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JR Motorsports — NXS Talladega Preview

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JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW:
TRACK: Talladega Superspeedway
RACE: Ag-Pro 300 (113 laps / 300.58 miles)
DATE: Saturday, April 24, 2021

Broadcast Information – TV: 4 p.m. ET on FOX / Radio: 3:30 p.m. ET on MRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Michael Annett
No. 1 Pilot Flying J/myRewards Plus™ Chevrolet
• Michael Annett’s best finish on the 2.66-mile oval came in 2017 in his first start there for JR Motorsports. The Iowa driver ended the day seventh at the checkered flag.
• Annett’s first pole in the NASCAR Xfinity Series also came at Talladega Superspeedway in 2019. He was battling for the lead with 17 laps remaining when he was caught up in a crash and finished 31st after leading 10 laps.
• Annett has earned three top-10 finishes in the last four races, the best being a sixth-place effort at Las Vegas.
• Beginning this week, Annett’s No. 1 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet will carry a special paint scheme featuring the myRewards Plus™ app, a rewards program made for drivers™.

Josh Berry
No. 8 Tire Pros Chevrolet
• Josh Berry will make his Talladega debut this weekend in the Tire Pros Chevrolet. In one superspeedway start, Berry finished 27th after being involved in a late-race incident earlier this year at Daytona.
• Berry is one of four drivers vying for the $100k Dash 4 Cash payday. The 30-year-old qualified by winning the NXS race at Martinsville Speedway.
• Following the win at Martinsville, Tire Pros expanded its partnership by adding two additional races to its schedule with Berry starting at Talladega.
• In 2021, Berry has one win, one top five and three top 10s while pacing the field for 95 laps.

Noah Gragson
No. 9 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / Black Rifle Coffee Chevrolet
• Noah Gragson has made four starts at Talladega Superspeedway in the NXS, earning a pair of top-five finishes and three in the top 10.
• Gragson, who won the $100,000 NXS Dash 4 Cash bonus at Martinsville Speedway, will once again compete for the big money at Talladega. Gragson has won two Dash 4 Cash checks, with the other coming in 2020 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
• In the last four series races, Gragson has three top-five finishes, including a second-place run at Martinsville to

Justin Allgaier
No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet
• In 11 NXS starts at Talladega, Justin Allgaier has earned three top fives and six top 10s with a best finish of third.
• Allgaier has run strong at the superspeedway of late, leading the field in five consecutive races dating back to this event in 2017.
• Overall, in 32 career starts at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega, Allgaier has scored a combined seven top fives and 14 top 10s, twice earning a best finish of second.
• In his NXS career on tracks 2 miles or greater in length, Allgaier has recorded one victory, coming at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018.

Driver Quotes
“We’ve always been fast at Talladega, and our last race there we were in contention for the victory. The last four races, we’ve been really fast and consistent, and this is one of our better tracks, so we’re looking for good things on Saturday. I’m proud to carry a new paint scheme featuring the myRewards Plus™ app, which saves professional drivers money on fuel, saves time and adds convenience to help them do their jobs.” – Michael Annett

“Talladega is definitely a place where you have to be on your toes at all times. It’s a race where anything can happen and you just have to hope that you’re in the right place at the right time to avoid all the trouble out there. We’ve had strong runs here over the last few years and I know that we will have another extremely fast BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet that will be capable of getting to the front and staying there. Hopefully we can have a good, clean race and work well with our teammates to bring home another victory for JRM on Saturday.” – Justin Allgaier

“I’m ready to get back to the race track but I am glad I have had a little time to soak in the Martinsville win. I’ve watched some film from Daytona earlier this year and last year’s race at Talladega in order to be prepared for this weekend. I’m thankful for the opportunity that Tire Pros has given me by adding another two races to their schedule with me, so I am hoping we can put the Tire Pros Chevrolet into Victory Lane this weekend and give them something to celebrate. A big thanks to Xfinity as well for putting together the D4C. Winning $100k would definitely be a great payday.” – Josh Berry

“Dave (Elenz, crew chief) and the No. 9 guys always prepare fast race cars for these superspeedway races and I am ready to get back to the track. After a good run at Martinsville, I think our momentum for the season is starting to pick up and hopefully that continues this weekend in Talladega. There’s going to be times where we will need to be aggressive to work our way to the front and I know I will have a car capable of doing just that. Hopefully we can win the race and bring home another D4C check. Thank you to Xfinity for giving back to our series in this way, it’s huge for us to be able to race for that kind of bonus.” – Noah Gragson

