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Denny Hamlin scores NASCAR Cup Series pole at Nashville

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Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 25, 2022 in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

Denny Hamlin won the Busch Light Pole Award at Nashville Superspeedway Saturday afternoon after the final round of qualifying was canceled due to rain.

He was fastest in Round 1 with a lap of 29.848 seconds at 160.413 mph in his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Hamlin was awarded the pole, the 35th of his career, his second this season, and will lead the field to green for Sunday’s Ally 400.

“It was a great run for us,” Hamlin said when addressing the media after qualifying. “We didn’t start off practice that stellar but with every run we made we just kept getting better and better. Obviously today, they tuned it up better than it was yesterday.”

Team Penske’s Joey Logano will join Hamlin on the front row after a fast lap of 160.107 mph in his No. 22 Ford.

“I really didn’t think I was that fast, that’s for sure,” he said. “Good changes, I guess, at least for qualifying, got the car doing the right things at least for one lap. We’ll see what that means later on, but we’ll take that and we’ll go from there.”

Kyle Larson (159.963 mph), the defending race winner, and Chase Elliott (159.931 mph) will represent Hendrick Motorsports in Row 2. Daniel Suárez kept the momentum going after his first career Cup Series win at Sonoma Raceway on June 12, and will start fifth.

Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain, Kevin Harvick, Christopher Bell and Martin Truex Jr. round out the top 10 starters for Sunday’s race.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch was unable to complete a qualifying run and will start last after spinning in Turn 3 and hitting the outside wall during Round 1.

Starting Lineup:

  1. Denny Hamlin
  2. Joey Logano
  3. Kyle Larson
  4. Chase Elliott
  5. Daniel Suarez
  6. Ryan Blaney
  7. Ross Chastain
  8. Kevin Harvick
  9. Christopher Bell
  10. Martin Truex Jr.
  11. Aric Almirola
  12. Alex Bowman
  13. William Byron
  14. AJ Allmendinger
  15. Chase Buescher
  16. Tyler Reddick
  17. Cole Custer
  18. Michael McDowell
  19. Kurt Busch
  20. Austin Dillon
  21. Justin Haley
  22. Corey Lajoie
  23. Erik Jones
  24. Austin Cindric
  25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  26. Harrison Burton
  27. Brad Keselowski
  28. Chase Briscoe
  29. Ty Dillon
  30. Bubba Wallace
  31. Cody Ware
  32. JJ Yeley
  33. Todd Gilliland
  34. Josh Bilicki
  35. BJ McLeod
  36. Kyle Busch

CHEVROLET NCS AT NASHVILLE: Kyle Larson and the Urban Youth Racing School’s Anthony and Michelle Martin, Press Conference Transcript

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NASCAR CUP SERIES
NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY
ALLY 400
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
JUNE 25, 2022

KYLE LARSON, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CAMARO ZL1, DEFENDING WINNER OF THE ALLY 400 AT NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY; ANTHONY AND MICHELLE MARTIN, URBAN YOUTH RACING SCHOOL; AND LAUREN CAMPBELL, MANAGER LEAD – BRAND & PARTNERSHIP FOR ALLY – Press Conference Transcript:

ERIK MOSES: “I’m Erik Moses, President and General Manager here at Nashville Superspeedway. We have a pretty special presentation and discussion this morning. Most of you are familiar with the Urban Youth Racing School out of Philadelphia and the great work that they’re doing to help bring along the next generation of motorsports. As I always like to say, with young people, we kind of have to play the three ‘E’s: we have to give them exposure, give them experience and then hopefully help them with the pursuit of excellence. That’s what they’re doing at the Urban Youth Racing School as it relates to motorsports, especially as it relates to inner city youth and motorsports.

They’re here this morning. I’d like to recognize the head table. We have Anthony and Michelle Martin from the Urban Youth Racing School. We have our defending champion, Kyle Larson. Not only our Ally 400 defending champion, but our Cup Series defending champion. We also have Lauren Campbell from our great partners at Ally. With that, I’ll turn it over to them.”

ANTHONY MARTIN: “Good morning, everyone. My name is Anthony Martin. I’m the Founder of the Urban Youth Racing School based in Philadelphia. This is our 24th year of existence.

First of all, I want to thank all of our sponsors for participating with us. My wife will mention them in case I forget someone. But really fast, I want to tell you who we are. The program was started, as I mentioned, 24 years ago with the goal of introducing inner city and urban America to the motorsports industry, which is a very expensive sport to be a part of. But also, if you don’t have any relations to anyone in the industry, more than likely you’re not going to get into the industry. My goal was to be able to actually do that. In doing that, we’ve had over the last 24 years, over 7,700 kids go through our program. A lot of our kids now are engineers. One of our kids is a major executive at NASCAR right now. They’re kind of all over the place, but the thing that’s really important about what we actually do is saving lives and giving these kids an opportunity to do something that they wouldn’t be able to do had it not been for what we actually do at the racing school. So in saying that, again, I want to thank everyone. I know we’re on a time restraint here, but that’s kind of what we actually do.

July 22 is our Grand Prix, which is our annual fundraiser we do every year. The reason why we do that ladies and gentlemen is because this program is free for the kids. If they had to pay for this, they wouldn’t be able to afford this. So us actually being able to do this as a fundraiser, this keeps this going. Putting this together with Ally, General Motors and NASCAR, all the different folks that work with us – this is really, really great stuff.

I also want to thank the Nashville Superspeedway and Erik Moses for having us today and having us be a part of this.”

MICHELLE MARTIN: “Good morning, everyone. My name is Michelle Martin. As Anthony mentioned, I am the COO of the Urban Youth Racing School. I want to thank everyone for having us – Nashville Superspeedway, Erik (Moses), thank you so much for the introduction.

I definitely want to give a huge thank you to our friend over here, Kyle Larson. As we’re introducing the Urban Youth Racing School Grand Prix of Philadelphia with Kyle Larson and friends on July 22, we are super excited to have this event to bring NASCAR into the inner city. It will be the first we will have so many NASCAR drivers – probably about 11 of them – that will be coming in and racing in go-karts; just to kind of bring that excitement. In Philadelphia, we have a lot of illegal driving that’s very dangerous. We just really hope that on this day, we can bring everyone together and unite them; the motorsports community, unite the urban and African American community, in one place for a great time and to show them what racing is really about. They’ll have a chance to meet the drivers face-to-face and different things like that; and to see what this motorsports world has shown us these past 24 years that we’ve been able to deliver to our students.

