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BRANDT Continues Partnership with Justin Allgaier and JRM in 2022

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Winning combination set for seventh season with the No. 7

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 14, 2021) – JR Motorsports announced today that cornerstone partner BRANDT Professional Agriculture will return to the organization for its seventh season with the No. 7 Chevrolet and driver Justin Allgaier. The winningest sponsor in JRM history, BRANDT will take its familiar place as primary partner for Allgaier in 20 events during the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series campaign.

“This business is all about relationships,” said Kelley Earnhardt Miller, JRM general manager. “We’ve developed an outstanding partnership with Rick (Brandt), Justin (Allgaier) and the entire BRANDT organization over the years. Having BRANDT and Justin back for a seventh season to build on our success is a special opportunity.”

Founded in Central Illinois, BRANDT is a fast-growing, family-owned company and a leader in global agriculture. Specializing in innovative products and services to help growers get maximum yield from their crops, BRANDT supplies customers in 49 states and more than 80 countries.

“I’m proud to extend our partnership with JRM and Justin, and I’m excited to see what we can accomplish together in 2022,” said Rick Brandt, president and CEO of BRANDT. “Whether in the field or on the track, our business is about performance. We contributed to the current world-record yields in both corn and soybeans. Let’s harvest a NASCAR Xfinity series championship!”

BRANDT has had a long-term presence with both NASCAR and JRM, having first partnered with Allgaier in 2011. That partnership expanded further during the 2021 NXS season, as BRANDT also sponsored three races on the No. 8 Chevrolet for JRM in the NXS for six-time Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil Champion and BRANDT do Brasil driver Miguel Paludo.

Since joining the organization for the 2016 NXS season, Allgaier has been a perennial title contender for JRM, advancing to the Championship 4 in four of the last five seasons and finishing a career-best second in the final standings last year. Additionally, over that timeframe the Illinois native has become the winningest driver in team history, with 13 of his 16 career NXS victories coming behind the wheel of a JRM Chevrolet.

“I’m really happy to be returning to JRM next year and to keep the relationship going with BRANDT Professional Agriculture,” said Allgaier. “As each year goes by our relationship continues to get stronger and stronger where we feel like we are a family. I’m extremely proud of everything we have been able to accomplish, both on and off the track, and I know that it will only continue to get better. Our goals remain the same, and that is to go out and win as many races as we can and bring home that Xfinity Series championship for everyone at BRANDT and JRM.”

To go along with the 20 races as the primary partner on the No. 7 Chevrolet, BRANDT will be placed as an associate on Allgaier’s Camaro for the remaining races on the 2022 schedule.

Primary sponsorship for the balance of Allgaier’s 2022 NXS season will be announced at a later date.

ABOUT BRANDT:
A leading agricultural company, BRANDT serves growers and farmers around the globe. Founded in 1953 by Glen Brandt and his sister Evelyn Brandt Thomas to help Illinois farmers adopt new and profitable technologies, the company has experienced aggressive growth under the leadership of President and CEO Rick Brandt. BRANDT’s focus is providing the products and services that give growers the best opportunity for maximum return while building a stronger, healthier and more abundant food supply. For more information, visit BRANDT on the web at www.brandt.co.

ABOUT JR MOTORSPORTS:
JR Motorsports is the racing operation co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Fame member and 15-time Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller and NASCAR Hall of Famer Rick Hendrick. Now in its 20th year of overall competition, JR Motorsports competes in multiple divisions, including the NASCAR Xfinity Series where it currently fields four full-time teams and earned championships in 2014, 2017 and 2018. The company also races in Late Model competition and owns four championships in regional Late Model divisions and added a prized national title in 2020. To learn more about the organization, its drivers and its sponsorship opportunities, visit www.jrmracing.com.

Bridget Excels Early at ARCA Portland Road Course Race

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TOOELE, UT, September 13, 2021 – The HMH Construction Chevrolet SS was loaded up for the 6th race of the ARCA Menards West Series, this time for a road course race at Portland International Raceway, held in conjunction with the Indy Car Series.

The action-packed weekend kicked off Friday with two practice sessions for the ARCA teams. Bridget quickly got a good feel for the track and was able to work with the team on getting the setup just right for the race on Saturday.

The race was being held on the 20-year anniversary of 9/11; First Responders, Race Officials, Indy Car Teams and ARCA Teams came together to remember those that had tragically lost their lives on that day 20 years ago. Although being from Australia, it was an honor as well as humbling for the BMI Racing team to have the opportunity to take part and show their respect in the commemorative ceremony.

The 30-minute qualifying session started mid-morning, and Bridget elected to head out on track as soon as the session started. Teams were required to qualify on the tires they would use to start the race, meaning drivers would only have 2 – 3 laps to get their best time. Bridget and the HMH Construction Chevrolet would start from 10th.

The green flag dropped at Portland International Raceway for the start of the Portland 112 and there was no shortage of action. Bridget worked hard avoiding issues on the track, climbing her way up to 4th place during the first half of the race – this being her highest career racing position.

The halfway break came at lap 29 and the field rolled down pit road, the team went to work on Bridget’s car changing four tires, adding Sunoco fuel and a wedge adjustment. Bridget continued to persevere, with the second half of the race having just as much action as the first half. At the five-lap to go mark Bridget avoided another car that had spun on track, but in turn, it had ultimately ended her race early, finishing in 16th position.

