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M&M’S Racing: Kyle Busch Advance for the 64th Daytona 500

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KYLE BUSCH
Bringing Home the Hardware

HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina (Feb. 10, 2022) – As the points-paying portion of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season is set to begin with Speedweek activities starting Tuesday at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, Kyle Busch has once again turned his attention to filling the space set aside in his trophy case for the one big race he’s yet to win.

Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’S Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), is hoping to check the box of Daytona 500 champion by finally securing the Harley J. Earl Trophy that goes annually to the winner of The Great American Race. Sunday will mark his 17th career Daytona 500 start.

A win in the traditional points-paying season-opener would be one of the most noteworthy accomplishments on Busch’s already impressive resume. The hardware celebrating the important race wins and accomplishments already checked off his list are housed in a large trophy case at his Kyle Busch Motorsports race shop. The list starts with his two Cup Series championships in 2015 and 2019, along with his wins in crown jewel races, starting with the Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway in 2008 and back-to-back Brickyard 400s at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2015 and 2016, along with his first points-paying Cup Series win at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend in 2018, preceded by his first All-Star Race victory at Charlotte in 2017. While Busch will also have his sights set on adding wins at the new venues that have been added to the schedule, the Daytona 500 trophy still remains at the top of his list.

The Las Vegas native begins the pursuit of his first Daytona 500 win and third championship sporting the familiar yellow M&M’S scheme on his No. 18 Toyota. The M&M’S brand will be returning to Busch’s car for its 15th and final season in 2022, along with other Mars Wrigley products highlighted on the car throughout the year, which include a mix of new and familiar products from the SNICKERS, SKITTLES and PEDIGREE brands.

While the Daytona 500 will serve as the points-paying debut of the NASCAR NextGen racecar, the season kicked off early and unlike ever before with the first-ever Cup Series race Feb. 6 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. For his part, Busch made a strong showing in the first on-track activities with the new car as he was fast qualifier, won his heat race, then led a race-high 64 laps but came up just short of a win with a runner-up finish in the Busch Light Clash. The M&M’S driver will look to finish one spot higher in the official debut for the car at Daytona.

The M&M’S Toyota will be on track for Daytona Speedweek starting with practice on Tuesday. It will continue with single-lap qualifying Wednesday night, then Thursday night’s Bluegreen Vacations Duel qualifying races. Busch won his Duel qualifying race in 2009, 2013 and 2016. And the official NASCAR Cup Series season begins in earnest with the Sunday’s Daytona 500 for Busch, who in addition to his three non-points race wins at Daytona, captured his first and only points-paying Cup Series win at the 2.5-mile superspeedway in July 2008.

So, as Busch and his No. 18 M&M’S Camry head back to Daytona for the latest edition of Daytona Speedweek, his sights will be set on winning The Great American Race and hoping to become the 41st driver to grace the Harley J. Earl Trophy as Daytona 500 champion.

KYLE BUSCH, Driver of the No. 18 M&M’S Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing:

You are still going after that first Daytona 500 trophy. Is this the year you are able to get to Daytona 500 victory lane?

“I don’t know if this this is the year or not, but we’ll all have to find out together. It’s been a long time, obviously. I’ve been doing it for quite a while. It’s the last trophy to check off the box. I’ve certainly been close a few times and have been way far away at other times. I feel like the superspeedway thing has not been my knack over the last few years for whatever reason. I’ve been trying to learn on it and watch film and getting better at it in those situations. We had a fast car last year and we had a fast car for all the speedway races. We were up front and leading last year’s race with 15 or so laps to go and had an engine let go. It’s a mix of a lot of luck and some skill, as well. You can be leading going down the backstretch and have someone drill you from behind and crash you, so it’s never over till it’s over and you can get to the finish line and finally put our M&M’S Camry in victory lane there. Our friends at M&M’S have also been trying for years and I’m also hoping we can get it done for them, as well as for myself.”

What do you anticipate it being like to get your feet under you with the new car?

“I think the biggest thing with getting familiar with the new car is just understanding it’s little things that it likes and it doesn’t like, whether it’s setup-wise or even driving-wise. Just how far can you push the limit of the new car? Where are the breaks going to let you go into a corner, or how much grip is the bigger, wider tire going to have? How long does that grip hang on for and when does it fall off? You have to see if it was more or less than before. So, all of those things, there are so many more things to learn. The car being heavier and the driving dynamics of the car and the differential is all way different than anything we’ve ever seen.”

What were your first impressions of the new car when you tested at Charlotte for the first time in December?

“My first test was at Charlotte and it was OK. There was some learning to get through. We heard some of the challenges they had before and we were able to see those and fine tune on them while we were at the test, and go through and fix some of those issues that some of the other guys were having in the earlier tests. So that was nice, that we were able to contribute and find some fixes for some of the things some of the other guys had been battling.”

What are your expectations with the new car at the season’s biggest race, the Daytona 500?

“I think you just have to go out there and race with this new car being at Daytona for the first time. You get a chance to practice and a chance to run it in the Duel races, so you get to get your feet wet a bit to understand how it does in the draft. Until you get in a pack of 40, cars you really aren’t going to have a whole understanding of what it takes and what its limitations are. I think you are going to be learning that as you go and it’s going to be never-ending.”

What are your expectations for Daytona and the first portion of the season?

“I think it’s really important to get a solid foundation. I’ve always kind of focused on that. Ideally you would like to have a good Daytona and a good West Coast swing and kind of see where you’re at and what kind of season you are having and where your team is. That’s always been my goal, but it hasn’t always worked out that way. I’ve blown up or crashed or had other issues at Daytona that set you back, and then you are continually trying to climb yourself back up the ladder. It would be nice to have a solid and painless Speedweek, then going into the West Coast swing and swing for the fences and have a great start to the season.”

What would winning the Daytona 500 mean to you?