JRM Team Updates:
• JRM at Talladega: JR Motorsports returns to Talladega Superspeedway in 2021 after having all four Chevys pace the field and placing two cars inside the top 10 during the 2020 spring race. To date, JRM has two wins, 14 top fives and 25 top 10s in 45 starts at the 2.66-mile speedway with the most recent race winner, Elliott Sadler, having won for JRM in 2016. JRM has a combined 14 wins, 74 top fives and 137 top 10s on tracks measuring 2- miles or longer in NXS competition.
• Dash 4 Cash Prowess: JRM drivers have claimed the Dash 4 Cash bonus on 14 different occasions with more than half of those victories coming since the 2017 season. Noah Gragson most recently took Dash 4 Cash honors at Martinsville Speedway on April 9th.
• Pilot Flying J myRewards Plus™ App: Save time and money on the road at Pilot Flying J Travel Centers and One9 Fuel Network locations with the myRewards Plus™ app, the rewards program made for drivers™. The app offers more of what matters on the road: more savings, more convenience and more time-saving features to plus-up your next stop. Professional drivers can earn up to four points per gallon only in the myRewards Plus™ app by activating the tiered points program every month. It has a trip planner, which has exclusive offers to find the best places to stop and save along the road with clean, fast and friendly service at Pilot Flying J Travel Centers.

Corey Heim to Make Camping World Truck Series Debut at Darlington

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Toyota Racing Development Driver Slated for Two Starts in the No. 51 Tundra in 2021

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 21, 2021) – Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that Corey Heim will make two starts behind the wheel of the organization’s No. 51 Tundra in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this season. The 18-year-old driver will make his series debut May 7 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway with primary sponsorship from JBL, the authority in engineering superior sound. He will also compete in the Truck Series event Oct. 30 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway with a yet to be named sponsor.

The Toyota Racing Development driver has won two of the last three ARCA Menards Series events: the 2020 season finale at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City and the 2021 season opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Heim also produced a runner-up finish at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway this year and after two events leads fellow Toyota driver Ty Gibbs by two points in the championship standings. Across 18 career ARCA Menards starts, he has produced two wins, 136 laps led, 12 top-five and 17 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 5.2.

In addition to his two ARCA Menards Series triumphs, Heim has found his way to victory lane in the Late Model Ranks the last few seasons. Most recently, the Georgia driver brought home a victory March 27 in the Super Late Model Georgia Spring Nationals at Crip Motorsports Park in Cordele, Ga. It was his second Super Late Model win at his home state track, where he also won CRA SpeedFest at the 3/8-mile track in 2020. On the CARS Tour, Heim has one Super Late Model win at South Boston (Va.) Speedway in 2018 and one Late Model Stock victory at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway in 2020.

“I’m thankful to everyone at Kyle Busch Motorsports and Toyota for giving me the opportunity to make two starts in the Camping World Truck Series this year,” Heim said. “Not having any practice is going to make it exciting driving off into Turn 1 at Darlington with 39 other drivers for my first lap in a truck, but I’ve been able to make a lot of laps on the simulator at TRD and develop a relationship with Mardy (Lindley, crew chief), so I feel that I’m well prepared. The 51 team has had fast trucks everywhere they’ve been this season, and I’m confident that they’ll have a strong JBL Tundra at Darlington. I just need to learn throughout the race and be there at the end.”

“Corey is another driver in the Toyota Racing Development program that has proven that he can win in the ARCA Menards Series and earned this opportunity to drive for us in the Camping World Truck Series,” Busch said. “With no practice or qualifying, Darlington is going to be a tough place for his first start, but he’s been on the simulator at TRD working with Mardy (Lindley, crew chief) and our engineers and they’ve been very pleased with how it’s going.”

The No. 51 team led by first-year crew chief Mardy Lindley has scored two wins across six races this season. Owner-driver Kyle Busch led a race-high 102 laps en route to the victory at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway and Martin Truex Jr. led 105 laps in the inaugural Truck Series event at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway Dirt Track.

About JBL:

JBL creates the amazing sound that shapes life’s most epic moments. From iconic events like Woodstock and concerts at Madison Square Garden, to games at Yankee Stadium and weekend road trips, JBL elevates listeners’ experiences with award-winning audio that lets them make the most of every moment. With unmatched professional credentials and over 70 years of delivering industry leading innovation, JBL is the authority in engineering superior sound.

