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Chandler Smith – No. 18 Safelite Tundra TRD Pro Camping World Trucks Nashville Preview

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Chandler Smith: Driver, No. 18 Safelite® Toyota

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Overview:
Event: Rackley Roofing 200, Race 14 of 23, 150 Laps – 45/50/55; 199.5 Miles
Location: Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway (1.33-mile D-shaped oval)
Date/Broadcast: June 24, 2022, at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

Chandler Chatter:

Chandler Smith and the No. 18 Safelite team head to Nashville Superspeedway for Friday’s Rackley Roofing 200 in the middle of a four-truck battle for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular season championship. Smith held the top spot heading into last week’s race at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway but slid to the fourth position after registering a 13th-place finish. With three races remaining before the playoffs start, he finds himself 14 points behind his KBM teammate John Hunter Nemechek, with Zane Smith five points behind Nemechek in second and Ben Rhodes 10 points behind in third.

In last year’s Truck Series race at Nashville, Smith led a race-high 46 laps and won Stage Two before getting shuffled back on a restart late in the race and finishing 13th.

Through the first 13 events of the season Smith ranks first among Truck Series regulars in average finish (9.1), laps completed (1735) and quality passes (509), third in driver rating (100.3), and average running position (9.007) and fourth in average starting position (8.0) and fastest laps run (70). He has produced one win, 96 laps led, six top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his sophomore campaign. With 10 races remaining this season, Smith has already matched the number of top-five and top-10 finishes he had in 2021.

The Georgia driver earned NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors in 2021 and finished eighth in the championship standings after producing two victories, one pole, 213 laps led, six top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his first full-time season. He earned his first career Truck Series victory at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in September and in the series finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway earned his first career pole and swept all three stages en route to his second victory.

Across 51 career Truck Series starts, the Toyota Racing Development driver had recorded three wins, one pole, 402 laps led, 20 top-five and 27 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 13.4.

In addition to his Truck Series schedule in 2022, Smith is competing in a three-race schedule with Sam Hunt Racing (SHR). Smith finished 38th in his series debut at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway after a mid-race wreck and finished 21st at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway. His final race with SHR will come Oct. 22 at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.

Veteran crew chief Danny Stockman will once again call the shots for Smith and the No. 18 team in 2022. Stockman’s drivers have produced six victories at KBM across his first two seasons, including two with Smith behind the wheel in 2021. The veteran crew chief captured a Truck Series championship with Austin Dillon in 2011 and also won an Xfinity Series championship with Dillon in 2013. Stockman’s drivers have collected one win, one pole, 104 laps led, two top-five and two top-10 finishes across five starts at Nashville. Dillon won the pole and the race in July of 2011.

Safelite, the nation’s largest provider of vehicle glass repair, replacement and recalibration services, returns to KBM for a fifth season and will be the primary sponsor on Smith’s Tundra TRD Pro Tundra for 16 races this year, including Friday’s race at Nashville. Charge Me will serve as an associate sponsor on the bedtop of Smith’s No. 18 Tundra TRD Pro this weekend. Charge Me was founded on the principle that the electric vehicle (EV) revolution will require robust infrastructure support at all levels.

Chandler Smith, Driver Q&A:

You led a bunch of laps and won a stage at Nashville last year. What do you have to do this year to have a better finish in the end?
“Last year at Nashville we were really strong and had a lot of speed but with that being said I wasn’t really happy with my Safelite Tundra. We were fighting a little bit of tight on exit and once I got back in dirty air with Nashville being a concrete track and being a one to two groove track it reminded me of Dover with dirty air and how tight it makes you. Once we got back in dirty air we were just as tight as I was up front in clean air, and I wasn’t able to go anywhere. Thinking about that, going back we want to be able to have maneuverability and in the back of my mind and Stockman’s mind (Danny, crew chief) we have to think about we need to do better if we get in dirty air. That’s the mentality we are going with and we’re going to win.”

Is there a track that you’ve raced at this season that is similar to Nashville that you can take notes from?
“Not really, it’s close to a mile-and-a-half in length, but as far as the approach with setup and mentality, it’s a short-track mentality from my perspective. With that being said, we’ve been really strong at the short tracks and setup wise that is what we’re going with is kind of a short-track package to an extent with little things here and there to make up for how big the track is. I’m really confident in the speed we’ve had at short tracks and mile-and-a-halves, so going to a track that is a little smaller and where we have good experience at in the past, I’m really confident.”

Does it give you extra motivation to have an extra $50,000 on the line with the Triple Truck Challenge?
“That would help a lot, especially with the diaper bill that is going to start coming along here in the next few months. Bigger picture for us is the regular season championship. That’s what we are all eyes on and that’s what we are trying to get.”

Chandler Smith Career Highlights:

  • Across 51 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts has recorded three wins, 402 laps led, 20 top-five and 27 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 13.4.
  • Earned NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors in 2021 and finished eighth in the championship standings after producing two victories, one pole, 213 laps led, six top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his first full-time season. He earned his first career Truck Series victory at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in September and in the series finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway earned his first career pole and swept all three stages en route to his second victory.
  • Has posted an average finish of 29.5 across two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts in 2022, with a best result of 22nd coming at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.
  • Has collected nine wins, 10 poles, 1783 laps led, 22 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes en route to an average finish of 5.4 across 34 career ARCA Menards Series starts.