Another thing that we’re doing is our STEM midway. Like in motorsports, you guys have a midway where all of the fans come and have fun right before the races start. In our STEM midway, we’re going to have our partners, like Ally and other folks; and even bring the racing school outside and have these different activities. So we’ll have our CO2 dragster track outside; a 60-foot track. We’ll have our drones outside. We have different programs – they’ll all be outside. We’ll have different institutions, universities, community organizations – they’re all coming out to kind of show our community what STEM is like and all of the job opportunities and career opportunities that are out there. We’re super excited about that, but definitely excited to have Kyle on board. And of course, Lauren (Campbell) from Ally, who’s coming as our sponsor for this year’s Grand Prix. We’re really happy and excited to have them on board for the first time as a partner with the Urban Youth Racing School Grand Prix.”

KYLE LARSON: “I don’t really have a lot more to add, but I’m just really excited to be able to bring the Grand Prix to the inner city and invite a lot of our fellow drivers to be a part of it. Thank you, again, to Lauren (Campbell) from Ally for what she’s done for the Urban Youth Racing School. Anthony and Michelle (Martin) continue to do great things. It only gets better and better and I like being a small part of it. I’ve had a great relationship with them since I’ve basically been Cup Series racing and have grown into being much closer to them the last few years and a lot of the kids, too.

I’m excited to get there in July; see a lot of their faces, compete with some of them and rub some fenders.”

LAUREN CAMPBELL: “Thank you, everybody. Thank you for being here. First of all, we’re super excited to say welcome to Nashville. We’re excited for our second year of the Ally 400. Really excited to be working with the Urban Youth Racing School. I don’t know why it took us so long. I don’t know if you guys are familiar, but we also have a program called Fueling Futures that we do. We work with our friends at Hendrick Motorsports who introduce motorsports careers to students that don’t think that there’s careers beyond just the driver’s seat. Really tapping into the STEM opportunities.

Last year, we started talking. And then this year, we were like ‘we need to be working together on this’. We’re really excited for that weekend. We will be bringing in our Fueling Futures program that we do with Hendrick Motorsports in the morning with the students. And then we’ll be out there as a sponsor and we’ll be in the STEM midway. We’re really excited for this opportunity to be working with these guys.”

ANTHONY MARTIN: “I also want to mention our relationship with Chevrolet, which is going on 22 years also. So, I want to say thank you to Chevy because if it wasn’t for Chevrolet, we wouldn’t still be around here today. So, thank you Chevy.”

MODERATOR: WE’LL GO INTO A GENERAL Q&A. IF YOU HAVE QUESTION FOR ANYONE HERE AT THE TABLE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE’LL GET A MICROPHONE TO YOU.

LAUREN, WITH ALL OF THE PROGRAMS OUT THERE, WHY DOES ALLY SEE THE URBAN YOUTH RACING SCHOOL PROGRAM AS SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM TO BE A PART OF?

LAUREN CAMPBELL: “Yeah, absolutely. At Ally, the cornerstone efforts of giving back to the community and making the community stronger are around economic mobility and financial education. I think that just really aligns with what these guys are doing at the Urban Youth Racing School; helping to empower these communities. Teaching them financial education and economic mobility through the education and the STEM programming. It just made a ton of sense for us to work together.”

FOR THE FOLKS AT THE URBAN YOUTH RACING SCHOOL AND KYLE (LARSON), WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOUR SCHOOL TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE KYLE WANT TO BE TIED SO CLOSELY? KYLE, WHAT DO YOU GET FROM WORKING WITH ALL OF THESE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE SO INTERESTED IN RACING?

MICHELLE MARTIN: “Working with Kyle (Larson) has been so great. Say we have Michael Jordan – to me, Kyle is like our Michael Jordan and we have access to Kyle and our students have access to Kyle; so it means that any questions that they have, anything that they want to know about racing. A lot of our students do want to be drivers. Will they have the opportunity? We don’t know because the sport is so expensive. But while they’re driving go-karts and Kyle can give them tips and talk to them about different things, I’m certainly going to take that opportunity to do that. I would be crazy not to.”

ANTHONY MARTIN: “Kyle (Larson) has been absolutely phenomenal for us. We’ve been working with Kyle since I think 2017 and Kyle has been very supportive. I come from the sports marketing world and let me say this to you: there’s talkers and there’s doers. Kyle is definitely a doer, so we really appreciate that at the Urban Youth Racing School.”

KYLE LARSON: “I’ve really enjoyed the close relationship that I’ve had with Anthony and Michelle (Martin) and now with a lot of the students there. With me donating a couple of simulators to the school, there’s been a few different times where I’ll get a phone call from Anthony at 6:00 p.m. or something and it’s a couple of the kids asking me how to get around a certain track on iRacing or something. In the times that I’ve been to their school, just chatting with some of the kids who are really into the driving part of it – who do maybe race go-karts or something and are looking for the next steps and are trying to navigate in what I feel like based on the region that they live in, what would be the best route to go. Just having a close relationship with them, as well as the kids, has been really neat for me.”

FOR ANTHONY AND MICHELLE (MARTIN) – THE FACT THAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY TAKING THIS TO AN URBAN SETTING, NASCAR HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO TAKE THE PRODUCT TO URBAN SETTINGS, SUCH AS THE LA COLISEUM. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO TAKE THE PRODUCT INTO THE CITY BECAUSE THESE KIDS ARE NOT COMING OUT OF THE CITY TO THE PRODUCT?

MICHELLE MARTIN: “It’s extremely important. A lot of times, we have to realize and recognize that these kids are a product of their environment. Not only them, but their parents and grandparents. Some of these kids for generations have not left a one-mile radius of where they live. And that’s mind-boggling to most, but with our program, we understand we have to meet them where they are at. That’s what we’re doing now: bringing it into the inner city. It’s literally in a residential neighbor. We’re hoping that the neighbors just come out and come across the street to the park. It’s going to be in front of the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. It’s kind of like the west part of Philadelphia, in a sense. That’s where we’re going to have it and we’re hoping the neighborhood comes out. We’re sure that they will because we’ve done it before many, many years ago. That’s how we knew that African Americans had an interest in motorsports.”

WITH YOU ALL BEING BASED IN PHILADELPHIA, MAYBE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE OUT OF THE BOX AND YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THIS GOES, BUT CAN YOU INVISION HAVING THESE MINI GRAND PRIX’S IN CONJUNCTION WHERE NASCAR GOES IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY ARE IN BIG MARKETS?

