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PPG TO SPONSOR APRIL 2 NTT INDYCAR SERIES RACE TO OPEN TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY’S 2023 RACING SCHEDULE

  • PPG serving as primary entitlement sponsor for Texas Motor Speedway’s opening race of its 2023 schedule.
  • PPG 375 will be the second race of INDYCAR’s 17-race season.

FORT WORTH, Texas (JAN. 23, 2023) – PPG has been named the entitlement sponsor for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on Sunday, April 2, that kicks off Texas Motor Speedway’s 27th season.

PPG will serve as the primary entitlement sponsor for the INDYCAR race that delivered last season’s closest finish in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. It came as a result of Josef Newgarden’s thrilling final-turn pass of Team Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin for a 0.0669-of-a-second margin of victory.

“Texas Motor Speedway is proud to welcome PPG to our family of race entitlement partners,” said Texas Motor Speedway Executive Vice President and General Manager Mark Faber. “The speedway has utilized PPG products for years to paint the many race and series logos on the front straightaway’s grass ballfield as well as many other areas throughout the facility. We look forward to bringing our race fans another exciting and action-filled weekend of NTT INDYCAR SERIES competition.”

The PPG 375 will be the second race of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season and first of five ovals on the 17-event schedule. The partnership will provide PPG with significant brand visibility, an opportunity to engage with a very loyal fan base and the ability to leverage the event weekend with employees, vendor partners, customers and other key stakeholders.

“PPG is proud to serve as the primary entitlement sponsor at the NTT INDYCAR SERIES race at Texas Motor Speedway,” said Bryan Iams, PPG chief communications officer. “Our paints, coatings and specialty materials have a long history with racing, including our valued nearly 40-year partnership with Team Penske.”

The NTT INDYCAR SERIES PPG 375 headlines a two-day race weekend that also features the SpeedyCash.com 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race on Saturday, April 1 (3:30 p.m. CT, TV: FS1, Radio: MRN, SiriusXM). The weekend culminates Sunday, April 2, with the running of the PPG 375 beginning at 11:30 a.m. CT (TV: NBC, Radio: SiriusXM, INDYCAR Radio Network).

Texas Motor Speedway’s 2023 events schedule consists of everything from the April 1-2 NTT INDYCAR SERIES/NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series doubleheader and the Sept. 23-24 NASCAR Playoffs weekend. Other significant events include the Ducks Unlimited Expo, the four-day Hwy 30 Music Fest and Bandas y Trocas Hispanic concert and truck show, C-10 Nationals, Fuel Fest, Goodguys, LS Fest and finally wrapping up the year with the family-favorite and speedway tradition Gift of Lights holiday light show.

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ABOUT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Texas Motor Speedway is among the largest sports stadiums in the United States and features an array of amenities such as the world’s largest TV that make it one of the premier venues in the world of sports. The 1.5-mile superspeedway located in Fort Worth hosts all three NASCAR national series as well as the NTT INDYCAR SERIES among its various races and specialty events throughout the year. Since opening in 1997, Texas Motor Speedway has generated an annual economic impact of approximately $300 million to the North Texas region. Texas Motor Speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, LLC, a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment in the United States. For more information, please visit texasmotorspeedway.com.

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John Hunter Nemechek Returns to NCTS with TRICON at Las Vegas

Thirteen-Time Truck Series Winner Joins Team for Two-Race Foray

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (February 23, 2023) — TRICON Garage (TRICON) announced this afternoon that NASCAR Xfinity Series driver John Hunter Nemechek will join its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) lineup for the series’ next two events at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Nemechek returns to the Truck Series having been a consistent threat to win over the course of his 147 NCTS starts, tallying 13 victories, four top-10 points finishes and a round of four playoff appearance across four full-time seasons.

The Mooresville, North Carolina native will be the second Xfinity Series regular to fill in behind the wheel of the No. 17 as fellow Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sammy Smith piloted the Tundra to a 14th-place finish in the season opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.

The 25-year-old will carry sponsorship from longtime partner Berry’s Manufacturing at Las Vegas, while sponsorship and paint scheme details for Atlanta will be revealed at a later date.

The Truck Series will take the green flag Friday, March 3, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200. Coverage is set to air at 9:00 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

About TRICON Garage

TRICON Garage is Toyota Racing Development’s flagship NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization. Under ownership by former NASCAR veteran David Gilliland and businessman Johnny Gray, TRICON is actively involved in three different industries – racing, fabrication and transportation. The team operates out of three buildings totaling 60,000 square feet in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Burton, DEX Imaging Team Head West for Pala Casino 400 at Fontana

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 DEX Imaging team are headed to one of the driver’s favorite tracks, Auto Club Speedway, hoping to show more of the speed they showed in the Cup Series opener at Daytona International Speedway, where Burton led nine laps late in the Daytona 500 before being collected in a crash. At Daytona he also picked up two Stage points for a ninth-place finish in his Duel qualifying race.

Burton’s love for the worn, bumpy two-mile oval in Fontana can be traced back to 2020 when he led the Xfinity Series race on three occasions for 40 laps including the final 20 to get his first career victory in NASCAR’s No. 2 Series.

The Fontana track hasn’t been one of the better venues for the Wood Brothers team, with just two top-10 finishes in 24 starts, but the team’s overall success at tracks in that area of Southern California is much more impressive.

At the defunct Ontario Motor Speedway, which was about a 30-minute drive from the current track, the Woods won three races, four poles and had seven top-five finishes in the nine Cup races run at that 2.5-mile track.

At the road course at Riverside, which is a similar distance from Fontana and also lost to time, the Woods scored seven wins, eight poles and 24 top-five finishes in 43 starts.

