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Friday, May 8, 2015
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion, presented a check to Folds of Honor from his Joey Logano Foundation to help military families in need of education assistance. After the presentation, Logano met with media members Friday morning at a soggy Kansas Speedway and fielded one question pertaining to the race weekend.
JOEY LOGANO FOUNDATION PRESENTATION
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “When we were in Atlanta a few weeks ago it was the Folds of Honor 500 in Atlanta and before the race started I try to attend the MRO chapel service before the race after the drivers meeting. Major Dan was there and told an amazing story about how the Folds of Honor Foundation started and what he was doing with it. It hit a spot for me. I was sitting there with my wife, Brittany, and told her it was an amazing story and how it lined up perfect with what we do at the Joey Logano Foundation. The Joey Logano Foundation is based on second chances. Our mission is giving someone a second chance. For people that work really hard and need a little help getting their life back on track again. Whether it is natural disasters or military stuff, it is pretty wide the people we can help with the foundation. This year we are trying to pick it up a notch and try to give away a lot more money. So in the spur of the moment I walked up to Major Dan at driver intros and told him that if we won the race I was going to donate my winnings to him. Unfortunately we didn’t win. I think we finished fourth. We were close but even when we were done I still wanted to do something with Folds of Honor just because of everything that happened that day and the stories I heard of what they do. So the Joey Logano Foundation decided to write a check out for $50,000 to Folds of Honor to help give a scholarship to some great families for what they do.”
RACE COMPETITION QUESTIONS
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TIRES ISSUES WE HAD HERE IN THE FALL AND HOW THAT AFFECTS YOU FOR THIS RACE? “I think anytime we come to Kansas we are a little nervous about tires just because of what we’ve seen in the past and a lot of what happened here in the fall race where a lot of the fast cars were blowing right fronts out. It always makes you a little nervous but at the same time we put our faith in Goodyear to make the right decisions and we feel fine about it. Our 22 car didn’t have a problem last time but I know we were on the verge of it because a lot of cars were. I think it is something we will keep in mind today in practice and when we are setting up our cambers and air pressures to make sure we are keeping all that in mind.”
