RAY SCORES ANOTHER 2023 TOP-10
Tanner Gray Claims Toyota Tundra Top-10 on Dirt Track
BRISTOL, Tenn. (April 8, 2023) – Tanner Gray claimed his third top-10 finish of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season in Saturday night’s race on the dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway. Gray finished in the eighth position in the 150-lap event.
Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Bristol Motor Speedway
Race 6 of 23 – 150 Laps, 75 Miles
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Joey Logano*
2nd, Ty Majeski*
3rd, William Byron*
4th, Matt Crafton*
5th, Grant Enfinger*
8th, TANNER GRAY
12th, DEAN THOMPSON
15th, COREY HEIM
23rd, STEWART FRIESEN
25th, TIMMY HILL
33rd, TYLER ANKRUM
26th, TANNER CARRICK
34th, TAYLOR GRAY
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
TANNER GRAY, No. 15 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 8th
How do you feel about your performance on the Bristol dirt?
“I feel like I struggle here, I don’t know if it’s how I drive it or what. I don’t know if I’ve ever been all that good here. Everybody on the 15 team did a really good job and I’m glad we could get back on the right track with a good points night. The last couple of races have been pretty tough on us so to do it with Mobil 1 on board is awesome. Wish we could have been a few spots better, but in the first stage we tried to get good track position and get good stage points. Got a little bit lucky with them wrecking in front of us and all in all, a good night and we’ll get ready for Martsinsville.”
TAYLOR GRAY, No. 17 JBL Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 34th
What happened that ended your race?
“Unfortunately, this is the product we get when we come to a perfectly good concrete track and put dirt on it. I get it’s good for the fans and fun for the sport sometimes, but I feel like our truck was handling pretty good early. We had to go to the rear for changing a tire after the heat race and things were going pretty well early and just managing my time. The race track just got blocked on the bottom. Can’t thank everyone at TRICON, Toyota and JBL for building really fast race trucks. Head to Martinsville next weekend where we’ll probably get beat up a little more.”
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