Crew chief Brian Wilson believes the No. 21 DEX Imaging team is poised to recapture some of that old Wood Brothers magic.

“The result in Daytona wasn’t what we were looking for, but everyone on the No. 21 Ford team is proud of the qualifying effort and the fact that we were leading the Daytona 500 with less than 20 laps left,” Wilson said. “I believe that shows the strength of our team.”

Wilson also said results last fall at the intermediate-length tracks give him more reasons to be optimistic.

“Heading to Fontana we will look to build on the speed our team had at the end of the year at tracks like Texas, Las Vegas and Homestead,” he said. “The tire combination that Goodyear will utilize was also used late in 2022 at Kansas in addition to Texas and Las Vegas.

“In reviewing last year’s race at Fontana, we raced inside the top 20 for a majority of the race before being collected in a late race wreck. While reviewing we always look at our previous setup and it’s amazing how much we’ve learned since that early race last season.

“Everyone on the DEX Mustang team is excited and optimistic to see how we perform for the start of the West Coast swing.”

Practice for the Pala Casino 400 is set for Saturday at 11:05 a.m. Pacific Time (2:05 p.m. Eastern) to be followed immediately by qualifying.

Sunday’s 200-lap race is set to get the green flag just after 12:30 p.m. (3:30 Eastern), with Stage breaks planned for Laps 65 and 130.

FOX Sports 1 will carry the TV coverage for practice and qualifying, with FOX taking over for Sunday’s race.

About DEX Imaging
DEX Imaging is the digital document imaging division of Staples, the world’s largest business solutions provider. DEX sells and services the broadest selection of copiers, printers and data management solutions, such as HP, Konica Minolta, Canon, Kyocera and numerous others.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES:
Reducing Operating Costs
Reducing Paper Consumption
Increasing Productivity

DEX Imaging has been the recipient of virtually every industry award since the company’s inception, including the JD Power & Associates Award for Best Customer Experience, the prestigious ProTech Service award by Konica Minolta, the Diamond Premier Dealer Award by Kyocera, and the Elite DEALER Award by ‘ENX’ magazine. Other accolades include being named ‘Best Place to Work’ by numerous business journals in the markets DEX serves.

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.

KSDT, JD Motorsports, and Bayley Currey Partner Again in 2023 for 5 Races

Gaffney, SC- JD Motorsports is proud to announce that KSDT CPA has renewed its contract with the team and will be a primary partner on Bayley Currey’s No. 4 Chevrolet for multiple races this season. In addition to the primary races, the Miami-based firm will serve as the Official CPA of JDM.

This season marks the seventh year of partnership between KSDT CPA and JD Motorsports. Each season, the partnership has seen notable growth, and in 2022, KSDT CPA was a primary partner for several races with Bayley and looks forward to continuing the momentum this year. The goal has always been to build solid relationships in the NASCAR community. KSDT CPA will also have associate sponsorship on all the team’s cars throughout the entire season.

“We are proud to continue our relationship with Bayley and JD Motorsports. Entering our seventh year, we feel that we have built some strong relationships and have been able to leverage our brand to do more for the sport and provide opportunities for the next generation of drivers.” said Jeffrey Taraboulos, Managing Partner for KSDT CPA.

“I’m excited to have KSDT back on the car for multiple races this season starting this weekend at Auto Club Speedway. Jeff Taraboulos and everyone at KSDT have always been a great partner with JD Motorsports.” said Bayley Currey.

About JDM:

Team Owner Johnny Davis first began fielding the No. 4 car in what is now the Xfinity Series in 1983 with Joe Henry Thurman as the driver. From 1983-1985, Davis and Thurman competed in 41 races and put the JD Motorsports name on the map. Although JDM has seen a sharp rise in on-track performance in the past few years, success is nothing new to this team. Years of good drivers and excellent runs have paved the way for what JDM is today. www.teamjdmotorsports.com

About KSDT CPA:

KSDT CPA is one of South Florida’s largest and one of the country’s fastest-growing accounting firms. Annually recognized as a Gulf Coast Regional Leader by Accounting Today and once again recognized by Forbes as one of the ‘Top Tax and Accounting Firms’ for 2023. KSDT CPA is a full-service firm with 18 partners, 190+ staff, and over 10,000 clients, providing tax, accounting, audit, and advisory services to a broad range of individuals and business clients in almost every industry.

In addition to our ability to handle complex domestic and international clients, KSDT CPA is proud to be a Member Firm of the Integra-International global CPA alliance which extends our service reach to every major business center of the world through its 5,000 members. KSDT CPA was named Best Place to Work for 2023 by the South Florida Business Journal.

For more about KSDT CPA visit www.ksdtcpa.com or call (305) 670-3370

Production Alliance Group 300 Pre-Race Report

Blaine Perkins
No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro
NASCAR Xfinity Series News and Notes
Event: Production Alliance Group 300
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Venue: Auto Club Speedway
Location: Fontana, California
Track Description: 2.0 mile(s)
Race: 150 Laps/300 Miles

Home Cookin: Bakersfield native Blaine Perkins will make his first career start at Auto Club Speedway. This race will mark the final race weekend on the current 2 mile oval configuration.

Left Coast Kid: After being caught up in an early incident at Daytona, Perkins currently sits fourth in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award standings. Headed to California, the 07 team will look to rebound going into the second race of 2023.

Quote Worthy

Blaine Perkins, driver of the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS GreenLight Racing: “”

On the Auto Club Speedway:

On racing at Fontana: “Having the chance to race at my home track is a pretty cool experience. Every kid in racing hopes to have that chance one day,. When you look at some of the guys from California who have won here, it makes it that much more special. It is cool to look at guys like Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, and Kyle Larson who found success here. Knowing we have a chance to add our names to it, and being the last race on the big track, it definitely adds prestige.

