Logano Is Making The Best Of It

Joey Logano turned what looked like a complete salvage operation into a moderately successful afternoon for Penske Racing at Pocono Raceway.

Forced to start at the rear of the field after a rear end change, Logano battled to a fourth-place finish on a weekend in which his Ford counterparts struggled mightily. Greg Biffle had the next-best finishing Ford, coming home 12th.

Logano didn’t make things any easier on himself when he drew a penalty for being too fast on pit road, 20 laps into the race, briefly putting him a lap down.

“I’m happy with the way it ended,” Logano said. “We didn’t have a very fast car from the get-go, but we kept fighting hard. This was one of those blue-collar days, just working hard all day on the car and on pit road.

Matt Kenseth, winless in 32 career starts at Pocono, finished sixth in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota – his best finish at the 2.5-mile triangle since 2006.

“It was the fastest sixth-place car that I’ve ever had,” said Kenseth, who started 19th. “This is a bad track for me and we had a great car today.”