About Kyle Busch Motorsports:

Since debuting in 2010, Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) has quickly established itself as one of the most successful teams in all of NASCAR. Owned by two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch and fueled by his passion for winning, the organization holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (84) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). 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).

KBM prepares a fleet of race-winning Toyotas out of its state-of-the art 77,000-square-foot facility in Mooresville, N.C. Fans can stay up-to-date with all the latest KBM news online at www.KyleBuschMotorsports.com, by liking the team on Facebook (KBMteam) and by following the team on Instagram (KBMteam), and Twitter (@KBMteam).

Toyota Racing – Weekly Preview – 04.21.21

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This Week in Motorsports: April 19-25, 2021

  • NCS/NXS: Talladega Superspeedway – April 24-25
  • ARCA: Talladega Superspeedway – April 24

PLANO, Texas (April 21, 2021) – Toyota drivers are back on the high banks of Talladega Superspeedway for three races in two days. On Saturday, the ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series complete a doubleheader before the Cup Series takes to the track on Sunday.

NASCAR National Series – NCS| NXS

Hamlin looks to add another superspeedway win… Denny Hamlin continued to show he is the driver to beat on superspeedways as the Virginia-native added another victory at Talladega last fall. Hamlin has an impressive six consecutive top-five finishes on superspeedways in NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) competition. Hamlin continues to hold the top-spot in the NCS standings after his eighth top-five finish in the first nine events of the season.

Joe Gibbs Racing riding impressive streak… Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) has been riding high for the last two weekends at Martinsville Speedway and Richmond Raceway with all four Camrys placing in the top-10 in both Cup races, along with the Xfinity race in Martinsville. JGR looks to continue that streak at Talladega with four entries in each race.

First Cup Series start for Burton… Harrison Burton has a special weekend ahead as he will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut behind the wheel of the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Gaunt Brothers Racing. The 20-year-old driver made his debut with Toyota at age 15 in what is now the ARCA Menards Series West. Burton continued to impress as he drove to an ARCA East title days before his 17th birthday, and he added to his impressive stats with four Xfinity Series wins and a Rookie of the Year title one year ago.

Hemric, Jones run for the cash… Daniel Hemric continues to impress in his first full-time season with JGR. The 30-year-old driver is second in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) point standings on the strength of four top-five finishes. He’s also one of four drivers competing for the ‘Dash for Cash’ this weekend – which could lead to a $100,000 bonus for his team. One driver he is going to have to battle for the cash prize is his teammate – Brandon Jones. Jones has also scored four top-five finishes this season.

Dillon, Garrett back behind the wheel… Two Supras will see the return of drivers behind the wheel in Saturday’s NXS race. Ty Dillon makes his fourth start of the season in the JGR No. 54 Supra, while Sam Hunt Racing (SHR) will field its fourth different driver in the first eight events as Colin Garrett will make his first start of the season in the No. 26 Supra. Garrett drove SHR’s debut race at Homestead in 2019 and made five starts for the team in 2020. So far, rotating drivers has proven to be a success for SHR as the team has seven top-20 finishes in eight starts in its first full-time season.

NASCAR Regional Series – ARCA

Dollar looks for return to victory lane… Drew Dollar is ready for his third ARCA Menards Series start of the season and for the first time, he climbs in his Toyota Camry as the defending race winner. Dollar led 40 of 76 laps and scored his first-career ARCA Menards Series victory last year at Talladega Superspeedway.

Heim leads early… After top-two finishes in the first two ARCA Menards Series races of the season – including a race win in the season opener at Daytona – Corey Heim heads into Talladega as the points leader. He leads the standings over fellow Toyota driver Ty Gibbs by two points.

About Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands plus our 1,800 dealerships.

Toyota has created a tremendous value chain and directly employs more than 47,000 in North America. The company has contributed world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 40 million cars and trucks at our 14 manufacturing plants, 15 including our joint venture in Alabama that begins production in 2021.

Through its Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society’s most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.

NASCAR Top-10 PowerRankings: Richmond

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Jeffrey Boswell
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Photo by Barry Albert, Speedwaymedia.com

Note: The quotes in this article are fictional.

1. Denny Hamlin: Hamlin swept Stages 1 and 2 at Richmond, but couldn’t hold off Alex Bowman late and settled for second place.