A replay of the Portland 112 at Portland International Raceway will broadcast on NBCSN on Saturday, Sept. 18, starting at 9 p.m. PT / 12 a.m. ET.

Bridget’s next race will be Thursday, Sept. 23, for the Star Nursery 150 at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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HMH Construction, GEARWRENCH, Rugged Radios, Cometic Gasket, Circle Track Warehouse, Ferrea Racing Components, FK Rod Ends, Fragola Performance Systems, GC Cooling Fan, GT Radial, Hawk Performance, Impact Race Products, K&N Filters, Kellerstrass, Konig, Lucas Oil, Miller Electric, ProAm, PSC Motorsports, Rare Parts, Streamline Customer Designs, Sunoco Race Fuel, Tilton, XS Power

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Chandler Smith – No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Tundra Camping World Trucks Bristol Preview

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Chandler Smith: Driver, No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass® Toyota

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Overview:
Event: UNOH 200, Race 18 of 22 (Race 3 in the Round of 10) 200 Laps – 55/55/90; 106.6 Miles
Location: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway at (0.533-mile oval)
Date/Broadcast: Sept. 16, 2021, at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

Mr. Smith Goes to the Last Great Colosseum:

  • Chandler Smith and the No. 18 JBL team head to Bristol Motor Speedway for the final race in the Round of 10 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs sitting 12 points below the cutoff line for advancing to the Round of 8. Smith rebounded from a disappointing 28th-place finish in the opening race of the playoffs at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway with a solid day at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. He was able to score points in each of the opening stages, including a runner-up finish in Stage Two, and ended the day with a seventh-place finish and 42 points scored. Unfortunately for Smith, eight of the nine top point scorers at Darlington were also playoff contenders and he was only able to cut his deficit below the cutoff line from 18 after Gateway to 12 heading to Bristol.
  • The talented teenager has found success at “The Last Great Colosseum” early on in his Camping World Truck Series career. As a 17-year-old, making just his third-career Truck Series start in 2019, Smith challenged for the win before finishing second to eventual series champion Brett Moffitt. Last year, Smith went a lap down early in the race, but was able to recover and earn a fifth-place finish. He also has one ARCA Menards Series start at Bristol but was relegated to a 23rd-place finish after experiencing a mechanical.
  • Smith finished the regular season 10th on the Camping World Truck Series playoff grid, 10 points above the cutoff line for qualifying for the post season, after posting three top-five and five top-10 finishes across 15 races. Smith and fellow Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Carson Hocevar are the only two drivers who are competing for a driver’s championship for the first time. The other eight contenders have all competed for the Truck Series championship at least one time in previous seasons.
  • The 19-year-old driver ranks third among full-time Camping World Truck Series competitors with 169 laps led this season.
  • Smith picked up a victory in the CARS Super Late Model Tour event at Tri-County Motor Speedway in Granite Falls, N.C., on Saturday, Sept. 11. It was his second Super Late Model victory of the year driving for Donnie Wilson Motorsports. He also was victorious at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla. on July 24.
  • The Toyota Racing Development driver has 11 top-five, and 15 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 15.4 across 33 career Camping World Truck Series starts. His runner-up finish at Knoxville Raceway earlier this season equaled the career-best finish he achieved at Bristol in 2019.
  • Veteran crew chief Danny Stockman calls the shots for Smith and the No. 18 team this season. Stockman led the No. 51 team to four wins in his first season atop the pit box at KBM in 2020. He came to the organization with experience as a crew chief in all three national series, including a Truck Series championship with Austin Dillon in 2011 and an Xfinity Series championship with Dillon in 2013. Stockman’s Truck Series drivers have three starts at Darlington, with Smith’s fifth-place finish last year being the best result. In Xfinity Series action, his best result across 13 starts is a pair of third-place finishes, first with Dillon in 2013 and again with Daniel Hemric in 2018.
  • Safelite AutoGlass – the nation’s largest provider of vehicle glass repair, replacement, and recalibration services – will serve as the primary sponsor on Smith’s Tundra at Bristol and for 16 races total this season. Smith General Contracting and, QuickTie – a proprietary, patented hold down system for high wind and seismic construction- will be associate partners on the bedtop of the No. 18 Toyota for Thursday’s 200-lap event.

Chandler Smith, Driver Q&A:

Do you enjoy racing at Bristol?
“It’s a short track that has a lot of banking and it has my name written all over it! I love Bristol. Growing up as a kid I always dreamed of racing there and the first time I ever got to race there with KBM was amazing, especially being in the Camping World Truck Series. Overall, I’m really excited about going there and I think our luck will hopefully turn around and we’ll bring the Safelite Tundra home in one piece.”

With being 12 points below the cutoff line for advancing to the Round of 8, how will you approach Thursday’s race?
“The biggest thing for us is surviving and honestly trying to win the race. That’s all we can really do is run our own race and if we are really good, we should be able to win the race and if not maximize all of our points and do the best we can. If we come up a little short, it is what it is, and we’ll know that we gave it our best. You can only control the things that you can control, you can control others. Hopefully we can just go out there and get the win though. That’s what we are looking forward to.”

