Logano continues hot racing after rumors die

Joey Logano heard the rumors at Joe Gibbs Racing.

Carl Edwards, the biggest free agent in NASCAR, was being pursued to sign a lucrative deal with JGR. If Edwards signed, he’d poach Logano’s ride in the No. 20 Toyota and the coveted Home Depot sponsorship.

Logano couldn’t do anything about the negotiations. All he could do was drive.

Edwards stayed with Roush Fenway Racing, and Logano appears secure in his car.

Pushed by the public contract talks, Logano responded with his best finishes of the season and kept rolling at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., turning a lap of 172.055 mph Saturday to win his second pole of the year. Logano, 21, became the youngest pole winner at Pocono. It was his third career pole in Sprint Cup.

Logano said he never talked to owner Joe Gibbs or team president J.D. Gibbs about his future.

“As far as I knew they, were just rumors,” Logano said. “What am I really going to ask him?”

Nationwide

Carl Edwards pushed Roush Fenway Racing teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to victory in a wild finish at Iowa Speedway in Newton.

Stenhouse appeared set to cruise to his second win at Iowa this year when his No. 6 car blew an engine coming out of the final turn. With billowing smoke obscuring Edwards’ view, he slammed into the back end of Stenhouse and shoved him across the finish line.

Stenhouse crossed the line sideways, becoming the first Nationwide series regular to win two races this year.

Edwards wound up second, his No. 60 car torn up in the grass.

Trucks Series

Rain halted the event at Pocono Raceway after 17 laps, with racing scheduled to resume today before the Sprint Cup event.

Parker Kligerman was leading when the 125-mile race on the 2.5-mile tri-oval was halted.

IndyCar

There’s something about Mid-Ohio – and odd years on the calendar – that bring out the best in Scott Dixon.

The winner at Mid-Ohio in 2007 and 2009, Dixon had the fastest qualifying time to take the pole for today’s race at Lexington, Ohio.

Ryan Briscoe will start No. 2 on the grid, with defending champ and points leader Dario Franchitti third. Will Power is fourth, Ryan Hunter-Reay fifth and local favorite Graham Rahal sixth.

Justin Wilson broke a bone in his back during a single-car accident in qualifying. Wilson was taken to the hospital after he spun off the course and hit a bump between Turns 1 and 2. He was awake and alert when taken to MedCentral Mansfield.