Joey Logano won the rain-shortened race last Sunday at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway and in the process became the youngest winner in NASCAR history at 19 years, one month and four days.

Logano was hired to replace two-time series champion Tony Stewart at Joe Gibbs Racing and the learning curve has proved to be difficult. Logano talked about the significance of his win and how it fits in the team's future after the race. Here are excerpts of that interview:

Q: You led the most laps a day earlier in the Nationwide Series race and didn't win, then you backed into the victory by not pitting for gas when the rain started. Can you describe the ups and downs in this sport?

A: Well, I figured out that this sport is a roller coaster earlier this season. I go up and down, up and down, up and down. And that is part of this sport. One week you can win and the next week you can be 43rd, and it's just like that. I've figured out in other series that it's tough. This is obviously the toughest thing that I've ever done in my career but after yesterday, yeah, I was bummed out finished second. This is cool. (New Hampshire) is where I watched my first Cup race and where I ran my first Cup race and where I won my first Cup race, so I could not have picked a better place. This is kind of like a home turf place for me, a lot of family and friends here.

Q: You've only been in NASCAR for 14 months, so you don't have a lot of experience at this level. How difficult has the learning curve been?

A: It's tough, believe me, it's real tough. If you think of last year in the Nationwide Series, yeah, I had some good runs. Did I run where I thought I needed to? No. I think it just took time. If you look at my first race here last year, was completely opposite of this. It's motivating just to keep seeing yourself getting better and working with Zippy (crew chief Greg Zipadelli) and all of the guys and getting that communication going helps us improve a lot, too.

Q: You grew up 178 miles from New Hampshire and you consider the track your home. Did you bring a different mind-set to New Hampshire than other tracks?

A: I try to go to every track with the same mind-set, you know, and just go out there, do the best you can, and go for the win. You've got to have that mind-set at least coming into every race. Obviously, yeah, you want to win at home tracks like this. Zippy definitely wanted to win here. We were talking earlier, he said before this weekend, he goes, "We've ran good here forever, and it's not going to change this weekend." You know, he was right, I guess.

Q: Is it more special to win at your home track?

A: It makes it that much more special. I think your first win no matter where it's at is huge. Obviously it's not the way you want to win your first race, in the rain, but 20 years down the road when you look in the record books, no one will know the difference. I'll take them any way I can. This is my home track and where I watched my first Cup race. And Zippy, all of the guys, a lot of the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing are from the Northeast, so it's cool to get a win here.

Q: You refused to believe NASCAR would call the race although it was raining hard. Are you superstitious?

A: Yeah, I'm going to wear this (racing suit) every race now. I'll keep as many things as I can. You only get the first win one time.