The 22-year-old Tasmanian scored a maiden career race win on Saturday and backed it up with a second place finish on Sunday to seal his first round victory.
There could be more good news to come too, with Logan understood to be in the frame to make his Supercars Championship debut this year.
Logan has emerged as the favourite to snare the seat alongside Ben Gomersall in Tickford’s wildcard entry at The Bend 500.
It’s the only unannounced drive in a Tickford wildcard program that will begin with Reuben Goodall’s debut outing in Townsville next month.
Logan described his Darwin success as a “massive confidence boost” just two rounds into his time with the slick four-car Tickford Super2 operation.
He’d left the February Sydney Motorsport Park season opener 10th in the standings and said mentor Mark Winterbottom helped address a key weakness.
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“We had some good speed at Sydney, but being with a new engineer and a new team, probably didn’t piece it all together,” he said.
“I’ve been working really hard with the team and Frosty, in particular, to work on my starts, and worked closer with my engineer to get the most out of the package for what suits me.
“I’m not surprised. I always thought I was capable of this and I’ve been working really hard, but didn’t think it would come this quickly.”
While he’s quickly become a winner within the Tickford development system, Logan’s journey to Super2 success has been longer than hoped.
Having finished second in the Toyota GR Cup in 2023, Logan graduated to Super2 with Walkinshaw Andretti United.
He ended up 12th in his rookie season while teammate Zach Bates won the title and was 14th last year, without a top five finish.
“It’s been a really tough few years,” Logan reflected in the aftermath of Sunday.
“I didn’t really do much in the last two years of Super2, just really struggled, and for me personally it was tough, a lot of dark moments where you feel like you’re not good enough.
“There’s a lot of financial pressure when you’re trying to race in these categories, and it’s tough on your family and everyone around you who supports you.
“I think it’s such a reward, not just for me, but for my family, and everyone who backs me who has told me I’m capable of this. This is for them.
“It’s a real privilege to race for such a good team in Tickford and be able to deliver this result.”
Logan has suddenly emerged as Tickford’s spearhead in a season where it is facing a far greater challenge than last year’s all-conquering campaign.
Fellow Tasmanian Lochie Dalton leads the way after an off-season switch from Tickford to the Blanchard Racing Team, driving a Tickford-built car.
Logan has rocketed to second while Brad Jones Racing’s Brad Vaughan and Tickford trio Goodall, Nash Morris and Gomersall round out the top six.
“It’d be cool if it was a Tassie runaway show for the championship,” said Hobart-based Logan, who is 75 points behind Dalton.
“If I can just keep working on my process and executing, then hopefully I can fight him for the championship.
“I think there’s no reason why I can’t take it to him.”
Goodall will kick-off Tickford’s wildcard program in Townsville before co-driving with Thomas Randle in the Enduro Cup.
Gomersall will then tackle the Ipswich sprint round and co-drive the team’s wildcard at The Bend.
Morris is meanwhile set to contest the Enduro Cup with PremiAir Racing for a second consecutive year, co-driving with Declan Fraser.
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