Joey Logano has taken a semi-joking shot at Carson Hocevar, comparing the pair's public perceptions early in their careers.
Logano was famously lambasted for his aggressive driving style and a perceived lack of respect for NASCAR veterans when he entered the Cup Series as a teenager, something which the three-time champion says still follows him around to this day.
The 36-year-old appeared faintly baffled by the acclaim that Hocevar is getting, saying the Spire Motorsports star 'wrecks way more people' than he did in his early career but is still beloved by a number of people around the sport (although, notably, not so many of his fellow drivers).
Logano did hail Hocevar's impact on bringing younger fans to NASCAR, calling him 'great for the sport' while joking that he doesn't understand the majority of what the 23-year-old is talking about.
Logano: I still get booed for things I did as a teenager
“I think Carson is great for the sport," Logano said in an appearance on Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour. "I think he brings a ton of new fans, different fans – just the way he is, is different than the rest of us. The way he speaks, like he’s just younger.
"I don’t know what he’s talking about half the time. I don’t know what these words mean, but people love it and there’s no denying that and that’s great. That’s great for our sport."
"What I don't understand, though. When I came into the sport and I had run-ins with veterans and all this stuff and people hated me for that. Forever.
"To this day, I still get booed like you wouldn’t believe for the things I did when I was 19 years old. This kid comes in and wrecks way more people than I ever did and people love him."
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