You’ve been running more Super Late Model races lately and have won a couple of them. Does that help you when you get in a truck?
“I think it’s confidence honestly. At the start of the year, we were okay in the trucks, and it steadily started going downhill, downhill, downhill. I wasn’t doing much Super Late Model racing at that time, so my confidence as a driver may have been a little bit down just because you hear things, hear people start saying stuff and you kind of start second guessing yourself and your ability to drive. Being able to hop in a Super Late Model and be really strong every weekend I hop in one and picking up a few wins this year definitely boosted my confidence back up. So, it definitely helps me as far as my confidence.”

Chandler Smith Career Highlights:

  • Across 33 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts has recorded 262 laps led, 11 top-five and 15 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 15.4.
  • Posted an average finish of 7.7 across his final seven of 12 total Truck Series starts in 2020, including third-place finishes in the series finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway and his first career superspeedway start at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in October.
  • Produced three top-five and four top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 4.2 across his first four career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts in 2019. He led 55 laps and finished eighth in his Gander Trucks debut at Iowa Speedway last July and then posted top-five finishes in his final three starts, including a runner-up finish at Bristol (Tenn.) 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. Set an ARCA Racing Series record by winning four consecutive poles to start his career and earned his first victory after leading a race-high 102 laps at Madison (Wis.) International Speedway in his fourth series start.

Chandler Smith’s No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Tundra:
KBM-52: The No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass team will unload KBM-52 for Thursday night’s race at Bristol. It is the first time that this chassis has raced this season. Smith drove this Tundra to a fifth-place finish at Bristol last September. KBM-52’s best career finish of second came with KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch in its debut race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City in May of 2020.

KBM Notes of Interest:

  • KBM drivers have collected three wins, five poles, 534 laps led, nine top-five and 14 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.7 across 28 starts at Bristol.
  • Owner-driver Kyle Busch has collected all three of his organization’s victories at the half-mile oval, winning the Camping World Truck Series race as a part of his historic Bristol Sweeps in 2010 and 2017 and he also won the 2013 event.
  • KBM holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (88) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). With his victory at the Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Truex Jr. became the 16th 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 21 career victories.

Motoclub’s Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2021 Collector Series Rare Edition SparkNFTs Sell Out in Under an Hour

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Los Angeles CA, Sept. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Motoclub.io (“Motoclub”), the premier marketplace for digital automotive collectables, is pleased to announce that it successfully concluded its first drop of the Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2021 Collector Series SparkNFTs in less than an hour after release.

In partnership with Barrett-Jackson, individual auction sales of historically and culturally significant vehicles were chosen for minting. Each is being featured across 5 SparkNFTs:

1 x exclusive video
1 x custom illustration
3 x exclusive images

The NFTs are being sold directly to collectors through Motoclub’s website, which is managed and curated by CurrencyWorks. The chosen vehicles have been split into three series categories: Rare, Epic and Elite. The Elite pack drops will feature the most desirable NFTs while the Rare pack drops contain more common digital collectables. There are 25 NFTs per series.

Starting at $25 USD, the Rare Edition NFT packs were released for sale on September 13, 2021. They featured a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette, 1975 Chevrolet K5 Blazer, 1995 Mercedes Benz G350D Custom SUV, 2016 Nissan Nismo GT-R as well as a 1977 Ford Bronco Custom, which was formerly owned by comedian and actor Kevin Hart.

“The response to the first of our NFT pack drops is incredible. The speed of this sale shows that there truly is demand for this type of automotive memorabilia,” said Cameron Chell, Executive Chairman of CurrencyWorks. “We have access to an impressive library of content thanks to our amazing partner Barrett-Jackson. We can’t wait for the next Motoclub NFT drop and auction.”

The success of the Rare Edition drop comes after four exclusive NFTs were auctioned live at the Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Auction in June at an average price of $16,750.00.

Barrett-Jackson will hold its inaugural auction in Houston, Texas September 16-18, 2021 and will also play host to the next exclusive Motoclub NFT auction.

For more information on Motoclub’s first pack drop, please click here.

About Motoclub.io

Motoclub is a digital collectable space for automotive enthusiasts and fans of automotive memorabilia.

Motoclub partners with some of the biggest names in motorsport, classic and contemporary vehicles, to bring collectors some of the most unique and exclusive digital collectibles available today.

All Motoclub collectable NFTs are minted, sold, and traded through its own specially created platform for buyers to enjoy through their own Motoclub digital wallets.

The Motoclub platform is supported and managed by blockchain pioneers CurrencyWorks Inc.

For more information go to https://www.motoclub.io

About CurrencyWorks

CurrencyWorks Inc. (CSE: CWRK and OTCQB: CWRK) is a publicly traded company that builds and operates a full service blockchain platform.

For more information on CurrencyWorks, please visit us at www.currencyworks.io. For additional investor info visit www.currencyworks.io or www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov searching CWRK.

About Barrett-Jackson

Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions, is the leader in collector car auctions and automotive lifestyle events.

