the NASCAR Camping World East Series championship with five wins. 

He began the 2008 season by winning the prestigious Toyota All-Star Showdown at the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.), a race considered the “Daytona 500 of Short Track Racing.” Logano’s only ARCA/REMAX Series start also came in 2008 at the Carolina 500 at the Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway. He won the pole and led 257 of 312 laps on the way to victory. Upon reaching his 18th birthday, Logano was eligible for the top NASCAR categories, and he made his Nationwide Series debut one week later.

The 2010 season started with two more victories for Logano, as he took another victory at the Toyota All-Star Showdown and snagged the top spot on ice in the Bodine Bobsled Challenge at Lake Placid, NY.

When he’s not in a racecar, Logano enjoys hockey and playing sports and racing video games.