“I’m still winless this season,” Hamlin said. “My critics say I can’t win the big one; now, I can’t even win a little one.”

2. Martin Truex, Jr.: Truex contended for the win for most of the day until a pit road speeding penalty dropped him back. He still managed to rebound for a fifth-place finish, his fourth of the year.

“Now I have two lead feet,” Truex said, “because with my original lead foot, I shot myself in the other foot. And that’s going to make it very difficult to ‘pussy-foot’ the gas pedal the next time I roll down pit lane.”

3. Joey Logano: Logano led 49 laps and came home 3rd in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond.

“Jimmie Johnson made his Indy Car debut on Sunday in the Grand Prix of Alabama,” Logano said. “I don’t know about you, but it seems like ‘Grand Prix’ and ‘Alabama’ should never be used in the same sentence. That would be akin to a race called the ‘Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.’ Besides, in Alabama, ‘prix’ has an entirely different pronunciation.”

4. William Byron: Byron finished 7th at Richmond.

“My No. 24 Chevy sported the ‘Liberty University’ paint scheme,” Byron said. “Jerry Falwell, Jr. called my car the ‘one to watch,’ especially if his wife was in the passenger seat.”

5. Christopher Bell: Bell finished 4th in the Toyota Owners 400 as Joe Gibbs Racing placed all four cars in the top 8.

“I’m thrilled to be in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota,” Bell said. “That No. 20 is iconic in NASCAR. Tony Stewart drove that car into the stratosphere of relevancy; Erik Jones drove it into the ground.”

6. Alex Bowman: Bowman got by Denny Hamlin with 10 laps and cruised to his first win of the year, capturing the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond.

“Four Joe Gibbs Racing cars finished in the Top 8,” Bowman said, “but I whipped them all. I now know what it’s like to be Joe Gibbs, because I’m a ‘Toyota owner‘ too.”

7. Kyle Larson: Larson struggled at Richmond with an 18th-place finish, two laps down.

“We dealt with handling issues all day,” Larson said, “and never quite figured things out. It was a bad day, but I can think of worse days I’ve had. Particularly, one comes to mind.”

8. Kevin Harvick: Harvick blew a tire with 20 laps to go and limped home with a 24th at Richmond.

“Losing a tire that late in a race is a lot like Hunt Brothers Pizza,” Harvick said. “It leaves a bad taste in your mouth. The fortunes of being a championship-caliber driver with supreme confidence are also a lot like Hunt Brothers Pizza, because you know it will soon come out the other side.”

9. Chase Elliott: Elliott finished 12th at Richmond and is 7th in the points standings.

“Bubba Wallace got his COVID-19 vaccination,” Elliott said. “He’s encouraging others to do the same. I think NASCAR should also. Have you seen NASCAR’s rating? Any ‘shot in the arm’ would be beneficial.”

10. Ryan Blaney: Blaney finished 11th at Richmond, posting a career-best result at the .75-mile track.

“We didn’t have any air hose issues like we did last week at Martinsville,” Blaney said. “Let me tell you, I was so relieved, I let out a ‘PSI of relief.'”

Ford Performance NASCAR: Talladega Advance

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FORD PERFORMANCE NASCAR: TALLADEGA NOTES

Talladega Superspeedway will host a weekend of racing in the NASCAR XFINITY and NASCAR Cup Series, beginning on Saturday afternoon. Ford has won 30 Cup races at the Alabama racetrack, including last season when Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney took the checkered flag.

This Week’s Schedule:
Saturday, April 24 – NASCAR XFINITY Series, 4 p.m. ET (FOX)
Sunday, April 25 – NASCAR Cup Series, 2 p.m. ET (FOX)

FORD IN THE NASCAR CUP SERIES AT TALLADEGA
· Ford has 30 all-time series wins at Talladega, including 9 of the last 11, and 10 of the last 13.
· Ford has won at least one Talladega Cup race each of the last nine years.
· Ryan Blaney is the defending champion of this weekend’s race.

FORD IN THE NASCAR XFINITY SERIES AT TALLADEGA
· Ford has 6 series wins at Talladega.
· The first Ford victory in the series was by Chad Little in 1995.
· Six different Ford drivers have series wins at Talladega.