Chandler Smith’s No. 18 Safelite Tundra:
KBM-68: The No. 18 Safelite team will unload KBM-68 for Friday’s race at the Nashville. In its lone start this season, Smith brought home an eighth-place finish with this Tundra TRD Pro at Texas Motor Speedway in May. John Hunter Nemechek’s third-place result at Bristol last year has been KBM-68’s best result across six career starts.
KBM-68 Performance Profile

KBM Notes of Interest:

  • KBM drivers have collected two wins, two poles, 319 laps led, two top-five and four top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.0 across eight starts at Nashville.
  • Owner-driver Kyle Busch picked up the organization’s first ever victory at the 1.33-mile oval in 2010 and won again in 2011.
  • KBM holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (95) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). With his victory at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway, Corey Heim became the 18th different driver to win a Truck Series event for KBM. In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
  • The No. 18, the number which was on the first Tundra that went to victory lane for KBM in 2010, has 24 career victories.

John Hunter Nemechek – No. 4 Mobil 1 Tundra TRD Pro Camping World Trucks Nashville Preview

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John Hunter Nemechek: Driver, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Overview:
Event: Rackley Roofing 200, Race 14 of 23, 150 Laps – 45/50/55; 199.5 Miles
Location: Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway (1.33-mile D-shaped oval)
Date/Broadcast: June 24, 2022, at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

Neme’chek’ the Facts:

With a runner-up finish at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway this past weekend, John Hunter Nemechek and the No.4 Mobil 1 team jumped to the top of the board in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings. Nemechek now enters Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway with a five-point lead with just three races remaining in the regular season. In his lone NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Nashville in 2021, Nemechek started 34th and drove his way up to a 10th-place finish.

Nemechek has accumulated a series high 88 points over the past two races to catapult to the top of the leaderboard. The talented wheelman has also finished in the top-10 in nine out of the last 10 events and leads the NASCAR Truck Series regulars in poles (four), average starting position (6.6), and average running position (8.431).

Friday’s race will be the second of three races in the Truck Series Triple Truck Challenge, with an extra $50,000 on the line for the winner. The final race of the Triple Truck Challenge will be July 9 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. If a driver can win two of the three races, they will be awarded an extra $50,000 totaling $150,000 and if the same driver wins all three races, they earn a $300,000 bonus bringing the total to $500,000. KBM’s Corey Heim collected the extra money with his win at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway on the first leg of the Triple Truck Challenge.

The 25-year-old driver is a 12-time winner in Camping World Truck Series action, winning at least one race each season from 2015 to 2018 for his family-owned team, NEMCO Motorsports, and returning to victory lane in 2021 and 2022 with KBM. Across 137 career starts in NASCAR’s third division, he has compiled six poles, 1,369 laps led, 46 top-five and 75 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.4.

While the Camping World Truck series will be off next week, Nemechek is slated to make his sixth Xfinity Series start of the season at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. piloting the No. 26 GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. In his first five Xfinity Series starts this season; the second-generation driver has led 146 laps and has three top-five and three top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.0.

Eric Phillips returned to lead the No. 4 team in 2022. His 42 career Truck Series victories make him the winningest crew chief in Truck Series history, with 33 of those coming while at KBM including five last year. Phillips led the No. 18 team at KBM in its debut season in 2010 and helped build the organization into one of the premier teams in all of NASCAR before departing at the end of the 2014 season. Under his guidance, the No. 18 team won eight races in its inaugural campaign and became the first team in Truck Series history to capture an owner’s championship in its first season of competition. In 2014, the Illinois native led the No. 51 team to an owner’s championship and his team’s 10 wins spearheaded KBM to a single-season Truck Series record of 14 wins. Phillip’s has called the shots for 11 starts at Nashville Superspeedway. In those 11 starts, his drivers have tallied two wins (Kyle Busch – 2010 & 2011), two poles, 271 laps led, two top-five and four top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 15.3. Busch’s win in 2010 was the first career Truck Series win for KBM.

The world’s leading synthetic motor oil, Mobil 1, will adorn the hood of the No. 4 Tundra TRD Pro this Saturday at Knoxville Raceway. Mobil 1 returns as the primary sponsor of Nemechek’s Toyota for two more races in 2022; July 9 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Oct. 1 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

John Hunter Nemechek, Driver Q&A:

Is there another track on the schedule that you would compare to Nashville or is it unique?
“I think Nashville itself is unique; concrete racetrack, over a mile, kind of races like a superspeedway a little bit with a little bit of short track corners where you use break. There’s a lot of off throttle time compared to our normal mile-and-a-half racetracks that we go to. It’s a little bit different for us, I struggled there last year, I feel like we struggled a little bit as a team there last year, so we have our work cut out for us this weekend but looking forward to going there and trying to get KBM another victory at Nashville.”

It’s the second race of the Triple Truck Challenge, do you look forward to competing for the extra cash?
“Yeah, for sure. I can’t thank Camping World and everyone enough that helps put together the Triple Truck Challenge to put a little bonus incentive of cash there. It’s $5ok if you win the race and even more if you win the Triple Truck Challenge so huge shoutout to Camping World, Marcus Lemonis, and everyone involved that puts together this amazing program.”

You reclaimed the points lead after Knoxville. What do you have to do over the next three races to bring home the regular season championship?
“I think for us, we just need to have consistent runs and not make mistakes. We’ve got to be fast, and we know we have trucks capable of doing that, so not dialing ourselves out during practice, putting good races together, finishing up high in the stages and having good results at the end of the race. Just have to put everything together, execute, and not beat ourselves and not make any mistakes.”

John Hunter Nemechek Career Highlights:

  • Twelve-time winner in Camping World Truck Series action, winning at least one race each season from 2015 to 2018 for his family-owned team, NEMCO Motorsports. Across 137 career starts in NASCAR’s third division, has compiled six poles, 1,369 laps led, 46 top-five and 75 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.4. Registered a career-high and series-leading five victories in 2021, earned the NCWTS Regular Season championship and finished third in the final standings after qualifying for the Championship Four for the first time in his career.
  • Produced three top-10 finishes and an average result of 22.4 while competing for rookie of the year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020. He recorded a career-best eighth-place finish twice, both coming at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
  • Across 61 career XFINITY Series starts, has totaled two wins, one pole, 510 laps led, 17 top-five and 36 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 11.8.

