A lot of people don’t like Joey Logano.
For some reason, ever since the Team Penske driver broke into the NASCAR Cup Series in 2008 as an 18-year-old prodigy heralded by Mark Martin, Logano has rubbed people the wrong way.
At the age of 31 and 14 years into his full-time Cup career, the list of drivers Logano had ticked off or feuded with is long and distinguished.
Kevin Harvick — (“His wife wears the firesuit in the family“)
Tony Stewart — (“I’m gonna bust his ass.”)
Chase Elliott — (“I had to force an apology, which to me is just childish. .… But golly, man. Be the man and take the hit when you’re done with it.”)
Denny Hamlin — (Impersonating Logano after a scuffle: “Oh, that’s short track racing!“)
Kyle Busch — (Post pit-road fight: “That’s how Joey races, so he’s going to get it.”)
Martin Truex Jr. — (“He may have won the battle, but he ain’t winning the damn war.”)
And of course, Matt Kenseth.
Golly, that’s a lot.
No matter which way you cut it, Logano’s made enemies of a good chunk of the field, primarily with the biggest stars in the garage.
It showed last month at Talladega Superspeedway. As I stood on pit road before the Cup race, driver introductions unfolded at the far end of tri-oval. The loudest boos by far were for Busch and Logano.
Another fan base was given reason to show its displeasure Sunday (May 8) in the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway.
And quite honestly, it might be the most surprising entry to Logano’s rap sheet outside of Truex.
“He’s just an idiot. He does this stuff all the time. I’ve seen it with other guys,” William Byron – yes, William Byron! — said minutes after Logano performed a bump-and-run on him to take the lead and then win the race with two laps to go.
“He’s just a moron. He can’t win a race so it does it that way.”
If I were make a sketch of the kind of driver who could elicit these kind of reactions from such a wide range of drivers, it…
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