Follow Blaine Perkins’ on Social Media … To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and exclusive content, visit www.BlainePerkins.com or connect with Blaine Perkins on Facebook (OfficialBlainePerkins), Twitter (@BlainePerkins21) or Instagram (@blaineperkins21).

Blaine Perkins Statistics

SS GreenLight Racing’s NASCAR Xfinity Series History…Since entering the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2015, the Mooresville, N.C. ,-based team has made more than 350 starts with multiple drivers. These include Cole Custer, Ross Chastain and Ross Chastain. SS GreenLight Racing has collected one win (Fontana 2022), eight top-fives, and 23 top-10 finishes.

Follow SS GreenLight Racing on Social Media: Keep up with SS GreenLight Racing news, notes, information, exclusive content and much more! visit www.ssgreenlight.com or connect on our social media channels. Follow along on Facebook (SSGreenLightRacing), Twitter (@SSGLR0708), Instagram (@ssgreenlightracing) and TikTok (SS GreenLight Racing)

SS GreenLight Racing Statistics

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Perkins and SS GreenLight Racing teammate Gray Gaulding head to Auto Club Speedway looking to build on the chemistry the duo created thus far. Gaulding will be behind the wheel of the 08 machine for team owner Bobby Dotter.

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Catch the Action … The NASCAR Xfinity Series Production Alliance Group 300 at Auto Club Speedway will be broadcast live on FS1 on Saturday, February 25, starting with NASCAR RaceDay: NXS at California live at 4:30 p.m. (ET). It will also broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 5:00 p.m. (ET). Qualifying for the second event event of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule will air on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on FS1.

LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Race Preview: Auto Club Speedway

Race Information

  • Round: NASCAR Cup Series race No. 2 of 36
  • Track Location: Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, California
  • Race Name: Pala Casino 400
  • Broadcast: Sunday, February 26th at 3:30 PM ET live on FOX (TV) and MRN (Radio)
  • Team Entrants:

No. 42 | Noah Gragson & Luke Lambert – Sunseeker Resorts Chevrolet
No. 43 | Erik Jones & Dave Elenz – Allegiant Chevrolet

Noah Gragson, No. 42 Sunseeker Resorts Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Auto Club Speedway Stats

  • Noah Gragson will make his first NASCAR Cup Series start at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday
  • NXS Starts: 3, Best start: 6th, Best finish: 2nd (2022), Top 5s: 1, Top 10s: 1, Laps led: 28

2023 NCS Season Stats

  • Starts: 1, Best start: 22nd, Best finish: 24th (Daytona), Current points position: 25th
  • About Sunseeker Resorts: Opening in 2023, Florida’s newest luxury resort located in Charlotte Harbor is the first resort property of Sunseeker Resorts, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Company. Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor occupies over 22 waterfront acres with 785 guest rooms, including 189 Signature Sunsuites™. Set upon the Peace River and Florida Gulf Coast, this premier resort offers 20 original food and beverage concepts; including seven stand-alone restaurants, eleven bars and lounges, two poolside offerings and a 25,000-square-foot multi-dining experience. Additional hotel amenities include a waterfront promenade, two unique rooftop and waterfront pool experiences, 60,000-square-feet of combined convention space, full-service spa and salon, a 7,100-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness center with four group exercise studios with specialty instructor lead classes, three retail and market shops, and an 18-hole championship level golf club exclusive to hotel guests only. The resort is conveniently located within a short drive of Punta Gorda, Fort Myers, Sarasota, St. Petersburg-Clearwater, and Tampa airports. For more information, visit www.sunseekerresorts.com. Follow us on Instagram: @sunseekerresorts and like us on Facebook: @sunseekerresorts.
  • Fontana Preview: Noah Gragson will race for the first time in a NASCAR Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Auto Club Speedway this weekend. The Las Vegas native, Gragson, has three Xfinity Series starts at the 2-mile oval, leading 25 laps and finishing second one year ago.
  • Lambert at California: Crew chief Luke Lambert has eight starts in the NASCAR Cup Series at Auto Club Speedway and a best finish of fifth with driver Ryan Newman in 2015.
  • Daytona in the Rear View: In his second DAYTONA 500, Gragson finished 24th, after being collected in the melee of the final laps of the overtime event finishing two laps down with heavy damage on the Wendy’s Chevrolet. Gragson and the No. 42 team sit 25th in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings as the team heads west for the next three events.
  • Noah Found the Beef: Gragson spent much time in Daytona fostering the LEGACY MOTOR CLUB partnership with Wendy’s by helping the fast food chain talk about their square hamburger patties appropriately called, “The Beef”. The campaign featured social media videos where Gragson took flight in the Goodyear Blimp using binoculars to find his No. 42 Chevrolet with “The Beef” on the hood. He was also featured in DAYTONA 500 in-race content filmed with FOX talent Michael Waltrip and Jamie Little, and made several appearances at the Wendy’s Winner’s Square activation in the infield of Daytona International Speedway where they gave out free single-patty hamburgers, fries and the special Frosty Gragson designed. To watch the Gragson’s Goodyear Blimp ride in search of “The Beef” click here. - From the Driver’s Seat: “It’s pretty cool that the first race I’ll race a Cup car on this track is the final race for this configuration. There have been a lot of really good races here in the past but the new plans for this track look really fun too. Last year we came up one spot short in the Xfinity Series after having a strong car. Late in the race I slid through the pit box and struggled with the handling with the cloud cover. It’s not been one of my better tracks so a second-place finish was pretty good for us last year. Luke (Lambert, crew chief) and I learned a lot and last year Erik (Jones) and Dave (Elenz) had a great car there last year so we have a good baseline.”

