Joey Logano will drive the #48 car at Watkins Glen next week. OK, so it’s not that #48 car.
But when Penske Racing president Tim Cindric tweeted this week that Logano would drive a #48 car in the Watkins Glen Nationwide Series race, it certainly raised some eyebrows.
The # 48, of course, is Jimmie Johnson’s five-time championship ride in the Sprint Cup Series. So why did Penske choose to run a #48 car when it could have picked a different number? Because the selection wasn’t that great, spokesman Jonathan Gibson told USA TODAY Sports.
“It’s really as simple as there aren’t many numbers available; 48 was the best available number,” he said.
The car will be sponsored by Discount Tire (which is a regular Penske sponsor) and will have the same paint scheme as always.
Penske will field three cars in the race — Logano, Brad Keselowski (#22) and series regular Sam Hornish Jr. (#12).