MICHELLE MARTIN: “Absolutely. Actually our first Grand Prix was in 2005. We’ve had a couple of them and we’ve moved them throughout the city of Philadelphia, just to kind of gain the interest of the community. I think that’s something we’d definitely love to do; just kind of move it around. We’re in the trenches in these communities. And it’s not just in Philadelphia – we get calls from everywhere all of the time: Miami, Los Angeles, Detroit, New York. It’s like how can we put a racing school here. All of that takes money to do it and that’s where we are. We definitely want to expand. It’s something that we talk about all of the time, but we also have to think about how do we pay for that expansion. Motorsports is just expensive, but it’s something that’s heavy on our minds that we want to do. Honestly, we want kids from other urban communities to get the same experiences that the kids from Philadelphia are getting.”

ANTHONY MARTIN: “You mentioned Fairmount Park – back in 2001 and 2002, I’d been with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and they were very, very successful when we actually did them there. So the urban market place did show up for those events and that’s why we’re positive that in doing it in Fairmount Park again this year, it will be very successful.”

DO YOU SEE HAVING ANY MOTORSPORTS DISPLAYS AT THE PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM AND AT THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE TO JUST KIND OF INCORPORATE THAT STEM MENTALITY SO THE KIDS CAN GET IT EARLY ON AND TAKE IT WITH THEM?

MICHELLE MARTIN: “Definitely. Inside of the Please Touch Museum, they do have a transportation-type of an exhibit, but it’s not racing and that’s a big difference. So we do encourage them to do it. I know that the African American Museum has reached out to us to working with them, so we’re kind of seeing what that will look like. We’re still in talks with them, but we’ll figure it out. A lot of times, we have to not force, but really talk to the people in Philadelphia because it’s a ‘stick and ball’ town. We have to convince them as to why motorsports is so unique. I always have to tell them – when you go to a corporation, they will have a sports side that handles everything sports and they will have a division that’s just motorsports. That should tell you how big and important this sport is.”

NOT NECESSARILY THE GRAND PRIX, BUT IS IT ON YOUR RADAR TO EXPAND YOUR STEM-BASED PROGRAMMING INTO OTHER MARKETS AND WHAT MIGHT THEY BE?

MICHELLE MARTIN: “Absolutely. Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Miami and Chicago were probably the top-six cities that have been requesting that we put a racing school there. We field calls from them all of the time. And when we go out of the country, we have Paris who have called us when they were having an issue with their youth. They wanted to get them into something. Those would be our top-six cities to expand into. We did have a division in Washington D.C. many years ago, but it got way too expensive and we couldn’t continue the fundraising for it. So at the end of the day, we want to expand. We will expand. We just want to make sure that as we’re expanding, we can do it in the right way so we don’t have to shut a city down once we’re there.”

ANTHONY MARTIN: “We also get students from the Delaware Valley, so it wouldn’t just be Philadelphia. We get students from as far as Washington D.C., Baltimore, New York City, Delaware, New Jersey, Charlottesville, Virginia – so they come from pretty much all over the place. But our ultimate goal is expansion, for sure.”

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TPC Racing’s Scott Schmidt Scores First Career Lamborghini Super Trofeo Win in LB Cup

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Billy Johnson Fourth in Pro Class, Wesley Slimp and Tyler Hoffman Top 10 in Deep Am Class In Strong Day for TPC Racing’s Program

WATKINS GLEN, New York (June 24, 2022) – TPC Racing’s Scott Schmidt drove his No. 38 DSC Sport/Erin Levitas Foundation Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 to his first Lamborghini Super Trofeo win on Friday at Watkins Glen, earning the LB Cup class victory.

The win was the first career professional victory for Schmidt and comes in just his second solo effort in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo’s LB Cup class.

“To have a first-place win in LB Cup as a solo driver after the three years that we’ve collectively worked with TPC Racing and my driver coach Trevor Andrusko is absolutely phenomenal,” Schmidt said. “With the coaching, the setup, the car and the professionalism, it’s been so much hard work, and it all came to fruition today.”

Schmidt started second and held that position through most of the 50-minute race, pulling away from third and closing the gap to the leader following the mandatory pit stop during the race. With five laps remaining, Schmidt’s gap to the leader began to shrink. As far back as five seconds, Schmidt was on the bumper of the lead car with one lap to go in the race.

By that time, word had come down that the lead car would be penalized 1.5 seconds post-race for shorting the mandatory pit stop window. While Schmidt made one attempt at a pass on the final lap, he finished the race by following the leader across the finish line and was awarded the win.

“Trevor called in and said ‘you need to get in there within a second and a half for that penalty,’” Schmidt said. “I could see him up ahead and put the hammer down and started gaining. I saw where he was slower and started picking up and got on his bumper and went for a pass down in seven. I slid a little bit and recovered on the last lap. I almost got the pass for a pure first place win, but just got up on his bumper and came across the line.”

Schmidt’s win was just the brightest moment in a strong day for TPC Racing’s three-car effort. Billy Johnson moved the No. 71 DSC Sport/Erin Levitas Foundation Lamborghini Huracan to fourth place in the Pro class and overall on the final lap of the race. Wesley Slimp and Tyler Hoffman co-drove the No. 9 HNTB Companies Lamborghini Huracan to a top 10 finish in the AM class, the largest class in the field.

“Our TPC Racing team has had incredibly long days working on the cars to put them all into competitive trim after a few technical rules were changed for the Watkins Glen circuit,” Harris Levitas, TPC Racing Director of Race Operations said. “I am incredibly proud of our team for the hard work and effort each team member has put in to have the cars run up front and with Scott today that hard work really showed. Scott has put in so much work between races and doing testing as well, which has really paid off. This is the most competitive Scott has ever run and I am beyond proud of him. this is our second win of the 022 season in LB Cup and I see many more successful runs in Scott’s future racing in the LB Cup class.

TPC Racing and the rest of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo field will be back in action for a second 50-minute race on Saturday at Watkins Glen, with the green flag at 12:10 p.m. ET. Johnson will start fifth in the Pro class and eighth overall, with Hoffman and Slimp starting 10th in the Am class. Schmidt will make a run at another win, starting third in LB Cup.

“We know the track and we know how to succeed,” Schmidt said. “We’re going to race hard and get back on the podium and do everything we can for a second win.”

Saturday’s race can be seen live on IMSA.com.