“Winning the Daytona 500 would be huge. It’s essentially the last trophy on my checklist that I really need. I also want to win COTA (Circuit of the Americas), Nashville, and all the new tracks, as well, but the Daytona 500 is one that has eluded me, and many others for that matter. I would certainly like to think I could get that race checked off my list before it’s all said and done, and to also be known as a Daytona 500 champion in addition to my championships and other race wins.”

Why is the Daytona 500 so difficult to win?

“Because everybody else wants to win it and it’s on all their bucket lists and, of course, it’s a race that 40 people have a chance to go out there and win. I wouldn’t say the same for a race like Vegas. You go to Vegas and obviously that’s a race where probably 10, 12 guys are going to have a chance to win but, when you show up to Daytona, all 40 people will believe they have a chance to win.”

Event Overview:

Wednesday, Feb. 16: Daytona 500 qualifying (single-lap, two-round qualifying to determine the pole for the Daytona 500)

· Time/TV/Radio: 8 p.m. ET on FS1/MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Thursday, Feb. 17: Duel at Daytona (twin 150-mile qualifying races that set the field for the Daytona 500)

· Time/TV/Radio: 7 p.m. ET on FS1/MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Sunday, Feb. 20: 64th annual Daytona 500 (first of 36 points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races in 2022)

· Time/TV/Radio: 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX/MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Meet the No. 18 M&M’S / Joe Gibbs Racing Team

Primary Team Members:

Driver: Kyle Busch
Hometown: Las Vegas

Crew Chief: Ben Beshore
Hometown: York, Pennsylvania

Car Chief: Nate Bellows
Hometown: Fairfax, Vermont

Spotter: Tony Hirschman
Hometown: Northampton, Pennsylvania

Race Engineer: Seth Chavka
Hometown: Soldotna, Alaska

Race Engineer: Jaik Halpainy
Hometown: Blockville, New York

Over-The-Wall Crew Members:

Gas Man: Matt Tyrrell
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Front Tire Changer: Thomas Hatcher
Hometown: Middleburg, Florida

Jackman: Kellen Mills
Hometown: Mesa, Arizona

Tire Carrier: CJ Bailey
Hometown: Outer Banks, North Carolina

Rear Tire Changer: Lee Cunningham
Hometown: Leaf River, Illinois

Road Crew Members:

Engine Tuner: Dan Bajek
Hometown: Camden, New York

Truck Driver: Chris Miko
Hometown: Bronx, New York

Truck Driver: Mike Curtis
Hometown: Grandby, Connecticut

Mechanic/Tire Specialist: Justin Peiffer
Hometown: Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Mechanic: Scott Eldridge
Hometown: Warsaw, Indiana

Mechanic: Tony Hamm
Hometown: Walla, Walla, Washington

Notes of Interest:

● Is This The Year? Busch heads into his 17th Daytona 500th start still looking for his first victory in The Great American Race. He isn’t the first multiple championship-winning driver who a Daytona 500 race win has eluded. Past champions including Buck Baker, brothers Bobby and Terry Labonte, Rusty Wallace and Tony Stewart all had fantastic careers but were never able to bring home the Harley J. Earl trophy. Notable drivers who went far into their careers before their first Daytona 500 victories were Dale Earnhardt winning in his 20th attempt, and Michael Waltrip bringing home the hardware on his 15th try. Ironically, Busch’s older brother Kurt Busch went for most of his career before winning his first Daytona 500 in 2017 in his 17th attempt. Will that be an omen for Kyle Busch in this year’s race?

● New Look Daytona Schedule: The schedule of activities leading into the Daytona 500 looks much different than it has in recent years as it has been compacted. Instead of starting during the previous weekend with the Busch Light Clash, that traditional, non-points event was run two weekends ago. Daytona 500 practice begins Tuesday evening. Just like last season, Daytona 500 qualifying is set for Wednesday night, the Duel twin 150-mile qualifying races will be Thursday night, and the week Speedweek culminates with the 64th Daytona 500 on Sunday.

● Dueling at Daytona: Busch will make his 17th start in his Bluegreen Vacations Duel twin qualifying races. In his previous 15 starts, Busch has led 168 laps and has three career wins in the qualifying event – 2009, 2013, and 2016.

● Almost: Busch almost drove to his first Daytona Cup Series victory in July 2007, when he finished second to race-winner Jamie McMurray by a mere .005 of a second in a drag race to the finish line.

● No More ‘Almost:’ Busch finally notched his first and only Cup Series points-paying win at Daytona in the July 2008 Coke Zero 400. He was just ahead of Carl Edwards when the caution flag came out for a multicar accident in turn one on lap 162 during a green-white-checkered finish. Busch was declared the winner by NASCAR officials when it was determined his car was in the lead when the caution came out to end the race.

$74,000 in Universal Technical Institute Grants Awarded to High School Students During Top Tech and Auto Tech Challenges

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Top Tech Challenge winners Jonah Longworth and Zachary Blalock of Davie County High School in Mocksville, N.C., along with NASCAR Technical Institute Regional Admissions Director Hank Powell and Auto Tech Challenge winner William Thompson of Laurens Academy in Laurens, S.C. (left to right), celebrate winning tuition grants at the annual competition in Mooresville, N.C.

NASCAR Technical Institute hosts automotive technology competitions, 23 students awarded

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 10, 2022) – Universal Technical Institute’s (UTI: NYSE) Mooresville, N.C. campus, NASCAR Technical Institute (NASCAR Tech), welcomed students from around the region to compete for a total of $74,000 in grants using in-demand automotive technology skills and knowledge in two separate competitions, the Top Tech Challenge and the Auto Tech Challenge.

20 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia went head-to-head at the campus on Saturday, February 5 for the Top Tech Challenge, competing in both hands-on and written tests on vehicle parts, engines, diagnostics and electrical systems using NASCAR Tech’s state-of-the-industry facility and equipment. Each student placing on a top 10 team won a grant toward attending UTI ranging from $10,000 for first place to $1,000 for a fourth through 10th place finish.

Students on the winning team of two, Jonah Longworth and Zachary Blalock of Davie County High School in Mocksville, N.C., demonstrated know-how in all competitive areas. They can now advance their skill sets by utilizing their $10,000 UTI grant at one of 13 UTI campuses nationwide.

