NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano is the 2015 Daytona 500 champion … and an action hero?
Logano and Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski are "starring" in a pair of movie trailer-style videos, part of the auto manufacturer's Ford Nation Sweepstakes platform geared around this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup.
The storyline for Logano's piece, which debuts Wednesday and is titled "Code Name Cobra," has the 25-year-old racer, and winner of 11 Sprint Cup Series events, rescuing Miss Sprint Cup Madison Martin and retrieving the stolen Sprint Cup trophy.
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Brett Bortle directed the piece and filming took place in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in July.
"It came out better than I thought it would, for sure," a grinning Logano said. "He did a good job for what he had to work with."
Earlier this year, Logano and Keselowski appeared on camera briefly in "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!"
Logano had a single line in "Sharknado 3" ("That!" he exclaims to his teammate as sharks begin raining down on a racetrack).
In Code Name Cobra, Logano is the "star."
"I'm going to stick to my day job, but I do enjoy acting," he said. "I'm getting better, I would say. It takes me a little bit to let loose, let my guard down.
"It's kind of weird when you've got to do things and there are cameras and a bunch of people staring at you while you’re doing it. I try to block it out … and then you have to do something goofy. If you just block it out and commit … it actually comes out pretty good in the end.
"When it's all put together, it's pretty cool."
Each appearance is a learning experience, he said, noting, "It takes 10 attempts to do one thing.
"I didn't get to drive the car, do some of the fun parts. That was a letdown. I wish I did. I'd rather be the stunt driver."
Fans can visit here to register for a chance to win a 2015 Ford Mustang. Other prizes will be awarded throughout the course of the program as well. The Sweepstakes ends on Dec. 31.