About TPC Racing: TPC Racing is the Mid-Atlantic’s premier maintenance, service, tuning and modification center dedicated solely to Porsche sportscars. TPC Racing specializes in R&D and sales of high-performance modifications for Porsche sports cars and race cars, offering a wide range of vehicle upgrades. Best known for a line of forced induction solutions for the Porsche 911, Cayman and Boxster, a long-time focus on only one make, Porsche, has enabled TPC Racing to become experts in Porsche service, tuning, and racing. In 2000, TPC Racing began entering races under its own banner, scoring an SGS-class Championship in 2004 in the Grand-American Rolex Series and was a class winner in the 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona, and captured the 2013 and 2016 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Gold Cup Championships. More information can be found at www.TPCRacing.com.

GMS Racing NCWTS Race Recap: Nashville

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Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet Silverado RST

START: 7TH
FINISH: 32ND
POINTS: 9TH

Quote: “We were four wide going into turn three there, and just got wrecked. Four wide at Nashville probably ain’t going to work most of the time, and getting down to the end of the race, everyone was getting crazy like always in these truck races. Just a tough break, everyone at GMS Racing and GMS Fabrication has been working so hard. I feel like we hit on some stuff that was a little promising, we didn’t get it dialed in during the race, but hopefully we’ve got a direction for some more promising runs this year. I just hate it. I hate it bad.”

Jack Wood, No. 24 ChevyLiners.com Chevrolet Silverado RST

START: 10TH
FINISH: 35TH
POINTS: 24TH

Quote: “I think it was just hard racing there, I was trying to come down the racetrack as Matt was coming up at the same time. Matt’s a good guy, I don’t think he meant to do that on purpose, but for me it’s just frustrating. It’s been a tough season, and I thought that this was going to be the race that we turned it all around. It’s tough to end up near last, but unfortunately there’s nothing that we can do, and I’m proud of everyone at Team Chevy and GMS Racing for working as hard as they do. We just have to keep biding our time and hold our heads down and keep digging.”

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GMS Racing competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series operating the No. 23 and the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado RSTs, as well as the ARCA Menards Series with the No. 43 Chevrolet SS. Since the team was formed in 2012, GMS Racing has won five titles across multiple series, including the 2016 and 2020 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, the 2015 ARCA Menards Series championship, as well as the 2019 & 2020 ARCA Menards Series East championships. GMS has grown to occupy several buildings located in Statesville, N.C. including operations for GMS Fabrication. The GMS Racing campus also houses operations for Petty GMS, a two car full-time NASCAR Cup Series team formed in 2021.

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DGR NCWTS Recap: Nashville Superspeedway – Preece Goes Back to Back!

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Friday, June 24
Track: Nashville Superspeedway, 1.3-mile concrete oval
Race: 14 of 23
Event: Rackley Roofing 200 (150 laps, 200 miles)

Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford F-150

Start: 14th
Stage 1: 17th
Stage 2: 18th
Finish: 28th

Hailie Deegan qualified in the 14th position for Friday’s Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway. The Wastequip Ford F-150 fell to 16th on the initial start, dropping one more spot before settling into 17th by stage end. On the ensuing restart, the Temecula, CA native suffered contact, prompting the crew to keep an eye on a potential tire rub and aero damage. Following a lap 68 caution, Deegan pitted for tires, cleared her fenders and would rejoin the field in 21st. On an advantageous pit strategy call by Crew Chief Mike Hillman, the No. 1 would stay out for stage three, picking up valuable track position – sitting in 12th for th’e races final stage. Despite nearly cracking the top-ten, a restart with just over ten laps to go marked the end of Deegan’s good fortune after she was turned into the outside wall. The team was able to send her out for the race’s final laps, crossing the line in 28th.

Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance F-150

Start: 22nd
Stage 1: 22nd
Stage 2: 33rd
Finish: 30th

Tanner Gray qualified 22nd for the 200-lap event at Nashville Superspeedway. During the pace laps, Gray believed he had a tire going on and pitted for new tires. The team received a one-lap penalty for fueling during the stop. The New Mexico driver battled from a lap down to finish 22nd at the end of stage one. He had advanced from 20th to 15th early in stage two before a flat right front tire sent him into the wall on lap 60. The damage left the No. 15 hampered on speed and Gray finished 30th, multiple laps down.

Ryan Preece, No. 17 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford F-150

Start: 1st
Stage 1: 2nd
Stage 2: 1st
Finish: 1st

Ryan Preece began his defense of the Rackley Roofing 200 by earning the pole and leading the field to green. The veteran driver settled into second for the entirety of stage one and reported the truck was really starting to come to him. The Hunt Brothers Pizza F-150 rocketed to the lead from the inside lane on the start of stage two and never looked back en route to Preece’s third stage victory of the season. The Connecticut driver dominated the final stage and led 74 laps to earn his second career NCWTS win in eight starts. The win marked Preece’s second consecutive win at Nashville Superspeedway and the second straight win for the No. 17 truck and DGR in 2022.

Next event: O’Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio on July 9 at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Ryan Preece repeats in Rackley Roofing 200
at Nashville Superspeedway

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Ryan Preece won the Rackley Roofing 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race for the second consecutive year at Nashville Superspeedway on Friday, the opening event of a spectacular tripleheader racing weekend in Middle Tennessee.

Preece, driver of the No. 17 Ford for David Gilliland Racing, joins Johnny Benson and Kyle Busch as the only three drivers with multiple Truck Series victories at Nashville.

“We get a second guitar – I may have to start a band,” said Preece of Nashville’s famous trophy. Preece also won an extra $50,000 as part of the Triple Truck Challenge in his eighth career Truck Series start.

“I just want you guys to know that a lot of this is built in the shop. These guys work their tails off. I know what it takes to win races and they give me phenomenal race trucks, so I’m just proud to be the one holding the steering wheel.”

Preece led a race-high 74 laps, won the pole position earlier on Friday, and won Stage 2 after finishing second in Stage 1.

Preece topped Zane Smith by 0.507 seconds at the checkered flag. Smith, the Stage 1 winner, led 70 laps.

“We had another fast Ford, just not quite fast enough,” said Smith, driver of the No. 38 Ford for Front Row Motorsports.

Carson Hocevar placed third in a Chevrolet, while Ty Majeski (four laps led) finished fourth and Stewart Friesen finished fifth in Toyotas.

Smith leads the series standings by 21 points over John Hunter Nemechek, who recovered from an early incident to finish ninth.

Preece averaged 102.717 mph to complete the 200-mile race in 1 hour, 56 minutes and 32 seconds. Eight caution flags took up a track-record 43 laps.

The weekend action continues with the Tennessee Lottery 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday at 2:30 p.m,. (USA) and the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at 4 p.m. on Sunday (NBC).

