Joey Logano, Team Penske celebrate 2024 titles at White House
Joey Logano, members of Team Penske organization, and other professional motorsports celebrated their championship victories of 2024 Wednesday (April 9) in the nation’s capital with President Donald Trump.
President Trump hosted multiple champions of professional motorsports from 2024, including Logano, who won the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series championship; Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden; and IMSA GTP champions Porsche Penske Motorsport.
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Among NASCAR personnel at the event included NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps, NASCAR president Steve O’Donnell, Team Penske owner Roger Penske, Logano’s crew chief Paul Wolfe, and 2023 series champion Ryan Blaney.
President Trump gave the champions a look inside the Oval Office, which serves as the formal working area for the commander-in-chief.
Logano’s No. 22 Ford, Newgarden’s No. 2, and Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 7 were on display near the White House South Portico, which overlooks the South Lawn.
The president walked with Penske to the display of racecars, chatted with the drivers and executives by the vehicles, and made a few remarks to the White House press pool about Penske’s victories as “well deserving.”
CONGRATULATIONS!
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) April 9, 2025
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“Roger Penske’s a great friend of mine, I’ve known him a long time,” President Trump said.
The president also commended the athletic ability of racing drivers, calling them “great athletes.”
“These are great champions, a great sport, what you’ve done in Indianapolis also with what you’ve done at the track, is incredible,” President Trump remarked while looking at Penske.
The event was the third time the Trump administration honored the prior year’s NASCAR champion.
In April 2019, the White House invited members of Team Penske and Joey Logano to celebrate their 2018 championship.
Martin Truex Jr. and members of the 2017 championship-winning Furniture Row Racing organization were honored at the White House in May 2018.
Prior presidents who invited the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion and playoff drivers include Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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