Zane Smith and the No. 38 Speedco Ford F-150 Team Charlotte Motor Speedway Competition Notes

TEAM AND RACE NOTES:

Zane Smith hops back in the No. 38 Speedco Ford F-150 this Friday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200.

It will be a one-day event for the team. The Speedco Ford F-150 will make its first laps during practice at 1:35 p.m. with qualifying following. The 200-mile race is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. that evening on FS1.

COMPETITION NOTES:

After finishing 32nd at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, Smith and the Speedco F-150 reunite to take on 134 laps at CMS. Smith finished fifth in last year’s event. This year, Smith and the No. 38 team already have a win in the Speedco colors after holding off Kyle Busch at the Circuit of the Americas.

CREW CHIEF CHRIS LAWSON:

“We hope to have a fast Speedco Ford this weekend. We are working day and night getting this F-150 ready for Charlotte. We are in the middle of this five-week stretch of races and you cannot let off the gas.”

DRIVER ZANE SMITH:

“I am looking forward to Friday. I really like Charlotte. I also like having Speedco on the side of our No. 38. We have a lot of success with them.”

ABOUT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS

Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is a winning organization in the NASCAR Cup and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. The team is the 2021 Daytona 500 and 2022 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champions. The team was founded in 2004 and is owned by successful entrepreneur, Bob Jenkins. FRM fields the No. 34 and the No. 38 NASCAR Cup Series teams along with the No. 38 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series team from its Mooresville, N.C. headquarters. Visit teamfrm.com and follow FRM on social media: Twitter at @Team_FRM, Instagram at @team_frm and Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.

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