To NASCAR fans, the drivers are the celebrities. But in reality the sport is a team effort and hundreds of people can work on one driver’s car. If Logano performs poorly in a race, he shares the blame.
“I make plenty of mistakes, believe me,” he said. “My car’s not always perfect either. We have 400 employees at Team Penske building race cars. There are so many people that go into this. I am just a piece of the puzzle.”
![\"PHOTO:](\"http://a.abcnews.com/images/Business/logano-3-ht-er-190522_hpEmbed_9x11_384.jpg\")
Team Penske
PHOTO: Joey Logano and his family share a sweet moment before a NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway, April 28, 2019.
Some drivers believe in good luck rituals before a race. Dale Earnhardt would reportedly enter and leave a building through the same door. Sterling Marlin ate a bologna sandwich. Others refuse to shave on race day. Not Logano.
“I’m not superstitious at all,” he said. “I don’t believe in luck.”
Men still heavily dominate NASCAR and this year’s roster is no exception. Superstar Danica Patrick, who retired from racing in 2018, helped inspire young girls to pursue motorsports. But more needs to be done to increase the number of female drivers, Logano argued.
“I think it would be very healthy for the sport,” he said. “There are a few females coming up right now that have a good amount of talent.”
As for that NASCAR trophy, Logano is finally looking forward to bringing it home.
![\"PHOTO:](\"http://a.abcnews.com/images/Business/hudson-4-ht-er-190522_hpEmbed_15x16_384.jpg\")
Joey Logano Racing
PHOTO: Joey Logano's son, Hudson, checking out the cup trophy.
“The championship trophy is on tour. To be honest I don’t know who has it right now,” he said with a laugh. “We decided to give everyone on the race team the trophy for a week to take home. I know it’s going to get scratched up, things are going to happen, but it will have some cool stories, neat pictures and I wouldn’t have it without them.”
","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/Business/dont-luck-nascar-champion-joey-logano-real-racing/story?id=63226357","legacySlug":"/news/story/dont-luck-nascar-champion-joey-logano-real-racing-63226357","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"09:03","publishDate":"05-26-2019","updatedTime":"15:03","updatedDate":"05-29-2019","socialImage":{"alt":"Joey Logano won his first NASCAR series championship on Nov. 18, 2018, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida.","credit":"Joey Logano Racing ","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/Business/hudson-2-ht-er-190522_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"5/26/2019 09:03:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":63226357,"headline":"'I don't believe in luck': NASCAR champion ","mediaAssetTitle":"NASCAR'S JOEY LOGANO ON BEING A CHAMPION, HIS RACING FUTURE","description":"Joey Logano shocked NASCAR fans when he won the Cup series title in 2018. ","duration":"3:21","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190522_vod_orig_loganoCUTDOWNandEDITED_6MIX_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["132488083","132306053","132266872"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"video","date":"April 29, 2026","headline":"Grand jury indicts former FBI director over Instagram post","section":"News","slug":"/video/132488083","id":"132488083","image":{"alt":"VIDEO: Grand jury indicts former FBI director over Instagram post","credit":"ABCNews.com","ratio":"1x1","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","width":384,"height":384},"images":{"alt":"VIDEO: Grand jury indicts former FBI director over Instagram post","credit":"ABCNews.com","crops":[{"16x9":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_16x9_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"9x16":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_9x16_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_9x16_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"1x1":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_1x1_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260429_gma_thomas_comey2_706_hpMain_1x1_1600.jpg"}}]}},{"contentType":"video","date":"April 23, 2026","headline":"Trump orders Navy to 'shoot and kill' any boat laying mines in Strait of Hormuz","section":"News","slug":"/video/132306053","id":"132306053","image":{"alt":"VIDEO: Trump orders Navy to 'shoot and kill' any boat laying mines in Strait of Hormuz","credit":"ABCNews.com","ratio":"1x1","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","width":384,"height":384},"images":{"alt":"VIDEO: Trump orders Navy to 'shoot and kill' any boat laying mines in Strait of Hormuz","credit":"ABCNews.com","crops":[{"16x9":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_16x9_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"9x16":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_9x16_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_9x16_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"1x1":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_1x1_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260423_gma_scott_ceasefire3_hpMain_1x1_1600.jpg"}}]}},{"contentType":"video","date":"April 22, 2026","headline":"Fallout after Fed nominee grilled on Capitol Hill","section":"News","slug":"/video/132266872","id":"132266872","image":{"alt":"VIDEO: Fallout after Fed nominee grilled on Capitol Hill","credit":"ABCNews.com","ratio":"1x1","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","width":384,"height":384},"images":{"alt":"VIDEO: Fallout after Fed nominee grilled on Capitol Hill","credit":"ABCNews.com","crops":[{"16x9":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_16x9_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"9x16":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_9x16_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_9x16_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"1x1":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_1x1_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260422_gma_schulze_fed3_713_hpMain_1x1_1600.jpg"}}]}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"'I don't believe in luck': NASCAR champion ","description":"Joey Logano shocked NASCAR fans when he won the Cup series title in 2018. ","duration":"3:21","uploadDate":"05-26-2019","publication":"05-26-2019","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190522_vod_orig_loganoCUTDOWNandEDITED_6MIX_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190522_vod_orig_loganoCUTDOWNandEDITED_6MIX_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/dont-luck-nascar-champion-joey-logano-real-racing-63226357"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132628890","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132569874","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132567885","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132510121","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132473181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132497933","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:news:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"news","title":"'I don't believe in luck': NASCAR champion ","pubTime":"05:03","pubDate":"05-26-2019","modTime":"11:03","modDate":"05-29-2019","taxonomyTags":"none","id":63226357,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"'I don't believe in luck': NASCAR champion ","mediaAssetTitle":"NASCAR'S JOEY LOGANO ON BEING A CHAMPION, HIS RACING FUTURE","videoId":63226357,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/news/story/dont-luck-nascar-champion-joey-logano-real-racing-63226357"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/63226357","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/63226357","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};