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Toyota Racing NCWTS Post-Race Recap — Nashville 6.24.22

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SIX TUNDRAS TAKE TOP-10 FINISHES IN NASHVILLE
Majeski and Friesen Tally Top-Fives in Music City

NASHVILLE (June 24, 2022) – The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) took to the Nashville Superspeedway on Friday night where Tundra drivers Ty Majeski (fourth) and Stewart Friesen (fifth) both scored top-five finishes for Toyota. Fellow Tundra drivers Christian Eckes (sixth), Tyler Ankrum (seventh), John Hunter Nemechek (ninth) and Matt Crafton (10th) also earned top-10 finishes.

Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Nashville Superspeedway
Race 14 of 23 – 150 Laps, 200 Miles

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Ryan Preece*
2nd, Zane Smith*
3rd, Carson Hocevar*
4th, TY MAJESKI
5th, STEWART FRIESEN
6th, CHRISTIAN ECKES
7th, TYLER ANKRUM
9th, John Hunter Nemechek
10th, MATT CRAFTON
12th, BEN RHODES
13th, CHASE PURDY
15th, CHANDLER SMITH
20th, PARKER KLIGERMAN
21st, KADEN HONEYCUTT
23rd, TIMMY HILL
27th, TODD BODINE
33rd, COREY HEIM
34th, CAMDEN MURPHY
36th, CHASE JANES
*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

TY MAJESKI, No. 66 American Racing Wheels Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, ThorSport Racing

Finishing Position: 4th

Can you take us through your race tonight?

“I made an aggressive move there. I feel like if you don’t do it, you’re getting put into those positions so you either have to be the aggressor or the aggresse. I feel like I’ve been on the short end of that a lot this year, but I had a good run and wanted to take it. Hate tearing up trucks at all, but that’s just the product of truck racing. Everybody’s got to be so aggressive. It’s so hard to pass. Track position is so important, but overall solid day, solid week. Sort of missed it a little bit, but Joe (Shearer, crew chief) did a great job on strategy and the guys did a great job on pit road. I felt like we took a back half of the top-10 in the field and got a fourth-place finish. Feel like we maximized our day and that’s what championship teams are all about.”

STEWART FRIESEN, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, Halmar Friesen Racing

Finishing Position: 5th

How was your race tonight?

“We had some electrical issues early, truck was cutting out and for whatever reason, not sure if it was an ignition switch or something, but it just kind of stopped doing it after I stopped trying to cool the thing down under yellow. We had a really good long run truck, but we just couldn’t fire off on the restarts to get the track position we needed. Another top-five, proud of the whole Halmar team. Toyota and TRD – all the support behind the scenes is awesome. We had a really good long run truck, we just couldn’t get through turn one and two on the restarts clean enough to make a push.”

JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 9th

What did you struggle with in your race tonight?

“We weren’t good to start. We weren’t good in practice and we weren’t very good in qualifying. We just weren’t good all weekend. Just off on speed and couldn’t get my balance that I wanted correct. I found a race track that I suck at. This is my worst race last year and this year I’m not very good. I just have to figure out how to be better. I’m glad we only come here once. Just have to figure it out. Proud of all the guys at KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports). Never gave up. We got spun. Went down a lap, got a lap back and restarted in the back multiple times and ended up coming home ninth. All in all, a solid day. Lost the points lead again, but we’re within striking distance the last few weeks, but I think we put more of a cushion between the 18 (Chandler Smith) and the 99 (Ben Rhodes) behind us. Hopefully, we can go cap off this regular season championship.”

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Ford Performance NASCAR: Preece Repeats Truck Series Victory at Nashville Superspeedway

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Rackley Roofing 200 | Friday, June 24, 2022

PREECE REPEATS NASHVILLE VICTORY IN NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

Ryan Preece gave David Gilliland Racing its second consecutive victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series after winning tonight’s Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. Preece, who won the race for the second year in a row, follows Todd Gilliland’s victory last week at Knoxville Raceway. Zane Smith finished second to give Ford a 1-2 finish.

VICTORY LANE QUOTES

RYAN PREECE, No. 17 Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford F-150 – YOU SAT ON THE POLE AND LED A LOT OF LAPS. WHAT ABOUT THE BATTLE AT THE END? “I don’t ever like it to be that close, but my hat’s off to DGR and this Hunt Brothers Ford F-150. I’m really happy. Scott Hunt and the Hunt Brothers crew and all of them are here tonight for this one. We’ve got a second guitar. I may have to start a band.”

YOU ALSO WON THE TRIPLE TRUCK CHALLENGE AND $50,000 – “I like it. That sounds good. I just want you guys to know that a lot of this is built in the shop. These guys work their tails off. I know what it takes to win races and they give me phenomenal race trucks, so I’m just proud to be the one holding the steering wheel.”

HOW DID THEY GET THAT CLOSE AT THE END? “Just old tires. Your heat cycles, they’re chatting, they’re kind of doing everything. The biggest thing I had was clean air and to put as much dirty air on him as possible. I wasn’t gonna give it up.”

THAT’S A GOOD WAY TO KICK OFF THE WEEKEND. “I’d say so. That’s awesome. Thank you to Kevin Harvick, KHI Management, Hunt Brothers Pizza, Morton Buildings, United Rentals, RaceChoice.com, Mohawk Northeast Inc., everybody that’s helped me in my career. I can’t thank them enough. I’m just really happy to be standing here in Victory Lane. I’m speechless. With these trucks you can get such a draft when you’re five lengths back and I was really struggling being tight, so when I saw Zane was getting the run out front I said I’m going to the bottom to take the air. I’m proud of these guys. It’s cool we got a second guitar.”

WHAT ABOUT THE TIRE SITUATION AT THE END. YOU STAYED OUT. WHAT WENT INTO THAT DECISION? “I don’t know and I’m happy I don’t have to make that decision, but, ultimately, I think it just showed that the 38 and myself had such good race trucks tonight. Even with old tires we were able to compete there, so just super proud of everybody here at DGR. I really appreciate the hours that they put in with the body and the finesse – every little detail it takes to make speed, so it’s awesome to race fast trucks.”

WHERE DOES THAT BONUS MONEY GO? “Hopefully to everybody. Share it around.”

POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE

“We just have fast trucks. Last year, and working with Chad Johnston he’s been a lot of fun to work with and Seth Smith was working here today crew chiefing. If you look at practices throughout my races, they’ve been less than stellar. We usually practice 17th-24th and we just keep working towards the combination that I like, so I want to say this was the first week as a team we unloaded really well and we were just able not to screw it up.”