John Hunter Nemechek’s No. 4 Mobil 1 Tundra TRD Pro:

KBM-38: The No. 4 Mobil 1 team will unload KBM-38 for Friday’s race at Nashville. Nemechek raced this Tundra once earlier in the season at Kansas where he earned the pole award and went on to finish sixth. Overall, “38 special” has collected seven wins across 23 career starts. Three with Christopher Bell and one each with Kyle Busch, William Byron, Noah Gragson, and John Hunter Nemechek.
KBM-38 Performance Profile

KBM Notes of Interest:

  • KBM drivers have collected two wins, two poles, 319 laps led, two top-five and four top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.0 across eight starts at Nashville.
  • Owner-driver Kyle Busch picked up the organization’s first ever victory at the 1.33-mile oval in 2010 and won again in 2011.
  • KBM holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (95) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). With his victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 19, Corey Heim became the 18th different driver to win a Truck Series event for KBM. In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
  • The No. 4 has 17 career victories at KBM and was the number for both of the organization’s driver championships.

Lifted and Tuned 2014 5.3L Silverado 1500

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AmericanTrucks’ Customer Spotlight Video Release

PAOLI, Pa. (June 20th, 2022) – Parts authority, AmericanTrucks (AT) inspires truck owners with the release of its newest “Customer Spotlight” video. The popular YouTube series features customer builds from across the country. In its latest episode, AT highlights a lifted and tuned, 2014 Silverado with a front and rear bumper courtesy of AT’s exclusive brand, Barricade. Viewers can head to AT’s website to see additional photos and a complete list of mods for this build.

Lifted trucks are modified with the body an extra 1-3 inches off the ground. Truck owners like this and will need jack stands for lifted trucks instead of using the standard-size ones.

AT host, Eric Donaldson heads up the interview with owner Theresa S. from Washington. Theresa’s truck is “tough” with a “good mix of appearance, performance, and utility” mods, says Eric. The Barricade front and rear bumpers are a favorite mod delivering a unique, aggressive look and function. Moving on, Eric digs in a little deeper to find out more about the Factory Style V2 Headlights, S&B Cold Air Intake, Diablosport Tuner, JMS PedalMAX Throttle Controller, and J&L Oil Separator. Viewers will learn more about the purple theme Theresa has going on, and what’s on her wish list for the future.

AT’s “Customer Spotlight” video helps Silverado owners get a risk-free look at some upgrades for their own ride at home. From practical installs like the Weathertech floor liners to extras like the train horn and underglow lighting, Theresa’s build offers something for everyone. AT invites viewers to subscribe to its YouTube channel to stay up to date on all the latest products, installation videos, and other Silverado news.

View it here: https://www.americantrucks.com/profiles/147044

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About AmericanTrucks

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Mahindra Tractors Racing: Chase Briscoe Nashville Advance

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CHASE BRISCOE
Nashville Advance
No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

Event Overview

● Event: Ally 400 (Round 17 of 36)
● Time/Date: 5 p.m. EDT on Sunday, June 26
● Location: Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway
● Layout: 1.333-mile, concrete oval
● Laps/Miles: 300 laps/399 miles
● Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 90 laps / Stage 2: 95 laps / Final Stage: 115 laps
● TV/Radio: NBC / MRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Notes of Interest

● With 16 of 36 races complete, Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) is 13th in the driver championship. He currently holds a spot in the 16-driver playoff field by virtue of his March 13 win at Phoenix Raceway.

● After the season’s only off weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series returns to action at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway for the Ally 400. Sunday’s race marks Briscoe’s second start at the 1.333-mile, concrete oval. In last year’s inaugural Cup Series event there, Briscoe started 16th and ran inside the top-10 for a majority of the race before a loss of brakes sent him into the outside wall on lap 228. The No. 14 was scored 31st despite a strong run to that point.

● While Briscoe only has one start at Nashville, the No. 14 team has shown great improvement in the last two races at intermediate tracks. The Mahindra Tractors driver finished fourth in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway on May 29, then won his career-first pole at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois near St. Louis on June 5. He led the first 27 laps before a flat left-rear tire forced him to make an unscheduled pit stop.

● Mahindra Tractors, a brand of Houston-based Mahindra Ag North America, returns to the No. 14 at Nashville. A part of Mahindra Group’s Automotive and Farm Sector, Mahindra is the No. 1-selling farm tractor company in the world, based on volumes across all company brands. Mahindra farm equipment is engineered to be easy to operate by first-time tractor or side-by-side owners, and heavy duty to tackle the tough jobs of rural living, farming and ranching. Steel-framed Mahindra tractors and side-by-sides are ideal for customers who demand performance, reliability and comfort at a great value. Mahindra dealers are independent, family-owned businesses located throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Chase Briscoe, Driver of the No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing:

We’re nearly halfway through the season with only 10 races left before the playoffs begin. Performance has improved the last few weeks, so do you feel like things are back on track and you could be a championship favorite?

“Well, you still have to get to Phoenix. If you don’t get to Phoenix, it doesn’t matter how good you are. If you had asked me that four or five weeks ago, I would have said no way. But we got back to what we were doing at the beginning of the year and I feel like we have our speed back. Hopefully, we can continue this. But, I don’t think there is a championship favorite. There are a lot of guys who are capable. This NextGen car, it is so weird how it is. One week you can be really good and the next week you can be way, way off. We just have to continue to get better and put ourselves in a position to keep trying to run up front. If we do that and get to Phoenix, I am confident we can go there and battle. It is just a matter of getting there. If you aren’t one of the final four guys, it doesn’t matter how good you are there.”

