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WELCOME AUTOTRADER.COM: This weekend, the double deuce will have a new look with the AutoTrader.com livery. Over the years, AutoTrader.com has established a successful working relationship with Penske Automotive Group. Through the relationship with Team Penske, AutoTrader.com will help build its brand with NASCAR fans and integrate Logano and Team Penske into its marketing programs. More than 17 million consumers visit AutoTrader.com each month to research their next vehicle purchase and browse the more than four million new and used vehicles listed for sale. To celebrate the partnership, Logano took over AutoTrader.com’s Instagram account during the week leading into the race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

TIME TO COME HOME: The New Hampshire Motor Speedway event serves as a “home track” of sorts for Logano. The racer’s hometown of Middletown is just 150 miles southwest of Loudon, NH. Several relatives and family friends often visit the races at NHMS to cheer on Logano over the course of the weekend.

TIME FOR SOME REST: Logano and the rest of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are looking forward to the New Hampshire event for several reasons – including the weekend break which comes afterwards. During the final off-weekend of the season, Logano will spend a couple of days in Lake Tahoe for Discount Tire and then he will take off on a personal vacation with fiancée Brittany Baca.

A TRACK OF FIRSTS: New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a track of firsts for Logano. It is the first track where Logano saw a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in person as a young child. He also made his Sprint Cup Series debut at NHMS back in 2008, driving the No. 96 car as he finished 32nd. Logano also won his first-career Sprint Cup Series race at NHMS in 2009, becoming the youngest winner in Sprint Cup Series history at age 19.

BUSY RACE WEEK: Logano will be busy this week before getting on track in Loudon. Along with fellow driver Kasey Kahne, Logano will spend Wednesday afternoon bowling with members of the media in Mooresville, NC promoting the upcoming Pocono Raceway event. He will also once again take part in the Champion’s Breakfast on Friday morning at NHMS, helping support New England charities C.H.A.D. and David’s House.

The No. 22 AutoTrader.com Ford Fusion

YOUR CAR IS GOING TO HAVE A NEW LOOK ON IT THIS WEEKEND. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE AUTOTRADER.COM COLORS?

“I always think it is cool when you go out there and run a different car because the fans respond to it. We saw that with the special Pennzoil scheme, and we will see it again this weekend. I think it will be great to have AutoTrader on the car this weekend, especially for the New Hampshire event. This is a pretty big event for me personally because of it being a home track and it being the site of my first win as a Cup Series driver. But the looks of these cars really drives our fans. That is what they see for the three hours they watch the race, not the drivers inside, so they really represent with the look of the car.”

LOUDON HAS BEEN A PRETTY IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR LIFE OVER THE YEARS, HASN’T IT?

“It has and the funny part about it is that it is probably one of the toughest tracks for me on the entire schedule. I just don’t really run that well there. But it has been pretty important, especially getting my first win there. Even that day though, we didn’t run the best, we just had the best strategy when the rain was coming and took advantage of it. But I’ve generally struggled at the track. It’s gotten better over the last couple of years and I’ve had a couple of top 10s there, but it’s definitely my kryptonite on the schedule. But I’m looking forward to going back there with the new rules and the stuff we learned testing at Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago. I think we could change a lot of that this weekend.”