tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39074078637886545592012-02-16T06:55:42.381-08:00Indrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12958131527424420075noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907407863788654559.post-86079731760787706232009-04-19T11:09:00.001-07:002009-04-19T11:09:48.370-07:00<div align="justify"><strong>NASCAR rookies test fans’ patience after poor start</strong></div><div align="justify"><br />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.<br />"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)."<br />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.<br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3907407863788654559-8607973176078770623?l=therookie4u.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Indrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12958131527424420075noreply@blogger.com0