BLANEY DEFENDING SPRING WINNER

Ryan Blaney comes into this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega as the defending winner after clipping Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at the finish line in a thrilling overtime shootout. The win was Blaney’s second straight at the 2.66-mile facility and clinched his spot in the playoffs. Blaney goes into Sunday’s race having finished 11th or better in each of the last six races and includes a victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway last month. He currently ranks fifth in the point standings after an 11th-place run at Richmond Raceway.

TEAM PENSKE ROLLING AT TALLADEGA

Team Penske drivers Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney have combined to win 8 of the last 13 NCS races at Talladega Superspeedway. Keselowski won the playoff race in 2017, making him the winningest active driver at the track with five, while Logano won the same event in back-to-back seasons (2015-16). Blaney has followed suit, winning two of the last three visits to Talladega.

ALMIROLA ALRIGHT AT TALLADEGA

Stewart-Haas driver Aric Almirola has had his share of success recently at Talladega Superspeedway, having posted eight top 10 finishes in the last nine races at NASCAR’s biggest track. Almirola, who won the playoff race at Talladega in 2018, had his streak of eight straight top 10 finishes come to an end in November when an accident on lap 58 ended his day with a 37th-place result.

TALLADEGA TOP 10’s FOR NEWMAN

Ryan Newman has competed in four NASCAR Cup Series events at Talladega Superspeedway since joining Roush Fenway Racing in 2019 and produced three top 10 finishes. Newman was seventh in his first outing with the team, and then later that year had the lead coming off turn four before getting nipped at the finish line by Ryan Blaney in a photo finish. Last season, he finished 24th in the first race and sixth in the playoff event. This weekend will mark Newman’s 39th career series start at TSS.

Ford Talladega Highlights:

WINNING IN THE CLUTCH

Needing a win to advance in the Playoffs, Brad Keselowski did exactly that in winning the Geico 500 on Oct. 19, 2014. The win was Keselowski’s sixth of the year, most for any driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, and enabled him to move into the next round. Keselowski got a push from Penske teammate Joey Logano on the final green-white-checker restart and held off Matt Kenseth for the win.

ROUND OF 12 SWEEP

Joey Logano made history in 2015 when he came to Talladega Superspeedway and completed a three-race Round of 12 sweep by surviving a green-white-checker finish to win the CampingWorld.com 500. Logano became the first driver to sweep an entire round in only the second year of the format and won for the sixth time in 2015. In order to do it, he had to survive an aborted green-white-checker restart and then the official restart after it was determined by NASCAR that the original attempt had not gone green before an accident back in the pack occurred. The cars lined up again and shortly after Logano passed the start-finish line, a multi-car wrecked ensued that involved Kevin Harvick, who was having engine issues which brought the caution out and gave Logano the win.

BAKER PROVIDES MOORE SUCCESS

The first time Ford went to victory lane at Talladega Superspeedway was May 4, 1975 when Buddy Baker, driving for Hall of Fame car owner Bud Moore, held off David Pearson on the final lap. The win was Baker’s ninth career victory and came after he took the lead with 18 laps to go. One of the key decisions in getting Baker to the checkered flag first came when his team opted for two tires on its final pit stop of the day while Pearson and the Wood Brothers decided on gas only. Even though Pearson steadily gained ground on the final lap, Baker was able to hold on by half a car length to win. That started a streak which saw Baker and Moore win three straight Talladega races.

DAVEY ALLISON’S FIRST WIN

Ford has had many milestone moments at Talladega Superspeedway, including the first NASCAR Cup Series win for the late Davey Allison, who won the Winston 500 on May 3, 1987. The race came down to a restart with 10 laps to go in which Allison found himself behind Dale Earnhardt in the outside lane. Earnhardt bolted to the lead when the green flew and Allison tucked in right behind him through turns one and two. As they came off the second corner, Allison went to the inside and easily passed Earnhardt for what proved to be the winning pass. Terry Labonte ended up finishing second with Earnhardt third. Allison went on to win 19 NCS races, including three at Talladega.

ROBERT YATES RACING’S FINAL WIN

When Dale Jarrett won the UAW-Ford 500 on Oct. 2, 2005 it ended up being the final trip to victory lane for Robert Yates Racing. This race came down to a green-white-checker restart, where Jarrett was positioned fourth. He was still in that spot when they came around to start the final lap, but quickly moved to the outside as Tony Stewart grabbed the lead on the inside lane. The two drivers battled side-by-side down the backstretch before Jarrett powered his way in front. Seconds after getting the lead, Kyle Petty was involved in a single-car accident that brought out the caution as the cars entered turn three. Jarrett was declared the winner after NASCAR verified that he was in front at the time the yellow flag was thrown. The win was RYR’s 57th triumph in the NASCAR Cup Series, and came six years after the team won its only championship with Jarrett in 1999.

