Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway Advance

April 20, 2010

The Home Depot Team Notes of Interest

• Joey Logano returns to his most successful track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit, Talladega Superspeedway. Logano posted two top-10 finishes in The Home Depot Toyota at the restrictor-plate track last year, including a third-place effort last fall.
• Logano kept The Home Depot Team in the top 12 in Sprint Cup Series point standings, the cutoff to the Chase to the Sprint Cup, after the race in Texas on Monday. Logano has accumulated 941 points this season, and sits just 87 points behind fifth-place driver Jeff Gordon. Currently all three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are within the top 12 in points.
• Logano and The Home Depot Team continue to improve in several areas this season including qualifying. Logano earned his first career pole at Bristol one month ago, and has only qualified outside the top 20 once this year. Last season at this point, the Home Depot Toyota only started in the top 20 three times. Logano is averaging a starting spot of 14th after eight races in 2010 as opposed to 25th last year.

Race Number/Track	2010 Starting Spot	2009 Starting Spot	Change +/-
1 – Daytona	16	9	-7
2 - California	19	34	+15
3 – Las Vegas	6	20	+14
4 – Atlanta	29	42	+13
5 – Bristol	1	23	+22
6 – Martinsville	17	34	+17
7 – Phoenix '10 /Texas '09	6	31	+25
8 –Texas '10 /Phoenix '09	18	10	-8
Qualifying average:	14.0	25.4	+11.4

• The Home Depot Toyota was involved in the lap 317 incident at Texas Motor Speedway on Monday. Logano was running in the 15th position when the melee ensued. He drove the No. 20 car behind the wall to the waiting Home Depot Crew. After just four laps to repair the car, he was back onto the track to pick up six additional positions to finish 28th.
• Welcome aboard The Home Depot associates from store # 1754 in Suwanee, Ga. The store number will ride along with Logano and The Home Depot Team this weekend in Talladega. With Spring in full bloom, the Town Center Park in Suwanee features one mile of strolling and rolling surfaces with three interlinking elliptical pathways and sidewalks; more than 200 maple, gum, sycamore, and oak trees; and four garden areas.
• The No. 20 Team is taking chassis #245 for this weekend's restrictor-plate race at Talladega Superspeedway. Logano drove this chassis to a third-place finish at Talladega last October and in the 2010 Shootout at Daytona where he finished seventh.
• To access the online media guide visit: www.elevationgrp.com/homedepot. Other helpful information can be found on: www.homedepotracing.com and twitter.com/homedepotracing.

Logano Quotes:

On Talladega…

"The Home Depot Team and I did the spoiler test at Talladega and we were able to feel some differences but it wasn't anything too significant. I know people either love or hate restrictor-plate racing, I have fun going to Talladega. I kind of think it's a sort of an off-weekend because your car is not going to be much different over the course of the three days. The cars are pretty much bolted to the ground and you can do little things to help them handle better but you focus on how you're sucking up to other cars and how the cars are pushing you. It's not like you can't sleep at night because you're worried about what to change the next morning. You don't ask yourself, 'Is my car going to be the same as it was yesterday? How are we going to be in the race?' You've got what you’ve got and hope it's enough. I really look forward to it. I have fun there and we've had two good runs there so hopefully we'll be able to do that again. You just need to stay out of trouble and be there at the end."

Logano Talladega Superspeedway Stats

Date	Start	Finish	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Earnings
4/26/09	22	9	188/188	4	Running	$153,276
11/1/09	20	3	191/191	1	Running	$184,301
Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Earnings
2	0	1	2	21.0	6.0	$337,577

Logano 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Stats

Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Earnings	Pts. Position
8	0	2	4	14.0	16.6	$1,321,675	12th

Logano Career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Stats

Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Earnings
47	1	5	11	20.4	20.5	$6,959,210

No. 20 Home Depot Team
Primary Team Members:
Crew Chief – Greg Zipadelli 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