Connecticut native, Joey Logano,  burst into the NASCAR scene with a bang as he made his Nationwide Series debut in May. 

By NASCAR rules, a person must be 18 to drive in any of its 3 major Series. Logano, who has been a Joe Gibbs Racing Developmental driver since age 15, had a seat being saved for him at JGR, but was stuck on the sidelines until his 18^th birthday. 

Logano’s racing career began at the tender age of 6, in Quarter-Midgets. It didn’t take long for him to find his knack in racing and by age 7 he already picked up his first racing Championship, by winning the Junior Stock Quarter-Midgets Division. 

But that was just step #1. 

In 1998, Logano picked up an Eastern Grand National Championship in the stock division and backed that up the following year by winning the Championship in the Modified Division as well. 

By age 12, Logano was already putting his name down in history by racing his Legends car to a record setting 14 consecutive wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway, right before going on to win the Pro National Championship later that year, when he became the youngest driver to ever do so in Legends history. 

He wasn’t done yet. As if all that wasn’t enough, last year Logano grabbed the 2007 Camping World East Championship, and did so as a rookie. 

There’s no denying the fact that this kid has talent. He can win in pretty much anything he races, and it may not be too much longer before he can add a NASCAR Cup win to his reseme of success. 

Finally May 24^th 2008 came, Logano’s much anticipated 18^th birthday. He wasted no time in making his Nationwide debut and hopped into his JGR car the following week at Dover. “The Monster Mile” is not one of the easiest racetracks, yet Logano was still able to beat several well-experienced, seasoned drivers to a very solid 6^th place finish. Since then he has checked off another eight top 10 finishes, including his first win in the Series at Kentucky, where he made more history by being the youngest driver to ever win. 

Perhaps that’s why he has been dubbed “The best thing since sliced bread”,by Randy LaJoie.

But now the biggest opportunity he has had so far is just before him. With Tony Stewart recently announcing his plans to leave Joe Gibbs Racing after the ’08 season, it opened up the seat to the #20 Home Depot Toyota. Rumors quickly spread that Logano would be the one to take Stewarts place, and the plans were finally made official on August 25^th.