As his car slid across the grass, it rebounded back onto the steep banking, where Reed Sorenson\u2019s No. 43 clipped him at speed. That second impact launched Joey Logano<\/a> into the air, triggering a violent sequence of eight barrel rolls down the 24-degree banking. A horrifying sight triggered by the initial bump, Tony striking Joey\u2019s quarter panel, that set everything in motion.<\/p>\n via Getty<\/p>\n DOVER, DE \u2013 SEPTEMBER 27: Joey Logano, driver of the #20 Home Depot Toyota stands by his car before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway on September 27, 2009 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky\/Getty Images for NASCAR)<\/p>\n The crash was powerful enough to draw a red flag while crews cleared debris. Even Tony Stewart<\/a>\u2019s car suffered damage, and he later apologized for the wreck, including minor damage to his car\u2019s front and rear quarters. Stewart, admittedly scared, said, \u201cI wish I had saw that coming. I don\u2019t know how to say sorry enough to Joey. I don\u2019t know what happened. He just had to check up, and I didn\u2019t see it coming.\u201d<\/p>\n The JGR<\/a> driver later admitted he was shaken. Logano said, \u201cIt just scared the heck out of me. I haven\u2019t seen a replay yet. I\u2019m not sure I want to see a replay. It started rolling and I was in there like, \u2018Damn, please make this thing stop.\u2019\u201d Still, he credited the improved safety features of the Car of Tomorrow with saving his life.<\/p>\n Logano walked away, shaken but unscathed, thanks to all the safety devices in the new car. Reed Sorenson, Martin Truex Jr.<\/a>, and Robby Gordon also avoided injuries even though their cars were caught up in the crash. However, this would only be the start of his on-track brush-ups with Tony Stewart. And while the incident at Dover was unintentional, some blatantly were.<\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The time Logano threw a water bottle at Tony Stewart<\/p>\n Joey Logano\u2019s journey with Tony Stewart began as admiration, overshadowed by a bitter exchange that foreshadowed hostility. As a young fan eager to impress, Joey once chased Tony Stewart only to watch the champion walk past him without acknowledgement. Joey didn\u2019t hold back and said, \u201cTony just walked right by us. I yelled, \u2018Hey Tony, here, sign my hat.\u2019 He didn\u2019t even look at me, just b-lined right. Sc\u2014 this guy, that was my reaction. I don\u2019t like this guy; that was my reaction. So I took all my stuff and I threw it in the garbage when I got home.\u201d<\/p>\n During the closing laps of the 2013 Auto Club 400 at Fontana, tensions between Stewart and Logano sparked into a heated confrontation. Tony, fuming over being blocked by Logano during a late restart, pulled alongside Joey on pit road after the race and unexpectedly shoved him with both hands. In response, the now Team Penske<\/a> driver threw a water bottle at Tony, igniting a brief scuffle that forced crew members from both teams to step in and separate the two.<\/p>\n The moment set the tone for their fiery relations. Following the scaffold, Tony didn\u2019t hold back. Stewart later cemented his disdain at Auto Club Speedway in 2013, branding Logano as a \u201clittle rich kid who has never had to work in his life\u201d after a hard block during late race restarts. Verbal attacks didn\u2019t stop there. Stewart claimed that Joey was all talk and no racecraft. He said, \u201cHe\u2019s nothing but a little rich kid\u2026 it\u2019s time he learns a lesson.\u201d After one race, Tony even threatened, saying, \u201cIf you block me, you won\u2019t make it through the other end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Logano remained steadfast in defense of his actions. He said, \u201cI had to throw the block\u2026 that was a race for the lead.\u201d Their rivalry spilled off track, with post-race exchanges escalating alongside physical track battles. Stewart and Logano\u2019s feud was the start of Logano\u2019s arc, where he got into the grills of nearly every driver he\u2019s raced against.<\/a> However, he has 3 championships to show for his efforts, which is more than most of his rivals can say!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI hope that doesn\u2019t happen to anybody.\u201d Those were the somber words of Joey Logano years after one…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-69253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114867280503289549","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"article-image\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-91193798.jpg\")
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