DAVID RAGAN’S SURPRISE VICTORY

And then there was David Ragan, who became the 11th driver to win a NASCAR XFINITY and NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway when he took the checkered flag in the 2013 Aaron’s 499. The win was his second series victory and first for Front Row Motorsports, and it ended in typical Talladega fashion. As the cars came to the white flag it was Carl Edwards in the lead while Ragan was fifth and tucked in the middle lane behind Aric Almirola. When Almirola moved to the high side, it enabled Ragan and teammate David Gilliland to work together and push their way forward. The duo was behind Edwards off turn two, but they made their move to the inside on the backstretch and made what proved to be the decisive pass.

FORD’S NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS AT TALLADEGA
1975 – Buddy Baker (Sweep)
1976 – Buddy Baker (1)
1979 – Bobby Allison (1)
1983 – Dale Earnhardt (2)
1985 – Bill Elliott and Cale Yarborough
1987 – Davey Allison and Bill Elliott
1989 – Davey Allison and Terry Labonte
1992 – Davey Allison (1)
1994 – Jimmy Spencer (2)
1995 – Mark Martin (1)
1997 – Mark Martin (1)
1998 – Dale Jarrett (2)
2005 – Dale Jarrett (2)
2009 – Jamie McMurray (2)
2012 – Matt Kenseth (2)
2013 – David Ragan (1)
2014 – Brad Keselowski (2)
2015 – Joey Logano (2)
2016 – Brad Keselowski (1) and Joey Logano (2)
2017 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (1) and Brad Keselowski (2)
2018 – Joey Logano (1) and Aric Almirola (2)
2019 – Ryan Blaney (2)
2020 – Ryan Blaney (1)

FORD’S NASCAR XFINITY SERIES WINNERS AT TALLADEGA
1995 – Chad Little
1997 – Mark Martin
2002 – Jason Keller
2009 – David Ragan
2015 – Joey Logano
2017 – Aric Almirola

Distracted Driving: Distractions That Can Cause Road Accidents

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Driving distractions are responsible for a large number of accidents when riding casually every year. While drunk driving and speeding are also leading culprits for road collisions, you can easily avoid driving distractions to reduce your risk as a driver. To be a safer road user, you should consider these common distractions each time you head off on a journey.

Cell Phones

Using a cell phone while driving has the same effects as drinking and driving on a cognitive level. Studies have been done on drivers while using a cell phone and the reaction times are the same as a drunk driver. Even though it’s against the law, many people still do it. Your Phone call can wait but putting other lives and your own life in danger because you can’t wait to send a message or call someone is not a good idea; instead, you should get to a safe place to call.

Eating And Drinking 

It’s a modern-day lifestyle to have a busy schedule these days have a busy schedule but eating and drinking while driving is also dangerous. Dropping hot coffee, food falling by the pedals, looking for a place to put your food; a collision can happen in a matter of seconds; enough time to crash into the person in front of you or hit a pedestrian.

Rubbernecking

Rubbernecking is looking at something of interest for a little too long. People naturally start driving in the direction of something they look at for a few seconds if they find it interesting, such as a catchy billboard. So you will end up changing lanes without even realizing it and probably sideswipe a car next to you. Keep your eyes on the road; all those adverts are for the passengers or people not driving.

 Car Radios And GPS

These are features in a car that can be a distraction; changing the radio station and looking at the radio while doing so takes your eyes off the road and it distracts you from driving. GPS can also cause you to take your eyes off the road for a short time looking at the next turn-off.

Passengers

When You are talking while driving is also known as a cognitive distraction, you naturally concentrate less on the road and more on the conversation while driving. When on the road, try to keep the conversations to a minimum; talking and driving and talking can be a distraction and can cause you to miss a turn or even an accident.

Fatigued Driving

This is just as bad as driving while drunk. If you are tired, pull over, stretch, have a restroom break get a cup of coffee. Your reaction time while driving is just as slow as a drunk driver and your concentration to stay in the same lane and not swerve is the same as a driver under the influence of alcohol.

Even a split second of taking your eyes off the road is enough time to cause an accident; if you are looking at a billboard for half a second and the driver in front slams on breaks, you will be involved in a collision. It’s the driver’s responsibility to prevent distractions and keep both hands on the steering wheel and eyes on the road.

