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Red Bull's Scott Speed has his sights set on the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Championship. (Photo: John Sommers II) ยป More Photos
Written by Rob D'Amico and Michele Rahal from Race Day on Fox Sports Radio. Rob D'Amico is host of the Weekend Preview on SPEEDtv.com Radio.
In 2009 Joey Logano and Scott Speed will go head to head in a Sprint Cup series Rookie of the Year battle. Many in the industry who witnessed Logano¹s rise through the ranks on the short tracks of America feel he¹s a shoe in for the title. Mark Martin is certainly one of those having repeatedly stated, when Logano was fifteen, "He¹s the real deal". In fact, that message became so ingrained in the NASCAR lexicon that he now has the nickname,'Sliced Bread'.
However, a driver that emerged on the scene last year may spoil the aspirations of Logano. That driver is American Scott Speed. Scott Speed was unceremoniously dumped from the Formula One team, Toro Rosso two years ago amid physical altercations with the team director, open press arguments and name calling between himself and team principal, Gerhard Berger. This left the relationship in shambles, the remaining Formula One teams unwilling to look further at him and Speed stating that "there is not enough money in the world for me to stay with this team".
Dietrich Mateschitz, the owner of Red Bull, felt he owed Scott Speed a chance to continue
He¹s going into his Sprint Cup debut at Lowe¹s Motor Speedway with a baseline of experience underneath him, albeit abbreviated. Speed is 25 years old.
Taking a completely different, and more traditional path, Joey Logano made his mark in every series in which he¹s participated including the Nationwide series with top ten finishes and a win. He recently made his debut with Hall Of Fame Racing in Sprint Cup at Kansas, but did not achieve the results he wanted and it showed in his face. But will the switch to a Joe Gibbs run car in Atlanta make the difference? According to Logano, "We¹re going to run the No. 02 Home Depot Toyota in Atlanta and possibly a couple more races. I feel like I¹m going to be in a really good car".
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