Kevin Harvick speculates why Joey Logano gets booed by NASCAR fans

Kevin Harvick believes Joey Logano is not a fan favorite in NASCAR because of some of the things he did earlier in his career. On Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, the NASCAR legend explained why Logano receives boos from fans.

“I think a lot of that comes from the first part of his career and just the run-ins and situations and some of the timing of some of his comments and things that he said,” Kevin Harvick said. “But none of that bothers him anymore. He is so confident in his ability and his team’s ability to overcome things and do things. He’s not shy about commenting on controversial things or situations or somebody else or whatever that is.

“I think just being able to control that mentally and being able to deal with that mentally is something that (a) comes with experience, but (b) not a lot of people can do well, especially where we are in today’s NASCAR driver lineup. So he does that part better than most, and in the end, it puts him in a position to win more races than most people.”

Joey Logano looks to win a big race this year

Early in his career, Joey Logano had feuds with Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart. And last week, Logano called out his Penske teammate, Austin Cindric, for letting Bubba Wallace win a stage at Talladega. That led to Atlanta Braves legend Chipper Jones calling out Logano after Cindric won the Talladega race.

While Logano might be a polarizing figure, there is no denying his talent. The 34-year-old won the Texas Motor Speedway race this past weekend, making it the 37th Cup Series race victory of his career. Logano also won the Daytona 500 in 2015 and is a three-time winner of the Cup Series championship. In 2023, Logano was named one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers for the governing body’s 75th anniversary.

While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Logano talked about his goal of winning the Coca-Cola 600. “The Coca-Cola 600 is special because of what it is. It’s also special because I’ve been a Coca-Cola racing family member for my whole career, from day one, 16 whatever years ago it was. It’s been a long time,” Logano said. “It would be really cool to click off that win on top of what that weekend already means. Memorial Day weekend means more to me than what the race is. It would definitely be neat to celebrate in Victory Lane there.”