Is there anything about this new car that has made you rewire how you drive a car and has challenged you in that way?

“I haven’t felt like it’s a lot different, to be honest. I feel like it’s still a racecar. It still does a lot of the same things. I felt like maybe when I got decent on the road courses is when I started maximizing the brake zones in the old car, and with this car you can do that a lot better, so I guess just how you drive with the brake pedal on the road courses would be the biggest thing that I kind of have to retrain myself on. But truthfully, with the IMSA stuff I’ve done, it’s kind of similar to that feel, so I wouldn’t say that I’ve had as much muscle memory to relearn or forget about switching from the old car. I haven’t had any issues – knock on wood – but it is different, I think, for the guys who have done it for a long time and are trying to retrain themselves with a lot of those things.”

How does the Next Gen car change what a driver now does on a restart?

“This car doesn’t create as big of a hole on restarts from an aero standpoint. The old car, with that 500 package, it would just create such a huge hole that you’d get such big runs on restarts and you could gain six, seven spots on a straightaway. It was just different how it responded down the straightaway, where this car doesn’t necessarily seem to have that as much. I feel like, with the old car, you would maybe sometimes gain two or three rows on lane choice even on some of these mile-and-a-halves because guys didn’t want to be on the bottom on the straightaway. With this new car, it seems like everybody takes inside out, it’s back and forth and you don’t really get that huge row gain like you used to be able to with the old car. So, I feel like you have to be a little more aggressive in this car just because it seems like obviously restarts is the easiest time to get the positions, and then after that it gets pretty aero-sensitive.”

No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Team Roster

Primary Team Members

Driver: Chase Briscoe
Hometown: Mitchell, Indiana

Crew Chief: John Klausmeier
Hometown: Perry Hall, Maryland

Car Chief: J.D. Frey
Hometown: Ferndale, California

Engineer: Mike Cook
Hometown: Annapolis, Maryland

Engineer: Marc Hendricksen
Hometown: Clinton, New Jersey

Spotter: Joey Campbell
Hometown: Berlin, Connecticut

Over-The-Wall Members

Front Tire Changer: Daniel Coffey
Hometown: Granite Falls, North Carolina

Rear Tire Changer: Dakota Ratcliff
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee

Tire Carrier: Jon Bernal
Hometown: Shelby, North Carolina

Jack Man: Brandon Banks
Hometown: High Point, North Carolina

Fuel Man: Corey Coppola
Hometown: Bluefield, West Virginia

Road Crew Members

Underneath Mechanic: Stephen Gonzalez
Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina

Interior Mechanic: Trevor Adams
Hometown: Naples, Florida

Tire Specialist: Keith Eads
Hometown: Arlington, Virginia

Shock Specialist: Brian Holshouser
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina

Engine Tuner: Jon Phillips
Hometown: Jefferson City, Missouri

Transporter Co-Driver: Todd Cable
Hometown: Shelby, North Carolina

Transporter Co-Driver: Rob Fink
Hometown: Mocksville, North Carolina

Gilliland Goes Country in Nashville with Boot Barn

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Talks Music, NASCAR Fans, Racing and Where to Meet Him This Weekend

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (June 21, 2022) – Boot Barn, the largest western and workwear retailer in the United States, continues its partnership with Todd Gilliland this weekend in Music City. Boot Barn will once again adorn the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports (FRM) team as they will race at the Nashville Superspeedway. For Gilliland, it’s a fun weekend for which he is ready.

“Who doesn’t love NASCAR, a little country music, and Nashville?” asked Gilliland. “This is one of the most fun weekends of the season. Everyone loves to come to Nashville, dress up, go down Broadway Street and take in the sights and sounds. NASCAR and Nashville just go together. It’s an awesome time.”

Gilliland, who recently took in a Morgan Wallen concert, loves the common music interests of Nashville and NASCAR fans.

“I love all types of music, from hip hop to country music, but when you come to Nashville you have to go out and take in the country music – it’s everywhere. You see so many fans in the city having a good time and NASCAR fans really turn out for this race. You get excited to see that and you want to go in, take in the music and meet the fans.”

Looking good is also a big part of the electric atmosphere in Nashville. For Gilliland, he has Boot Barn ready to take care of that for him.

“You can’t go out in Nashville without looking your best,” continued Gilliland. “I am lucky because Boot Barn has me hooked up. Nashville has its own fashion vibe and it’s cool to relax, look good, and have fun.”

But Gilliland knows there is work to do in Nashville, too. His rookie season continues as does his learning experiences. Gilliland, who finished second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Nashville in 2021, is excited to return for the first time in a Cup car.

“It’s always a lot better when I come into a track where I have laps there,” Gilliland stated. “We finished great here last year when we were in the Truck Series. Hopefully, I can use that knowledge this weekend and give Boot Barn a great result on the track.”

Fans will have the opportunity to meet Gilliland on Saturday, June 25, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Boot Barn store located at 318 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. 37201. Gilliland will sign autographs, take photos, and fans can browse the Boot Barn showroom floor in downtown Nashville.

Gilliland and the No. 38 Boot Barn Mustang will then take to the track at Nashville Speedway on Sunday, June 26, at 5:00 p.m. ET on NBC.

ABOUT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS

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

KRIS WRIGHT: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News and Notes: Nashville Superspeedway

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KRIS WRIGHT
No. 44 Big Dog Energy Chevrolet Silverado
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News and Notes
Event: Rackley Roofing 200
Date: Friday, June 24, 2022
Venue: Nashville Superspeedway
Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
Track Description: 1.33 mile(s)
Race: 150 laps / 199.5 miles

Returning Big Dog Energy … Big Dog Energy, a family-owned natural gas company, has partnered with Kris Wright, driver of the Niece Motorsports No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado, for multiple NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events including this weekend at the Nashville Superspeedway. The multiple-race partnership with Wright commenced with the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and continued at the Kansas Speedway. For more information on Big Dog Energy, LLC, headquartered in Wexford, Pa., visit Instagram (@bigdogenergyllc).