HOW VALUABLE ARE WINS ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL? “If you look at my national series career with a manufacturer team, I don’t think I’ve ever done a full season with a manufacturer supported team, so it’s nice when you have these opportunities to have all the resources and be able to work on yourself as a driver. I’m a student of the game on so many different levels when it comes to racing. I’m from the northeast and I’m pretty hard core as most know. I enjoy every bit about racing other than driving the race car. I love working on them. I like setting them up. I enjoy so much about the entire sport, the big picture, so I would say when you have these opportunities you have to go win. There’s no ifs, ands or buts, you have to get the job done.”

WHAT WERE YOU FIGHTING AT THE END? “Probably tires, more so. Heat cycles like they do. There are a lot of things. The trucks are really draggy, probably under horsepower, so everything is momentum and once your truck is not handling 100 percent, you’ve got to do everything you can to maximize your roll speed and if you struggle that little bit in the draft, once that truck gets the sniff of the track, and I think Zane having those new tires behind him, it’s just propelling him forward and giving him that much more straight line speed. I saw it with about six to go. I was happy he didn’t get there any sooner because I knew if he was gonna have one shot we were gonna do our best to hold onto the lead and not give it away and that’s what we did.”

HOW SATISFYING IS IT TO HAVE A SCHEDULE WHERE YOU’RE JUST TROPHY HUNTING? “Me in my career I trophy hunt. That’s all I show up for, but in my position I think we all know it takes a lot of partners to make opportunities like this possible. Fortunately, I have KHI Management in my corner and they put people like Hunt Brothers Pizza and Morton Buildings, and United Rentals is a huge one that came on this year that’s supporting me, so I 100 percent survive. My racing career is 100 percent dependent on companies and people like that. I’d love to have a full season with a manufacturer-based team and have opportunities to chase wins week in and week out. I guess haven’t had that type of situation yet.”

HOW WILL IT BE HAVING TWO GUITARS? “I guess I’m really gonna have to actually learn how to play. One thing I do want to say is no disrespect because Tad Geschekter and Jody Geschekter were great, great people. They gave me three years of a lot of fun, so I do want to say I really appreciate what they’ve done for me and my wife and giving us things we could only dream of – somebody like myself that I grew up in the northeast in Connecticut racing three or four or five days a week – driving however many hours to each track just like a lot of other short track guys do on the dirt race or asphalt race, so it’s nice to be one of the good stories – you get the job done.”

HAS THIS YEAR BEEN MORE FUN THAN LAST YEAR? “Winning is always fun. No, for sure. Racing is as much of a mental sport as anything. I’m a very confident person. As you see, I get limited opportunities and I try to do my best to take advantage of them, so I’m having a pretty damn good time.”

IS IT ANY EASIER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE WHEN YOU’RE HAVING A GOOD TIME? “I don’t know. My wife probably does more worrying about my future than I do. I tell her all the time that all I can do is go out and do what I’ve always done my entire career and that’s try to win races. I’m lucky to have a great support system and a father who has done nothing but teach me to work really hard and to not quit on your dreams. I might be 31, but in racing years you’re not even close to your peak.”

HOW COMPARATIVE IS THIS TO THE XFINITY RACE TOMORROW? “You just race the racetrack. That’s what I was doing tonight with the resin and how it was playing out. It’s gonna be a totally different race just because it’s gonna be in the middle of the day versus at night, so I don’t think you’re gonna be able to move to the bottom like we all were, but I could be completely wrong and I guess I’m not gonna find out until lap five, but I will say that they’ve brought a great United Rentals No. 5 Ford Mustang and hopefully we can get the job done and I can be talking to you guys here again.”

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN PREPARING FOR THE HEAT THIS WEEKEND? “I’m a big boy. I retain water pretty well, so I think I’ll be all right.”

DOES A WIN LIKE THIS BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE? “Yeah, I think it’s always nice to be able to get that win. You look back at Vegas or Texas or Charlotte, those are three races where I felt like we had opportunities and things didn’t go our way. So it was nice not to have a green, white, checker or have one of those situations where I’m clear by 10 and that’s it, but it was nice to be up front and be in control of the race.”

HOW MANY MORE TRUCK RACES DO YOU HAVE? “I believe my last two will be in Pocono and Kansas.”

DOES THIS MAKE UP FOR CHARLOTTE IN ANY WAY? “The clock resets at midnight in my eyes. I’ve been racing a long time and I wear my emotions on my sleeve, but I’m happy we were able to get to victory lane tonight.”

WHAT’S THE BIGGEST THING YOU’VE LEARNED AS A DRIVER THIS YEAR? “I’ve always been able to be versatile when it comes to driving different race cars. I’m labeled and I’m completely OK with being labled a modified guy, but I grew up racing open-wheel midgets and micros. I’ve raced a lot of different race cars and pretty much won in them all, so I do embrace my northeast roots and where I come from and where I’ve really made my mark, but, at the same time, I feel like as a race car driver you need to be able to be good in anything at any time.”

HOW DO YOU LOOK AHEAD WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES THE REST OF THE YEAR? “If somebody wants to step up and help pay tires and all these other things for me to race my late model or my modified more often, I will, but I’m lucky that I do have supporters that help me race when I’m not racing in the national series, but, like I’ve said, I race for fun and I enjoy it, but I race for winning. I’m kind of almost looking at my short track schedule as I’ve got to pick bigger money races to go run. You’ve got to look at it as a business because other things are involved. At the same time, when I’m not racing in Xfinity or Truck or any of the other stuff I’m at the shop. I’m working out with the pit crew guys. I’m in those driver debrief meetings and listening in and trying to be as up-to-date as possible with this Cup car, so if that opportunity ever were to happen that there’s a very slim to none window of learning the car.”

ARE YOU STILL DOING A LOT OF SIM DRIVING? “I’m busier now than I ever was. I mean, there’s a lot of days where I’ll get text messages to come in and fill in for people I’m usually there a couple times a week for quite a few hours, so it’s a good role to have.”

HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH THIS CAR? “I’m really comfortable with it. Dover was a better run. I feel like the result didn’t show, but we were really fast and we had great speed and had a pretty good day. We’re all just learning the car right now. There are a lot of things that teams are learning and the progression of this car is gonna be really quick. I think it’s not done. I don’t even think we’ve scratched the surface on teams figuring things out, so I just want to be a part of that and be there and be ready because I’ve said this in the past, when those opportunities happen, I’m gonna be ready.”

