{"id":28615,"date":"2023-03-19T20:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T00:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=28615"},"modified":"2023-03-19T20:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T00:31:35","slug":"joey-logano-has-full-circle-moment-in-first-atlanta-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2023\/03\/joey-logano-has-full-circle-moment-in-first-atlanta-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Logano has &#8216;full circle&#8217; moment in first Atlanta win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joey Logano has &#039;full circle&#039; moment in first Atlanta win\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GzNmPLj1g9c?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Autotrader Ford Mustang \u2013 VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe lost our track position there for a minute, but was able to just stay patient and work on it and this amazing fast race car allowed me to really make some great moves on the racetrack and getting the push there on the last lap to get to the outside of Brad.&nbsp;Just getting to break the plane of his back bumper was gonna be my only chance there and I was able to get him there and get the push from the 20 on the backstretch.&nbsp;Overall, just a really fast Ford Mustang is what it came down to.&nbsp;It\u2019s nice to win with Autotrader on the car.&nbsp;I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever won a race without Shell on the car.&nbsp;It means a lot to get this one in Victory Lane.&nbsp;It\u2019s been a lot of years coming.&nbsp;Atlanta, this means so much to me to win here.&nbsp;So many memories of driving my Legends car right here where we\u2019re standing when I was 9 years old.&nbsp;This is a really special one and a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>YOU WERE ABLE TO CONTROL THE FIELD MUCH OF THE DAY, BUT HOW DID IT CHANGE THE FINAL STAGE?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThe intensity ratcheted up, obviously.&nbsp;I\u2019ve got great teammates and I wanted to stick with them.&nbsp;There were plenty of times I could have moved up, but I didn\u2019t want to leave my teammates down there.&nbsp;I wanted them behind me.&nbsp;I knew how fast their cars were.&nbsp;If I could pick one, that\u2019s the one I want, so I was able to try to keep them with me.&nbsp;I thought with two to go the outside lane got three cars, four cars clear and I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m gonna make it here,\u2019 but I got a good push \u2013 enough to get to the outside of the 6 and that was the big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-touring-series-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28616,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28615\/revisions\/28616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}