JOEY LOGANO \u2013 No. 22 Shell\/Pennzoil Ford Fusion \u2013 VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW \u2013 TAKE US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED WITH MATT AND THE LAPS BEFORE? \u201cIt was just hard racing. He raced me really hard. I raced him the same way he raced me. It was a lot of fun out there racing for a win like that. The cars were very fast, equally paired and I couldn\u2019t be more proud of what this Shell\/Pennzoil team is doing right now. We\u2019re such a fast race car, such a great team. We\u2019ve showed it two weeks in a row now and this is a lot of fun. We\u2019ve just got to ride this wave and we\u2019ve got to get to Homestead still.\u201d YOU GOT TO HIM AND THEN FELL BACK, AND THEN CAUGHT BACK UP. <\/p>\n
WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT POINT? \u201cHe came up and started taking my air away, as he should, and I had to kind of adjust what I was doing and try to find a fast way back to him. I was able to get those runs back to him and get back to him.\u201d
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DID YOU TALK ABOUT BEING AGGRESSIVE AND TRYING TO PUT MORE PEOPLE IN A TOUGH POSITION AT TALLADEGA BY WINNING HERE? \u201cThat\u2019s the goal. When you see trophies you want to get them. I\u2019m so proud of this team. Our goal is to keep everyone on edge when they go into Talladega and we can feel comfortable about it, so I\u2019m just proud of what this team is doing. I\u2019d like to get to Homestead, but it\u2019s one step at a time here. We\u2019ve just got to keep this speed in our race cars and keep doing what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
MORE VICTORY LANE \u2013 HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER TODAY? \u201cA fun race. What a great Shell\/Pennzoil Ford. These guys were really good, on top of it just like we\u2019ve been this whole Chase. I couldn\u2019t be more proud of what we\u2019re doing right now. I\u2019ve got to thank Shell, Pennzoil, AAA, Coca-Cola, Roush Yates motors. This is a big motor race track. I was on the gas a lot and they brought the big steam. I\u2019m just proud of what this team is doing right now.\u201d DESCRIBE THE LAST FEW LAPS. \u201cIt was good, hard racing. We were racing each other really hard and I got in the fence twice on the straightaways. He raced me hard and I raced him hard back. That\u2019s hard racing. That\u2019s the way I race. If I get raced like that, I\u2019ll race the same way. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve always been and it will always be that way. I really couldn\u2019t be more proud of this team. To be sitting in such a great position going into Talladega makes us feel really, really good.\u201d YOU BLOCKED MANY FROM VICTORY LANE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT STRATEGY-WISE GOING TO TALLADEGA? \u201cThe fact that we\u2019re the only team that can relax right now is gonna pay big dividends when we get to Martinsville. Everyone is a little bit nervous. Our goal is still to win the race. Even though we\u2019re moved on to the next round, our goal is still to win that race and try to get some guys nervous for next week. That\u2019s kind of the strategy of this Chase and to be able to do that today, like I said, I couldn\u2019t be more proud. These guys work so hard and Todd Gordon, he\u2019s a fricking genius, so it\u2019s fun to drive his car.\u201d DID YOU CONSIDER IT A GOOD MOVE? \u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a good move when I hit the wall. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll talk about it. I felt like, \u2018Hey, I\u2019ve got to race hard. I got in the fence twice,\u2019 so I wasn\u2019t gonna put up with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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