Joey Logano

Birthdate: May 24, 1990
Hometown: Middletown, Conn.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2008 -- Finished 64th in series points. ... Made series debut at New Hampshire, posting a 32nd-place finish. ... Best start of the season, 28th, at Kansas.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

First NASCAR Camping World Series East division champion to also earn Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award. ... Posted five Camping World Series East division wins including sweep of both events at New Hampshire. ... Also won the NASCAR Camping World Series West division race at Phoenix and set East and West division records as youngest driver (16) to win a race. ... Defeated two-time Busch Series champion and 2007 Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick at Iowa Speedway in 2007.

NOTEWORTHY

Began career by racing quarter-midgets at age 7. ... Advanced through Bandolero and Legend car competition at Atlanta Motor Speedway. ... Spent several years in various forms of pavement late-model racing, posting his first USAR win at Mansfield in his second career start in 2005 -- breaking 2003 Busch Series champion Brian Vickers' record as youngest series winner -- and adding two more wins in 2006. ... Topped GM Racing Development Driver Evaluation program in 2006 and moved to Joe Gibbs Racing's NASCAR Camping World Series East division organization in 2007.