No. 20 GameStop Toyota News, Notes & Paint Scheme:

LIKE BUTTER… THE 20 IS ON A ROLL:  Joey Logano and the No. 20 GameStop Toyota team will ride of huge wave of momentum into this weekend’s CampingWorld.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway.  Logano has been tearing it up as of late in both qualifying and racing.  Just two weeks ago in Dover, Logano grabbed his fifth pole of the season before coming home second to Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch at the checkered flag.  Then, last week at Dover, Logano picked up another pole award (a series-leading sixth pole) and went on to win the event, his second-straight win at Kansas Speedway.

MAD CATZ RETURNS IN CALIFORNIA:  When the No. 20 GameStop Toyota rolls out of the hauler this weekend at Auto Club Speedway it will feature the look of Mad Catz, a worldwide leader in manufacturing, distributing and marketing innovative controllers and other peripherals for the console and PC game systems.  Mad Catz develops and markets accessories for videogame systems and PCs under its Mad Catz, Saitek, Cyborg, Eclipse and TRITTON brands.  Mad Catz distributes its products through most of the leading retailers offering interactive entertainment products and has offices in North America, Europe and Asia.  Mad Catz has been a primary partner on the No. 20 GameStop Toyota before, coming last season at Watkins Glen International.

NATIONWIDE SERIES DRIVER OF THE WEEK:  Joey will be the Nationwide Insurance Driver of the Week for Auto Club Speedway.  As part of being the Driver of the Week, Logano will participate in a 30-min audio chat session with fans on NASCARNationwideSeries.com on Wednesday at Noon (ET).  NASCAR.com will also feature stories and videos with Joey during the week leading up to the event.  Fans can also win an autographed prize pack as part of the Code Spotter Sweepstakes at Codespotter.com.  Logano’s special code is “LOGANO.” 

TESTING… 1, 2, 3… TESTING:  The No. 20 GameStop team will get a little bit more testing in this week at Rockingham Speedway in preparation for the upcoming Nationwide Series “new car” event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  Logano and the team will test for two days this week at the one-mile high-banked track located in Rockingham, NC.  Logano is quite familiar with “The Rock,” as he won an ARCA event there back in 2008.  The team also recently tested the “new car” at Gresham Motorsports Park in Georgia.

CALIFORNIA KINDA FEELS LIKE HOME:  Although Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA couldn’t be any further away from Logano’s hometown of Middletown, CT, the track kind of feels like home to Logano.  Statistically, Auto Club Speedway is one of Logano’s best tracks on the entire Nationwide Series schedule.  Logano has logged four top-six finishes in all four of his Nationwide Series starts at the track.  In fact, of those four finishes, they include a win, a third and a fifth (which came earlier this year after Logano led 130 of the race’s 152 laps).  Logano also has won the last two poles at the track.

STAT OF THE WEEK:  13.  By earning the pole in the last two events, Logano now has 13-career poles in just 61 starts.  His 13 career poles now places him tied with Geoff Bodine for 19th on the all-time list and puts him ahead of such notable drivers as Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Jeff Burton and Chuck Bown.  One more pole will move him into a tie for 16th-place with Harry Gant, Dale Jarrett and Greg Biffle.

FEATURED ON THE No. 20:  GameStop #5174, located in the Dorscher Plaza in Orlando, FL will be the featured store on the lower rear quarter panel of the No. 20 GameStop Toyota this weekend in California.

Logano’s Season-To-Date NASCAR Nationwide Series Stats:

Logano’s Career NASCAR Nationwide Series Stats:

Logano’s Career NASCAR Nationwide Series Stats at Auto Club Speedway:

Joey Logano Quotes:

“I’m pretty pumped to get back to California, because I think that track really owes me one from earlier this year. We had a dominate car there back in February and led about 130 laps or so and got moved out of the way by another driver on the green-white-checkered restart. That really stung and was the first of a bunch of races that I feel we should have won this year. So I guess this is the best time to go back to the track, coming off of a win (at Kansas) and two poles.

“This whole No. 20 team is really clicking right now. But we can’t rest on that. Because as soon as you think you have it figured out, you are going to get beaten by the rest of these guys out there. Kyle (Busch), Brad (Keselowski), (Kevin) Harvick and Carl (Edwards) are all right there and will jump all over you if you can’t stay on top of your game. So we just need to go to California and do what we’ve been doing, which is bringing good cars, make good adjustments and get out front. We are bringing the same car that we won with last year there and nearly won with earlier this year.

“I’m excited to have another special paint scheme on the car this week with Mad Catz. We had them on the car last year for a race and the car looked sick. The colors just go real well together. Unfortunately, we got wrecked out of that race. So hopefully, this time around we can get a good finish for those guys because they are awesome. They really enjoy being around the sport and the team, and those are the types of people you need to do good for. So hopefully, we can make it three poles and two wins in a row.”

Kevin Kidd Quotes:

“Coming off of a win always make the next race a little challenging, but a lot of fun as well. You want to keep the momentum going and that is a lot easier, because the guys on the team and the guy behind the wheel are all really pumped up, and when you are pumped up, you are performing your best. But also, when you are on a roll, everyone out there is working a little bit harder because they want to knock you off that perch. So you’ve got to enjoy the win, but you’ve got to come into the next race working just as hard as you have been; like you haven’t won in months.

“California is a track that owes this team. We had a dominate GameStop car back there earlier this year and only came out of there with a fifth-place finish. It’s a track that our organization has some good notes on as we always come to the track with great setups and a knowledge of what to do to keep the car up front. But the weather is a little different this time of the year, so you have to factor that in as well. We’re taking one of our best cars to the track. Chassis 2089 has won five races (Kentucky 09, Kansas 09, Chicago 09, Auto Club 09, Kentucky 10) and is the same one we used at the track back in February. So, if we can make the right adjustments, we should be right there.”

Friday, October 8th, 2010 Sessions

• CampingWorld.com 300 practice on SPEED tv at 2 pm
• CampingWorld.com 300 final practice on SPEED tv at 4:30 pm

Saturday, October 9th, 2010 Sessions

• CampingWorld.com 300 qualifying on SPEED tv at 11:30 am
• CampingWorld.com 300 on ESPN2 at 4 pm

All times posted above are eastern time.