Auto Club 500 at Auto Club (Fontana, Calif.) Speedway

February 17, 2010

The Home Depot Team Notes of Interest

• Joey Logano will make his third NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday. In his first Cup appearance at the track one year ago he finished 26th, in his second race at the 2-mile track he improved his finishing position by 12 spots when he took the checkered flag in 14th last fall. The Home Depot Team also improved its qualifying effort from the February race to the fall event when Logano went from the 34th starting spot in the Auto Club 500 to rolling off sixth last October.
• The start of the 2010 NASCAR season at Daytona was a strong one for Logano and The Home Depot Racing team. Logano competed in four events at Daytona International Speedway: The Shootout at Daytona, the Duel at Daytona, the NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the Daytona 500. Logano completed every lap of competition (464) in the four events at the superspeedway, finishing seventh in three of them and 20th in the Daytona 500.
• Meet Logano! Fans in the Fontana area can meet Logano at The Home Depot Store on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 5 - 7 p.m. The store is located at 16005 Sierra Lakes Parkway in Fontana. There will be a children's workshop, photo opportunities with the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota and an autograph signing by Logano. Wristbands will be distributed starting at 4 p.m. to the first 700 fans.
• What do Logano, Tim Tebow and Barack Obama have in common? They are all left-handed.
• Welcome aboard The Home Depot associates from store # 6905 from Elizabeth, N.J. The City of Elizabeth is the fourth largest City in the State with a population of over 125,000 people within 11.69 square miles. Elizabeth strives to enhance the quality of life for all its residents by educating the public about energy efficiency, conservation and sustainability.
• The No. 20 Team is taking chassis #262 to Auto Club Speedway for the second race of the 2010 season. This chassis served as the back-up car at Homestead-Miami Speedway last year but has yet to compete on the track.
• Logano will be running double duty this weekend and will compete in the Sprint Cup Series race and the Nationwide Series event. Logano has an average start of 3.7 and an average finish of 3.3 in the Nationwide Series at Auto Club Speedway. Last fall he captured the win in the Nationwide event after starting from the pole.

Logano Auto Club Speedway Stats

Date	Start	Finish	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Earnings
02/22/09	34	26	249/250	0	Running	$135,001
10/11/09	6	14	250/250	0	Running	$144,951

Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Earnings
2	0	0	0	20.0	20.0	$279,952

Logano 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Stats

Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Earnings	Pts. Position
1	0	0	0	19.0	28.0	$361,794	20th

Logano Career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Stats

Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Earnings
40	1	3	7	21.6	21.3	$5,999,329

Logano Quotes:

On he start of the season…
"IÕm not happy with the way the Daytona 500 went, but I will have to say it was a lot better than last year. Finishing 43rd last year in the Home Depot Toyota put us in a hole that was tough to get out of just starting out. It was a tough two weeks last year. Now that I have a year under my belt, I know what to expect going into these race weekends and what our goals and objectives are each weekend. IÕm not satisfied with 20th, but given everything that happened during the race it could have been worse. We can now take the top-20 finish and build on it heading into California and Las Vegas."

On Auto Club Speedway…
"I really struggled at California last year in this race but we made huge improvements as a team in the second race. I actually like the track quite a bit. It does help that I won the Nationwide race there. But itÕs one of those fast tracks that you can move all around the track and race in different grooves."

"I would have to say this is the one track that sticks out in my mind the most as the place where we as a team made the biggest gains. If we continue that this weekend we should have a pretty solid race. I did the tire test here in the off-season too, so that should help quite a bit because we were able to gather up more information to work from this weekend."

No. 20 Home Depot Team
Primary Team Members:
Crew Chief – Greg Zipadellia Lead Engineer – Adam Stevens	Car Chief – Jason Shapiro Engine Specialist – Michael Johnson	Engine Builder – Mark Cronquist Spotter – Mark Robertson
Over-The-Wall Crew Members:
Jackman – Jason Tate Gas Man – Andrew Bruckler Catch Can – Brian Larson	Front Tire Changer – Ira Jo Hussey Rear Tire Changer – Coleman Dallarhide	Front Tire Carrier – Thomas Dean Rear Tire Carrier – Eric Groen
Other Crew Members:
Truck Drivers – Tom McCrimmon & Scott Crowell Mechanics – Scott Geerts & Todd Brewer Second Engineer – Jacob Canter	Tire Specialist – Jerold Shires Pit Support – Bill Byrne	Shock Specialist – Dusty Boyd IT Support – Nathan Boone