Erik Jones, No. 43 Allegiant Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Auto Club Speedway Stats

  • NCS Starts: 5, Best start: 2nd, Best finish: 3rd, Top 5s: 1, Top 10s: 3, Laps led: 18
  • NXS Starts: 3, Poles: 1 (2015), Best finish: 3rd (2015), Top 5s: 2, Top 10s: 2, Laps led: 4

2023 NCS Season Stats

  • Starts: 1, Best Start: 25th, Best Finish: 37th (Daytona), Current Points Position: 35th
  • About Allegiant: Las Vegas-based Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) is an integrated travel company with an airline at its heart, focused on connecting customers with the people, places and experiences that matter most. Since 1999, Allegiant Air has linked travelers in small-to-medium cities to world-class vacation destinations with all-nonstop flights and industry-low average fares. Today, Allegiant’s fleet serves communities across the nation, with base airfares less than half the cost of the average domestic roundtrip ticket. For more information, visit us at Allegiant.com.
  • Jones at Auto Club Speedway: Erik Jones will make his sixth Cup Series start at the 2.0-mile California oval on Sunday, February 26, for the Pala Casino 400. In his previous five starts at the track, Jones has a best career finish of third in this event last season where he started the race from the second position and led 18 laps. Jones has a total of three top-10 finishes and all five starts with finishes in the top 20.

In addition to his Cup Series starts, Jones has three starts in the Xfinity Series with one pole starting position and a career-best finish of third in 2015. All three finishes resulted in top-15 finishes.

  • From the Driver’s Seat:

Looking ahead into the season – Fontana, last race on the 2-mile configuration there. Your thoughts?

“Yeah, I don’t know, I’m kind of sad about it in a way. I’ve had a lot of fun racing there. Just been fast there, too, which probably makes it harder, right? But I think it’s a really good track. It’s been a really racy intermediate (track) for us.. it’s more of a speedway almost. But it’s been a really racy track for a lot of years, so I’m sad to see it go, but obviously we will be coming back there on a short track. Hopefully we can get the short track program a little better with the Next Gen car and put on a good show there, too.”

What do you think about it being a short track? Do you think that is what it needs?

“Yeah, I don’t know. I thought the last couple of years, we’ve had a good turnout at that race and I thought the racing was phenomenal last year. We had a really good show there, so I think there will be a good crowd out there this year. But I’m sure the short track people are still going to show up, especially at first. If the racing is good, they’re going to come back again. I don’t have anything against it, necessarily. I’m just going to miss what we have there now.”

ABOUT LEGACY MOTOR CLUB:

LEGACY MOTOR CLUB is a team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, owned by Maury Gallagher and Jimmie Johnson. LEGACY M.C. operates two full-time entries, the No. 42 Chevrolet of Noah Gragson and the No. 43 Chevrolet of Erik Jones. The team also fields a third part-time entry, the No. 84 Chevrolet, for Johnson’s limited racing schedule.

For the last 75 years, the iconic Petty family name has been synonymous in NASCAR, spanning four generations. Over the course of his driving career, Team Ambassador Richard Petty forever enshrined himself as “The King”, earning 200 wins and seven NASCAR Cup Series championships alongside NASCAR Hall of Fame crew chief Dale Inman. GMS Racing entered the NASCAR Cup Series in 2021, later acquiring Richard Petty Motorsports to form Petty GMS.

The team was rebranded to LEGACY MOTOR CLUB in 2023 with the addition of Johnson, another seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, to the ownership structure. As a nod to car clubs of past eras, LEGACY M.C. is an inclusive club for the automobile racing enthusiast, fostering a team environment that will breed success for years to come. LEGACY M.C.’s vision is to honor the rich history of its past and acknowledge the future of the sport with some of today’s most iconic drivers.

LEGACY M.C. operates alongside GMS Racing, which fields three full-time entries in the NASCAR Truck Series. Since the formation of GMS Racing in 2012, Gallagher, along with one of the NASCAR garage’s most accomplished figures, Team President, Mike Beam, built a victorious organization, capturing the 2016 and 2020 NASCAR Truck Series championships, the 2015 ARCA Racing Series championship, as well as the 2019 & 2020 ARCA East championships, accumulating over 65 wins across six national racing circuits.

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To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and exclusive content, follow LEGACY MOTOR CLUB on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Updated Weekend schedule for Auto Club Speedway

Photo by David Myers for SpeedwayMedia.com.

The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series travel to Auto Club Speedway this weekend. It will be the final race on the current 2-mile configuration. The Craftsman Truck Series is off and will return to competition on March 3 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kyle Busch leads all active Cup Series drivers with four wins at the speedway in 2005, 2013, 2014 and 2019. Also of note, the race will mark Kevin Harvick’s 750th consecutive Cup Series start. He joins Jeff Gordon (797) and Ricky Rudd (788) with the third-most consecutive starts in the series.

There are two former Xfinity Series Auto Club Speedway winners entered in this weekend’s race. Current full-time Xfinity driver Cole Custer has two previous victories (2019, 2022) and current Cup driver, Austin Dillon (2016), will be competing in the No. 10 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing.

All times are Eastern.