Ethan Jordan and Caleb Sargent of Hamilton Career and Technology Center in Westminster, S.C. finished second, each walking away with a $7,500 grant, and Kyler Pralle and Michael Brotherton of Lake Norman High School in Mooresville, N.C. came in third, winning $5,000 grants.

“It is incredibly valuable for these students to have the opportunity to develop automotive technology skills and learn about programs like ours, where they can hone those skills after high school,” said Jennifer Bergeron, campus president at NASCAR Technical Institute. “Our campuses have been hosting the Top Tech Challenge competition for more than a decade now, and each time we’re impressed by students’ breadth and depth of knowledge. UTI has more than 35 leading manufacturer partners and thousands of local employers who look to us to train the next generation of technicians. This is a great way to encourage and reward students’ interest in the transportation industry, and we’re proud to say 170 students who’ve won these grants have graduated from UTI so far.”

The Auto Tech Challenge is a new addition this year, allowing academic students without a vocational education background to compete individually for grants. William Thompson of Laurens Academy in Laurens, S.C. took top honors in that competition, earning a $7,000 UTI grant. Dejan Djukic of Ledford High School in Thomasville, N.C. placed second for a $5,000 grant, and John Hern of Page High School in Greensboro, N.C. came in third, winning a $3,000 grant.

The automotive industry needs highly trained professionals due to growth, net replacements and retirements from the trade. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, the transportation industry will have to fill more than 69,000 service technician and mechanic job openings annually on average through 2030.

About Universal Technical Institute, Inc.
Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Phoenix, Universal Technical Institute’s (NYSE: UTI) mission is to serve our students, partners, and communities by providing quality education and support services for in-demand careers. More than 225,000 students have graduated from one of UTI’s 14 campuses located across Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Texas. UTI’s campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), while its employer-aligned technical training programs are offered under four brands: Universal Technical Institute, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute / Marine Mechanics Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute, and MIAT College of Technology. For more information and a complete list of all programs offered, please visit www.uti.edu or follow on LinkedIn @UniversalTechnicalInstitute.

About NASCAR Technical Institute:
NASCAR Tech’s Mooresville, N.C. campus offers the Universal Technical Institute core automotive training program, CNC Machining Technology, Welding Technology Training and Manufacturer-Specific Advanced Training with Ford and Mopar, along with an optional 15-week elective to train students for a career in motorsports. Through NASCAR Tech’s elite Spec Engine program, select students have the opportunity to build engines that will compete in NASCAR-sanctioned races.

Raul Gomez Completes King Shocks’ Domination of 2022 King of the Hammers with Race of Kings Win

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No brand knows how to conquer King of the Hammers, the world’s toughest single-day off-road race, like King Shocks does. After a sweep of last year’s podium in Ultra4’s biggest event, King Shocks once again returned to the top of the podium at the grueling race, with driver Raul Gomez conquering the event for the first time and taking home $67,000 for the victory, plus a $25,000 cash award from King Shocks. Gomez’s victory completed a dominant event for King Shocks, which dominated the top classes of off-road racing across 10 days of competition.

After finishing third in the Race of Kings last year, joining three-time winner Randy Slawson and his brother JP on an all-King Shocks podium, Gomez returned to Johnson Valley, California with a brand new race vehicle. The car was so new, in fact, that it had fewer than 20 miles of testing before attempting to conquer the 227-mile race. Gomez elected to put the new car to the test across the three-lap event, and the King Shocks Tuners stepped up to the task and tuned Raul’s brand new UFO race car to perfection, a grueling challenge given the hurdles the team was presented with.

And while just 44 of the 101 competitors on hand could complete the race within the 14-hour time limit, Gomez’s performance was never in question. Third overall at the end of the first lap, he took over the top spot on the second and kept it together through the third to score the victory by more than 15 minutes over his closest competition with a total time of 6:57:12.881. Gomez was joined in the top five by his brother Marcos, who posted the fastest pass on the final lap and whose total result of 7:39:23.713 was good enough for fourth place overall.

“Congratulations to King Shocks’ own Raul Gomez for scoring this well-deserved King of the Hammers win!” said Ramses Perez, King Shocks Senior Director of Marketing. “The entire Gomez family has been among the most popular and exciting group of racers to watch at this event for years. We’ve known that their first victory was only a matter of time. Raul’s first KOH win is special enough, but to do it in our very own title sponsored car, and to add another win here for our team in a brand new car, is also proof of just how strong and reliable our products are right out of the box. King Shocks can stand up to the roughest terrain that Ultra4 can throw at them!”

King Shocks would like to thank all of its racers at King of the Hammers for proving that its products are second to none at facing off-road racing’s ultimate challenges. Along with Gomez’s victory in the Race of Kings, King Shocks also took the wins in all three Unlimited classes in the Desert Challenge with T1 winner Kyle Jergensen, T2 winner Christopher Polvoorde, and B1 winner Adam Lunn. Blake Wilkey also rode King Shocks to victory in the Class 11 Showdown, cementing King’s unchallenged status at the forefront of King of the Hammers.

Racing, prerunning or just having fun, whatever your application; King Shocks has the shock for you with the performance, reliability, precise tuning and adjustability you need. King Shocks, The Leader in Off-Road Technology!

About King Off-Road Shocks
King Shocks is a world-class manufacturer and servicer of custom made adjustable and rebuildable automotive shock absorbers and performance racing products for utility vehicles, OEM replacement and professional racing use. For over twenty years King Shocks has taken pride in putting quality, performance and customer service above all. Every product sold is the result of constant testing and development done with top racers in competition worldwide. This real world testing exposes their designs to a level of abuse and destructive forces that cannot be duplicated in a laboratory. King Shocks, The leader in Off-Road Shock Technology.

