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A CAREER-BEST IN POINTS: Following last weekend’s fourth-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway in the opening race of the Chase, Joey Logano was able to move up from fifth to third in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings, just 10 points behind leader and teammate Brad Keselowski. The third-place position in the point standings marks a career-best for Logano. Previously, Logano’s career-best points position was fourth, which he achieved earlier this season on several occasions.

BACK HOME FOR SOME FUN: It’s always a busy time when Logano heads back to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for his “hometrack” race on the schedule. And this weekend, things will be extra busy for Logano. On Wednesday, he will celebrate his upcoming nuptials with family and friends. On Thursday, Logano will be busy with the Inaugural Hometown Showdown Driven by AutoTrader.com, a friendly go-karting competition set for Thursday, September 18th from 3:30-9:00 p.m. ET at On Track Karting in Wallingford, Conn. The night will provide an opportunity for fans to test their racing skills against Logano and other participants in a fun competition. In addition to the on-track racing, the event will host a variety of activities, such as a silent auction, a raffle and plenty of opportunities to interact with Logano.

LOGANO PLACE: The Connection, a Connecticut-based nonprofit human service and community development agency, will open their newest transitional housing program for homeless adult men and women to be named Logano Place as the Joey Logano Foundation has adopted the program. Logano Place will provide housing for up to 28 homeless adult men and women who are actively working on their recovery from behavioral health and substance abuse issues. The goal of the program is to provide support to these men and women so that they can successfully re-enter the work force and permanently exit homelessness. The program, located in Middletown, CT, will offer second chances to those who are working to achieve independence in their lives.

ANOTHER CAREER-BEST MARK: With his fourth-place finish at Chicago, Logano matched his 2013 top-five finish total with 11, which is also the most in his six-year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career. Logano has now earned 22 top-five finishes since joining Team Penske in 2013. Prior to that, Logano had tallied just 16 top-five finishes in his first four years.

car

Primary Chassis: PRS-925
Last Raced: New Chassis
Backup Chassis: PRS-901
Last Raced: Sonoma (finished 22nd as No. 2)

broadcast

Race: Sylvania 300
Track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Date: Sunday, September 21
Race Start Time: 2:00 pm ET
RADIO Live on MRN & SIRIUS XM NASCAR Channel 90
TV SCHEDULE Friday
12:00 pm ET, Practice (FS1)
4:30 pm ET, Qualifying (FS1)
Saturday
9:00 am ET, Practice (FS1)
11:30 am ET, Final Practice (FS1)

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YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOUGHT THROUGH A LOT IN CHICAGO. DOES THAT GIVE YOU ADDED CONFIDENCE GOING INTO NHMS?

“Yeah I’m pretty excited about the way Chicago went for the Shell/Pennzoil team. I’m not excited about the fact that we struggled quite a bit all weekend long, but I’m really happy the way this team pulled together and showed that they can take even a bad car and turn what could be a bad weekend into a good one. Everyone really rallied together and that is what this team has done all year long. Even when things aren’t going our way, we don’t let it bother us and we get right down to business and we make it better. We took a car that should have hardly finished inside the top-10 and finished fourth with it. That’s a huge accomplishment and I don’t think many other teams out there could do what we did last weekend. That pumps me up.”

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A BUSY WEEKEND HEADING INTO NHMS.

“New Hampshire weekend is always a little busy. I get to see some of my friends and family, but this weekend, we are busy with the Hometown Showdown for the Joey Logano Foundation. I’m pretty pumped for it and it should be a lot of fun. We are going to raise a lot of great money for the Foundation and for The Connection. And getting to help out The Connection and see a new facility opening up is pretty cool. We get to do a lot of cool things as racecar drivers, so to be able to help out and give back, especially in my hometown when I don’t get a chance to get back here very often, is pretty cool.”