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Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup Poised for Thrilling Races at Sebring

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SEBRING, Fla. (March 11, 2024) – Returning to a track that has been the site of some amazing finishes, the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin is preparing to put on two more show-stopping races at the legendary Sebring International Raceway this week. Adding to the excitement is the addition of Xfinity Series driver Jesse Love to the grid.

Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup hasn’t raced at Sebring since 2021, but everyone remembers the three-way photo finish that concluded the first race; Selin Rollan, Michael Carter and Gresham Wagner crossed the finish line in tandem, but the scoring screen showed Rollan had won by 0.001-second over Carter.

Rollan (No. 87 Rollan Racing/BSI Racing) is back for another shot at Sebring glory, as is Wagner (No. 5 McCumbee McAleer Racing). Wagner won the second Sebring race in 2021 and the pair are the only former Sebring winners on the grid this year.

Wagner, the 2021 Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion, is currently tied for the lead in the championship with his teammate Jeremy Fletcher (No. 22 McCumbee McAleer Racing). Fletcher has never raced Sebring in a MX-5 Cup car but has plenty of other experience there to consider it home.

“I consider Sebring my home track,” Fletcher said. “It’s about two hours from my house and I have quite a bit of Spec Miata experience there. We’ve done some testing there. Coming off of two podiums at Daytona and tied for the championship gives me a boost personally, so I’m looking forward to Sebring and carrying that momentum through.”

Another driver who calls Sebring home is Julian DaCosta (No. 78 BSI Racing). The rookie hails from Myakka City, Florida, only an hour away from Sebring.

The rookie with the most points leaving Daytona is Mazda Shootout Scholarship winner Westin Workman (No. 13 BSI Racing). If it weren’t for a last lap incident in the second race at Daytona, Workman would be higher in the overall standings than sixth, where he sits presently.

Another “rookie” to keep an eye on at Sebring is Jesse Love (No. 2 Hendricks Motorsport). Love drives the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and is the reigning ARCA Menards Series Champion. Mutual sponsor Whelen Engineering introduced Love to MX-5 Cup and after what he saw at Daytona, he was all-in for making his debut.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to compete at Sebring for the first time,” said Love. “Our season with the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet has been off to a strong start, and with an off weekend early in the Xfinity Series schedule, it allowed for this to come together. I have driven a lot of different cars throughout my career, from sprint cars to stock cars, so this is another tool that I can use in the future.”

He will be supported by Hendricks Motorsports, a new team led by Kimberlee Hendricks, a second-generation racer and owner of the Daytona-based prep shop.

If Connor Zilisch (No. 72 BSI Racing) appears to have an extra shine and sparkle to him at Sebring this week, it might be because of the Rolex watch he now owns thanks to a victory in the LMP2 category at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. His debut in the famous enduro went better than his MX-5 Cup races. Despite leading the most laps at Daytona, Zilisch came away with a fifth and a 25th-place finish, the latter due to a mechanical issue. He is currently 12th in the point standings.

Zilisch will be pulling double duty again at Sebring, racing in both MX-5 Cup and the WeatherTech Championship.

“I really enjoy Sebring,” Zilisch said. “It’s got a lot of character and it’s one of the more unique tracks in the country, so getting to race there in Mazda MX-5 Cup is going to be a lot of fun. There was that great finish they had there in 2021. I’m super excited. I’ll be running double duty there as well, so it’s going to be a busy week for me.”

It will be a busy Wednesday for all the MX-5 Cup competitors, because there are three track sessions that day; both practice sessions plus qualifying. If anyone has an issue with their car, there’s only a brief amount of time between sessions to get it fixed.

Both MX-5 Cup races will be streamed live on RACER.com and IMSA.tv. Race 1 is scheduled for Thursday, March 15 at 1:05pm ET. Race 2 will take place Friday, March 16 at 11:15am ET.

About: The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin is the signature spec series for Mazda Motorsports. The series has been operated by Andersen Promotions since 2017 and is currently sanctioned by IMSA. Mazda-powered grassroots champions can earn Mazda scholarships for this pro-level series. The Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup awards more than $1 million in prizes and scholarships.

Find out more at http://www.mx-5cup.com.