Making a successful Custom motorcycle paint

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You own a motorcycle and want to customize it, or even give a good facelift to its somewhat faded finish? Is it easy to repaint your motorcycle with unusual motorcycle paints? What are the steps to take to make your own decoration? And how much motorcycle paint do you need for a large motorcycle or one with little fairing? All this will be detailed in this article intended to popularize the realization of motorcycle custom paint.

First of all, it is important to know that it does not matter if you have professional equipment, whether you call on a painter specialized in motorcycle paint, or if you want to do the job yourself at home, whatever your method of application, with a spray can or a spray gun, know that you can achieve a professional quality motorcycle custom paint. The important thing is to be serious about understanding the painting techniques (the instructions) and taking care in the preparation and execution of your motorbike paint project.

So, first of all, elaborate your idea and your painting project by inspiring you for example from motorbike paint taken from the net, or even by making a drawing on paper, with graphics and different color areas if your idea includes more than a simple color. Also choose a nice color, why not a motorcycle special effect paint? There are now iridescent, transparent, or color changing colors easily available and relatively affordable by searching on the internet.

How to get a successful custom motorbike paint job?

The composition of a motorbike paint obeys some simple rules and is composed of a superposition of several coats: Primer (specific color white, gray or black), motorbike paint (color code, or custom color with special effect) type 1K basecoat *, and finally clearcoat (2 components hi gloss of super matt clear). 

*Nowadays, some special paints and color codes of original tints use two different coats of metallic and transparent colors, before the clearcoat coat: they are called tri-coat paints.

It is therefore useless to start stripping your fairing and parts of your motorcycle, nor to elaborate a repainting plan without consulting a specialist, a qualified painter or an online motorbike paint store. It is often wise to leave the various coats of original paint on the motorcycle so as not to have to redo all the complex work of preparation and adhesion.

The list of materials and consumables required to do a complete motorcycle paint is quite short :

    – a few sheets of 320 / 500 / 800 grit abrasives
    – some masking tapes and possibly some thin adhesive lines for masking and decoration
    – a sticky pad to collect dust before varnishing

The amount of paint required depends on the amount of surface to be painted (in two coats) but also on the type of motorcycle paint.

On average, for a motorcycle painting project, 500g of primer, 500-1000g of paint, and 500-100g of clearcoat, depending on the size of the motorcycle. 

Be bold in your choice of colors for your motorcycle

Needless to say, you should avoid at all costs the paints offered in large-scale distribution or economic paints. To get a successful motorcycle paint job, you need a professional quality paint. For the difference in price, whatever it may be, you will save yourself hours of work, caused by products that react badly.


As for the choice of colors, why reproduce a manufacturer’s color (original color code of the brand), when we know that these colors are painted on the line by machines, and are created by companies that are not very daring, and especially concerned about not taking risks, by implementing simple colors to be applied by their robots…

New horizons for motorcycle paints and coatings

The dimensions, shapes and curves of motorcycle fairings are conducive to the staging of new color effects invented by some manufacturers of special paints for motorcycles. These are effects of transparency, effects of colors changing according to the vision, the temperature or the sunshine.

These innovations also affect the finish, which forms the final layer, the clearcoat. Today, extreme matt gloss effects exist. New ultra-hard clearcoats containing ceramics (ceramic coating) allow for greater scratch resistance and a longer durability of the gloss.

Benefits of hiring a car injury lawyer

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Suppose you were recently involved in a car crash. You have no idea what happened. All you know is that you have severe injuries and require support. One of the wisest choices you can make is to consult with an experienced lawyer. You can file a claim on your own. But hiring a seasoned car accident lawyer can increase your chances of receiving fair compensation. 

In addition to the numerous advantages of hiring a car injury lawyer, it’s crucial to have access to reliable resources and expert advice. If you’re navigating the complexities of a car accident claim, it’s beneficial to stay informed about the latest legal insights and updates. For those seeking further guidance or needing to clarify any doubts, it’s advisable to get in touch with professionals who can provide tailored advice and support. This ensures that you are well-prepared and equipped to handle any challenges that may arise during the legal process, ultimately leading to a more favorable outcome.

The following are some benefits of hiring an experienced car wreck injury attorney in Summerlin:

Did you also know that even if a driver is partially responsible for an accident, they can still claim redress for their injuries? Unless you are a car accident attorney, you are unlikely to be familiar with the different laws that apply to your case. Even if you were partly responsible for your accident, you could still be eligible for compensation. Some states adhere to the legal principle of comparative fault. This means that an adjuster will decrease the amount of compensation you receive by the percentage of your mistake in the accident. Certain states provide a stipulation that if you were 50% or more at fault in the crash, you will not be compensated. Car wreck injury attorney in Summerlin will assist you in recognizing your state’s fault rules. They will help you determine whether your mistake in the crash will still permit you to collect compensation for your losses.

Your lawyer can understand your requirements and advise you on the best plan of action

Many factors are in play when determining your compensation after a disaster. You must consider the present and future medical expenses involved with your injuries. Don’t forget the cost of lost earnings while you recover and the emotional costs of any misery and suffering you suffer. If the at-fault party acted carelessly, they may be made accountable for consequential damages.  Car wreck injury attorney Summerlin can use these factors to determine how much compensation you should get for your injuries. They will help you decide where you can get money after a car crash. 

A car wreck insurance lawyer will be able to avoid settling too soon.

If you settle your lawsuit too soon—before you know the accurate details of how your injury problems will affect your job and life. You may lose out on compensation required to cover future expenses related to your accident. Insurance claims adjusters attempt to persuade injured people to resolve their cases without an attorney. Accepting an early settlement waives all entitlement to extra compensation for the accident. Irrespective of whether new health problems crop up.

Following a car accident, the at-fault party’s insurance provider may request that you give a written or videoed statement about your case. If you reveal any details that could ruin your claim, the insurance provider may use them against you.  They will use it to avoid paying for injuries.

Insurance companies frequently use this tactic. Mainly if you have not yet hired a car accident lawyer to handle your claim. The insurance company may pose misleading questions and take your answers out of context. This may give an impression that the accident was your mistake rather than the other driver’s. If the at-fault driver’s insurance provider requests a statement, you must consult your attorney before revealing any information about your case.