Saturday, Feb. 25

12:05 p.m.: Xfinity Series Practice – FS1 – Canceled
12:35 p.m.: Xfinity Series Qualifying – FS1 – Canceled

2:05 p.m.: Cup Series Practice – FS1/MRN/SiriusXM – Canceled
2:35 p.m.: Cup Series Qualifying – FS1/MRN/SiriusXM – Canceled

4:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series Driver Intros
5 p.m.: Xfinity Series Production Alliance Group 300 – Postponed to Sunday at 8 p.m. (approx.)
Distance: 300 miles (150 Laps)
Stage 1 ends on Lap 35, Stage 2 ends on Lap 70, Final Stage ends on Lap 150
FS2/MRN/SiriusXM
The Purse: $1,659,396

Sunday, Feb. 26

3 p.m.: Driver Intros
3:30 p.m.: Cup Series Pala Casino 400
Distance: 400 miles (200 laps)
Stage 1 ends on Lap 65, Stage 2 ends on Lap 130, Final Stage ends on Lap 200
FOX/MRN/SiriusXM
The Purse: $8,484,302

Gotion High-Tech Wins Volkswagen Cell Test Lab Qualification

Gotion High-Tech Cell Test Lab Qualification Award Ceremony

HONG KONG, Feb 23, 2023 – (ACN Newswire) – On February 21, Gotion High-tech was officially granted the Volkswagen Cell Test Lab qualification certificate. This certification marks the recognition of Gotion’s test capability by Volkswagen and its formal entry into the world-leading technological management system.

Gotion High-Tech Cell Test Lab Qualification Award Ceremony

Chairman of Gotion High-Tech, Li Zhen(right six, front row). Director of Gotion High-Tech, Executive Vice President of VW Group China, Frank Engel( right seven, front row). Vice President of VW Group China, Olaf Korzinovski(right eight, front row)

As one of the world’s largest automotive groups, Volkswagen Group has raised more stringent requirements than global industrial standards for such fields as reliability validation, test period and environment, and innovative testing methods, so as to ensure product reliability, safety, and high performance through the strict control over product performance limit tests, safety boundary exploration and representativeness of test characterization results.

Covering an area of more than 60,000 square meters, the Gotion High-Tech Validation Engineering Institute has established four validation bases in Xinzhan, Baohe, and Lujiang of Hefei and Jiading of Shanghai, and four test platforms for cell material and component testing, cell testing, system testing, and safety & reliability testing, enabling the full-size and life-cycle validation analysis from raw materials to battery systems. The laboratory was accredited by CNAS in 2015, and by domestic and international professional organizations, such as TUV, CSA, and CCS, demonstrating that its validation capability has reached a global-leading level. In recent years, the Validation Engineering Institute has been committed to the verification and development of Volkswagen’s new system of cells and providing validation and testing cooperation support for the whole platform system of Volkswagen Group. Both parties have given play to each other’s advantages and realized technological complementation and resource sharing.

The successful certification marks Gotion’s formal entry into the world-leading technological management system. In the future, Gotion will continue to support Volkswagen’s project validation with high-level technology and high-quality products. Both parties will strengthen cooperation and complement each other to facilitate the realization of carbon neutrality.”

Hendrick Motorsports Media Advance: Auto Club Speedway

5 KYLE LARSON
Age: 30 (July 31, 1992)
Hometown: Elk Grove, California
Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina
Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
Standings: 17th

No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, will be available to members of the media at the Auto Club Speedway media center on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 10:15 a.m. PST.

DAYTONA DOWN-LOW: Kyle Larson rolled off from the front row for the second consecutive year in the 2023 DAYTONA 500. He was in contention for his first superspeedway win at the NASCAR Cup Series level. On the second overtime attempt, Larson lined up on the front row next to eventual race winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 was involved in a multi-car incident, resulting in an 18th-place finish.

STARTED FROM THE BACK: In the 2022 race at Auto Club Speedway (ACS), the 2021 Cup Series champion started from the rear of the field for an unapproved adjustment and flexed his muscles late in the race to win by .195 seconds. His 108 laps in the top five were the fourth-most in the race. In eight Cup Series races at ACS, Larson has two wins (tied for fifth in track history with Tony Stewart), four top-five finishes and 138 laps led. With four top-two finishes at this facility, he is tied for second among active drivers.

WALK OF FAME: On Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8:00 a.m. PST, Larson’s 2022 win at the Fontana, California, facility will be celebrated at the track’s Walk of Fame (weather permitting). The reigning winner will step into cement to have his footprint solidified – marking a piece of the track’s history. Fans will be able to visit and view the ceremony at Gate B of the facility.

WESTERN BOUND: The Elk Grove, California, native has three Cup Series wins in his home state. He has two wins at ACS (2017 and 2022) and one win at Sonoma Raceway (2021). That places him third among active drivers with wins in the state of California. In addition, his five wins on the West Coast place Larson fifth among active drivers for left coast victories. Besides the aforementioned wins, Larson also has wins at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway – both coming in his title season of 2021. Four of those triumphs have come in the last 12 races out west. In last year’s three-race West Coast swing, the driver of the No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Chevrolet led the way with 113 points.

2-MILE KYLE: Larson has won multiple times at both 2-mile tracks on the circuit – ACS (two wins) and Michigan International Speedway (three wins) – as both are among the three venues he has more than one win at. His 11.95 average finish on active 2-mile venues trails only teammate Chase Elliott. The other track that the 30-year-old has won at more than once is Watkins Glen International (two wins).

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9 CHASE ELLIOTT
Age: 27 (Nov. 28, 1995)
Hometown: Dawsonville, Georgia
Resides: Dawsonville, Georgia
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Standings: 29th

No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

DAYTONA 500 REWIND: Chase Elliott was putting together a solid race at Daytona International Speedway last Sunday when he got caught up in a multi-car incident in stage two. The heavy damage to the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 ultimately forced an early exit for the team on lap 119. The two-time DAYTONA 500 pole sitter was scored with a 38th-place finish.