UTE Tray Parts Accessories

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SM
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UTE Tray Parts Accessories are often made up of several materials and it’s vital that you just opt for the UTE tray-style which will meet your needs. Mostly, UTE trays are made up of one among 2 materials, that are steel and alloy. Both, steel UTE trays and alloy UTE Tray Parts Accessories have their own blessings and downsides. As a user, you would like to match the UTE tray style with reference to its advantages, suitableness, flexibility, practicality, and additional before selecting that one is correct for you and your UTE.

An alloy tray could be a combination of metals. totally different completely different} corporations use different metals to style their alloys. However, most alloys square measure the product of an Al base. Alloy UTE trays are lighter in weight compared to steel trays. These trays are often simply made-to-order in keeping with your desires. The customization is often created on color, size, material, finish, and style.

Alloy UTE Tray Parts Accessories are durable and lighter in weight, stronger, and more durable. putting in these trays would be easier and infrequently takes less time.

You can drive your UTE vehicle in conditions that are liable to wet. the rationale is that alloy UTE trays don’t seem to be prone to corrosion and rust, creating them additional sturdy for an extended length of your time.

Being lighter in weight, you’ll be able to usually accommodate a bigger tray, which means you’ve got extra space for storing your things, thus you are doing not have to be compelled to worry concerning the additional space for storing. you’ll be able to store additional things with no need to rearrange another UTE or create further journeys. It will prevent precious time. Alloy UTE Tray Parts Accessories are often used for everyday functions. These trays give sensible strength and sturdiness. These trays square measure designed to face up to the wear and tear and tear of everyday work. All you’ve got to try and do is make sure that you’ve got your tray put in properly.

These trays will accommodate ladder racks and lockable toolboxes. By adding these accessories, you’ll be able to increase the practicality and storage capability of your UTE.

Alloy UTE trays will add worth to your vehicle. within the future, if you would like to sell your UTE, then an alloy receptacle can assist you to demand a better damage and doubtless a faster sale. Alloy UTE trays are the foremost sought-after UTE accessories.

Whatever form of masses you would like to shift, alloy UTE trays are often made-to-order to accommodate your specific desires. you can’t expect constant with the steel trays.

Alloy UTE trays are often changed with a spread of safety features to stay your shipment safe and secure. Tonneau covers, lockable drawers, and lockable toolboxes will give protection for your things.

Alloy UTE trays look terribly skilled. you’ll be able to modification the whole look of your UTE vehicle by putting in these trays. you’ll be able to create your UTE look trendy and clean with the addition of a replacement alloy receptacle.

Alloy UTE trays square measure stronger, tougher, and additional sturdy as they’re created with a mixture of metals.

Fraternal Order of Eagles Partners With Haley, Spire Motorsports in GEICO 500

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CONCORD, N.C. (April 20, 2021) – Spire Motorsports announced today the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) will sponsor the team’s No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE with driver Justin Haley in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

The F.O.E. is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope.

The F.O.E. donates more than $10 million a year to local communities, fundraisers, charities and more. As part of its philosophy, the F.O.E. gives back 100 percent of monies raised in the form of grants. Fundraisers are conducted for eight major charities, including kidney, heart, diabetes, cancer and spinal cord injury funds, a children’s fund, memorial foundation and the Golden Eagle Fund.

“The Eagles, Justin Haley and Spire Motorsports have a history of success in superspeedway races and we’re excited for the opportunity to head to Talladega with the F.O.E. on the No. 77 car,” said Dave Smith, F.O.E. Grand Worthy President. “We’re proud to call Justin a fellow Eagle and our 650,000 members look forward to cheering him on this weekend.”

Haley, a native of Winamac, Ind., drove Spire Motorsports’ No. 77 Chevrolet to its first NASCAR Cup Series win while carrying the F.O.E. livery in the 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

He is a two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series winner at Talladega after sweeping both events at the famed 2.66-mile superspeedway in 2020. Meanwhile, Haley took the checked flag last August at Daytona, affording him three of four superspeedway victories last year on NASCAR’s junior circuit. He currently sits fourth in Xfinity Series points seven races into the 2021 campaign.

In seven total Talladega starts, including NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series competition, Haley has earned one pole, two wins, three top-five and four top-10 finishes. The 21-year-old driver finished 11th in last October’s Yellawood 500. Haley has made six NCS starts for Spire Motorsports this season.