Fight for you

When you hire a lawyer, you gain a legal supporter willing to fight for you. You must produce proof related to your accident to prove your case. This evidence could include police statements from the crash and medical records documenting your injuries. There could be photos of the accident scene, including tire tracks and any hazardous situation that may have changed due to trauma.

You may need witness statements from eyewitnesses and accident reconstruction experts to prove what induced your accident or other key aspects of your claim. Your lawyer can protect your best interests whether your matter is settled or resolved in court.

You’ve got nothing to lose

Injury lawyers provide consultation services to their clients. You can schedule a free initial meeting with a lawyer to understand your case. In many cases, you will demand damages from your insurance plan and the policy of the at-fault driver, but this will rely on the specific details of your case. 

Keep these points in mind while negotiating for your car injury claims. If you can afford it, hire a car injury lawyer. 

The Recipe for a great NASCAR Season

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There’s no denying that every year NASCAR delivers when it comes to raw entertainment value, however, every so often a year stands out among the rest, a season you will revisit and rewatch to relive the excitement again. Some examples from previous years include 2001, 2003, 2014, and 2018, which all had the perfect recipe for making viewers sit at the edge of their seats and anxious for the next race. With the 2022 NASCAR Cup beginning in less than two weeks, we take a look into the past to remember what it takes to have a season that stands head and shoulders above the rest.

International Investment

NASCAR and its’ community primarily exists inside the United States and typically doesn’t extend far out from the existing racing communities internationally. Similar to NASCAR in the United States, Formula 1 is more popular in Europe and magic happens when the communities intertwine. The sheer amount of interactivity that happens as a result, is enough on its own to keep you invested daily.

Oftentimes this investment comes in the form of betting on outcomes in races, getting viewers financially and emotionally involved on an international level arguing who will be on top. When online forums are buzzing looking for information for sports betting in Canada, Europe, and Australia it’s obvious that the current NASCAR season is one to be remembered.

Drama

Drama is the baseline for getting viewers, drivers, and crews emotionally involved. Whilst too much drama can be a bad thing that results in bad media and official regulations, without it, NASCAR would simply be numbered cars being pitted against one another.

Take for example the explosive brawl that occurred in 2014 after Brad Keselowski hits Jeff Gordon’s car which in turn caused Gordon to lose his position and resulted in a full-on fistfight afterward. While the actions themselves can be seen in a poor light, it’s undoubtedly among the most entertaining events to happen in NASCAR.

Parity

Whilst it is an impressive feat for a driver to consistently be in the top spots, unfortunately, it isn’t the most entertaining to watch from a viewer’s perspective. Having multiple drivers be in constant contention during races and throughout the season keeps the focus on the individual races and the cup itself to a much higher level.

NASCAR 2001 was full of ups and downs, featuring one of NASCAR’s biggest tragedies with the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr. However, the Cracker Barrel 500 which took place a month after is likely the best example of how parity in NASCAR makes for an adrenaline-fueled race. When was the last time five drivers had a legitimate chance with only 8 laps to go? Nothing comes to mind immediately but its obvious contention amongst drivers is a key ingredient in a NASCAR recipe.

The worst part about being within an exceptional season of NASCAR is you don’t know it until afterward. Pay attention to this upcoming 2022 NASCAR season starting on February 20th and correlate the events that follow with what you just read. We believe that this season will certainly be one for the record books so be sure to not miss out!

Overview of the Formula-1 betting market in 2022

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Formula 1 is the most prestigious open-wheel car racing competition in the world. This sport is quite popular, so many betting companies widely represent it. This review will consider the features of betting on this sport in 2022.

F1 Betting options

There are many betting options in Formula 1. The most popular of them are the following types, which most bookmakers have:

⦁Stage winner (winning of an individual driver)
⦁Season Winner is a bet on the driver who scores the most points in Grand Prix.
⦁Constructors’ Championship Winner – Here, players bet on the team whose pilots will score the most points for the entire season.

In addition to the above, there are also less popular offers: for example, a bet on which of the team’s pilots will take a higher place at the end of each stage; the top-3 bet is a bet that a particular rider will be in the top 3; qualifying winner – bet on the pilot who means the race from the first place on the grid.

There are other betting options, which you can find on the Internet.

Bet on the favorite

Betting on the outcome of a Formula 1 race is one of the most popular options among users. There are rates both before and during the season – from March to December. During this time, the main favorite becomes the winner on most of the tracks. The essence of this type of betting is that before each Grand Prix, you need to bet on the same athlete – the leading contender for the title of world champion.

Most often, bookmakers offer good odds for the winner of the stage – about 2.00. And if the favorite does not come first, then the bet on him needs to be doubled at the next step.

The peculiarity of the Formula 1 competition is that the entire competition period is divided into three days:

Friday

On Friday, there is free practice – the pilots and teams spend two hours and a half sessions that help them assess the track and better prepare for it.

Saturday

Saturday is traditionally the day of classification – on this day, the pilots drive fast laps: in the end, the one that showed the best time will start earlier in the final race.

Sunday

Sunday is the primary race. The number of laps completed on the track may vary, but the main task of the athletes is to overcome more than 305 kilometers. The only exception is the only track in the world in Monaco (where the Monaco Grand Prix takes place), the length of which is only 250 kilometers. She is the slowest.

Season 2022

The 73-1 Formula 1 World Championship will be held in the 2022 season. The Dutch driver Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) is currently the World Drivers’ Champion. And the current champion among constructors is the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team – in the previous season, they became the champion for the eighth time in a row.

Starting from the 2022 season, Formula 1 will have updated technical regulations. The rules have been slightly changed to make it easier for cars to fight on the track.