Crawford enjoys double-points weekend in Saudi Arabia

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Jeddah (KSA), MAR 07 - 09 2024 - Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Jak CRAWFORD #7 Dams. © 2024 Dutch Photo Agency

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (11 March 2024) – American Formula 1 hopeful Jak Crawford enjoyed another strong weekend in FIA Formula 2 Championship competition, finishing fifth and fourth to score points in both races at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

The 18-year-old Texan started Saturday’s Feature Race on the front row, and battled for position throughout the 28-lap event, edged out of a podium finish by a mere 0.031-seconds to cap a solid event in his second F2 weekend driving for DAMS Lucas Oil.

“I thought it was a very good points weekend, and it felt like we deserved even more, especially in the main race,” Crawford said. “We also could have another podium in the Sprint Race. I was fast all weekend, which is good, always in the top five in all of the sessions. I feel comfortable at this track. I’ve enjoyed Jeddah in previous years, and it went really well. We’ve been fighting at the front in every single session this year.”

Crawford was fast throughout the event, recording the fifth-fastest time in Thursday morning practice. He put in a lap of 1:42.376-seconds in the closing minutes of qualifying, which was the third quickest time but was elevated to second post-session.

With the top-10 inverted for Friday’s 20-lap Sprint Race, Crawford started eighth but was briefly knocked sideways by a competitor and fell to 10th early on the opening lap. He recovered and then spent the second half of the race battling for position, making four passes in the final eight laps to gain position and charge the checkered flag, scoring a final result of fifth.

“Obviously, I had a bad first lap, and I lost a few positions due to contact,” he said. “It was a fun race. I was really fast, and made some good overtakes. I enjoyed that race, for sure.”

Starting the Feature Race on the outside of the front row, Crawford pulled away in second at the start, and held that position before pitting on Lap 7 to change from super-soft to medium-compound tires – losing several places when other competitors made their stops over the following laps.

“We had a good pit stop; I made the stop because we probably would have been overtaken that lap, so we decided to pit,” he explained. “I came out, and a competitor ran me wide and that destroyed our momentum and we lost a few positions.”

He was running sixth following a brief safety car intervention when racing resumed with 10 laps remaining. He made two passes over the final five laps to take fourth, and briefly held third on the final circuit before being edged out from the podium by inches in a side-by-side finish.

“It was a bit confusion on what was going on late in the Feature Race, because of a safety car and so many cars were on different strategies,” Crawford said. “I wasn’t quite sure where I was going go end up. Then I saw there were two laps to go, and I saw I was in fourth, so I had to had to go for the move. The last corner on the last lap was my final chance, and I just lost out at the line. That was close!”

F2 competitors get a weekend off before the next event, at Melbourne, Australia’s Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on March 22-24.

“I’m excited for Melbourne,” he said. “That’s where I got my first podium last year (placing second in the Sprint Race). I was fast there, have good history there, and I love the track. But it’s autumn there, so it possibly could get quite wet.”

Sean Creech Motorsport ready for more at Sebring

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#33 Joao Barbosa, Lance Willsey, Nolan Siegel, Jonny Edgar, Ligier LMP2 Sean Creech Motorsport, LMP2,

JUPITER, Fla. (11 March 2024) – Returning to an iconic track where the team has raced to victory in the past, Sean Creech Motorsport (SCM) heads to Sebring to contest the 72nd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (9:40 a.m. EDT Saturday, Peacock and USA Network) this weekend.

With a long history of competition at the tough track – including a win in the LMP3 class two years ago – Florida-based SCM considers Sebring to be their home track and will arrive at the circuit packing the momentum and fresh notes from a successful test with the LMP2-class No. 33 SCM Focal One Ligier JS P217 at the track last month.

Completing a 12-hour race simulation over the two-day test and checking more items off the setup database the team continues to develop, drivers Lance Willsey, João Barbosa, and Jonny Edgar look forward to a solid outing for the No. 33 SCM Focal One Ligier JS P217.

The team has re-introduced the Ligier to IMSA competition for the 2024 season, racing against teams that have worked with the Oreca chassis for years. Despite the challenge at hand, Barbosa reiterates the team’s commitment to the Ligier, and confidence in its potential.

“The team is 100% committed to this program with Ligier,” said Barbosa, a two-time series champion. “We knew it would be a challenge to bring this car back – we’re writing the database for this car and competing against teams who have thousands of miles on their chassis, but we all know the potential is there to be quite competitive. Daytona (in which the team finished 9th) was not representative of what we know this car can do, but each race will be that much better as we learn what the car wants for each track and weather condition. It’s a matter of using our test and practice time wisely and continuing to move the program forward – and we’re doing that.”

