Joey Logano

Birthday: 05/24/1990
Hometown: Middletown, CT

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2011 -- Finished 24th in series points. ... Won career-best two poles, at Sonoma and Pocono-2. ... Average start of 17.9. ... Best finish, third at Charlotte-1 and Daytona-2. ... Average finish of 19.1. ... Only two top-10 finishes, fourth at New Hampshire-2 and fifth at Watkins Glen, in second half of season. ... Completed 96.7 percent of laps attempted. ... Led career-best 58 laps.

2010 -- Finished career-best 16th in series points. ... Became youngest pole winner in Cup history, at Bristol-1. ... Fell out of top 10 in standings after three races, but never fell lower than 22nd. ... Best finish second at Martinsville-1. ... Ended season with five top-10s in last six races. ... Doubled previous totals of career top-fives and top-10s with seven, 16 respectively. ... Average start 16.2. ... Average finish 16.8. ... Finished third in Sprint All-Star Race.

2009 -- Finished 20th in series points. ... Became the youngest driver to win a race at NASCAR's highest level, June 28 at New Hampshire. Was 19 years, 1 month, 4 days at the time. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch previously held the record at 20 years, 4 months, 2 days. ... The event was halted early because of rain. ... Became the youngest winner of the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award. ... Began the season with great promise by qualifying ninth for the Daytona 500 in the pressure-packed position of replacing two-time series champion Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Toyota. Struggled to find consistency after a crash and last-place finish in the Daytona 500. ... Tied David Stremme for the series lead in green flag passes (3,317).

2008 -- Finished 64th in series points. ... Made series debut at New Hampshire, posting a 32nd-place finish. ... Best start of the season, 28th, at Kansas.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series, won once and had 15 top-10 finishes in 22 starts; scoring a Nationwide win for fourth consecutive season. ... Youngest driver to win a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, from the pole at Kentucky in 2008, in his third series start. ... 2007 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Sunoco Rookie of the Year. ... Won 2007 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. ... First NASCAR K&N Pro Series East division champion to also earn Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award. ... Posted five NASCAR K&N Pro Series East division wins including sweep of both events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. ... Also won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West division race at Phoenix International Raceway and set East and West division records as youngest driver (16) to win a race. ... Defeated two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and 2007 Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick in East-West race at Iowa Speedway in 2007.

NOTEWORTHY

Began career by racing quarter midgets at age 7. ... Won Eastern Division Quarter Midget Grand National championships three consecutive years, 1997-99. ... Advanced through Bandolero and Legends Car competition at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, winning national championships in each. ... Spent several years in various forms of pavement late model racing, posting his first USAR win at Mansfield Motorsports Park in his second career start in 2005, breaking 2003 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Brian Vickers' record as youngest series winner. ... Added two more USAR wins in 2006. ... Topped GM Racing Development Driver Evaluation program in 2006 and moved to Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR K&N Pro Series East team in 2007. ... Was part of four-driver team that won 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series owners' championship for Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 20 program. ... Active on Twitter: @JLogano.