2022 season participants:

Constructors

⦁ Alfa Romeo (Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen)
⦁ AlphaTauri (Team Scuderia AlphaTauri)
⦁ Alpine (Alpine F1 Team)
⦁ Aston Martin (Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant team)
⦁ Ferrari (Scuderia Ferrari team)
⦁ Haas (Uralkali Haas F1 Team)
⦁ McLaren (McLaren F1 Team)
⦁ Mercedes (Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team)
⦁ Red Bull (Red Bull Racing team)
⦁ Red Bull Racing (Williams Racing team)

Among the drivers for the presented teams will be: Valtteri Bottas (Finland), Zhou Guangyu (China), Pierre Gasly (France), Yuki Tsunoda (Japan), Fernando Alonso (Spain), Esteban Ocon (France), Sebastian Vettel (Germany), Lance Stroll (Canada), Charles Leclerc (Poland), Carlos Sainz Jr. (Spain), Nikita Mazepin (Russia), Mick Schumacher (Germany), Daniel Riccardo (Australia), Lando Norris (Great Britain), Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain), George Russell (Great Britain), Max Verstappen (Netherlands), Nicholas Latifi (Canada) ) and Alexander Albon (Thailand).

F1 Betting market

The list of the most popular F1 top betting sites consists of:

⦁ Betfair – this popular bookmaker offers users a good selection of F1 sub-markets, many tips, and news about the season and also provides the most complete selection of bets on this sport.

⦁ The next bookmaker which you may choose for betting is Betfred. This company has plenty of Formula-1 popular betting markets with competitive odds, live streaming on a given race, and offers a good bonus system and a bonus code for players – you may bet £10 and get £60 in free bets.

⦁ The third bookmaker on our list is 888sport. This bookmaker offers the best odds and a £30 free bet for their customers, has a good variety of sub-markets, and provides a variety of betting options, from which each player can choose what he likes.

⦁ A well-known company William Hill is also included in our list of bookmakers. At William Hill’s website, you may find live odds for Formula-1, a good variety of betting options, prop bets for Grand Prix, race winner bets, and it also offers double the £15 free bet.

Of course, many bookmakers on the betting market offer betting options on Formula 1 races. One of them is gamebookers. You can find more information about bookmakers, online gambling strategies, and betting odds on Formula 1 on the Superbetting website — https://superbetting.com/.

Almost all of the best sportsbooks in the U.S. also offer F1 betting, with many markets such as race winner, top 6 finish, top 10 finish, pole at qualifying, fastest lap, and first to retire.

Conclusion

In conclusion, it is worth noting that the Formula 1 race has always been and remains a commercial sport – through an online betting experience, you can earn good money here if you know a few rules. Before placing bets, experts advise checking F1 statistics in several bookmakers and betting sites, as well as studying reliable sources on the Internet and doing sports betting comparisons. This information will help you choose the right odds for betting on F1. In addition, it is essential to read the announcements of the races – to suggest a possible development of events.

You should also check the weather on the day of the race in advance – it can seriously affect the outcome of the race. And two more important factors are the starting position of the rider and the lap time. Information about a rider’s starting position can help you determine which rider is more likely to perform well.

Lap times need to be known to suggest how well a driver or team is responding to the track and its conditions in preparation for a race.

Bayne joins Joe Gibbs Racing for seven-race Xfinity schedule in 2022

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Photo by Justin Mcfarland for SpeedwayMedia.com.

For the first time in six years, Trevor Bayne will be returning to the NASCAR Xfinity Series after it was announced that the 2011 Daytona 500 champion from Knoxville, Tennessee, will be campaigning in seven Xfinity events in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota Supra sponsored by Devotion Nutrition this upcoming season.

Bayne’s first run with Joe Gibbs Racing will occur at Auto Club Speedway on February 26 followed by Phoenix Raceway on March 12. Following a one-month break, he will return at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 28 before competing at Nashville Superspeedway on June 25, New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 16, Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 15 and at Homestead-Miami Speedway on October 22. Veteran Jason Ratcliff will return to JGR to serve as crew chief for Bayne and the No. 18 Toyota Supra that will be piloted by multiple competitors throughout the 2022 Xfinity Series season.

The news comes as Bayne returns to NASCAR following a one-year absence. His last campaign in the sport was during the latter half of the 2020 Camping World Truck Series season, where he competed in eight of the final nine events with Niece Motorsports. During this stint, he recorded a season-best runner-up result at Talladega Superspeedway along with a 10th-place result at Kansas Speedway, both in October.

“Returning to NASCAR with Devotion Nutrition and Joe Gibbs Racing is beyond huge for me,” Bayne said. “Devotion is a super passionate family-run business with a mission to help people live a healthy lifestyle. Their passion is something I certainly relate to. Over the past three years, I didn’t know if I’d ever get an opportunity to race for wins again, but my desire to do so never faded. I’m so excited to have this opportunity to work with Jason [Ratcliff] and everyone at JGR. I want nothing more than to come back stronger than ever and put that Devotion Nutrition GR Supra into victory lane.”

Bayne’s last recorded start in the Xfinity circuit was at Watkins Glen International in August 2016, where he piloted Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 60 Ford Mustang to a fifth-place result. Since making his series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway in March 2009 through Watkins Glen in 2016, Bayne has made a total of 152 career starts in the Xfinity circuit. During this span, he has achieved two career victories while driving for Roush Fenway Racing (Texas Motor Speedway in November 2011 and Iowa Speedway in June 2013). He has also recorded seven poles, 25 top-five results, 73 top-10 results, 485 laps led, an average-finishing result of 13.5 and two career-best sixth-place results in the final standings (2013 and 2014).

In addition to the Truck and Xfinity circuits, Bayne has made a total of 187 career starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, where he drove between Wood Brothers Racing and Roush Fenway Racing (2010-2018). In just his second Cup career start, he claimed his first victory in the 2011 Daytona 500 while driving for the Wood Brothers and became the youngest competitor to win the Great American Race at age 20 years. He has also recorded five top-five results, 16 top-10 results, 71 laps led, an average-finishing result of 23.3 and a career-best points result of 22nd place (2016 and 2017).