Music City Duet … This weekend marks Kris Wright’s second start at the Nashville Superspeedway with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In his debut at Music City’s home for NASCAR on June 18, 2021, Wright started the 150-lap event from the 29th-place and finished in the 32nd-place.

Speedway Stats: The Wexford, Pa., -native has 17 combined NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts on speedways (tracks 1 to 2-miles in length).

KRIS WRIGHT STATISTICS

QUOTE WORTHY

Kris Wright, driver of the No. 44 Big Dog Energy Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports
On the Nashville Superspeedway:
“Country music, and great food. I cannot wait to get my boots on the ground in “Smashville.” The Rackley Roofing 200 is going to be electric. Our oval package has shown speed at the past few NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events – so, let us get to line dancing at 170 mph.

“It is the last race of the eight-week stretch. I am excited for the No. 44 Big Dog Energy Chevrolet Silverado team to end it on a high note in the country music capital.”

Kris Wright on Social Media … To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and exclusive content, visit KrisWrightMotorsports.com or connect with Kris Wright on Facebook (/KrisWrightRacing), Twitter (@KrisOnNASCAR) or Instagram (@krisonnascar).

Niece Motorsports’ NASCAR Camping World Truck Series History … Since entering the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2016, the Mooresville, N.C., -based organization has logged 339 starts with 40 drivers, including NASCAR Cup Series drivers Trevor Bayne, Ross Chastain, and Kyle Larson. Niece Motorsports has collected four victories (Ross Chastain, 2019: Kansas, Gateway, and Pocono, 2022: Charlotte), 24 top-five finishes and 62 top-10 finishes and has logged an average starting position of 19.6 and an average finishing position of 19.2.

NIECE MOTORSPORTS STATISTICS

Niece Motorsports’ NASCAR Camping World Truck Series History at the Nashville Superspeedway … The organization posted a team best finish of 16th-place at the track on June 18, 2021 with driver Carson Hocevar. The three previous starts at the Nashville Superspeedway have earned Niece Motorsports an overall average starting position of 17.7 and an average finish of 21.3.

Catch the Action … The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rackley Roofing 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway will be broadcast live on FS1 on Friday, June 24, starting with NASCAR RaceDay: NCWTS at Nashville Superspeedway at 7:30 p.m. (ET). It will also broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 7:30 p.m. (ET). Qualifying for the 14th event of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule will air on Friday at 4:00 p.m. (ET) on FS1.

DGR NCWTS Advance: Nashville Superspeedway

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Friday, June 24
Track: Nashville Superspeedway, 1.33-mile concrete oval
Race: 14 of 23
Event: Rackley Roofing 200 (150 laps, 200 miles)

Schedule
Friday, June 24
Practice: 4:00 p.m. ET
Qualifying: 4:30 p.m. ET
Race: 8:00 p.m. ET (FOX Sports 1)

Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Wastequip Ford F-150 

  • Hailie Deegan will be making her 37th career NCWTS start this Saturday as the series takes on the Rackley Roofing 200.
  • Deegan tied her highest finish of the season at Knoxville Raceway last weekend, scoring a dominating heat race victory en route to a 15th-place finish.
  • Deegan will be making her second career appearance at Nashville Superspeedway. The 20-year-old finished 21st in last year’s contest following a strong top-15 qualifying effort.
  • Veteran Crew Chief Mike Hillman Jr. has made 10 career NCWTS starts at the 1.33 mile oval. The two-time series champion has totaled five top-fives, seven top-10’s and netted a 2011 victory with Todd Bodine.

Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance F-150

  • Tanner Gray will make his 62nd career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start when the series rolls into Nashville Superspeedway on Friday.
  • Last season at the 1.33-mile concrete oval, the Ford driver started from the tail after inspection issues and rallied to finish 18th.
  • Gray had just entered the top-10 at Knoxville last race before a flat right front tire forced the No. 15 pitside. He was trapped one lap down and finished 22nd.
  • Jerry Baxter has 11 starts at Nashville in the Xfinity Series with one victory (Michael Waltrip – 2004), three top-fives and six top-10s.

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

  • Ryan Preece and Hunt Brothers Pizza reunite this Friday looking to defend last year’s triumph at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • In five starts this season, Preece has two top-fives and four top-10s and narrowly missed out on extending his top-10 streak with an 11th-place finish in his most recent start at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
  • Not only will the veteran driver be looking to repeat his Nashville victory from one season ago, but he will be looking for back-to-back wins for the No. 17 F-150 as Todd Gilliland led 58 laps and scored pay dirt at Knoxville Raceway last Saturday night.
  • Seth Smith will pair up with Preece for the second time this season. The duo finished seventh together at Darlington Raceway on May 6.

Cadillac Racing Jimmie Johnson Zoom transcript

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CADILLAC RACING WATKINS GLEN PREVIEW: ZOOM TRANSCRIPT

Jimmie Johnson, co-driver of the No. 48 Ally Cadillac DPi-V.R, met with the media June 21 via Zoom conference to preview this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen on the 3.45-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International road course. Johnson will team with Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Rockenfeller for the third round of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup.

Transcript of IMSA-related questions:

WATKINS GLEN, TOUGH RACETRACK. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING THIS WEEKEND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE?