Barrett-Jackson specializes in providing products and services to astute classic and collector car owners and automotive enthusiasts around the world from its bases in Scottsdale, Arizona; Palm Beach, Florida; Houston, Texas, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

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GMS Racing ARCA Bristol Motor Speedway Preview

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Daniel Dye, No. 21 Heise LED, AFT Chevrolet
Bristol Motor Speedway Stats

- Daniel Dye has no previous ARCA Menards Series starts at Bristol.

2021 ARCA Menards Series Stats

  • Starts: 5, Wins: 1 (Berlin), Top 5s: 3, Top 10s: 4, Poles: 1 (Berlin), Laps led: 200
  • Sponsor Spotlight: American Flat Track Charlotte Finale will serve as the primary sponsor on Daniel Dye’s No. 21 Chevrolet. Heise LED Lighting Systems will also appear on Dye’s car in “Thunder Valley”.
  • Daniel Dye will make his sixth ARCA Menards Series national start Thursday for GMS Racing.
  • Dye currently sits second in ARCA Menards Series East point standings, 24-points behind leader Sammy Smith. Bristol is the eighth and final East Series event of 2021. GMS has entered the No. 21 for Dye in three of the previous seven East Series races, with finishes of sixth (Kenly), second (Iowa), and third (Milwaukee) respectively.
  • The 17-year-old Daytona Beach, Florida driver has been impressive in each of his starts in the GMS No. 21, with an average finishing position of 3.25 in races completed with the Race to Stop Suicide Chevrolet SS. The rookie driver had just two career ARCA starts coming into the year.
  • Every start Dye has made for GMS have been at tracks in which the Father Lopez Catholic High School Senior had never seen prior to race day. Dye has previous experience at Bristol, with a fourth-place finish in the U.S. Short Track Nationals Super Late Model event in September 2020.

Quote: “Bristol is just one of those places that everybody knows about. I had the chance to race a late model there last fall, and we were able to have a pretty good run and had a lot of fun on the high banks. Both me and the entire GMS team have pretty high hopes and expectations for how we’ll run Thursday, and we plan to put the American Flat Track Charlotte finale, Heise LED Chevrolet up front and in contention for our second win of the year.”

Jack Wood, No. 22 Chevy Accessories Chevrolet
Bristol Motor Speedway Stats

- Jack Wood has no previous ARCA Menards Series starts at Bristol.

2021 ARCA Menards Series Stats

  • Starts: 7, Top 5s: 1, Top 10s: 4, Best start: 4th, Best finish: 4th, Laps led: 5
  • Sponsor Spotlight: Chevy Accessories will serve as primary sponsor on Jack Wood’s No. 22 Chevrolet, as they have been Wood’s biggest supporter throughout the ARCA & NCWTS seasons.
  • Jack Wood returns to the ARCA Menards Series in a second GMS Racing entry, the No. 22 Chevy Accessories Chevrolet. This is the first time this season where the team will bring two ARCA Chevrolet entries.
  • Wood was promoted to the No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the majority of the 2021 season, but will not be competing in the truck race at Bristol as veteran NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Doug Coby steps in that ride for a one race deal.

-In seven ARCA starts, Wood has a best-career ARCA finish of 4th which came at Kansas Speedway in April. Wood has a best-career NCWTS finish of 10th, which was earned at Gateway last month.

  • In August, GMS Racing announced that Jack Wood will be returning to the No. 24 Silverado full-time in 2022, marking Wood’s first full-time season in NCWTS competition.

Quote: “Bristol is such a famous track in the world of NASCAR and I couldn’t be more excited to make my first start there this Thursday with my No. 22 GMS Racing ARCA team. Sam Mayer ran really strong there last season with this group and I hope to build off that success.”

ABOUT GMS RACING:

GMS Racing competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with drivers Sheldon Creed, Zane Smith, Tyler Ankrum, Chase Purdy and Jack Wood. The team also competes in the ARCA Menards Series with Daniel Dye and Jack Wood. Since the team began in 2014, GMS Racing won the 2016 and 2020 Camping World Trucks Championship, the 2015 ARCA Racing Series championship as well as the 2019 & 2020 ARCA East championship and 2020 Sioux Chief Showdown Championship. GMS has grown to occupy several buildings located in Statesville, N.C. The campus also includes operations for GMS Fabrication. More information can be found at https://gmsracing.net/.

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Dominant Weekend For Jak Crawford at Red Bull Ring

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Jak Crawford #52 Team Motopark, during round six of the EuroFormula Open series at the Red Bull Ring on Sep 10-12, 2021. // SI202109110631 // Usage for editorial use only //

Two wins, 3 fastest laps, pole in EFO outing

SPIELBERG, Austria – (12 September 2021) – Red Bull Junior team driver Jak Crawford scored an emotional victory for the Stars and Stripes on 9-11 Saturday, leading all the way to win the opening Euroformula Open race at Red Bull Ring.

After finishing fifth in the morning round with an inverted grid, the 16-year-old Texan finished the weekend by leading all the way in winning Sunday’s final race. He won his fourth pole in as many attempts in addition to running the fastest race lap in all three events, and made three podium visits, including being the top rookie in the second race.

“This was a good one for America,” Crawford said from victory circle after his Saturday triumph. “Obviously, 20 years ago was a tragic event, so this was a good one for my country, and for myself as well.”

