What do Joey Logano and the #22 team do for the rest of the two weeks? A win in the very first race in Las Vegas saw Logano lock himself in the Championship 4. So basically, his job in this round is done, and he can now focus on the big race in Phoenix. Out of the 8 other drivers, only Logano is the one who can run a few experiments of his own without any repercussions.

Ideally, the two races at Homestead and Martinsville could be a perfect opportunity to tweak the changes on the race car. However, Logano isn’t sold on the idea and sheds light on what his plans will be going into the race at Homestead this week.

Joey Logano isn’t going to take unnecessary risks

It is important to note that Homestead, Martinsville, and Phoenix are all different beasts in their own right. Homestead is a mile and a half with high banks on the corners. Martinsville is a traditional short oval spread across half-miles that rewards consistency and tire management traits. Phoenix is a low-banked one-mile racetrack.

So you see, even if Logano and his team try to mix things up in the next two races in terms of setup, it isn’t likely to pay off Phoenix. And this is why they aren’t going to go out of their way and see out the next two weeks with the hope of strong results. “A lot of things, you would maybe want to try these things for the racetrack because you have no risk if it goes bad. Typically in this race, if you’re in the playoffs, it’s very very important and you can’t afford to take risks.” Logano said this before the Homestead race.

“You wouldn’t take a lot of risks because unless you are backed up against the wall and got nothing to lose, you would say, Hey, I just need a solid top five out of this, or we can kind of go for all or nothing, and we can do that kind of category throughout the weekend,” he added. Wrecking a race car just two weeks before the championship race is indeed a big setback. And this is what the #22 team will be trying to avoid in these two weeks.

However, there’s one thing that Logano would like to achieve in the two races, which is to help his teammate Ryan Blaney join him for the championship battle.

Logano is looking to repay a favor

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The #22 Ford Mustang wasn’t the best race car on the day in Las Vegas. However, the crew chief Paul Wolfie made a strategic call to stay out on the track late in the race over getting new tires and fuel. Meanwhile, front-runner Christopher Bell chose to pit and tried to play the catch-up game.

Bell started 26 seconds behind then-leader Daniel Suarez and was hot in pursuit of the lead. There came a time when Bell cut down the deficit to 5 seconds, and Logano knew his fuel-saving trick wouldn’t be good for a victory. And this is where Blaney came to his teammate’s rescue and gave up push to get past leader Suarez with 5 laps to go.

“Yes, within reason obviously of what we can do. You know, if there’s anything that they want to try and practice, setup-wise or anything like that, we’re open to it. What do you guys need to make sure you have the fastest 12 Mustang out there, right? What can we do to help you from that perspective? We’ll do what we can do to be good teammates for sure, yep.” Logano explained.

Going by Logano and his team’s master plans, it feels like we might be able to see not one but two Penske race cars fighting it out for the championship.