Edgar, who has been named as the team’s third driver for the remaining four Michelin Endurance Cup races – Sebring, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis and Road Atlanta – was well aware of the track’s notoriously bumpy surface (which has its own hashtag, #RespectTheBumps). But the 20-year-old was pleasantly surprised by how the Ligier reacted over those bumps during the test.

“It’s the bumpiest track I’ve been on, but perhaps not as bumpy as I expected,” said Edgar. “Based on what everyone says, I actually expected worse but that’s down to how well the Ligier handles the changing surface. But we’ve definitely made strides since Daytona in closing the gap. We were able to try a lot of different things over the day and a half – some things worked and some didn’t but as long as you know why they didn’t work, it gives you a direction to go. The balance is in trying to adjust something without causing a different problem, but the team is doing a good job of that and most of what we tried did work. And I got some laps in the dark – it’s quite a bit darker than Daytona so it was good to get used to that.

“And it’s nice to be doing the rest of the endurance races with SCM,” continued Edgar. “Knowing everyone even better after a couple of weeks at Daytona and having more experience with the car, I’m getting more confident every day. If we can keep improving as we are, and for me, as I learn the car and understand more how to maximize what I can do, I think we’ll be fine.”

Team principal Sean Creech was pleased with the two-day test, despite losing much of the first morning to rain. But the 30-year veteran of sports car racing, with too many races at Sebring to count, knows that the only thing that doesn’t change about the racing surface is how quickly it can change – and he feels the team is prepared for that.

“We made good progress at the test last month, in the wet and the dry,” said Creech. “We know the track will be completely different on the race weekend, but we left the test with some more confidence. We went through all our test plan, trying most everything we wanted to. We completed a full 12-hour race sim over the two days with no problems, and that gives the team a good read on what we need to do to make the car fast and safe for 12 hours. Sebring is always challenging, you’re always finding new bumps, but this car reacts very well over them. We have a good baseline to start with in the first official practice on Thursday.”

SCM thanks partner Focal One for its continued support.

The 72nd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring takes the green flag Saturday at 9:40 a.m. Eastern. The race will be broadcast live in the U.S. on Peacock, with the final five and a half hours on USA Network. International viewers can watch via IMSA.tv, with IMSA Radio also available at IMSA.com.

About SCM

Team leader Sean Creech has competed in a multitude of sports car series from 1990 until the present day, including Group C, IMSA GTP, WSC, Grand-Am, SRO World Challenge, and IMSA. SCM will contest the full WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2024 with João Barbosa and Lance Willsey. http://seancreechmotorsport.com/

About Focal One

One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime in the United States. The Focal One® HIFU Prostate treatment offers patients a non-invasive outpatient procedure to target prostate tissue while avoiding the common side effects such as loss of urinary continence and sexual function. The Focal One treatment uses high-performance, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to precisely target and ablate the prostate, allowing patients to quickly return to normal activities. http://www.focalone.com/

Team Penske NASCAR Cup Series Race Report – Phoenix 1

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Shriners Children’s 500 – Phoenix Raceway
Phoenix, Arizona – March 10, 2024

NASCAR TRACKS – PHOENIX RACEWAY – NASCAR 101

AUSTIN CINDRIC No. 2 MENARDS/DURACELL FORD MUSTANG

START: 34TH STAGE ONE: 36TH STAGE TWO: 36TH FINISH: 36TH POINTS: 15TH

RACE RUNDOWN: Austin Cindric, driver of the No. 2 Menards/Duracell Ford Mustang, was credited with a 36th-place finish after an unfortunate early retirement in Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway. Cindric, a past winner at the one-mile Arizona track in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, showed strong pace early in the weekend in a rare, full 50-minute practice session, but qualified 34th for the 312-mile race. Caught in a three-wide contingent on Lap 7, the 25-year-old Team Penske driver sustained severe damage to the left-front of the Menards/Duracell Ford Mustang forcing Cindric to retire from the race.

CINDRIC’S THOUGHTS: “Unfortunate way to end the day for the No. 2 Menards/Duracell team. I was caught three-wide and couldn’t see in the smoke, hit the left front and broke the suspension. I felt like I got hit twice. I knew the 3 was on the inside but I thought he was going to fall but he came back up. We’ll regroup this week and head to Bristol.”