“It was quite a good weekend, obviously,” Crawford summed up. “Two race wins, the pole and three fastest race laps is pretty good. I’m happy with the weekend. We had the best speed, and the most points as well.”

Crawford showed why Red Bull Ring is one of his favorite tracks from the beginning of the weekend. He dominated Friday’s practice, only to lose fast time in the closing minutes by 0.358-seconds. In Saturday morning’s qualifying, he set fast time several times, only to be knocked off the pole three times. But each time he came back with an even faster lap, finally capturing pole position with a lap of 1:22.093-seconds.

“I’m happy to be on pole,” Crawford said after qualifying. “It wasn’t easy; times are always really close at the Red Bull Ring since there aren’t that many corners.I made a mistake on my last lap, which I probably could have had another tenth or so. But still happy with the pole.”

The opening race saw Crawford get off to a 0.9-second lead on lap one, eventually building up to a whopping 6.911-second gap on the field.

“Race 1 was pretty dominant It was an easier one today, because I didn’t have much pressure, but I’m excited about the victory.”

The top six finishers were inverted for Sunday morning’s second race, putting Crawford sixth on the grid. He gained two positions on the opening lap with a pair of passes, and then bided his time in fourth – setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 11. He slipped up and lost two positions on lap 14, although he gained one back on the following lap and finished fifth.

“Race 2 was a bit unfortunate, because I had a few incidents,” he said. “It was a difficult one, being very difficult to overtake. I got up to fourth and held that position, but then I got attacked from behind while being stuck behind a train of cars in front of me. We had the speed to win – and got the fastest lap – but it was difficult to overtake.”

Sunday afternoon was a repeat of race one. Crawford started on the pole by virtue of setting the fastest lap in race two. He led by 1.2-seconds after the opening lap, set fastest race lap four times and gapped Team Motopark teammate and point leader Cameron Das by 4.602-seconds.

“It was a fun race,” Crawford said. “I had a good start and they were battling behind me, so I got a quite comfortable lead. After that, I was trying to be as consistent as possible with no mistakes while managing the gap. Quite an easy one. I’m happy with the win, and the points as well.”

Crawford managed to gain ground with the solid weekend to gain on the leaders from third position. However, he will miss the penultimate round of the campaign at Monza due to an FIA Formula 3 conflict with the new season finale at Sochi in Russia.

“I’m not going to race Monza, which is a bit unfortunate,” he said. “I think the championship is a bit out of reach unless something crazy happens. But we do get to race in Sochi, which will be the first time for me – the first time for nearly everyone. So the playing ground will be a bit more even, and I’m looking forward to another good weekend like Zandvoort, with all three races in the points.”

The Euroformula Open season ends at Barcelona on Oct. 22-24.

“I’ve driven there quite a bit, and it’s one of my favorite tracks in the world,” Crawford said. “I’m looking to get some good results there.”

No. 10 Smithfield Ford Racing: Aric Almirola Bristol Advance

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Aric Almirola
Bristol Advance
Smithfield Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

Event Overview

● Event: Bass Pro Shops Night Race (Round 29 of 36)
● Time/Date: 7:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 18
● Location: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway
● Layout: .533-mile oval
● Laps/Miles: 500 laps/266.5 miles
● Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 125 laps / Stage 2: 125 laps / Final Stage: 250 laps
● TV/Radio: NBCSN / PRN / SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Notes of Interest

● Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is the cutoff race in the first round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Almirola currently sits 11th with three points ahead of the cutoff line to advance to the Round of 12. The Smithfield driver was in a similar position heading into last year’s playoff cutoff race at Bristol – 10th place, seven points ahead of the cutoff line.
● Almirola is no stranger to pressure when it comes to the cutoff line. In 2018, he advanced to the Round of 12 by one point at the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway “Roval” road course. He advanced to the Round of 8 with his win at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and he went on to finish fifth in the final standings.
● Last weekend at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, Almirola and the Smithfield Ford team ran inside the top-10 with a promising run until a loose wheel derailed their night, ultimately putting them a lap down and finishing 14th.
● History at Bristol: Almirola’s most recent visit to Bristol resulted in a fifth-place finish. In 20 starts at Bristol since 2007, Almirola has two top-fives and four top-10s. His best finish there was third in the Food City 500 on March 16, 2004. In addition to his Cup Series experience at Bristol, Almirola has seven NASCAR Xfinity Series starts with four resulting in top-10 finishes.
● Almirola locked himself into the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with his July 18 victory at New Hampshire. He led 46 laps around the flat, 1.058-mile oval en route to his third career NASCAR Cup Series win. After a year full of adversity and bad luck, the victory put the No. 10 team, which was 27th in the standings and facing a must-win situation if it was going to compete for this year’s championship, in prime position to earn one of the 16 coveted berths in the 10-race playoffs. Almirola’s award-winning YouTube series “Beyond the 10” captured his entire race day here.
● In his pursuit of his first Cup Series championship, Almirola looks to continue Tampa Bay’s recent sports successes by adding to the accomplishments of his hometown teams – back-to-back Stanley Cup championships won by the National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay Lightning, last year’s World Series appearance by Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, and this year’s Super Bowl championship by the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
● Smithfield celebrates 10 years of partnership with Almirolathis season with a special campaign called Taste Victory. As one of the most active partners in NASCAR, Smithfield engages fans all year long by hosting a microsite that provides the opportunity to win when Almirola wins or finishes inside the top-10. When Almirola wins, one fan wins $10,000, and 10 fans win a gift card for each top-10 finish. The microsite also doubles as an Aric Almirola fan page and entertainment source where fans can get behind the wheel of the No. 10 Smithfield Ford with a custom racing game, and learn more about Almirola with fast facts, favorite recipes and custom content about his life on and off the track. Visit www.tastevictory.com to learn more. Thanks to Almirola’s Feb. 11 win in his Duel qualifying race for the Daytona 500 and his July 18 win at New Hampshire, two lucky fans have already won $10,000 each.
● Almirola’s 2020 season proved successful when he earned a career-high 18 top-10 finishes, six top-fives and led 305 laps. During the season, Almirola went on a five-race streak of top-five finishes and earned nine consecutive top-10s.
● Career Stats: Almirola has career totals of three wins, two poles, 26 top-five finishes, 82 top-10s and 893 laps led in 380 NASCAR Cup Series starts.
● Beyond the 10 YouTube Series: In 2021, Almirola continues to share his life beyond the No. 10 Ford with season three of his award-winning YouTube series. Fans and media can subscribe on YouTube to see Almirola’s personality on and off the track. Episodes have already featured life as a dad, a husband and an athlete, and it gives fans a unique perspective on what goes on in the life of a professional NASCAR driver. Fans can also follow Almirola’s social media channels: @Aric_Almirola on Twitter and Instagram, and @AricAlmirola on Facebook. Almirola’s latest Beyond the 10 episode addresses the question “are NASCAR drivers athletes” in honor of the Olympic break.

