How Move from Joe Gibbs Racing to Team Penske Has Made Joey Logano a Contender

Joey Logano has to be the most relaxed man at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. That's because his spot in the Eliminator 8 Round of the 2014 NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup already has been secured by virtue of his win at Kansas Speedway in the opening race of the Chase Contender Round. He's the only one of the remaining 12 drivers left in the Chase who is absolutely certain of advancing to the next round, which will begin after this Saturday night's Bank of America 500 at Charlotte and the following Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. So, just how did Logano go from nearly being booted out of a Cup ride toward the end of the 2012 season—when Joe Gibbs Racing team president J.D. Gibbs admitted JGR was ...

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