CHEVROLET NCS AT NASHVILLE: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Press Conference Transcript

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NASCAR CUP SERIES
NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY
ALLY 400
TEAM CHEVY PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT

JUNE 24, 2022

RICKY STENHOUSE JR., NO. 47 KROGER / ENTENMANN’S CAMARO ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Nashville Superspeedway. Press Conference Transcript:

BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH QUESTIONS, I’M GOING TO HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANNOUCEMENT ON YOUR END.

“It’s always good to be in Nashville, especially after last year. We obviously had a really good run here in the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race. I’m hoping we can translate that into this new car and you continue that success that we had here last year.

It’s been a good week, so far. Myself and everybody at JTG Daugherty Racing inked a new contract for me for a multi-year contract. That’s been something that we’ve been working on. I know that a few people have asked me over the last few weeks kind of where that was. But we had been working on that. I’m very thankful for Tad (Geschickter), Brad (Daugherty), Jodi (Geschickter), Gordon (Smith), everybody in the ownership group. And then obviously everybody in the race shop. We have so many people that don’t get to travel with us every weekend that put their heart and soul into this organization and I’m glad to be a part of it.”

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO STAY?

“I really have enjoyed my time at JTG Daugherty Racing. I feel like we haven’t had the end results, points-wise. But I feel like we’ve had so many bright spots throughout our first few seasons together. I feel like with this new car – we were hoping to have it last year and continue to build on that. Obviously, this is the first year with it. So I know for me and the way this car has been, I feel like at certain race tracks we kind of have it figured out. And then there are other race tracks where we’re pretty out to lunch and we’re still looking for those parts and pieces to be in the right spot to be fast.

But I feel confident with the people that we have that we will be able to do that. Tad and everybody at Kroger has put a lot of faith in me to come over here and drive the car and I think we’ve shown some really solid strong runs this year. I had opportunity to win at Dover, I felt like. Charlotte, we had a really fast car. So, I think that’s the reason why. I just really enjoy the family atmosphere from the top, down. Everybody in our shop, our partners – it’s been a really good relationship.”

INAUDIBLE

“I don’t actually know where anybody else’s contracts are (laughs).

Like I said, from the top to bottom, obviously I’ve had a super long relationship with Brian (Pattie). And you look at people in the shop, Mike Kelley. Ernie (Cope) and I, even though we haven’t worked together for a long time, we’ve had really good relationships when we raced against each other. I just feel like everybody believes in each other there and I think that’s what I look for in our group going forward. This car is supposed to stay the same for years to come and I think that’s only going to help us build our notebook going forward.”

IS THIS KIND OF LIKE A HOME GAME FOR YOU? DO YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE WANTING TO COME AND JOIN YOU AT NASHVILLE THAN NORMAL RACES SINCE IT’S PRETTY CLOSE TO HOME?

“For sure. You know, in the XFINITY series, this was my home race track; I guess once Memphis was off the schedule. So yeah, it’s close to home. I have a lot of friends and family that live in the area. And then obviously, for my family coming up from home, it’s four and a half hours. So, really close to home. They’ve got a few spots on the backstretch, so we’ll go and watch the Truck race with them. It’s always nice to have family around and friends that want to come out and support you. And then obviously friends in the music industry that they want to come out here, as well. It definitely feels like a home game. I wouldn’t say that Nashville in my Xfinity Series career was top of the list. But after last year, I had a lot of fun, so hopefully it stays there.”

I TALKED TO (BRIAN) PATTIE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HE SAID YOU GUYS DISCOVERED SOMETHING WITH THE CAR’S GEOMETRY AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU ALL HAD BEEN RUNNING SO WELL. BUT HE SAID IT’S LIKE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, WHERE AS MUCH HELP AS YOU GET FROM CHEVROLT, WHEN YOU GUYS HIT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP. HOW FRUSTRATING IS THAT BEING A SINGLE CAR TEAM, NOT HAVING THE DEPTH OF ENGINEERING THAT SOME OF THESE GROUPS HAVE – HITTING ON SOMETHING AND KNOWING IT’S GOING TO BE SHORT TERM BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP?

“Obviously we were really good at the faster race tracks, like Fontana and Vegas. We had strong runs there. And then, we really didn’t get back to those tracks until Dover and then we had that really good stretch of runs.

Yeah, we hit on something and definitely you get asked to share those things. I wish we got as much information back the other way. I think that would really help our program a lot. I feel like our group of guys really work hard together to come up with any setup that we can that’s going to move the needle in the right direction. And we take all the information that we get – whether it be a lot or a little – and we try to make the most of it. Our guys are doing a great job with that.

Like I said, the short track stuff, we’re still trying to figure out. We know that we have a lot of work to do there. But if we can continue to be as strong as we have been on the 1.5-mile tracks, that will kind of get us through the season and hopefully we figure that out on the short tracks before too long.”

WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ATLANTA AND THE FACT THAT IT NOW HAS THAT SUPERSPEEDWAY FEEL. DO YOU GO THERE PRETTY CONFIDENT?

“Heck yeah. I’m looking forward to going back to Atlanta. Our car was so fast there earlier this year. It handled really well and I felt like it was the class of the field; and then obviously we blew that tire leading. So hopefully we learned a little bit throughout the season on the tire issues that we can maybe help ourselves. Again, that’s some of the information that we didn’t have before the race that we got after the race; on some tire pressure, camber, things that definitely would have helped if we had them before the race. Instead, we found out the hard way. But obviously it being hot and slick when we get to Atlanta this time versus where we were at the beginning of the season, I think a good handling race car is going to be even that much more important. I know Brian Pattie and my guys will give me that.”

JUST A MOMENT AGO TALKING TO TYLER (REDDICK), HE TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY THE MENTAL DRAIN OF A SUPERSPEEDWAY RACE, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A PHYSICAL COMPONMENT TO IT THAT HE DIDN’T REALLY ANTICIPATE. DID YOU FIND THAT RACE MORE MENTALLY DRAINING THAN MAYBE SOMETHING AT DAYTONA OR TALLADEGA? HOW DID THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DRAIN FEEL?

“I guess you could say mentally it was a little bit different than Daytona and Talladega, just because we weren’t 100% sure what to expect. It was a brand new race track. There was some bumps off the turn four on the top side that we were trying to navigate and figure out what the car was going to do over those bumps. There’s kind of the narrow entry into turn three. Obviously in practice, when you’re by yourself, the bottom was by far the fastest lane around the racetrack; and then it ended up being kind of in the middle to the top during the race. I felt like as a driver, you’re just trying to figure out that new track. We weren’t 100 percent sure it was going to race like a speedway until we got out there. In practice it did, but nobody was really pressing the issues. Once we all started going flat out and really racing, we weren’t sure if that was going to be the case and then obviously it was. So just trying to learn the track physically. I didn’t think the track was much more demanding physically. I did have a headache when the No. 2 hit me in the door when we blew a tire. But other than that, I felt like the car was similar at Daytona and Talladega, physically-wise.”