Playoff Standings (with one race to go before Round of 12):

  1. Denny Hamlin (2,127 points) 1 win
  2. Martin Truex Jr. (2,113 points) 1 win
  3. Kyle Larson (2,151 points) +88 points
  4. Joey Logano (2,093 points) +40 points
  5. Ryan Blaney (2,081 points) +28 points
  6. Kevin Harvick (2,078 points) +25 points
  7. Chase Elliott (2,072 points) +19 points
  8. Christopher Bell (2,070 points) +17 points
  9. Brad Keselowski (2,066 points) +13 points
  10. Kyle Busch (2,061 points) +8 points
  11. Aric Almirola (2,056 points) +3 points
  12. Kurt Busch (2,053 points) +0 points
  13. Alex Bowman (2,053 points) -0 points
  14. Tyler Reddick (2,048 points) -5 points
  15. William Byron (2,035 points) -18 points
  16. Michael McDowell (2,015 points) -38 points

Aric Almirola, Driver of the No. 10 Smithfield Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing:

How did you feel about Richmond and how does it change your outlook on Bristol?

“We didn’t have a race-winning car, but I thought we could have run fifth to eighth, so I was a little frustrated. But it’s a team sport and we’ll go to Bristol and keep fighting. I think we’re competitive. We’re in the hunt. We had a loose lugnut and I had to pit again under green, and that got us behind. We finished 14th instead of sixth or seventh, which is about where we were running, so frustrating that we gave up those points. In this situation, we can’t really give up any points. It would have been a lot nicer to go to Bristol plus 12 (points) instead of plus three, but it is what it is. It’s no big deal. We’ve got to put our head down and go race. It’s the same situation. We’ve just got to go racing and score as many points as we can.”

Do you think the driving will be more aggressive this weekend with the points situation so close?

“The playoffs always bring out the best in us. The intensity level ratchets way up and every spot matters, every point matters during the stages and every finishing position matters, so I don’t think it can get any more aggressive. It’s already really aggressive and it will continue to be that way. We were in a similar position last year ahead of the cutoff line and we just didn’t execute in the first stage enough to get us points, so we have to get those points early. But you see what happened at Darlington with cars and equipment taking them out of the race. You have to be there at the end, too, so there is a fine balance.”

Is it a new mindset when you return to Bristol’s concrete surface after racing on the dirt?

“Bristol on dirt does not correlate at all to Bristol’s typical concrete self. One thing that I am interested in is the fact that they completely had to wash the racetrack and I believe, or I’ve heard, they had to spray a solution on there to get all of the clay and stuff off and pressure wash the racetrack, so it’ll be interesting to see how different the track is just without the rubber that’s laid down in the pores of the concrete and if that changes anything – then how they apply the PJ1 to the bottom groove. That’s always a moving target for us on whether they apply it in a small strip or if they widen it out and make it to where it’s a whole car width wide. It’s always changing the dynamic of how the cars run around the racetrack.”