RYAN BLANEY No. 12 ADVANCE AUTO PARTS FORD MUSTANG

START: 16TH STAGE ONE: 7TH STAGE TWO: 6TH FINISH: 5TH POINTS: 1ST

RACE RUNDOWN: Ryan Blaney rallied late to come away with a fifth-place finish Sunday afternoon, marking his third-straight top-five finish to open the 2024 season and sixth-consecutive top-five result at Phoenix Raceway. The No. 12 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang charged through the field during the opening stage with strength on the long runs as Blaney made up nine spots to secure a seventh-place finish in Stage 1. Despite reporting a loose-handling condition through the corners during the initial run of the second stage, Blaney maintained the seventh spot in the running order before starting the green flag pit cycle on lap 115. Blaney ultimately came away with a sixth-place finish in Stage 2 before the No. 12 team gained him a position on pit road during the stage break, allowing Blaney to restart from the inside of row three for the start of the final segment. Three cautions in a span of 20 laps prompted teams to vary their strategies on making it on one or two pit stops, as Blaney and the No. 12 team opted to come to pit road under caution on lap 218 to stretch their fuel run to the end. Following the four-tire stop, Blaney restarted 20th and methodically made his way through traffic to race his way back into the top-10 with 39 laps to go before continuing his charge to the front and ultimately making the pass for fifth on the final lap as the No. 12 team closed out the west coast swing with a pair of top-five results.

BLANEY’S THOUGHTS: “That was a really long, hard-fought day to be honest. I thought we got better and better and through Stage 2 we got better but then I slipped on one of those restarts and lost like five spots. All those cautions we had to restart way back behind the guys that pitted the stop before us. We just worked our tails off to get back to fifth from where we were. I am worn out. That is the most worn-out I have been in a long time. I appreciate the 12 boys for sticking with it and fighting all day. Our Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang was fast. It was a long day but I am proud of the finish.”

JOEY LOGANO No. 22 HUNT BROTHERS PIZZA FORD MUSTANG

START: 23RD STAGE ONE: 25TH STAGE TWO: 21ST FINISH: 34TH POINTS: 30TH

RACE RUNDOWN: Joey Logano’s debut in the No. 22 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford Mustang came to an abrupt end Sunday afternoon in Phoenix after getting collected in a multi-car incident on lap 206, resulting in a 34th-place finish. Logano and the No. 22 team worked to remedy a loose-handling condition throughout the opening two stages that saw long, green-flag runs as Logano came away with a 25th-place finish in Stage 1 before coming away with a 21st-place finish in Stage 2. Following a four-tire stop and a round of adjustments prior to the start of the final stage, Logano was batting to stay in the free pass position when contact from the No. 42 in turn one sent him sliding up the track and into the outside wall, bringing Logano’s run to an end.

LOGANO’S THOUGHTS: “I think I just got hit from behind. It is a shame. We weren’t running well anyway, but this doesn’t make it any better. We were just fighting for the free pass. You get back there and everyone isn’t racing real well and we got caught up in it.”

The NASCAR Cup Series ventures to Bristol Motor Speedway for Round 5 on Sunday, March 17, for the Food City 500 on the 0.533-mile concrete oval. Coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

RFK Finishes Strong in Phoenix with Two Top Fives

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Chris Buescher Finishes P2 in BuildSubmarines.com Ford, Brad Keselowski P4 in Consumer Cellular Ford

AVONDALE, Ariz. (March 10, 2024) – RFK earned a pair of top five finishes Sunday at Phoenix Raceway as Chris Buescher finished second in the BuildSubmarines.com Ford, and Brad Keselowski fourth in the debut for the Consumer Cellular Ford.

The closing laps came down to a fuel mileage race, as the last 100 laps ran all under green. A strategy call worked in the favor of Buescher and the No. 17 team – who consistently ran top-10 by the end of stage two – while Keselowski maintained solid position for the majority of the race.

The pair of top five finishes marks the first time both RFK Fords have finished top five together since the Daytona summer race last year, where Buescher picked up the win and Keselowski finished P2. It also marks the first top five for each driver in 2024.

