Joey Logano gives honest answer on NASCAR’s business model in Xfinity, Truck

Joey Logano provides an honest answer on NASCAR’s business model in the Xfinity and Truck Series. Find out what Logano had to say!

Over the last two decades, the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series have been used as a ladder to the Cup Series. One of those drivers who has benefited is [autotag]Joey Logano[/autotag]. The two-time Cup Series champion ran 19 races in the Xfinity Series during the 2008 season, which immensely helped Joe Gibbs Racing’s decision to make him Tony Stewart’s replacement in 2009.

Over the last few years, NASCAR’s financial side has really struck Xfinity and Truck Series teams. Logano jumped on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and gave his honest assessment of the sport’s business model for the Xfinity and Truck Series in 2024.

“I’d like to run some [Truck Series] races or some [Xfinity Series] races, if I could,” Logano said. “I’d like to race more than what I do. I’m telling you, our sport, its crazy. It’s crazy that, and I’ll be real with you here, I get paid to drive a [Cup Series] car. That’s great. I have to pay to drive an Xfinity car or a Truck. I have to show up with money on the doorstep to drive one.”

“If I wanna go down a series or two, I have to pay a signiciant amount of money to get in a car to drive. I just think that’s the craziest thing to think about. Unfortunately, that’s where our sport is, and that’s why it’s so hard for kids to make it these days. If a two-time NASCAR champion can’t drive an Xfinity car for free…how do you expect a kid that’s got no experience to come up with the money from a sponsor to pay to go do something like that? I hate that part of our sport, and I don’t have the fix.”

This is a hard thing to fix with the Xfinity and Truck Series, but Logano is absolutely right. It is becoming increasingly difficult for young drivers to showcase their talent due to the financial restrictions of not having a sponsor. Logano doesn’t have a solution to the madness, but hopefully, NASCAR can figure out a few ways to make teams more profitable without sponsors from drivers.

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