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When Joey Logano climbs into the No. 20 Toyota for the 51st running of the Daytona 500 on February 15, he will make history as the youngest driver to start the famed event.
If Logano, who will be 18 years, 8 months and 22 days old on the date of this year's Daytona 500, can get the No. 20 and his Joe Gibbs Racing team into Victory Lane in his first Daytona 500 start, he will surpass Jeff Gordon as the youngest driver to win the event. Gordon won his first Daytona 500 in 1997 at the age of 25.
Logano began racing at age 6 and signed on with the Joe Gibbs Racing driver development program in 2005. In three short years, Logano already posts an impressive resume of racing accomplishments including a 2007 Camping World East championship and a 2008 win at his ARCA Series debut at Rockingham.
Before Logano suits up for the 51st annual Daytona 500, he will first compete in a rare "Daytona double" on February 7 when he races in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Series season opener and the Budweiser Shootout.
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When Joey Logano climbs into the No. 20 Toyota for the 51st running of the Daytona 500 on February 15, he will make history as the youngest driver to start the famed event.
If Logano, who will be 18 years, 8 months and 22 days old on the date of this year's Daytona 500, can get the No. 20 and his Joe Gibbs Racing team into Victory Lane in his first Daytona 500 start, he will surpass Jeff Gordon as the youngest driver to win the event. Gordon won his first Daytona 500 in 1997 at the age of 25.
Logano began racing at age 6 and signed on with the Joe Gibbs Racing driver development program in 2005. In three short years, Logano already posts an impressive resume of racing accomplishments including a 2007 Camping World East championship and a 2008 win at his ARCA Series debut at Rockingham.
Before Logano suits up for the 51st annual Daytona 500, he will first compete in a rare "Daytona double" on February 7 when he races in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Series season opener and the Budweiser Shootout.
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