“I’m happy to be back in the race car and happy to be back with everybody at Action Express Racing. Really excited to see Kamui and Mike – two great human beings and great guys to be around. All in all, I have a lot of excitement to come back to Watkins Glen. It’s a track and area that I really do enjoy. And to be on the track through the full loop – the Boot – I have not done that many times in all the trips that I’ve been there, so I’m excited to run the full-distance track. And in one of these DPi Cadillacs, the pace and effort you have to drive around that racetrack is quite impressive. Especially comparing it to my days in NASCAR. Some of the braking zones, the Bus Stop and the Carousel, it’s just mind-blowing how fast these cars can travel through those tight little areas. So very excited to get back and have that experience once again.”

HOW BIG WOULD A WIN BE FOR YOU THIS WEEKEND?

“It would be incredible to win at Watkins Glen. Incredible to win in another division and series. And then the way sports car racing and endurance racing works, the team atmosphere. I really feel like I’m part of the family at Action Express Racing, and to do so and to win as a race team and as a family in a sense would be really special, too.”

HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE IN TUNE WITH THE TEAM AND THE CAR COMING BACK TO WATKINS GLEN?

“I truly feel like I’m in a better place. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to drive the car at Sebring to see where I kind of fit in and get more time in the DPi car. Clearly, I’ve been a lot more busy in the IndyCar and have a lot more reps and I feel like I’m evolving and more on pace. I think the 24 and even Petit last year you can see that gap closing and I felt much more comfortable and competitive in the car. In a short race, a six-hour race, the importance of being on pace is even higher yet. I’m excited to get a few laps in practice, and I’m not sure I’ll get much more than that the way the practice sessions work out. Hopefully, the time I spend in the sim tomorrow actually will pay off and I can get a step closer to the pace I want to run.”

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU’RE EXPECTING TO SPEND IN THE CAR SUNDAY?

“I think it’s how things play out in the race. A six-hour race with three drivers there’s not a lot of drive time period. But I think the time I spend in the car ultimately depends on my pace.”

HAVE YOU HAD ANY MORE TALKS ABOUT LE MANS FOR NEXT YEAR?

“I’m still eagerly awaiting the (INDYCAR) schedule. I’m pushing behind the scenes to Jay Fry (INDYCAR president) and others to try to understand what the schedule might be. I want to go to Le Mans. It would be an amazing experience to go with Hendrick and Action Express and the way this whole partnership works. But I think so much hinges on the schedule being released to understand if I can and from the team standpoint what drivers would be at the top of their list. So, I’m thankful to have had a few conversations with them and I know that there’s interest. I certainly have a ton of interest to do it. We’re just waiting for that first domino to fall.”

IF THE INDYCAR SCHEDULE WORKS OUT, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE PRETTY HIGH ON THAT LIST?

“I do. I feel like the interest is really high on both sides. We haven’t been able to talk anything more formal because the schedule is not out.”

WHERE DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF IN IMSA NEXT YEAR?

“I really think it’s schedule permitting and then the opportunity permitting. There’s such a shakeup next year within sports car racing. I’m not sure the dust is really settled yet to understand where opportunities might lie. I think in the next month or two there will be more clarity for myself and for a few others out there as well just as the series really comes together and cars and seats and opportunities are out there.”

IS IT MORE A CASE OF CAR AVAILABILITY?

“That’s definitely a big player in it.”

FOR 2023, YOU WANT TO DO A FULL INDYCAR SCHEDULE AND ANYTHING THAT FITS?

“Absolutely. What I’ve been doing has been so much fun and enjoyable. I continue to get better and certainly hope to do something similar next year.”

SINCE YOU HAVEN’T BEEN IN THE CADILLAC DPI SINCE DAYTONA, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL TAKE TO GET UP TO SPEED?

“I’m putting a lot of stock into the sim experience I’ll have tomorrow. I know last year I had a testing conflict with INDYCAR and I wasn’t able to drive the sim with Action. After the practice session took place, it was obvious that the sim session would have been very useful for me. The drivers that did participate in it were very pleased with how close reality and sim were for that given experience. So, I worked really hard to get in the sim this time knowing how few laps you get in practice prior to the race. But I think my senses, my eyes have really adjusted well to how fast an IndyCar gets around a racetrack and I think that experience will carry over for us in the DPi car. From a comfort standpoint, the DPi car I’ve been more comfortable in it than I have the IndyCar. The side force properties of the car, the aerodynamics and just the way it rides fits more of my background, if you will. There’s a lot more side force in the car, and it’s always brought me a lot of comfort. So, with all that being said, I’m excited about sim tomorrow and really plan to trust sim and the braking marks and the aggression to drive the track and carry that right to the track and looking forward to that applying.”

WHAT DID YOU LEARN LAST YEAR THAT WILL HELP YOU GOING ALL OUT FOR THOSE BIG LAPS?

“That was truly the eye-opening experience I had last year. I think I only got six laps of practice before the race, and I was nowhere near pace. And then my stint, towards the end of it, I think I had 20-25 laps in the car. At the end I was finally close on pace and ran my fastest lap. It took me 30 laps to find the aggression level, so that’s why I have so much focus on the sim session. The commitment level was just mind-blowingly high. One, it was an eye-opener but two it’s so much fun to rip around the track that fast, especially going through the Carousel with barely a slight lift and right back to the gas and wide open. What the other drivers said about the commitment level did catch me out when I was there last year, and I hope to do more on pace this year.”

IS THAT WHY YOU ENJOY THE EXPERIENCES IN THE CADILLAC DPI – WHEN YOU HIT IT RIGHT YOU REALLY ENJOY IT?

“I do. It makes me feel like a kid again. The years I spent driving cars my senses and body has understood a certain level of grip and speed and braking marks and throttle marks. And when you just shatter everything you know, it just makes you laugh. Inside the car I’m literally laughing like I cannot believe I just did that in a race car. That’s the part I’m really enjoying.”

