STATESVILLE, N.C. — Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano will drive the No. 15 AM Racing Ford Mustang in the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Chicago Street Race on July 6, filling in for full-time driver Hailie Deegan.
Notably, Logano won Sunday’s Cup Series race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway to lock into the Cup Series Playoffs.
Deegan has piloted the team’s Ford Mustang in the first 17 Xfinity Series races of the season. She’s currently 27th in the standings with a best finish of 12th at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
According to a team release, AM Racing is looking for Logano to “help provide feedback that the team can use to improve on-track competition as the sport heads into the second half of the season.”
“The level of competition in the Xfinity Series is as competitive as it’s ever been,” commented AM Racing team president Wade Moore. “It is our goal at AM Racing to field a competitive race team through our technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing and provide any of our drivers the best equipment and opportunity to be successful on track each weekend.”
“With that being said, we haven’t had the success on track that we were hoping for in the first half of the season. When the opportunity to have Joey in the car at Chicago became a possibility, we felt we needed to take advantage of the knowledge and feedback that a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion could provide to our teams’ growth.
“We intend to take the feedback and data from the Chicago race weekend and apply it to building better race cars each week so AM Racing can have a stronger second half of the season,” Moore continued.
Team partner Klutch Vodka will support Logano’s return to Xfinity Series competition in the second-annual Loop 110 at the Chicago Street Course.
“We support AM Racing and we’re happy to have Joey Logano behind the wheel of the No. 15 Klutch Vodka Ford Mustang at the Chicago Street Course,” offered Klutch Vodka CEO Anthony S. Quattrochi and his Co-Founder, fiancé Brandy Wong.
“His experience and talent will be a great asset to the AM Racing team this weekend and no doubt will present the opportunity to introduce the Klutch Vodka brand to new race fans as well.”
Logano has 36 poles, 30 wins, 95 top-five and 143 top-10 finishes in the Xfinity Series.
The Team Penske driver did not compete in the inaugural Xfinity Series race last year in Chicago; however, he finished eighth in the first-ever Cup Series Street Course event.
AM Racing at the Chicago Street Course, with driver Brett Moffitt, captured a Xfinity team-best of fourth after starting seventh in the 2023 The Loop 121.
“Racing in the rain on Chicago’s Street Course last year was a challenge within itself,” Logano said. “Any extra seat time is always a positive for unique tracks such as this one. Driving the NASCAR Xfinity Series cars are a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to climbing behind the wheel of the No. 15 AM Racing Ford Mustang, with high hopes to wheel it to the front.”