“We are proud to be a part of Trevor’s return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Joe Gibbs Racing,” Dana Lynn Kaye, owner of Devotion Nutrition, said. “We are extremely passionate about our brand and excited about the platform JGR and NASCAR provides to reach new consumers and educate them on how Devotion Nutrition can become an easy part of a daily healthy lifestyle.”

Additional details regarding additional competitors and sponsors for the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Supra team have yet to be determined.

Standout Early Entries Already Filed for Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Season-Opening Trio of Spring Events

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  • Tickets on Sale and Entries Open for HSR 2022 Season-Opening Events at Sebring International Raceway, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and Barber Motorsports Park
    
  • HSR Spring Fling at Sebring International Raceway Kicks-Off 2022 Season with Return of Popular Wednesday to Friday Event Format, April 6 – 8

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (February 9, 2022) – Diverse and standout entries from both veteran and first-time Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) competitors have already been filed for HSR’s trio of spring races at Sebring International Raceway, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and Barber Motorsports Park. Tickets sales and competitor registration are now open for the HSR Spring Fling at Sebring, April 6 – 8, the 44th HSR Mitty at Road Atlanta, April 28 – May 1 and the HSR Barber Historics, May 19 – 22.

The season-opening event for the fourth-straight year is the HSR Spring Fling at Sebring that returns with the same Wednesday through Friday weekday schedule format that proved popular with competitors and race fans alike when it was introduced in 2021.

Steve Piantieri won the 2021 HSR Driver of the Year Award and is off to a quick start already this season as one of the first entries for the Spring Fling. Piantieri is always a threat for the podium in his 1965 No. 95 Ford Mustang 2+2 (pictured below) that resembles a Shelby GT350 in both appearance and performance.

The Sebring opener is followed by the 44th HSR Mitty at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, which is one of the oldest historic and vintage races in the U.S. The Mitty is in its fifth decade as a must-do vintage and historic major event, and the schedule is as big as it has ever been with competitor test days both Wednesday and Thursday leading into the weekend.

Sports 2000, the popular road racing category that has provided affordable entry into sports car racing for 45 years, is this year’s featured marque, but the Mitty always attracts a wide variety of other rare and priceless machinery.

One unique entry already confirmed for The Mitty is the 1964 No. 72 Morgan 4/4 of “Super Dave” Bondon (pictured at top and below) who frequently competes alongside his daughter Stacy Schepens, who wheels a similar open-cockpit Morgan.

May’s HSR Barber Historics at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Alabama, gives competitors and race fans a pristine racing circuit and a chance to visit the amazing Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.

The Barber Historics features all HSR run groups and classes, but the event has also become a showcase of vintage and historic open-wheel race cars that are right at home on the 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park circuit. Everything from Formula Junior to Formula Vee, classic Formula Fords to Formula B and Atlantics to Indy Lights were among the more than 50 open wheel cars competing in last year’s HSR Barber Historics.

An equally strong entry is expected this year and includes one driver making his Barber debut in his rare 1960’s era F2 car. The 1968 No. 99 Chevron B10 F2.2 (pictured below), owned and driven by Glenn Bilawsky, is the second of just two built in Chevron’s first attempt at an F2 contender.

Tickets and entry forms for the HSR Spring Fling are available on the official event page at https://hsrrace.com/sebringspringfling2022/. Similar information for the 44th HSR Mitty is available on that event’s official page at https://hsrrace.com/themitty2022/.

Entry forms for the HSR Barber Historics are available at https://hsrrace.com/barberhistorics2022/ with event tickets available directly from Barber Motorsports Park in the near future.

About HSR: Now an International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) property, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) was formed in the mid-1970s with an event at Road Atlanta. There was one goal then and it remains true today: to celebrate the race cars from the past. As a “time machine” of sights and sounds, HSR provides a venue for competitors and spectators alike to share in the wonderful history and excitement created by the cars that competed at race tracks around the world. HSR currently sanctions eight vintage and historic racing events at some of the world’s most renowned race tracks, including Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and more. The complete schedule and full event information can be found on HSR’s website at www.HSRRace.com. Look for the HSR Channel on YouTube and follow HSR on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HSRrace/ and on Twitter and Instagram at @HSR_race. A dedicated website for the Classic 24 Hour at Daytona presented by IMSA is available at www.Classic24hour.com.

Ford Performance NASCAR: David Ragan Daytona 500 Advance

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Daytona 500 Advance | Wednesday, February 9, 2022

David Ragan will be driving the No. 15 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing in next week’s Daytona 500, marking the 16th consecutive year he’ll compete in The Great American Race. He was a guest today on a NASCAR Zoom call to discuss the opportunity and his plans for the rest of 2022.

DAVID RAGAN, No. 15 Ford Mustang – WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND DRIVE THIS RACE AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO PREPARE TO DRIVE THIS NEXT GEN CAR? “When I retired from full-time racing a couple of years ago I really wasn’t tired of the driving part. That was the fun part and kind of the easy part on the course of the weekends, but I was just tired of the travel and the commitments from the sponsors and the manufacturers and, really, the grind of the schedule. It distracted me from trying to be a good husband and a good father, so I indicated that when the situation was right I would love to pop in and run a race here or a race there. I ran a couple of truck races for David Gilliland Racing I think two years ago, and the Daytona 500 is such a big race. I love going down to Daytona in February and everything just came together. We had a partner with Select Blinds that has been a partner of ours for the last couple of years, so that makes it a lot more easy to do when you have a sponsor that you already have a relationship with, and then with my relationship with Ford it needed to be in a Ford Mustang and Rick Ware Racing had that open car that was locked in that had a charter that he was gonna rotate some drivers throughout the year, so it was really just a perfect set of circumstances that allowed me to scratch the itch of going back to the racetrack again in something that’s gonna be competitive, that aligns with my Ford relationship and having Select Blinds.com on the car all made it possible. As far as driving the Next Gen car, I feel like I’ve gotten to make as many laps as anyone over the last year-and–a-half. I’ve done all of the testing for Ford in their wheel force transducer car, and so we got to run a lot of different racetracks last year, helping the teams develop some of the models that they’re using for their simulation, so I’ve got to run a lot of laps and while that doesn’t always feel the same as a race situation, that’s another reason why I wanted to enter into a couple of races this year just to give me some experience actually racing the car. I feel like that will allow me to give better feedback to all the Ford engineers this year as we continue to develop the Ford Mustang.”