LOOKING TO NEXT YEAR, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE THAT KAMUI AND ROCKY COULD RETURN WITH YOU?

“I really don’t have a good sense of things. I feel like Action has been able to help Kamui navigate through the Toyota conflict, and we’ve been able to do it for a few years. I feel confident if there’s an opportunity we would be able to figure it out. Rocky’s schedule is a little bit more open; he’s not running a race team like Kamui is at this point. I definitely know all of us want to stay together and I feel like behind the scenes and the political pieces of it we could get that organized. It’s just really about cars being available to drive. I think we’ll have a better idea in the next month or so what opportunities might be there.”

AND THE ALLY SPONSORSHIP IS SOLID?

“The relationship I have with them is rock solid. We’re still in this phase, whether it’s INDYCAR or sports car or any other ideas I have to go racing, people are just starting to talk about options. It’s usually end of summer, beginning of fall when paper starts moving around and people are looking to ink stuff and get it done. So, we’re early in the cycle and I’m certainly trying to keep my options open, and I know I have Ally’s support on and off the track whatever I choose to do. I certainly hope it involves more on track.”

CAN YOU EXPOUND ON HOW HAVING TEAMMATES IN VARIOUS SERIES IS DIFFERENT?

“I think sports car racing really takes the driver relationship to a deeper level. And in some respects, I think the team relationship, too. You all are working for a common goal at a deeper level than what I’ve experienced in NASCAR. Six days of the week in NASCAR we were that community, but Sundays was all about yourself and what you could do for yourself and your team. Adding that extra day – and especially the most important day of the week from racing terms – really takes those relationships to the next level.”

GETTING TO ATTACK THESE HIGH-COMMITMENT TRACKS IN A CADILLAC DPI, HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM A CUP CAR?

“I think whatever lane you’re in whether it’s sports cars, formula cars, big, heavy stock cars, at a young age your path is sort of chosen for you and you really start spending time on those tracks seeing the cars, the technology. It’s amazing all these little pieces you pick up along the way that help you be stronger in that given discipline. In the NASCAR space I clearly spent a career there, a lifetime there. I always wondered what it would be like to drive the other cars. I am realizing when I cross over all the things that I took for granted I’m now needing to relearn. Sometimes it’s the simplest of things of pit ins, pit outs, the little details on the track that after four or five braking zones those little details on those four or five braking zones add up to a second. It really is a specialized discipline. When you look at how strong the INDYCAR field is, the DPi field, the NASCAR field, they are very specialized skill sets for each one. I just think that’s a credit to motorsports and how strong the series are. I think generations back, certainly it was specialized, but I think there’s a bit more freedom for a driver to move around. This has certainly been an eye-opening experience for me to leave the top of one field and literally start over in these other fields.”

COULD YOU EXPOUND ON HOW RACING THE CADILLAC DPI HAS SHATTERED YOUR EXPECTATIONS?

“To use Watkins Glen and an area of the track as an example, qualifying coming to the Bus Stop, the brake markers start at 500. In qualifying, we’re at the 5 full brakes from fourth gear down to second towing through the Bus Stop in a NASCAR vehicle. In the DPi car, you’ll be in fifth gear, go down two gears with maybe a lift about the 75 mark – and it’s really just kind of a moderate braking zone. And off that brake wide open exiting the Bus Stop, upshifting with a slight lift through the Carousel. Just the braking zone alone is almost four times better than what we would have in the Cup car. That math really translates all the way around the track – the cornering speeds, the braking zones. The acceleration is less; the vehicle has less power than what a Cup car has so there is a tradeoff, especially in how a lap time is made. NASCAR vehicles really make up that lap time on the straightaways with all the power it has. Braking and cornering, these cars are just in a whole different level of performance.”

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Ford Performance NASCAR: Nashville Advance

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Nashville Superspeedway will be hosting a NASCAR tripleheader for the second straight year with single races on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Cup Series, respectively.

This Week’s Schedule:

Friday, June 24 – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 8 p.m. ET (FS1)
Saturday, June 25 – NASCAR XFINITY Series, 3:30 p.m. ET (USA)
Sunday, June 26 – NASCAR Cup Series, 5 p.m. ET (NBC)

FORD IN THE NASCAR CUP SERIES AT NASHVILLE

· Sunday marks the second series race at Nashville Superspeedway.
· Aric Almirola won the pole for last year’s inaugural Cup race.
· Almirola (4th), Kevin Harvick (5th) and Joey Logano (10th) all had top-10 finishes last year.

FORD IN THE NASCAR XFINITY SERIES AT NASHVILLE

· Ford is tied for the most series wins at Nashville with eight.
· Riley Herbst finished 10th in last year’s race to lead Ford.
· Carl Edwards registered two season sweeps at Nashville (2007 and 2011)

FORD IN THE NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES AT NASHVILLE

· Ford has three series wins at Nashville.
· Ryan Preece won last year’s race driving for David Gilliland Racing.
· Carl Edwards (2003) and Travis Kvapil (2007) have one victory each.

FORD WINS NASCAR DEBUT AT NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY

The first race held at Nashville Superspeedway for one of NASCAR’s top three touring series came on April 14, 2001 when Ford’s Greg Biffle won the Pepsi 300 in what was then known as the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series, now NASCAR XFINITY Series. Ford dominated the race up front as Biffle, Jason Keller and Jeff Green combined to lead 200-of-225 laps. Biffle, who was out front for a race-high 133 circuits, beat Keller to the checkered flag by just over a half-second as Ford finished first and second.

ALMIROLA CLINGING TO FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT

With 12 different winners so far this season in the NASCAR Cup Series, it leaves only four spots available via points. The last of those positions is currently held by Aric Almirola, who announced at the beginning of the season that this would be his last as a full-time competitor. Almirola is looking to improve his playoff hopes this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway, a place where he sat on the pole a year ago and led all Ford drivers with a fourth-place finish.

