Joey Logano Receives Support from Roger Penske After Crash at Auto Club 400

Penske Racing driver Joey Logano has taken some heat for his often aggressive style on the track, but owner Roger Penske isn’t buying into the talk. Logano was involved in a final-lap dust-up in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in California on Sunday that resulted in a fractured vertebrae for Denny Hamlin, as reported by RacinToday.com's managing editor Jim Pedley. It also led to an “altercation” with Tony Stewart following the race (per ESPN). While Hamlin, Stewart and a number of other drivers are unhappy with Logano’s “reckless driving,” Penske gave his full support to the 22-year-old, as quoted in an ESPN report: Listen, Joey is a great driver and what happened at the end there wasn't anything ...

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