Each Daniel Suarez and Joey Logano are locked into the 2024 NASCAR Cup Sequence playoffs, however they appear to be considering on the alternative finish in the case of how far they’ll go within the postseason.
Logano is the Cup Sequence’ most up-to-date winner at Nashville, and although his season has been topsy-turvy by way of the primary 4 and a half months, he believes the No. 22 crew has what it takes to win their third championship.
“We all the time assume we will exit and win the championship,” Logano mentioned. “There’s numerous stepping stones to be able to get there.”
In his championship seasons of 2018 and 2022, Logano was infrequently considered as a championship favourite – and it appears he desires to maintain that underdog mentality in 2024, too.
“In 2018, I bear in mind having a dialog with my spouse and saying, ‘I hope we get by way of the primary spherical of those playoffs.’ Then unexpectedly it bought higher and we exit and win the entire thing. She jogs my memory on a regular basis, ‘Simply bear in mind 2018!'”
“I am like, ‘Okay, honey!” Logano mentioned. “However she’s proper. You simply have to stay round. You bought to be in it to win it’s so actual with our playoffs. Are we seeded one of the best proper now? No. We do not have sufficient playoff factors. However I’ve additionally seen loads of instances the place when you can simply be stable, get by way of the rounds, and win the races that matter, you are round lengthy sufficient the place the velocity knob will get turned up.”
Daniel Suarez, in the meantime, sounded rather less optimistic in regards to the No. 99 crew’s championship probabilities, although he did say a run is feasible if constant velocity could be discovered below the hood.
“I really feel like we now have work to do,” Suarez mentioned. “I imagine if the playoffs have been beginning tomorrow, we might actually change the mindset and the way in which we have been doing issues. However saying that, it is unimaginable to go to the playoffs and flip a change and be sturdy.”
“I feel when we now have good velocity, we’re good. We will execute an excellent race and within the prime 10 and prime 5. We did it at Iowa. We simply need to get extra constant.”
In a 12 months that has seen extra unhealthy days than good for the No. 99 crew, Suarez admitted that a few of their outcomes are unacceptable.
“At New Hampshire, I had in all probability the worst automotive I would ever had at New Hampshire. I talked to my guys about this… We’ll miss on some races. We’re not going to have an amazing automotive each single weekend. However on the weekends that we miss, we will not miss by quite a bit,” he defined. “Our misses must be top-20, not working thirtieth.”
“I really feel in some methods, we have been attempting to hit a jackpot an excessive amount of as a gaggle,” Suarez concluded. “We now have to be a little bit higher with that, and I feel then, we’re going to have the ability to make a deep run within the playoffs.”
All quotations obtained firsthand until in any other case famous.
