Joey Logano’s 2024 NASCAR season was a testament to grit, resourcefulness, and championship-caliber racing. Despite early setbacks, Logano regrouped and surged when the stakes were highest. Logano’s season reached its crescendo at Phoenix, where a guileful restart and calculated aggression held off fierce rivals, earning him his third Cup Series championship and cementing his place among the sport’s elite. But fast-forward to this season, and Logano has struggled to replicate that same dominance this season so far. And with newer rivals popping up stronger, like Chase Briscoe’s Darlington dominance, is the playoff pressure the same for Logano this time?
Last year, Logano overcame frustrations, controversy, and a lower average finish than any previous champion, yet still emerged as the bes