6 Recap
Keselowski began the afternoon from the 18th position and slowly but surely chiseled his way forward. He finished 14th in an otherwise uneventful opening stage, but the No. 6 pit crew put him inside the top-10 in the stage break as he restarted eighth.

The second stage ran caution-free as Keselowski maintained the ninth position throughout, and picked up a pair of stage points with a P9 finish to end the segment. He fired off seventh for the third and final stage after another strong stop, as three yellows were displayed in the next 20 laps.

Keselowski pitted for right side tires under yellow at lap 214 to restart fourth, and from there maintained the top five position. As a fuel sequence played out in the closing laps, Keselowski powered his way to fourth for his first top five of the season.

“It was a good solid day for us,” Keselowski said. “We want to win these races but we didn’t have anywhere near the speed the 20 car did, I don’t know if anybody did to be quite honest. We put ourselves in good position with a good pit call and a great restart at the end and we just tried to execute. The potential is there. We are just one step away and we are going to keep working on it until we get there.”

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Buescher started the day from the 14th position in what was a grind to the top-10, and eventual top five. He was 17th at the conclusion of stage one, and began the second stage in 13th.

He worked his way inside the top-10 by lap 165 – 20 laps shy of the stage two conclusion – and finished P10 to earn a stage point. After starting 11th in the final stage, Buescher pitted again at lap 209 in what would be the final stop of the afternoon. He stretched his fuel the remaining 103 laps to advance to second, earning his second-straight top five at Phoenix.

“I was really impressed with our Ford Mustang today, that was awesome,” Buescher said. “A heck of a comeback after a rough go the last couple of weeks. We had really fast race cars and I am proud to be able to do that today. I didn’t quite see the 20 there at the end so I know they were lights out. We have some work to do to get to that point.

“What thrills me is we were by no means perfect on balance so we have a lot of room to make this thing better which is awesome. It tells me we can go compete for that thing. I am proud of everybody and a great bounce back after a rough go last week and did it with the same team here today and it just goes to show that we are going to do these things together, win, lose or draw. That was almost a win today.”

Up Next
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway next weekend for the fifth race of the season. Race coverage next Sunday is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, with radio coverage on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

About RFK Racing
RFK Racing, entering its 37th season in 2024, features an ownership lineup pairing one of the sport’s most iconic names, Jack Roush, along with NASCAR Champion, Brad Keselowski, and Fenway Sports Group owner John Henry. Roush initially founded the team in 1988 and it has since become one of the most successful racing operations in the world, propelling him to be the first NASCAR owner to amass three hundred wins and capturing eight championships, including back-to-back NASCAR Cup titles in 2003 and 2004. Keselowski, a former owner in the NASCAR Truck Series, is the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series Champion. In 2007, Roush partnered with Henry, who also owns Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, English Premier League’s Liverpool F.C., and the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, to form Roush Fenway Racing. Off the track, RFK is a leader and proven winner in NASCAR marketing solutions, having produced multiple award-winning social media, digital content and experiential marketing campaigns. Visit rfkracing.com, and follow the team on all social platforms @rfkracing.

Burton Finishes 27th at Phoenix

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Harrison Burton and the Draiver-sponsored No. 21 Mustang Dark Horse finished 27th in Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway.

Burton started the 500-kilometer, 312-lap race on the one-mile oval from 24th place. He surged into the top 20 in the opening laps and was running 21st when the race’s first caution flag flew at Lap Six.

The remainder of the first Stage ran without additional yellow flags, and Burton ended that 60-lap segment in 29th place.

After a pit stop during the caution period for the end of the Stage, he returned to the track in 27th place but struggled in the early portion of the second Stage and fell a lap down at Lap 109.

Burton made a green-flag pit stop at Lap 113 and ran better in the remaining laps of the second Stage, finishing that segment in 28th place.

The third and final segment of the race saw several caution periods for incidents on the track, and Burton steered the Draiver Mustang Dark Horse around them to salvage a 27th-place finish.

Burton and the Wood Brothers team now turn their attention to next Sunday’s 500-lapper on the high-banked concrete, half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway.

ABOUT DRAIVER
Draiver is a market-leading on-demand vehicle delivery company offering elevated delivery solutions and experiences. Through best-in-class AI logistics software and a vetted, insured driver marketplace, the company moves cars faster, and more efficiently, to improve bottom lines for global fleet and rental companies, OEMs, large automotive groups, and single location businesses.

