{"id":244613,"date":"2025-09-21T19:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/244613\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T19:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T19:49:34","slug":"local-drivers-shine-at-new-hampshire-race-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/244613\/","title":{"rendered":"Local drivers shine at New Hampshire race weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

After winning the pole on Saturday afternoon, Joey Logano reminisced about his early beginnings in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Race weekend was action-packed with three different races, familiar faces for local fans and full of fond memories for local drivers. <\/p>\n

On Saturday, three New Hampshire drivers competed in the Whelen Modified race, while the truck series playoff round of 10 featured a career-best performance by Massachusetts\u2019 own Blake Lothian.<\/p>\n

Logano came into the weekend below the cut-off line in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff\u2019s second round, but had a strong qualifying performance to position himself for a comeback race at his home track in Loudon.<\/p>\n

During the post-qualifying press conference, he talked about his first exposure to the sport at age seven, and how he was able to share that experience with his son this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was watching the Modified race with my son, my oldest son, and you just kind of go back. He\u2019s seven. I was seven the first time I came here. I was watching the races this morning, like, \u2018This is pretty cool,\u2019 so it\u2019s a full circle moment,\u201d Logano said.<\/p>\n

For the seasoned Logano and the young up-and-comer Lothian, who both drove the No. 22 cars in their races, the weekend was a strong homecoming in different senses, which was a delight to fans.<\/p>\n