Nineteen year old NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie and Middletown, CT native #20-Joey Logano will be racing with a heavy heart this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Logano’s grandfather, Salvatore Logano, died Friday after a battle with lymphoma. Salvatore Logano was 85. The Portland native and World War II US Navy veteran starred in numerous sports. He was a member of the Portland Sports Hall of Fame and the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame. Joey Logano was competing Saturday in the Nationwide Series O’Reilly Challenge and will drive in the Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500 on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway (Hartford Courant). For the remainder of Salvatore Logano’s obituary and services info, go to the Hartford Courant.(11-7-2009)
