NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity has a Star in the Making

by Charlie Turner

I'm Charlie Turner co-host of the syndicated, mostly NASCAR radio show On Pit Row. Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. Oh yeah, Steve is an idiot. Follow me on Twitter @onpitrow

February 1, 2010 10:55 pm CST No Comments

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The NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown is always a gas to watch and a terrific way to say adios racing’s winter season. Saturday’s event was extra special though.

Joe Gibbs Racing star Joey Logano won his second Showdown. He was the consensus favorite coming in. But it wasn’t Joey who stole the show this time.

NASCAR Drive for Diversity find, Sergio Pena started it all by taking pole on Friday - Logano was second fastest. That would have been good all by itself.

But I haven’t had as much fun watching a race in a long, long time. Pena and Logano raced bumper to bumper and door to door for the whole race. Repeated re-starts made Pena and Logano work hard. They raced clean. It was great stuff.

I can’t wait to see more of the 16 year old Pena. Maybe an ARCA season is in the offing.

Check out Joey Logano’s NASCAR statistics here.

Photo credit: Getty Images for NASCAR

Filed under: Irwindale Speedway, Joey Logano, NASCAR

Tagged with: NASCAR drive for diversity, Sergio Pena, Toyota All Star Challenge

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