History was made Wednesday at The Milwaukee Mile, the world’s oldest active speedway, as Joey Logano made his first-ever laps in a Joe Gibbs Racing Nextel Cup Series race car. The Connecticut native logged an estimated 80 laps and returned Thursday to help the team that features drivers Tony Stewart, J.J. Yeley and Denny Hamlin in gathering critical information for the team’s Car of Tomorrow development. No times were reported. Logano is a year too young to compete in NASCAR’s top three series, which has a minimum limit of 18 years of age. Logano races in the NASCAR Busch East Series, which allows competitors as early as 16 years of age to compete. Logano also won a NASCAR West Series race at Phoenix International Raceway and has won three Busch East events since and is the current point leader in the Busch East Series after eight races. Also testing at The Milwaukee Mile this week were Evernham Motorsports, Ganassi Racing with driver Kevin Hamlin and Roush Fenway Racing on Wednesday with David Ragan, subbing for the recently injured Carl Edwards. All teams were testing their Car of Tomorrow machines.(Milwaukee Mile PR)(7-27-2007)
