Joey Logano entered the 2025 Cup season as the reigning champion, carrying Team Penske’s hopes for back-to-back titles into his 17th full-time campaign. Through his first 12 races, Logano’s No. 22 Mustang scored one win, along with three top-10s, finishing 292 laps with an average finish of 17.25. It was a year shaped by defensive resilience. Logano helped all three Team Penske cars finish in the top five at Richmond’s Cook Out 400, a weekend that signaled their championship credibility and quelled whispers of a “fraud championship.” With ambition and momentum rising, Logano’s eyes shifted to a sport he called unmatched in its stakes.

The playoffs, Logano says, “It’s the most grueling, maybe most unenjoyable time of the year. But it’s also the time that has the biggest reward, and the ti

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