Joey Logano keeps 'reliving the moment'

The victory was Logano’s ninth overall in the series, and his seventh since joining Team Penske at the beginning of 2013.

The breakfast was just the beginning of a busy two days for the champ. Satellite media tour tasks and various call-in duties were to follow Monday morning’s fete. Later, appearances on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and Joy Mohr Sports are on the schedule.

And that’s just Monday’s calendar.

For team owner Roger Penske, his Sprint Cup Series house is in order. Teammate Brad Keselowski, the 2012 series champion, suffered a rare engine failure 161 laps into Sunday’s race, but the expectation is that the No. 2 team will bounce back quickly.

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Penske has put some of the series’ top drivers in his seats through the years, but rarely has the talent run so deep throughout.

There was a time when teams within multi-car organizations operated independently of one another — and for some that system still exists. It wasn’t until Penske merged his Sprint Cup and IndyCar operations that a change in the group’s culture began to take place. With it came success.

“The sport was about crew chiefs having their own car over in the corner,” Penske said, “and we decided to build the cars exactly the same. We have a process. The only time you know what your car is is when they paint it. …

“It is a seven-iron, a seven-iron and a seven-iron. The way you hold it might be different … the way Todd (Gordon, Logano’s crew chief) or Paul Wolfe (Keselowski’s crew chief) will set that car up will make a difference.”

But at the track, he said, “we see a car that is consistent.”

Logano and Keselowski split just two wins in ’13, their first season as teammates. But last year Keselowski won six times while Logano won five and battled for the title in the series’ final event at Homestead Miami Speedway.

If similar results are in store for ’15, few will be surprised. Logano’s certainly off to a strong enough start.

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The one-team approach “has made the difference,” Penske said, and low turnover inside the organization is also a contributing factor.

His two drivers “respect each other on the race track.”

“They are different in many ways, but on the other hand they are the same because they want to win and I think they like the cars (set up) pretty much the same,” he said. “That gives us an advantage when we go to the track.”

After Logano’s win Sunday, Penske, 78, said he received “about 200 texts and I don’t know how many emails” from various people inside and outside the industry.

“A lot from people that work for us, obviously sponsors,” he said.

Steve Wynn, chairman of the board and CEO of Wynn Resorts, “gave me a phone call right after the race. Marvin Odum (of primary sponsor Shell) … it’s amazing how many people watch this great race.

“And of course that’s the reward I get — when you see those people look up to a team and the accomplishments that you have.”

And where were Logano’s parents, Tom and Debbie, when their son won his first Daytona 500?

“Up top,” said Tom Logano. “Some people asked me if I was nervous (during the final laps). I said, ‘I’m human.’ “

Debbie Logano was hidden away in the family motorhome in the infield, anxiously watching the race play out.

“The door was locked,” she said. “Nobody comes in or goes out near the end of the race like that; it’s bad luck.”

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