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TOYOTA NASCAR Nationwide Series Kentucky Post Race Notes & Quotes
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TOYOTA NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS)

Post-Race Notes & Quotes

Kentucky Speedway – June 13, 2009

- Joey Logano won his second NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race of the season in Saturday night’s Nationwide
Series race at Kentucky Speedway. He started from the pole position and led twice for 20 laps.

- This was Logano’s second straight win and pole at the 1.5-mile Kentucky oval having also won the 2008 event.
Camry drivers Kyle Busch (second), Jason Leffler (sixth), Michael Annett (seventh) and Burney Lamar (eighth) also
posted top-10 finishes.

- Toyota drivers Trevor Bayne (12th), Scott Lagasse Jr. (13th), Kevin Conway (15th), Michael McDowell (29th) and
Chad Blount (42nd) were also in the field.

- Busch maintains the unofficial NNS points lead by 137 points over second-place, Carl Edwards, and Leffler currently
ranks fourth (218 points behind Busch).

JOEY LOGANO, No. 20 GameStop Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 1st
Can you talk about your win tonight?

“This is so cool for the whole GameStop Toyota team. They did a great job and gave me an awesome car at a place that kind of
suits me. I could get both of them done. This is cool, two for two at Kentucky – two poles and two wins. That’s the perfect
record here and hopefully we’ll keep that going.”

How was your car tonight?

“We changed it around. Sometimes you’re really loose and it just kind of depends on what set of tires you put on it. I think we
had one bad set of tires which kind of killed us the first pit stop. I think after that we just kind of saw what we had and got
caught speeding on pit road. It was my fault, but to overcome that is huge. This is just awesome. I really wanted this one.”

How were you able to overcome Kyle Busch on that restart?

“I’m always hungry, I always want that win. I was sitting there during that red flag and I tried the restart before that I tried
running top-side to get momentum. It didn’t work and I killed myself. If I was there I could wait on him to make a mistake.
Once I got there he just came up the back a little bit and I got a big run and got underneath him. I just had a great car and it was
able to drive away. Once I got that clean air I knew I was going to be good. I said during the red flag, ‘you know if we get
clean air we’re going to win this thing no problem.’ It makes it more fun this way to come down to the wire like that with 10
laps to go, it makes it fun.”

How does it feel to be the first driver to win two races at Kentucky?

“It’s great, it’s really cool. This is a place that I know what I want. When I go around here I know where I need to be. To win
two-for-two here, that’s really cool for me and the whole team. I guess that’s the first time anyone has done that here so it’s
pretty neat. We have two poles and two wins – it’s a perfect record here.”

What does it mean to have a one-two finish for Joe Gibbs Racing?

“It’s cool to get a one-two finish at Joe Gibbs Racing and it’s always cool for us to be number one. It’s neat. You’re sitting
there in the red flag and you’re thinking about it and wondering what can I do to beat Kyle Busch – one of the best in NASCAR.
You think about it and the opportunity was just right. I knew I had to have a run and I had to have him slip up a little bit for me
to get there. It worked out perfect. I had the run and he slipped up a little bit and I was able to get right there to his left rear and
inside draft him to get a big enough run to have the main line going into (turn) three there.”

DAVE ROGERS, crew chief, No. 20 GameStop Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing

What does it feel like to be back in victory lane?

“It was a great run for the GameStop Toyota by the entire team. First, big thanks to my driver (Joey Logano). Yesterday was
optional, he could have stayed up in Michigan and made his life easier. Instead he chose to come down here and worked on our
race car and dialed in and did a great job. I have a great staff that works around me and supports me. We just took all the notes
and went back to where we were the best in practice.

My car chief did a great job of getting the car right back to that point and
then we made a few small changes today before the race. During the race my tire guy pointed some things out with our tires.
We didn’t realize we had some codes swapped around. The biggest adjustment we made tonight was we swapped our right
front and our right rear tire to try to get a little more grip on the right rear. It was a good day for us, a fun race.”

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 2nd

What happened during the final restart?

“It always happens that way, we always lose at the end. I have to thank NOS and Z-Line and everybody at Toyota. These guys
on this team do a great job. Another one-two finish, Joey (Logano) is just better than we are at these places. Congratulations to
him, he learned obviously how to save his stuff and kind of snooker people in to not adjusting on their race cars. Our fault, we
didn’t have a good enough race car today. I told everybody I’d come here and finish second today anyways. Can’t complain
much. It would be nice to get 12 wins.”

JASON RATCLIFF, crew chief, No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing

How was the race for the No. 18 tonight?

“It was a good race, we had a fast car and led a lot of laps. For Kyle (Busch) to not get any practice and come in here and
qualify second and really almost have a shot at the pole, we needed to do a little better adjusting on our qualifying trim and we
probably would have had the pole. The guys did a good job on pit road. This is what we need to do on these non-companion
races. This is the way we need to attack them and the way we need to finish them if we’re going to stay in the hunt for this
points battle. It’s a good points night for us.

We came up a little bit short. It probably got tight there during that red flag when
it sat there and got a lot of heat on the front tires. It just got too tight for us. We were good on a short run all night because we
could take off and we weren’t too free to take off like some of the other guys. Obviously we needed to be a little freer for that
kind of condition. That red flag puts a cycle on the tires and it sits there and heat soaks them. It just got a little too tight and it
cost us a win.”

JASON LEFFLER, No. 38 Great Clips Toyota Camry, Braun Racing

Finishing Position: 6th

MICHAEL ANNETT, No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota Camry, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 7th

BURNEY LAMAR, No. 32 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Braun Racing

Finishing Position: 8th

How was your race tonight?

“The Dollar General Toyota felt really good tonight. It was really solid. A lot has changed in the two years that I’ve been gone
from racing. Trent (Owens, crew chief) and the team have never stopped working on the set-up with me. We make more
changes than anyone in practice. It felt really good to get this finish tonight and we’re all really happy. We are heading in the
right direction.”

TREVOR BAYNE, No. 99 Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing

Finishing Position: 12th

SCOTT LAGASSE JR., No. 11 America’s Incredible Pizza Company Toyota Camry, CJM Racing

Finishing Position: 13th

KEVIN CONWAY, No. 87 Extenze Toyota Camry, NEMCO Motorsports

Finishing Position: 15th

MICHAEL MCDOWELL, No. 47 Tom’s Toyota Camry, JTG-Daugherty Racing

Finishing Position: 29th

CHAD BLOUNT, No. 10 Toyota Camry, Braun Racing

Finishing Position: 42nd

- TOYOTA Motorsports Press Release


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