NASCAR rookies test fans’ patience after poor start
ORLANDO, Fla. — As he drove from one NASCAR Sprint Cup test to another — two days removed from his second career Nationwide Series win — Joey Logano’s voice quickened in his own defense.
"I don’t think people give people a fair chance these days," Logano said. "People talk about all this racing stuff and think they know what they’re talking about, and I guess to some extent they do, but they don’t realize what it’s like to be in that seat and to not be able to test (at NASCAR sanctioned tracks)."
The 18-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver entered Cup racing saddled with wild, perhaps ridiculous, expectations. He and Scott Speed, NASCAR’s other rookie-of-the-year candidate racing the full season, both found success at other levels and in other types of racing, and many expected early success in NASCAR’s premiere series.
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