No. 10 Smithfield Ford Team Roster

Primary Team Members

Driver: Aric Almirola
Hometown: Tampa, Florida

Crew Chief: Mike Bugarewicz
Hometown: Lehighton, Pennsylvania

Car Chief: Jerry Cook
Hometown: Toledo, Ohio

Engineer: Lee Deese
Hometown: Rockingham, North Carolina

Engineer: James Kimbrough
Hometown: Pensacola, Florida

Spotter: Joel Edmonds
Hometown: Dobson, North Carolina

Over-The-Wall Members

Front Tire Changer: Ryan Mulder
Hometown: Sioux Center, Iowa

Rear Tire Changer: Michael Johnson
Hometown: Andover, New York

Tire Carrier: Tyler Bullard
Hometown: King, North Carolina

Jack Man: Sean Cotton
Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina

Fuel Man: James “Ace” Keener
Hometown: Fortuna, California

Road Crew Members

Mechanic: Tony Silvestri
Hometown: Sylvania, Ohio

Mechanic: Robbie Fairweather
Hometown: Westbrookville, New York

Engine Tuner: Matt Moeller
Hometown: Monroe, New York

Tire Specialist: Russel Simpson
Hometown: Medford, New York

Transporter Co-Driver: Dale Lackey
Hometown: Taylorsville, North Carolina

Transporter Co-Driver: Wayne Smith
Hometown: Melbourne, Australia

Ty Dillon Returns to the Our Motorsports #23 with Hometown Lenders, Inc.

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(Statesville, NC 9/13/21) – Fresh off of back-to-back races filling in for Brett Moffitt in the Our Motorsports No. 02 Chevrolet, Ty Dillon returns to the seat of the team’s No. 23 for the upcoming Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Joining Dillon for the much-anticipated night race will be national mortgage lender, Hometown Lenders.

Hometown Lenders was founded in 2000 from a single office in Huntsville, AL. Since then, the lender has grown to 100 branches operating in 40 states nationwide while still corporately calling Huntsville home. As Hometown Lenders grew, dedication to customer service was never overlooked. The hometown way of doing business has always been to make sure that each ncustomer receives the highest level of personalized customer service throughout the entire mortgage loan process.

“Hometown Lenders is incredibly proud to support Ty Dillon and Our Motorsports at the most exciting venue on the NASCAR Xfinity Series Schedule, Bristol Motor Speedway!”, said John Taylor, President, Hometown Lenders. “We are excited to see what Ty can do in the Hometown Lenders Chevy and the HTL family will be cheering him on from all across the country!”

Dillon will pilot the Hometown Lenders Chevrolet in what will be his fifth start for Our Motorsports in the 2021 season. In ten previous starts at Bristol in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Dillon has scored in the top-10 at eight of those races.

The Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday September the 17th at 7:30pm EST. The event will be televised live on NBCSN.

About Hometown Lenders, Inc.
Hometown Lenders, Inc. is a fully integrated, multi-channel mortgage lender leveraging technology and the power of the Internet with a traditional brick and mortar business in order to bring you efficient mortgage financing and unsurpassed customer service. HTL offers a complete range of conforming, non-conforming and government loan programs, as well as a variety of options to help successfully budget any style mortgage. To learn more about how

About Our Motorsports
Our Motorsport, based in Statesville, NC, competes full time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with No. 02 and driver Brett Moffitt and No. 23 with a rotation of drivers. To learn more about Our Motorsports, visit www.OurMotorsportsGroup.com.

BAC-D® Joins Moffitt for The Last Great Colosseum

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Bacterial Defense Company to Adorn No. 46 at Bristol Motor Speedway

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (September 13, 2021)—David Gilliland Racing (DGR) announced today that BAC-D® will serve as the primary partner of Thad Moffitt’s No. 46 Ford Fusion for the Bush’s Beans 200 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway when the ARCA Menards Series tackles the iconic half-mile track on September 16.

The BAC-D® brand of sanitizers is owned by AEC Consumer Products headquartered in Fayetteville, North Carolina. AEC is an innovator, marketer and national distributor of branded consumer products. With the mission of creating products that enhance quality of life while contributing to a healthier future, BAC-D® Sanitizers including Original, Alcohol and Animal are a convenient and gentle way to kill 99.99% of illness-causing germs and bacteria.

“AEC is proud to partner with DGR and the Petty Family to sponsor Thad Moffitt,” Richard Guy, Founder and CEO, said. “It is an honor to align ourselves with family-oriented people who share the same values and are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others.”

“I’m excited to head to Bristol Motor Speedway with Bac-D® Hand Sanitizer as our primary partner. They are leading the charge in the hand-sanitizer sector by offering a quality, American made product that is 99.99% effective in killing germs and bacteria,” Moffitt said. “A sense of safety is always reassuring on and off the track. I am grateful for the opportunity to represent their brand and I look forward to building our partnership.”

Moffitt has competed in 15 ARCA Menards Series races for DGR in 2021. The Trinity, North Carolina-native has five top-five and 12 top-10 finishes with a best finish of third twice – Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway in March and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington in June.

The Bush’s Beans 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway will be televised live on FS1 and streamed on the Fox Sports Go app at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 16.

About AEC Consumer Products

AEC Consumer Products was founded by Richard Guy, creator of Blue Emu® and is based in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As a privately-owned company, AEC Consumer Products controls all aspects of production including the supply of all raw materials as well the flow of all manufacturing. That allows us to continuously formulate, manufacture and distribute quality products nationwide to both retail and commercial facilities. We are proud to supply accounts such as Petty Motorsports as well as SeaWorld, Smithfield Foods, Texas Roadhouse, and many more. And through the support of these partners, we have the privilege of being able to support the US Military and First Responders. For more information, visit www.aecconsumerproducts.com or www.bac-d.com.

