Joey Logano Says Ford’s New Mustang Cup Car Meant ‘You Can’t Just Have It All’

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Joey Logano says helping shape Ford’s new NASCAR Cup Series Mustang for 2027 came down to deciding what the team was willing to give up.

Ford unveiled the final design of its Mustang Dark Horse SC Cup car this week. Logano talked about his involvement with Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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“I mean, I think what my involvement was to say, Hey, what do we need on the racetrack? What are the things that are most important from a downforce perspective, from a center of pressure perspective, and track? Like, what are we willing to give? Because you can’t just have it all. Right?” Logano said.

Logano said drivers and crew chiefs give their input, and then the engineers take over.

“So those type of things are where the drivers and the crew chiefs are going to put their input in. And then it’s up to the aero designers and engineers to be able to come up with making it look right, to where it looks like the street vehicle, but also has that performance where we’re looking for,” he said.

What’s New on the 2027 Mustang Cup Car

The new car is based on the latest Mustang Dark Horse SC. Its most noticeable change is a more aggressive nose meant to improve aerodynamics and add downforce.

The design also has new headlight surrounds, reshaped lower grille openings, new lower bumper corners and smoother front fender creases.

Ford hopes the update fixes problems that held its teams back in 2026. Jonathan Hassler, crew chief for Ryan Blaney, said earlier this year that the bigger tracks had been a weak spot.

“The intermediate package, the mile-and-a-halfs, the bigger tracks, that’s definitely been a struggle of ours,” Hassler said.

Mark Rushbrook, global director of Ford Racing, the automaker’s motorsports division, said the car lives up to Mustang’s racing heritage. “Our team of race engineers worked hand-in-hand with Ford designers to create a car that not only holds true to Mustang’s unique appearance but lives up to its heritage as a car that was born to race,” he said in Ford’s announcement.

“We believe this car will put us in a position to win a lot of races and championships in the years ahead,” Rushbrook said.

Logano Says Ford Has ‘the Best-Looking Car’

Logano also praised the car’s look in the announcement.

“I’ve said this ever since Ford brought Mustang into the Cup Series and nothing since then has changed my mind. We have the best-looking car on the track, hands down, and Ford Racing has worked to make it one of the fastest too,” Logano said.

Blaney, who has driven only Fords in his Cup career, is already looking ahead to Daytona.

“All of us want to be the first one to win a race in this new Mustang, and I’m no different,” Blaney said. “… Ford does a great job of designing race cars that give us the best chance to win, and I can’t think of a better way to get started than by winning the Daytona 500.”

Fans got an early look at the new Mustang during testing at Charlotte. Logano, a three-time champion for Team Penske, says he would have been in the title fight without his Talladega flip. He and the rest of Ford’s Cup drivers will race the new car for the first time at Daytona in February.

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