Pennsylvania 400 - August 5, 2012 - Pocono Raceway Race Talk

[Jean]

NASCAR Broadcast Schedule

SPEED 08|03|12 Noon Pennsylvania 400 practice
SPEED 08|03|12 3:30 p.m. Pennsylvania 400 final practice
ESPN2 08|04|12 10:30 a.m. Pennsylvania 400 qualifying
ESPN 08|05|12 Noon Pennsylvania 400

Sponsor - Home Depot

[JoeyLoganoFan22]

He is going to Win this race!

[jlogano22]

hopefully

[Jean]

Another trip to victory lane would be awesome!

[jlogano22]

lets have some deja vu!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCO_psduB74&feature=plcp

[Jean]

Quote:Joey Logano Quotes: “As everyone can imagine, I think me and all of the guys on the No. 20 Home Depot team are looking forward to going back to Pocono for obvious reasons. It’s always a pretty cool feeling going back to a track where you were the last race winner and knowing everyone wants to knock you off of that throne. That is really, really cool. I still think about Pocono. It was a great day and a big part of my career. But, in this sport, you can’t look back on things for too long, even race wins, or you will hurt your chances going forward. Yeah, we are going into the Pocono weekend looking to repeat, but we go into every weekend thinking we can win the race. You always just come to the track prepared and go from there.

“You can’t expect to just unload and be right back to where you were. There are a lot of things that go into the car, the track conditions, the tires and your competitors. You might have the exact same set-up, with the same changes that you made during the race and you might not even be in the ballpark of where you were. The best thing you can do is just go with a better baseline and hopefully you will have less to work on to get it right. In the end, I still think we’ll have a very fast Home Depot Toyota and we’ll be one of the cars to beat. We have to go out there and get another win and keep getting points. It’s going to take at least one more win, maybe two, to get yourself into the Chase. We have to go out there and maybe even take some chances to get some wins. You’ve got to risk it to get the biscuit.”

[jlogano22]

joeys fast yet again at pocono WOOOHOOOO
lets get a sweep

[jlogano22]

they had 2 change the transmission????????

jean info?????


does this mean they have to start from the back????!!!

[Jean]

transmission change usually means that a driver would be going to the back, it depends on the rules for the weekend though, but where did you read about the 20 team changing a transmission.

[jlogano22]

the speed broadcast in the 2nd practice today

and it was all over twitter

[jlogano22]

Bob Dillner ‏@bobdillner

Tranny change for @joeylogano between practices. The June race winner @poconoraceway says it feels good now. @NASCARonSPEED #NASCAR

heres one of the tweets

[Jean]

Ahhh 10-4, I wasn't at the race track for practice. I was at NJMP racing go-karts. I will be there for qualifying/race.

[Jean]

Normally a transmission change means that a driver will go to the rear, this weekend the change the 20 did its okay.

[jlogano22]

great his car sucks

[Jean]

Well, from the looks of the pitstall choice this weekend, it should be a clean entry and clean exit later into the race. 38 in front of joey and 19 behind joey.

[Jean]

[22forLogano]

Not great, not bad. Tough to pass here. Don't feel a win and at this point that's what he needs. Go Joey

[Jean]

Quote:How was your qualifying lap?

“We were just too loose. I couldn’t do anything in the center of the corner having to slow down the car way too much. I thought I had maybe an okay (turn) one, but then in (turn) two I just got to the center and tried to turn the wheel and just got way too loose. That’s what we’ve been fighting every qualifying run since we got here and we’re getting it at least a little bit closer, but it’s still just way off when it comes to trying to mix speed with it right now.”

How was your car in practice this weekend?

“I think it’s okay. I think we had to work on it a little bit more than we had to the first time we were here. They changed the side skirt rule on us -- obviously, they shortened them up -- so it changes up some of the package. It changes up the handling. We’ve got the same exact car, but we’ve just had to change up a lot of things. I felt like we had pretty good speed the first practice. The second practice we weren’t as fast as we wanted to be, but I don’t think we’re that bad either, so I still think we’ve got a good shot at it here.”

How different is this track after the repaving job?

“It’s crazy to me to think that we’re still shifting — how much faster we’re going, but we’re shifting just as much as we used to, so that’s pretty nuts there. It’s a lot different. The setups are way different. You know how bumpy it was here before — now everyone is just trying to get there aero platform the best they can possibly get it, just really the biggest deal. The setup’s way different. Just driving it is still similar — turn two is still the tunnel turn. It’s still you’ve got to be on it by this much all the time.”

[jlogano22]

(08-04-2012 09:52 PM)Jean Wrote:  “I think it’s okay. I think we had to work on it a little bit more than we had to the first time we were here. They changed the side skirt rule on us -- obviously, they shortened them up -- so it changes up some of the package. It changes up the handling. We’ve got the same exact car, but we’ve just had to change up a lot of things. I felt like we had pretty good speed the first practice. The second practice we weren’t as fast as we wanted to be, but I don’t think we’re that bad either, so I still think we’ve got a good shot at it here.”

[/quote]

hopefully.....

[Jean]

90% chance of rain at 1 pm today.... urgh.... heading over to the track now... weather doesn't look too good. Hopefully I don't get soaked in the rain, lol.

[22forLogano]

They are not racing today

[SB_Fan]

(08-05-2012 10:55 AM)20forLogano Wrote:  They are not racing today

Gordon's in the chase.. Now that Joey's season is over he can focus on his plans for next year.