Ford Racing NSCS Notes & Quotes:
The Profit on CNBC 500 (Phoenix International Raceway)
Friday, February 28, 2014
JOEY LOGANO PRESS CONFERENCE
Joey Logano, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – TALK ABOUT YOUR TRACK RECORD EFFORT OUT THERE TODAY. “I am the first loser, oh well. The guys did a great job. Team Penske being one and two in the first time out doing this thing just goes to show all the hard work over the off-season. Phoenix, the first race track we go to where handling comes into play. All that hard work you get to show it off for the first time. You come here and start off strong, one and two, is a big deal for our whole team. Unfortunately we won the wrong one. Our teammate got the second one but at least we both got a chance to win something today. He gets the trophy and the pictures though. I am proud of my team and proud of the car I had today. The weather doesn’t look too good for tomorrow so we will try to tune this Shell Pennzoil Ford in for Sunday and hopefully put it up front when the big check comes out.”
WHAT WAS YOUR STRATEGY GOING IN AND WERE YOU SURPRISED YOU WERE FASTER IN THE SECOND? “We were fortunate enough to set a good enough lap the first session that we could wait and take the time to cool the motor and tires. I was confident I would be able to run the same speed and hopefully with adjustments a little faster. We went just a little faster and needed to pick up more than we did. This is one of the few tracks that will be like this. On the repave tracks you will be able to go just as fast. When you think of places like Atlanta or Martinsville and tracks like that it will be a handful. This is starting us off with a slow pitch as far as understanding what your car is going to do in the second run. A lot of us scuffed the tires before we ran here anyway. Last year we definitely did. For here it is a bit of a slow pitch and easy for us to hit. As we go into the season and get to some race tracks where tires fall off quicker, that is when we will have to scramble to figure it out.”