INAUDIBLE

“Yeah, I would say it was more compressed and definitely things happen quicker. The track is a little bit narrower than what we’re used to for a speedway, which obviously makes it a little bit more tricky, as well. And then, when you have such high banking and you’re going into the corner and the radius is tighter, it’s harder to see out the corner. I would say that’s maybe the biggest difference.”

OBVIOUSLY, THE NO. 10 IS OPEN FOR NEXT YEAR. I’M CURIOUS, DID YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH STEWART-HAAS ABOUT THAT CAR? WERE YOU NERVOUS AT ALL WHETHER JTG DAUGHERTY WOULD KEEP YOU?

“I let Josh at KHI kind of handle everything off the race track, as far as contracts go and talking to other teams. We feel like we have a really good fit and felt like JTG Daugherty Racing was where we wanted to be. I feel really confident in who we have and what we’re doing right now; and want to continue to grow that can keep that going. I don’t want to bounce around from team to team. I don’t think that does myself or anybody really any favors. So I want to build on what we’ve started.

Yeah, we haven’t had consistently the runs that we want. But I think we’ve had a lot of shining moments, especially this year. We know those race tracks and we know where we struggle. Was I worried? I try not to worry too much about that. I feel like I have a really good relationship with our whole organization, especially Tad. He comes to every race track and I feel confident with everything that he does. He believes in me and like I said earlier, I think everybody at our company believes in each other. We go to battle together. So, I was never really worried. I felt really good about it.”

YOU HAD A STREAK OF FOUR TOP-10 FINISHES. DID THAT REALLY SEAL THE DEAL FOR YOUR CONTRACT TO BE RE-SIGNED WITH JTG DAUGHERTY RACING?

“I’m not sure – that would be a Tad question (laughs). Tad and myself have been chatting about this since the beginning of the season. Tad’s always working on getting funding for our car and working on things probably a little more important than my contract, as far as making the team go around. Tad does a great job with that.

Yeah, good runs never hurt. But I think that stretch of races we kind of had circled as race tracks that we felt like we could do exactly what we accomplished. I know a lot of people were kind of surprised that we were able to do that, but internally, we felt like we were capable of doing that. It was cool to feel that way and actually fulfill that thought process.”

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT YOU HOPE THAT THE CAR IS AROUND FOR YEARS TO COME. HOW MUCH MORE SECURE WERE YOU IN SIGNING THIS DEAL WITH THE NEXT GEN THIS YEAR? DID THAT GIVE YOU A LOT MORE SECURITY IN KNOWING THIS IS A PLACE YOU COULD BE?

“Obviously I’ve been in the Cup Series for quite some time now. I felt like if you weren’t spending a ton of money or had all this information coming in and trying to develop new parts and pieces, you really weren’t going to catch-up when something’s always evolving and always changing. And so, obviously when I first signed my contract at JTG Daugherty Racing, our second year we were supposed to have that car and that’s what I was really looking forward to. Like hey, we might not be exactly where we want to be our first year, but this new car is coming in. We can learn it, more of the pieces are going to stay the same from season to season, and let’s try and build on that. We had to wait an extra year for that. So, for me, I was very thankful that we were able to add another year to our contract to run this year with this race car. It definitely gave me the confidence running this car so far this year that I feel like being here, we can still do great things and contend for wins.”

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The Advantages of Louder Motorcycle Horns

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Motorcycles are one of the most popular modes of transportation in the United States. They are also often used for recreation.

A motorcycle’s horn is an important safety feature that alerts other drivers to their presence.

The sound of a motorcycle horn is also an important part of the experience for riders. Many people enjoy the deep, loud sound that they produce.

Since this is so, it can be difficult to find a motorcycle horn that satisfies both rider and driver needs.

It will also give insight into what factors you should consider when buying a new motorcycle horn for your bike!

Why a Loud Motorcycle Horn is Important for Your Safety

Motorcycles are not as safe as cars. They are more vulnerable to accidents and therefore have a higher risk of injury. Therefore, it is important to take safety precautions to reduce the chances of getting injured in an accident.

A loud motorcycle horn is an important safety precaution for motorcycles because it can help alert other drivers or pedestrians when they are in the vicinity of a motorcycle. This way, there is less chance of a crash happening and less chance of getting injured in the event that one does happen. Also, in case of an accident, it’s important to work with a car accident lawyer Atlanta who knows how to defend you from liability claims.

How to Choose the Best Loud Motorcycle Horns for Your Needs

A motorcycle horn is a device that is used to warn other vehicles and pedestrians of the presence of a motorcycle. It is also used to attract attention in emergencies. The horn can be operated by a hand trigger or via a switch on the handlebars.

Loud motorcycle horns are an important part of your safety kit. It’s not just for car drivers, but also for pedestrians and other cyclists.

A good horn will make a loud noise that can be heard from a long distance. You should also make sure that it’s easy to use and can be mounted on the bike in a convenient place.

Motorcycle horns are an important accessory for any biker. They are not only used to warn other drivers on the road, but also to express the rider’s personality.

The best way to find the perfect motorcycle horn is by comparing them and reading reviews. There are many factors that you need to take into account when choosing a motorcycle horn, so it’s important that you do your research before making a purchase.

There are many different types of motorcycle horns that you can choose from. The most popular type is a horn with a high decibel rating which has an air compressor and a large diaphragm to create a loud sound.

This type of horn is often used by law enforcement officers as well as those who want to make sure they are heard on the road. Loud motorcycle horns are also popular with those who ride motorcycles because it makes them feel safer when sharing the road with other drivers or pedestrians.

There are a few factors that you should consider before buying a motorcycle:

The first factor is the size of the horn. If you ride a smaller bike, such as a scooter, you will want to find a smaller-sized horn. You also want to consider your budget and how much noise is too much for your ears. Finally, think about what type of sound is best for your needs – do you need a bright sound or something more mellow? Check out these loud motorcycle horns

Conclusion

Motorcycle horns are a key safety precaution for drivers and pedestrians alike. As such, they should be loud enough to ensure that the sound carries long distances.

The benefits of louder motorcycle horns are that they can help alert other vehicles on the road of a motorcycle’s presence, which in turn helps prevent accidents and injuries. They also provide an additional level of security for the driver, as they can scare off potential attackers. Besides the horn, you can check more products here to upgrade your bike. 

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