The company’s expertise has enabled rapid expansion to three continents, where the platform moves over 6,000 cars a day through an elite network of 20,000 drivers. The company’s full suite of services is available throughout North and South America, and their software solves logistics needs for large automotive companies in Peru, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Peru and the GCC.

Draiver’s mission is to redefine the standard of excellence in vehicle delivery and offer unmatched opportunities for the gig economy in a people-first environment. Follow Draiver on Twitter, LinkedIn and www.draiver.com.

Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing was formed in 1950 in Stuart, Va., by Hall of Famer Glenn Wood. Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team and one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history. Since its founding, the team won 99 races (including at least one race in every decade for the last seven decades) and 120 poles in NASCAR’s top-tier series. Fielding only Ford products for its entire history, the Wood Brothers own the longest association of any motorsports team with a single manufacturer. Glenn’s brother, Leonard, is known for inventing the modern pit stop. The team currently runs the Ford Mustang driven by Harrison Burton in the famous No. 21 racer.

LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Race Recap: Phoenix Raceway

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JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
No. 42 SAFEWAY / ALBERTSONS TOYOTA CAMRY XSE

START: 19TH
FINISH: 25TH
POINTS: 21ST

John Hunter Nemechek’s Post-Race Thoughts: “I really hate what happened with Joey (Logano) – I got into him. I will call him, Roger (Penske) and Paul (Wolfe) to talk about it. I made a mistake there and I own it. We had a fast Safeway / Albertsons Toyota Camry XSE during practice and didn’t get the same speed during qualifying. We had some handling issues and Ben (Beshore) and the guys worked all day on it, but we ended up a lap down and then just kept fighting from there.”

ERIK JONES
No. 43 FAMILY DOLLAR TOYOTA CAMRY XSE

START: 4TH
FINISH: 31ST
POINTS: 18TH

Erik Jones’ Post-Race Thoughts: “The Family Dollar Toyota Camry was not bad but got back in the pack and kind of flipped around on some strategy and got taken out of it. Just an unfortunate ending.”

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ABOUT SAFEWAY: In 1915, M.B. Skaggs, an ambitious young man in the small Idaho town of American Falls, purchased a tiny grocery store from his father. M.B.’s business strategy, to give his customers value and to expand by keeping a narrow profit margin, proved spectacularly successful. By 1926 he had opened 428 Skaggs stores in 10 states. M.B. almost doubled the size of his business that year when he merged his company with 322 Safeway (formerly Selig) stores and incorporated as Safeway, Inc. Two years later, M.B. listed Safeway on the New York Stock Exchange. M.B. did not let the difficulties of the Great Depression dilute his pioneering focus on value for customers. In the 1930s, Safeway introduced produce pricing by the pound, added “sell by” dates on perishables to assure freshness, nutritional labeling and even created some of the first parking lots.

M.B. Skagg’s value vision still drives Safeway, though on a dramatically larger scale. Today, Safeway operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies, one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. With both a strong local presence and national scale, the company operates stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners. Albertsons Companies is committed to helping people across the country live better lives by making a meaningful difference, neighborhood by neighborhood. In 2017 alone, along with the Albertsons Companies Foundation, the company gave nearly $300 million in food and financial support. These efforts helped millions of people in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research and treatment, programs for people with disabilities and veterans outreach.

ABOUT LEGACY MOTOR CLUB: LEGACY MOTOR CLUB™ is a professional auto racing club owned by businessman and entrepreneur Maurice “Maury” J. Gallagher and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson. The CLUB competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series fielding the No. 42 Toyota Camry XSE of John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 43 Toyota Camry XSE of Erik Jones, and the No. 84 limited schedule entry for Johnson. LEGACY M.C. also competes in the Extreme-E Series. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty “The King” serves as Club Ambassador. With a unique title signifying a nod to car clubs of past eras, LEGACY M.C. is an inclusive club for all motorsport enthusiasts to celebrate the past and future legacies of its members, while competing for wins and championships at NASCAR’s elite level. To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and exclusive content, follow LEGACY MOTOR CLUB™ on Facebook, X, Instagram and at www.LEGACYMOTORCLUB.com.

