Stubbs: Joey Logano dangerous longshot in chase for third title

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Going into the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, nobody saw Joey Logano as a true championship favorite.

Yes, he'd proven that he can win a title even when not expected -- as he did in 2018 when he defeated the "Big Three" of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. -- but 2022 was a seasonfilled with parity, where the unknown was the only certainty.

With only 12 top-10 finis