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR OTHER RACE WILL BE THIS YEAR? “We’re definitely gonna run both Daytona races and maybe one or two more. I would love to run a short track. I’m thinking about maybe the Atlanta race. That’s my hometown track. We don’t have anything confirmed yet, but after we get through the Daytona 500 we’re gonna look at the schedule and see what makes sense. For my schedule, I’ve got to get approval from my family and make sure it works with Rick Ware and his driver rotation going through. Three or four races would be ideal for me to have a little bit of fun, get a little bit or experience racing this new car, but not take away from my normal duties with Ford Performance.”

WHAT EFFECT DOES THE WEEKLY GRIND HAVE ON A DRIVER LIKE YOURSELF? “It is a grind. It’s something that you really have to be intentional with your time away from the racetrack and really make it count. Everybody balances that a little different. For me, when I first started racing full-time I was 20 years old and I didn’t have a family. I could be on the road seven days a week and it was OK with me. I didn’t have any pets at home. I had a roommate at my house, so I could go and come as I pleased and it was no issue at all. I wanted to be at the racetrack. I ran a full season of Cup, a full season of Xfinity and some short track races scattered in, so I was just going. But as you get a little older and you start a family, you get married, you have kids, you have some other responsibilities, it is hard to focus and put 100 percent effort in all of those areas. You have to have good people that support you, whether that’s a motorhome driver or an assistant, a really good PR rep that can help manage your schedule. I felt like having a well managed schedule was important for me. I worked three or four months ahead to where I could plan ahead for family events, for sponsorship events, for racing events, so I knew what I was doing. I didn’t waste any time. I could be intentional with my rest time. I could be intentional with my time with my team. I would be intentional with my training or time at the race shop, so I think just having a well-balanced team around you that can support that is what made it easier for me, but then ultimately as my kids got older I realized that I couldn’t personally commit to being the best race car driver I could be without my family life suffering, and I couldn’t be the best father and husband without my racing world struggling, and it wasn’t fair to sacrifice one of those, so ultimately I made the decision to just not race full-time. Every driver is different. Every family dynamic is a little bit different, but that’s the thought process that I had over my career and then the last couple years as I wound down the full-time racing.”

WHAT DO YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE ABOUT THE NEXT GEN CAR? “I love the look of the Next Gen car. That’s the first thing that stands out to me. When you walk into the garage and you see the bigger wheels just makes the car look more uniform. The character lines on the nose and the tail. You can look at a Ford Mustang and you know that it’s a Ford Mustang without even looking at the decals or the paint scheme, so I think that’s important to have that brand identity from a manufacturer’s perspective. I love the five-speed sequential gearbox. I think that will make restarts more exciting. Road course racing, the drivers will be able to be a lot more aggressive and have more options in their gear ratio selection, so I think you’ll see an increase in speed, maybe an increase in overtaking on restarts – things like that. The brake package is a lot better. The larger wheels allow the brake rotors and brake calipers to be bigger, so you can drive the car a lot harder into the corners. As far as some of the mechanical things, I don’t turn the wrenches or work on the cars like maybe I did when I was younger, so I don’t know if there’s a lot different there, but I love all of those aspects of the car and then as far as driving the race car, I feel like it’s similar in a lot of ways. The car does have some different tendencies with just how you slide the front tires, how you can slide the rear tires, what the car feels like going into a corner and kind of loading up with all the downforce pushing down onto the four tires. That’s something that each driver will have maybe a little different experience with, but I think in general the racing is gonna be similar at a lot of the racetracks. We saw at the Coliseum race that the cars are pretty tough as you can beat and bang and not have to worry about a lot of front end damage and having tire rubs and stuff like that, so I feel like everything has gone really smooth so far. Those are the few things that kind of stand out to me that I like about the car.”

WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE WATCHING THIS TRANSITION FROM THE OUTSIDE? “I’ve enjoyed doing the testing. I feel like I’ve had a small role in how this Ford Mustang specifically has been developed, and what information the teams have to hit the ground running and really fast pace their direction and how they’re gonna build and setup and race these cars. But most of the time when I’m sitting at home and watching the race, I don’t feel like I’m left out or have a fear of missing out. There’s a few occasions that the race starts at one of my favorite tracks – the Southern 500, the Night Race at Bristol – even watching the cars roll out into the Coliseum for the first time, I do have some jealousy like, ‘Man, I wish I was in one of those cars. I wish I could be there.’ It will be special to be at the Daytona 500. That’s great, but when they get out to California, Las Vegas, I’m gonna be extremely happy to be sitting at my house in North Carolina.”

DO YOU WATCH PAST DAYTONA 500s AND THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2011? “Yeah, I thought about it out at the Coliseum this weekend. I was there and someone got a really good start in one of the restarts and actually cleared the outside lane and they moved up before the start-finish line to help set themselves up for turn one and it kind of flashed back through my mind for a second like, ‘Hey, they just changed lanes before the start-finish line.’ They didn’t advance their position, but they did move from the bottom of the top. Obviously, that wasn’t called and it probably wasn’t something that NASCAR was looking at, but I do think about that on occasion. It’s something that on restarts at Daytona I’m sure it’s always important to know who your friends are, what lane you would like to be in entering turn one, so I will go back and watch some of the races over the last couple of seasons. I don’t know that anything 10 years ago would really correlate to what we’re going to experience next week in Daytona. The racing does continue to evolve and the drivers evolve. The drivers you’re racing with now, some are different than what we had 10 years ago, so I will watch some racing just to kind of get my mind start thinking about different situations and how I will react, but with this car there will be a lot of unknowns. The Duels will be extremely important, so I absolutely plan on going back on that Friday and Saturday after the Duels are over and certainly watch some of those races again and see what I can learn.”

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