RCR NCS Race Recap: Phoenix Raceway

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Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Morgan & Morgan Chevrolet Team Showcase Never-Give-Up Attitude During Challenging Race at Phoenix Raceway

Finish: 32nd
Start: 30th
Points: 32nd

“The streak of bad luck continues for the No. 3 Morgan & Morgan Chevy team. We got in that first wreck. I had just got in the throttle and couldn’t slow up. I got the left-front pretty bad. From there, it was a struggle to make repairs and log laps for the rest of the day. It made for a long race. We’ll go to Bristol Motor Speedway and try to get back on track. We were heading in the right direction after Las Vegas Motor Speedway, so hopefully, Bristol will be good for us.” -Austin Dillon

Kyle Busch Fights Through Tough Day to Post 22nd-Place Finish at Phoenix Raceway in zone Chevrolet

Finish: 22nd
Start: 31st
Points: 11th

“Crew chief Randall Burnett and all the guys on the zone team worked hard this weekend at Phoenix Raceway. They made a ton of changes from the practice session we had on Friday afternoon through the race. We made the car a little better about halfway through the race but we still lacked grip and we needed clean air to make the front end of the car rotate better. We’ll bounce back and be better but we have some work to do.” -Kyle Busch

NASCAR Top-10 Power Rankings: Phoenix

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MARCH 10: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Mavis Brakes Plus Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway on March 10, 2024 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

Note: The quotes in this article are fictional.

1. Ryan Blaney: Blaney finished fifth at Phoenix, posting his third consecutive top 5 result of the season.

“I feel good about my performance this year,” Blaney said. “I think I’m well on my way to defending my title as Cup champion. And I think Phoenix Raceway has already defended its title as one of the most boring tracks on the schedule.”

2. Christopher Bell: Bell won Stage 2 and dominated late to take the win in the Shriners Children’s 500.

“We had a slow stop when we pitted at the end of Stage 2,” Bell said. “That cost us track position. But my car was so good, that I was easily able to make up those positions. When I finally took the lead, I knew the only thing that could stop me was a caution. Or, one of those ‘phantom cautions’ that NASCAR sometimes decides to call when one car is dominating and they want a closer finish. You know, all it takes sometimes is a chewing gum wrapper.”

3. Kyle Larson: Larson, fresh off a win at Las Vegas, finished 14th in the Shriners Children’s 500.

“The Cup series will be back in Phoenix in November,” Larson said. “That will be the championship round of the playoffs. And barring a slip-up, of the tongue or otherwise, I plan to be there as a championship driver.”

4. Ross Chastain: Chastain finished sixth in the Shriners Children’s 500.

“That’s three straight top 10 finishes for me,” Chastain said. “For the championship, I consider myself a force to be reckoned with. Most drivers consider me a force that can’t be reasoned with.”

5. Kyle Busch: Busch struggled to a 22nd-place finish at Phoenix.

“We just had a terrible weekend,” Kyle Busch said. “Nothing was working, except for crew members making countless adjustments that did nothing to help my car.”

6. Martin Truex Jr.: Truex led late at Phoenix, but gave up the lead for an off-cycle pit stop and eventually finished seventh.

“Joey Logano was driving the No. 22 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford,” Truex said. “That was strange because when you see Hunt Brothers Pizza on a car, you expect to see Kevin Harvick in it. When you see Hunt Brothers Pizza on the menu, you expect to see someone in the bathroom.”

7. Daniel Suarez: Suarez came home 13th in the Shriners Children’s 500.

“After the exciting conclusion at Atlanta back on February 25th,” Suarez said, “race finishes have been pretty boring. Whereas at Atlanta, you needed a camera to determine the distance between first and second, in Phoenix, you needed a few football fields.”

8. William Byron: Byron finished 18th at Phoenix.

“I was a non-factor at Phoenix,” Byron said. “I wish I could say my No. 24 Chevy was a non-tractor, but I can’t because that is actually what it drove like.”

9. Ty Gibbs: Gibbs finished third at Phoenix and is now eighth in the points standings.

“The Joe Gibbs Racing team was really strong today,” Gibbs said. “I’ve got my grandfather, Joe Gibbs, to thank for that. Honestly, if it wasn’t for my grandfather, I wouldn’t be here.”

10. Chase Elliott: Elliott finished 19th at Phoenix.

“It’s been a while since I saw Victory Lane,” Elliott said. “It’s been a while since any of the regulars at the Dawsonville Pool Hall saw sobriety.”

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