GOING BACK TO CALI: On Sunday, Elliott will make his seventh NASCAR Cup Series start at Auto Club Speedway (ACS). In the Dawsonville, Georgia, native’s most recent start there, Elliott was battling for the lead late in the race when he made contact with the wall after a block from another car. He ultimately finished 26th. While the 27-year-old has never won at ACS, his 12.17 average finish at the track is third-best among drivers in Sunday’s field. In his six Cup Series starts there, he has three top-10 finishes with a best effort of fourth in 2020. Elliott also made two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at ACS, finishing sixth during his 2014 championship campaign and fourth in 2015.

2-MILE STATS: This weekend, Elliott is set to make his 19th Cup start at a 2-mile track (ACS and Michigan International Speedway). In his 18 previous Cup Series starts on this track length, Elliott has earned four top-five finishes – including three runner-up efforts – and 13 top-10s with 161 laps led. The 2020 Cup Series champion’s average finish of 9.39 on 2-mile ovals ranks best of all active drivers and second-best among all drivers with more than two starts.

GUSTAFSON AT ACS: No. 9 team crew chief Alan Gustafson is set to call his 24th race from atop the pit box at the Fontana, California, track this weekend. The track is home to the veteran crew chief’s first career Cup Series pole (February 2005) as well as his first win (September 2005) – both of which were with Kyle Busch as the driver. In his 23 Cup starts at ACS, Gustafson has one win, five top-five finishes and 12 top-10s.

NAPA IN THE VALLEY: NAPA Auto Parts will serve as the No. 9 team’s primary partner this weekend. The Atlanta-based company’s colors have been on board Elliott’s Chevrolet for each of his previous eight career starts across the Cup and Xfinity Series on the 2-mile oval. See this year’s paint scheme here.

NEW TO THE FAMILY: Last Thursday, it was announced that the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) joined Hendrick Motorsports as the Official Beverage Partner of Elliott and the No. 9 team. Throughout the 2023 season, Coca-Cola will appear as an associate sponsor of Elliott’s race cars and the iconic beverage brand will also adorn the No. 9 team’s uniforms and equipment. Read more about it here.

HOME TO CALIFORNIA: No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts rear-tire changer Chad Avrit will compete at his home track in “The Golden State” this weekend. Avrit grew up in El Centro, California, and was an avid surfer before moving to Mooresville, North Carolina, to pursue a career in motor sports. When not at the track, he enjoys spending time with his two sons, hanging out on the lake and mountain biking.

24 WILLIAM BYRON
Age: 25 (Nov. 29, 1997)
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Resides: Charlotte, North Carolina
Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
Standings: 30th

No. 24 RaptorTough.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

FONTANA FACTS: This Sunday’s race at Auto Club Speedway (ACS) marks the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series West Coast swing and driver William Byron’s fifth trip to the 2-mile oval. In fact, in his first three showings, the Charlotte, North Carolina, native finished 15th in all three events. Last year, Byron finished 34th due to an on-track incident on lap 152 but not before finishing both stages in the top 10. On the day, he spent 102 laps within the top five – fifth-most – and led 16 laps before having a flat tire. In fact, Byron has led a lap in all four of his starts at the California track, which is the longest active streak in the field. The 25-year-old also has one NASCAR Xfinity Series start under his belt at Auto Club, in 2017, where he started from the sixth position and crossed the finish line in fifth.

TWO – (THREE) – FOUR: In the Cup Series at ACS, the No. 24 has reached victory lane on three different occasions. Those three wins tie the No. 24 with two other car numbers for the most wins at the California-based track in the Cup Series behind only the No. 48’s six wins. Byron hopes to add to that winning tradition with a victory in Sunday’s race.

WEST COAST VIBIN’: During the three-race West Coast swing last year, Byron collected a total of 97 points. That mark was tied with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott for the sixth-most by a driver in those races in 2022.

RUDY RETURNS: When the Cup Series takes to the track this weekend, Sunday will mark crew chief Rudy Fugle’s second race at the Fontana, California, venue at the highest level of competition. In last year’s event, Fugle and the No. 24 team ran consistently within the top 10 before being collected in an on-track incident just past the three-quarter mark of the race. The Livonia, New York, native has three other starts at the 2-mile oval, all coming in the Xfinity Series. In those three starts, Fugle’s best finish came in 2009 with Michael Annett, where the duo scored a sixth-place effort.

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RETURNING TO THE ROOTS: Byron was victorious twice at New Smyrna Speedway last week. Driving the No. 24 Super Late Model for Wilson Motorsports, he scored the win in Monday night’s World Series of Asphalt race and then won Tuesday night’s 100-lapper. With two wins in each of the past two seasons, Byron now has four victories in five starts in the event.

48 Alex Bowman
Age: 29 (April 25, 1993)
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Resides: Concord, North Carolina
Crew Chief: Blake Harris
Standings: 5th

No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

I AM SPEED: Alex Bowman started the DAYTONA 500 from the front row for sixth consecutive time – the most of all drivers in NASCAR Cup Series history. His fast lap in Wednesday night’s qualifying session garnered his third pole in “The Great American Race.” With a finish of fifth (his best result in the event) in the crown jewel race, Bowman became the first driver to win the pole and finish in the top five since Bill Elliott in 2001. The result places him and the No. 48 team in fifth, 11 points behind Cup Series regular season points leader Joey Logano.

FUN IN FONTANA: Bowman has one win to his name at Auto Club Speedway (ACS), site of Sunday’s race. He led 110 laps – the third-highest total for him in a single race and the most he has led in a race he won – en route to the victory in the 2020 event at the Fontana, California, track. In six Cup Series starts there, the Tucson, Arizona, native has completed 1,212 laps of the possible 1,215 circuits, or 99.8%. Last year, Bowman had an average running position of 11th and was in fourth-place on lap 179 when the No. 48 Ally Chevy had a flat tire, resulting in a 25th-place finish. However, he ran in the top five for 45 of those laps – ninth-most of all drivers in the 2022 event.

