Top management of Joe Gibbs Racing wouldn’t come out and say on Saturday that Joey Logano will replace Tony Stewart in the Sprint Cup series next season, but they didn’t say anything to indicate otherwise. Team owner Joe Gibbs and president J.D. Gibbs both agreed Logano will play a huge part in the organization going forward. They oozed with compliments for the 18-year-old phenom, who won his third Nationwide Series start and has three top 10s in four events. They talked about his maturity. They reminded that Stewart, who announced on Thursday he will leave the organization after this season to become the driver/owner at Stewart-Haas Racing in 2009, didn’t have a win when he partnered with Home Depot in 1999. “We’re going to look at everything out there before we make a decision,” J.D. Gibbs said before the Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway. “Generally, guys that are really gifted and real good show it right away. We’ve had a lot of drivers at JGR. All the good ones have popped right away. He has that.”(ESPN.com)(7-13-2008)
