“Feeling of Failure Being That Close”: 2022 NASCAR Champion Joey Logano’s Brutal Reality Check That Made Him Question Himself

When it comes to unfiltered, candid, real talk, NASCAR‘s most adored drivers are not new to it. With fans gearing up for the season to begin, the best of racers are not leaving any stone unturned. One of the youngest to achieve massive success is Joey Logano, and recently, he gave his fans something to ponder. 

Logano was one of the guests in a recent interview on David Gravel’s live stream on his Youtube. Coming in on the back of a massive experience, Logano had a lot to share with his fans. They spoke about a lot of things including life, cars, kids, career, racing, team, and incidents. 

Joey Logano talked about getting a reality check

Gravel and the Team Penske driver got into a conversation about life not always being easy. Gravel asked if he had got a reality check at some point in his career. Logano humbly replied that he always believed in his talent, so going out there and winning races was good enough for him.

Joey was on a high as he was young and winning. But as he climbed up the ranks and got to Cup Series, he realized that everyone else was working hard and had massive experience and that they were great drivers as well.

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He confessed to getting a wake-up call from looking around at people he once made fun of. The champion said, “The guys I used to make fun of, on Sundays, because they were running 35th or laying black marks off the corner, right? They’re just laying two rear tires, smoking them off, in front of me, driving away from me in less of a car than I was in. And I was like, oh I suck! I’m not good, and it got to the point, where like you don’t know what you don’t know. You gotta first figure out where you’re off.”

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Logano’s change of attitude since getting the reality check

Logano confessed that he never realized how important the small details were. He only thought that sitting in the car and driving it was enough for him to win. Once he got the wake-up call, Logano realized he had to work on all his motorsport skills as well as his race strategies and need for practice.

He said, “I never thought about all the details of what makes a great race car driver and I needed that right. Because that brought the cocky arrogant young Joey Logano that knew everything, back to reality and that feeling. I always remember and it’s what drives me today. That feeling of failure, being that close and getting beat and realizing that I’m not that good is what I needed.” 

Logano has always fought his battles head-on—whether personal or professional. Talking about the importance of getting smarter than his competitors, he said, “I’m the smartest driver out there and that’s because I put the work in to do that. And I wasn’t at first because I figured that’s like I said it was good enough when I was young it’s just not anymore.”

It was quite an intense and honest interview Joey Logano gave about his experience. The highs and lows of life teach everyone and that has helped him shape his career pretty well. 

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