MCDOWELL MAKING MIDSEASON MOVE

Michael McDowell is in the midst of his best overall season, going into this weekend’s race at Nashville Superspeedway with five top-10 finishes in his last eight starts. That has helped move him up six spots in the standings from 26th to 20th. His third-place finish at Sonoma on June 12 marked his first top-5 effort on a track other than Daytona or Talladega and gives him six top-10 efforts this year which is a personal best.

SMITH UP ONE SPOT IN NCWTS STANDINGS

Zane Smith’s third-place finish on Saturday night helped him move up one spot in the regular season point standings to second overall. With only three races remaining before the playoffs begin, Smith trails leader John Hunter Nemechek by five points going into Friday night’s race. Smith leads all drivers in wins (3), top-5 finishes (7), top-10 finishes (11) and playoff points (20) with the regular season champion getting an additional 15-point bonus to take into the playoffs, which begin July 29 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park

DID YOU KNOW?
When Ryan Preece won last year’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, he became only the fifth driver in history to win his series debut.

FORD NASCAR XFINITY SERIES WINNERS AT NASHVILLE

2001 – Greg Biffle

2002 – Scott Riggs (1)

2003 – Scott Riggs (2)

2006 – Carl Edwards (2)

2007 – Carl Edwards (1 and 2)

2011 – Carl Edwards (1 and 2)

FORD NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES WINNERS AT NASHVILLE

2003 – Carl Edwards

2007 – Travis Kvapil

2021 – Ryan Preece

Hardpoint Expands Porsche Racing Program To Include International GT With Brady Behrman

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Behrman Will Race At Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course This Weekend As Part of the Team’s Growing Driver Line-Up

ALTON, Virginia (June 21, 2022) – Brady Behrman is the latest driver to join Hardpoint’s expanding driver line-up, set to compete in the International GT Championship (IGT) beginning this weekend, June 24-26, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

A Virginia Beach, Virginia native, Behrman comes to Hardpoint with a variety of club racing experiences over the past three seasons. Behrman, a 44-year-old business man who cofounded TradeCentric in 2012, will drive the number No. 428 TradeCentric/Hardpoint Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Mid-Ohio, Watkins Glen, Virginia International Raceway, Circuit of the Americas and Daytona International Speedway to finish the season.

Behrman previously finished on the podium of the Mission Foods GT3 Cup Trophy class of the championship during a sprint race at Road Atlanta earlier in 2022.

“I have been following Hardpoint’s IMSA growth for a few years, being local to VIR and cheering on the home team,” Behrman said. “I ran the Road Atlanta round with TLM, who did a great job in supporting me but I wanted to get the car closer to home with a respected team I could continue to grow and progress with. Being with Hardpoint means I have easy access and the ability to test, practice and grow. We ran a test at VIR a few weeks ago and we really meshed well, so I’m looking forward to getting this race weekend underway!”

The move to IGT complements Hardpoint’s IMSA efforts, which will race the same weekend at Watkins Glen International. In addition to Behrman’s 991.1-generation Porsche, Hardpoint competes in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship with a Porsche 911 GT3 R and the Michelin Pilot Challenge GS class in a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport. Hardpoint also won the 2021 AM-class championship in the inaugural season of Porsche Carrera Cup North America.

“All of us at Hardpoint are excited to have Brady join the team,” Hardpoint owner Rob Ferriol said. “This is just the latest step in our growth, with the IGT program serving as another rung on the ladder of opportunities that we can provide up and coming or established drivers who are looking for an opportunity to shine or develop.”

Behrman’s efforts with Hardpoint begins with the traditional IGT schedule, most often run in conjunction with the SportsCar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) and Trans Am Championship. Each weekend includes a pair of sprint races as well as a 60-minute enduro. IGT includes three different championships for late model Porsche and Ferrari competitors, and is home primarily to sportsman drivers, with the occasional professional driver or coach joining the action in endurance races.

“It’s a new era for me and for the company and I am really excited to represent TradeCentric in its freshly launched, rebranded name,” Behrman said. “I am hoping to keep the momentum of success I had at Road Atlanta at the remaining five races of the year and continue to grow, finding the perfect balance and limits of the car and my abilities. I have zero physical seat time at Mid-Ohio, just some iRacing and lots of studying. Just like at Road Atlanta, I’m hoping that preparation and with the help from my coach, Coby Shield, to have that beginner’s luck a second time. I think I will do very well at Mid-Ohio, it looks to be an absolutely fantastic and favorable layout.”

Behrman and the rest of the IGT field will practice during a Thursday test day at Mid-Ohio, followed by a pair of qualifying sessions on Friday, June 24. Saturday’s races are at 10:45 a.m. ET and 5:35 p.m. ET, respectively, with the hour-long Enduro on Sunday morning at 8 a.m. ET.

About Hardpoint:

Hardpoint was founded by Rob Ferriol in 2018 with the vision of combining his experience as a successful entrepreneur with his passion for racing. Headquartered at VIRginia International Raceway, the team captured the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America Pro-Am championship in its inaugural season and competes full-time in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship in the No. 99 GridRival Porsche 911 GT3 R with co-drivers Ferriol and Katherine Legge, joined by Stefan Wilson for Michelin Endurance Cup races. In 2022, Hardpoint has added the No. 22 Racing To End Alzheimer’s Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport driven by Nick Galante and Sean McAllister in IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Grand Sport (GS), as well as the No. 428 TradeCentric Porsche 911 GT3 Cup driven by Brady Behrman in International GT. More information on Hardpoint can be found at www.hardpoint.com or through its strong social media presence on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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