WILD, WILD WEST: Bowman is no stranger to success on the West Coast, taking home wins at ACS in March 2020 and finding victory lane again at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2022. His two victories rank him as the eighth-winningest active driver at events that occur out west.

MAKING A POINT: With 96 points earned on the West Coast swing in 2022, Bowman scored the eighth-most points. His win at Las Vegas was the best result over that three-race stretch.

DAY ‘N’ NITE: The No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will adorn two versions of its primary scheme during the 2023 Cup Series season. The No. 48 Ally Chevy “day” scheme will host a white base with bright plum, grapefruit, and seafoam stripes down the side. This version of the primary scheme will appear at races that take place during the day. When the lights come on over the racetrack, the black-based No. 48 Ally Chevy “night” scheme will be sported with a similar design to its daytime counterpart. This weekend, the No. 48 machine will adorn the “day” scheme. Check out all the angles of the new look here.

SAVE THEM ALL: In 2023, Bowman and primary sponsor Ally are bringing back the Best Friends Animal Society’s year-long donation effort. Ally and Bowman are committed to donating $4,800 each week to Best Friends and a local network partner in the race market. If the No. 48 team wins, Ally will increase its donation to $10,000. Bowman and Ally donated $4,800 to the Halifax Humane Society after kicking off the season at the DAYTONA 500.

2023All-TimeAuto Club
Races11,31032
Wins0291*12*
Poles1*240*5**
Top 51**1,191*35*
Top 1012,046*55*
Laps Led1877,335*2,182*
Stage Wins0791

*Most **Most (tie)

CLOSING IN ON 300: Hendrick Motorsports is nine points-paying victories away from 300 in the NASCAR Cup Series. Twenty drivers have combined to reach the organization’s current total of 291 wins, which is the most in the sport by any one team.

DELIVERING A DOZEN: With 12 wins, Hendrick Motorsports is the all-time winningest team at Auto Club Speedway (ACS) and holds a winning percentage of 37.5%. Jeff Gordon won the first race held at the track in 1997. Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch each earned their first premier series victories at the Fontana, California, facility. More recently, Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson have won the last two races held there. All told, Johnson accounts for six of the team’s wins, Gordon has three, while Bowman, Busch and Larson each have one.

SO CAL STREAKS: The Rick Hendrick-owned organization has had two different streaks of two consecutive wins at ACS. The first came with Johnson’s wins in 2009 and 2010. Currently, the team has a two-race win streak from Bowman and Larson’s wins in 2020 and 2022, respectively. There was no race here in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No team has ever won three races in a row at this particular track.

LAST DANCE: Sunday’s race will potentially be the last for the track’s 2-mile layout. Renovations to the facility as it turns into a new half-mile short track located on the current site will keep it off the 2024 Cup Series schedule. To date, the track has hosted 32 Cup Series races.

HOLLYWOOD START: On four occasions, Hendrick Motorsports has scored its first win of the season at the track located outside of Los Angeles. Those instances came in 2002 and 2010 (Johnson), 2020 (Bowman) and 2022 (Larson).

SCRIPTING THE FINISH: The 14-time Cup Series championship-winning organization has won the second race of the season seven times. Gordon (1995 and 1998) and Johnson (2010 and 2016) each won two championships in the same season that they won the second race of the campaign.

CALIFORNIA LOVE: The state of California has been a home away from home for the Concord, North Carolina, based squad. Hendrick Motorsports’ 22 wins in “The Golden State” are the most in the Cup Series and more than double that of the next closest team (10). The wins have come at ACS (12), Sonoma Raceway (seven) and Riverside International Raceway (three). Gordon’s eight wins in the state are tied with Bobby Allison for the most among all drivers. Accounting for the rest of the team’s wins: Johnson (seven), Larson (two), Tim Richmond (two), Geoff Bodine (one), Bowman (one) and Busch (one).

WEST SUCCESS: Hendrick Motorsports’ 41 wins on the West Coast are the most in the series and 18 more than the next closest team. Phoenix and ACS have been their most successful tracks on that side of the country with 12 triumphs each. Sonoma and Las Vegas Motor Speedway have seen seven victories apiece. Riverside was responsible for three wins as well. Johnson’s 15 wins are the most among all drivers on the West Coast. Gordon (11), Larson (four), Bowman (two), Busch (two), Richmond (two), Bodine (one), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (one), Chase Elliott (one), Terry Labonte (one) and Mark Martin (one) have all visited Victory Lane for the organization out West.

TAKING STOCK IN THE TRENDS: Of the last 12 races on the West Coast, half have resulted in victories for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson has four wins, while Bowman and Elliott have one each. On last year’s three-race western swing following the DAYTONA 500, the organization won two of the three races (Larson at ACS and Bowman at Las Vegas).

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Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on trying to defend his victory at Auto Club Speedway: “We seem to be really good on that style racetrack. It’s a place that I really love with the line changes and the (way the) tires wear out. I remember last year you could draft pretty well down the straightaways. It was a fun race. Hopefully, we can be fast again and win in my home state again.”

Cliff Daniels, crew chief of the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on the difference in strategy this year compared to last year at Auto Club: “During the race last year, everyone was still trying to get their bearings on the new car. The race was more survival than it was strategy. There just was no strategy to be had in the race. I want to say the longest green flag that we had was around 15-20 laps. I would expect the race to play out a lot more similar to a standard intermediate race with longer green flag runs and potential green flag pit stops. That is where we will have to get into some strategy. We are doing our homework to prepare for whatever is going to come in that regard. I feel like it will play out much differently this year than what we saw last year.”

Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on starting the West Coast swing: “I’m looking forward to kicking off the West Coast swing at Fontana. I really enjoy going out there. The track is unique and it’s just a cool place. It’s one of those places you kind of forget about until it comes up on the schedule because you only race there once a year and it’s so early in the season. I felt like we had a pretty good run going there towards the end last year but didn’t end up with the finish to show for it. Hopefully, we’re able to improve upon that this weekend.”

Alan Gustafson, crew chief of the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on returning to the site of his first win as a crew chief: “Fontana is kind of special for me. It’s where I got my first win and I just really enjoy going there. It’s a really fast track and it’s super unique. It’ll be interesting this weekend with the weather. Hopefully, it holds off and we’re able to get some practice time in, but it could be a situation where we’re starting the race on Sunday without any track time.”

William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on his thoughts for this weekend in Auto Club: “Last year’s race I think was the best race I’ve had there in the Cup Series. I know we didn’t finish well, but we were up front all race. Even after having a flat tire while leading, we still had a shot at it. Hopefully, this weekend will be about the same for our team. I know weather will play a factor, though, so we’ll see how that goes. Our plan is to go in and control what we can control. That’s all we can do. I think we showed in Daytona that we’ve made strides as a team, and I think we will do that again in California.”

Rudy Fugle, crew chief of the No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on why he enjoys racing at Auto Club: “This is the last time we get to race on the big track in Fontana, unless they change their mind on reconfiguring it, which I hope they do. As a crew chief, that track makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Seeing them rip the fence with such little grip up there – it’s unnerving. I’m always excited to go there and race. Even in practice, it’s hairy because there tends to be wrecks just because everyone is on such a fine line. I’m really excited to get there and see what we can do.”

Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on his fast start to the 2023 season: “I think this team has a lot of momentum right now. With bringing on Blake (Harris, crew chief), Ally re-signing with Hendrick Motorsports, my extension, two really solid finishes and another pole at the DAYTONA 500, there are a lot of reasons to be excited. It is easy to get ahead of yourself. However, Blake does a great job of keeping the team focused on the details and not letting other things around us take away from what we need to do to be successful on Sundays. We are going to keep focused, get the details right and hopefully go compete for a win this Sunday in Fontana.”

Blake Harris, crew chief of the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on the momentum the team has heading to Auto Club: “Auto Club (Speedway) is a track that Alex (Bowman) has won at and dominated in 2020. I have had a lot of success there in the past with other drivers and it’s honestly one of my favorite tracks on the schedule. Coming off the momentum we have had the last couple of weeks with back-to-back top-fives, we are looking to continue to build on it. It will be interesting to see how the weather impacts the weekend. Hopefully we get on track Saturday, because if we don’t, it will be straight into the race on Sunday. If that’s the case, it will be all about hitting on all the small details. I am just ready to get into the more normal processes that our team will have this season. This weekend will start the foundation for the 2023 season.”

REMIER MACHINE TOOL SUPPLIER, NORTH SOUTH MACHINERY, SIGNS ON AS TITLE SPONSOR OF THE 08 GRAY GAULDING FORD FOR FONTANA XFINITY RACE

Brea, CALIFORNIA (February 23, 2023) – North South Machinery, a 40-year staple in the West Coast Manufacturing Industry, has announced its first foray into NASCAR after striking a partnership with Standout Management Group (SMG) and NASCAR Xfinity driver Gray Gaulding ahead of this weekend’s Production Alliance Group 300 race at Auto Club Speedway in sunny Southern California. The No. 08 car will debut with an all new Black and Blue livery design inspired by the Machine Tool supplier as it takes to the two mile Super Speedway following last weekend’s Top 20 finish in Daytona.

Gaulding, who celebrated his 25th birthday earlier this month, is looking forward to kicking off the 3-race West Coast swing with his first stop in Fontana, California on Saturday. “I am so proud to be partnering with a company like North South Machinery and introduce them to our great sport and fans of NASCAR. The team at North South Machinery are the kind of brand that inspires others like myself as they represent the true American dream of building high quality products in order to help others be more successful”, stated Gaulding.

Manufacturing Solutions since 1985, North South Machinery (NSM) has been a proud supplier of precision Machine Tool and Fabrication Equipment to manufacturers big and small throughout the Western United States for nearly four decades. From Milling &Turning to Bending & Forming, and even Robotic Automation, North South Machinery supports American makers with the most cutting edge technology paired with decades of experience and hard earned know how.

When asked about the decision to make its debut on the NASCAR stage as a Car Sponsor, North South Machinery President and CEO Jim Swartzbaugh had this to say, “North South and NASCAR may be the most natural marriage I can imagine. Our business was built by supporting American Manufacturers in their quest to create and produce the highest quality and most innovative American products on the market today. There is a strong thread of both ingenuity and patriotism that runs deep in that pursuit for us… and that’s exactly what NASCAR was built on as well.”

Make sure to catch all the race action on FS1 starting at 2:00pm PST Saturday, February 25th, 2023.

About North South Machinery

North South Machinery, established in Southern California in 1985, supplies manufacturers across the Western United States with premier Machine Tools & Fabrication Equipment. Vertical & Horizontal Milling, 5-Axis Machining, Precision Turning, Sheet Metal Cutting & Forming, 3D Printing and Robotic Automation – North South brings world renown technology and unparalleled experience to its customers across a range of industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Medical, Energy and Defense. For more information about North South please visit us at www.northsouthmachinery.com.

About SMG
Standout Management Group is a sports and entertainment talent management and activation agency headquartered at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. SMG is considered as an “outside the box” agency that works with brand partners and celebrities to help brands “stand out” from the rest by leveraging motorsports, music and other professional sports platforms. Additionally, SMG uses advanced technology solutions and data capture methods to maximize activation results. For more information, visit www.standoutmg.com.