Joey Logano dissects what it took to win a wild NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and lock into the next round.
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00:00And this race team continues to deliver when it counts in the playoffs.
00:04What is it about this team, Joey, that you guys can step up and make a difference in
00:08the playoffs?
00:09Oh, man.
00:10Just incredible execution from the team.
00:13You know, it's when it's playoff time, it's our time.
00:15That's what I said.
00:16We've got to always level up when it comes to playoff time, and they gave me a great
00:20auto trader Mustang.
00:21She was fast all day.
00:22We kind of got stuck in the back a little bit.
00:25It's hard to get track position back.
00:26We had a good restart and got towards the front and had my teammate Blaney behind me.
00:30It really helped out in that last lap to be able to make sure a Penske car won and ultimately
00:35move on to the next round.
00:36So good day for all the Penske cars.
00:37I think they got a lot of stage points as well.
00:38So pretty good day today.
00:42Kent Diamond is auto trader's home here in Atlanta.
00:44Coca-Cola's home in Atlanta.
00:45A lot of people here.
00:48It's important for us to run good at this track.
00:49So it is a lot of memories right here.
00:52And just our finish line for me racing legends cars as a kid.
00:55This is a really cool feeling to be out here in the cup car again.
00:58I was going to say, for a kid who ran Thursday night thunder for years here at the Atlanta
01:01motor speedway on the quarter mile track, how much does a win, much less at Atlanta
01:06period but in the playoffs, mean to you personally?
01:09It's always special.
01:10But here I lived right there, 805, for about six years.
01:15So it was a lot of time looking at this racetrack, dreaming about going down to the turn one.
01:20So I can't thank the team enough.
01:22Like I said, everyone at Penske.
01:23Roush hates engines.
01:24Hello to my kids and wife at home.
01:26I wish they were down here.
01:27But it was definitely a special week coming here before we got here.
01:30I got to see one of the squadrons that's getting deployed here soon.
01:34And we got to spend a lot of time with them before we got here.
01:36So it was a heck of a way to top it all off.
01:39Paul Wolf said I can't take much more of these fuel mileage races.
01:42So how intense was this race today, much less the end of it?
01:46I'll take all of them.
01:47It's working for us.
01:48Bring it on.
01:49All right.
01:50Welcome to the round of 12, Joey Logano with the win here in Atlanta.