About David Gilliland Racing

David Gilliland Racing (DGR) is a race team owned by NASCAR veteran David Gilliland and businessman Johnny Gray. The team specializes in driver development, competing full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, multiple ARCA Menards Series divisions and CARS Tour with factory support from Ford Performance. In its first four years of operation, DGR has achieved success in each series tallying up multiple wins and championships. The team operates out of three buildings totaling 60,000 square feet in Mooresville, N.C.

Steven Aghakhani and Jacob Eidson Secure IMSA Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship Sunday Podium Finish at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

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Third and Fourth Place Race Finishes Cap Competitive but Challenging Weekend for No. 6 SADA Systems US RaceTronics Lamborghini Huracán Team and Drivers

MONTEREY, California (September 13, 2021) – A third-place podium finish in Sunday’s second and final race of the IMSA Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America doubleheader at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca capped a competitive but challenging weekend for Steven Aghakhani and Jacob Eidson in the No. 6 SADA Systems US RaceTronics (USRT) Lamborghini Huracán Evo.

After climbing from ninth overall on the starting grid to a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s opening 50-minute race, Aghakhani, Eidson and the SADA/USRT team came into Sunday’s finale determined to get back on the podium.

Rolling off from third on the grid, Eidson moved up to second for a few laps at the start of the race to begin a challenging battle in the top three he and closing driver Aghakhani would wage the entire race.

“We had some higher hopes for Sunday, but it was getting progressively hotter and hotter as I was getting in the car,” Aghakhani said. “Jacob held second as long as he could and brought the car in third. I went out and it was just an absolute nightmare. There was no grip and the tires were gone, but we just had to go out there, kept our cool, brought the car home safe and collected some hardware in victory lane.”

Eidson also got the most out of the SADA Systems No. 6 Lamborghini despite the challenges.

“Laguna Seca is always really challenging in terms of setup and tire degradation,” Eidson said. “That was the theme of today, major tire degradation. Steven and I both did the best we could with what we had. The team always gives us the best car possible and sometimes the deck is stacked against you and you just have to do the best you can with what you’re dealt. I had a good start and moved to P2, but then one the tires fell off and we dropped back one spot, but it was still a good race.”

A highlight of Saturday’s otherwise forgettable race was Eidson’s last-lap pass for fourth, a move in Laguna Seca’s legendary Corkscrew set of turns that reminded some of Alex Zanardi’s famous “The Pass” from 1996.

“After getting hung out in qualifying for race one, we had to suck it up and just start the race from ninth,” Aghakhani said. “We got the car up to P8 but got stuck behind another car in another class. I brought the car into the pits and Jacob went out and climbed all the way up to fourth. He actually did a Zanardi move in the Corkscrew, got past fourth and we took that position overall for the first day.”

In total, Aghakhani, Eidson and the SADA/USRT team have hit the podium in seven of the year’s first 10 North American races, a consistent run that includes at least one top-three showing on each of the five doubleheader race weekend events held to date this season.

With the North American portion of the 2021 Super Trofeo season complete, next up is the season-ending sixth doubleheader of the year that will be held in Misano, Italy in late October, just ahead of the season-ending World Finals at the same Italian circuit.

“We got some good points this weekend at Laguna Seca and it’s on to the World Finals,” Eidson said.

Before Aghakhani and Eidson pack their bags for Europe, however, a more familiar challenge awaits in just two weeks. With the support of longtime partner SADA Systems and new sponsor Raymond James – which was on the car for the first time this weekend at Laguna Seca – Aghakhani and Eidson make their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona (GTD) debut at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, September 24 – 25.

“Long Beach is going to be fun,” Aghakhani said. “It’s a different breed of races, the entire crowd, everyone out there and the car we’re using. Everyone is going to be there, Formula Drift, Trophy Trucks, GTLM, Prototypes, and us in the GTD class. There’s so many different kinds of cars, things to do out there, and it’s only an hour away from home. We could even go back home, enjoy a meal and come back!”

Aghakhani’s racing programs run with the support of several key sponsor partners in 2021. SADA Systems, Inc. is a privately held global leader in providing business and technology consulting services that transform organizations through cloud-based solutions at www.sada.com The Global Wealth Solutions Group of Raymond James has far-reaching abilities to help clients. Their team has a global focus while maintaining an intimate focus on each client’s world. Learn more at www.raymondjames.com. Magic Laundry Services (MLS) is one of the largest independently owned hospitality linens and dry-cleaning operations in the country, catering primarily to the hospitality industry. Learn more at www.magiclaundryservices.com. TKX Associates specializes in consulting and staff augmentation at www.tkxassociates.com, Shegerian & Associates is a Los Angeles based firm at www.shegerianlaw.com. Insignia Mortgage focuses on providing flexible portfolio lending options for clients with non-traditional lending needs. Learn more at www.insigniamortgage.com. The Tax & Business Consulting Group is a Los Angeles-based public accounting firm at www.alllp.com. Equeduct provides capital funding solutions for small businesses at www.equeduct.com. O’Gara Coach is a luxury and high-performance auto dealer in Beverly Hills, Westlake Village and San Diego. Additional valued partners include Forgiato Wheels, Speed Society and the Pro Automotive Repair Center in Glendale, California.

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