“I’ve had such a great partnership with the Fraternal Orders of Eagles and we’ve enjoyed a lot of success together,” explained Haley. “We’ve won a lot of races. I’ve done pretty well on superspeedways throughout my career and the Eagles were on board when we won the Cup race at Daytona in 2019. I’ve had this race circled on my calendar since the start of the season. Hopefully we can stay out of trouble and race our way to the front when it’s time to make it happen. Spire Motorsports has a proven track record on superspeedways so everyone is looking forward to getting down to Talladega to try and back up our previous success.”

The GEICO 500 from Talladega Superspeedway will be televised live on FOX Sunday, April 25 beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The 10th of 36 races on the 2021 NCS schedule will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

About the Fraternal Order of Eagles …
The F.O.E. was founded in February 1898 by six theatre owners gathered in a Seattle shipyard to discuss a musician’s strike. After addressing the matter, they agreed to “bury the hatchet” and form “The Order of Good Things.” As numbers grew, members selected the Bald Eagle as the official emblem and changed the name to “The Fraternal Order of Eagles.” The women’s auxiliary traces its roots to 1927. The Fraternal Order of Eagles includes nearly 800,000 members and more than 1,500 locations across the United States and Canada. Stop by one of our locations and see why the F.O.E. is known as People Helping People.

About Spire Motorsports …
Spire Motorsports was established in 2018 and is co-owned by longtime NASCAR industry executives Jeff Dickerson and Thaddeus “T.J.” Puchyr. Spire Motorsports earned an upset victory for the ages in its first full season when Justin Haley took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 7, 2019.

The Mighty Vulcan Trophy Awaits Talladega Superspeedway’s GEICO 500 Winner

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SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES LIVESTREAMING FOR ITS REMAINING 2021 NASCAR SEASON EVENTS

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By Joe Chandler
Director, Public Relations
South Boston Speedway

South Boston, VA….. South Boston Speedway is taking another major step in increasing its digital footprint by livestreaming its remaining NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series events starting with the track’s first night race of the season, the SoBo Livestreaming Night At The Races Presented By SoBoSpeedway.tv on Saturday, May 1.

South Boston Speedway’s first night racing event of the season will get the green flag at 7 p.m. and will be livestreamed at SoBoSpeedway.tv, a service by SpeedSport, a leader in grassroots racing news and streaming. The livestreaming platform was developed by NASCAR and SpeedSport for grassroots weekly short tracks.

South Boston Speedway’s NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series events will be streamed on a pay-per-view basis with a low price of $19.99 per event, the cost of just two advance tickets to an event.

“We are very excited to now offer a streaming service for our NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series events,” said South Boston Speedway General Manager Cathy Rice.

“Fans all across the country have been asking for this for some time and we couldn’t be happier to offer it to them. This service will allow individuals across the world to stream our events. It will provide increased exposure for the speedway and its sponsors. Our drivers and their sponsors will also be adding value to their partnerships.”

South Boston Speedway Assistant General Manager Chase Brashears noted that the speedway has already put the system to a test.

“Before we went full blast with livestreaming our events, we put it to the test this past Saturday and offered some fans the opportunity to watch the race live,” Brashears explained.

“It went over well and fans from throughout the country tuned in, so we look forward to presenting our program to more fans across the nation.”

Brashears also detailed the process for watching an event live.

“Watching an event is simple and inexpensive,” Brashears pointed out.

“All you have to do is go to SoBoSpeedway.tv or SouthBostonSpeedway.com to get started.”

Individuals can also go back and watch a full event at a later date for a special price.

The May 1 SoBo Livestreaming Night At The Races Presented By SoBoSpeedway.tv racing program will be headlined by a 100-lap race for the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division. Twin 25-lap Limited Sportsman Division races, a 30-lap race for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division and a 15-lap race for the Budweiser Hornets Division round out the night’s five-race card.

The Saturday, May 1 race day schedule has registration and pit gates opening at 2 p.m. Practice will begin at 4 p.m. and grandstand gates will open at 5:30 p.m. Qualifying will start at 6 p.m. and the first race will get the green flag at 7 p.m.

Advance adult general admission tickets for the Saturday night, May 1 race are priced at $10 each and may be purchased online on South Boston Speedway’s website www.southbostonspeedway.com through Friday night, April 30. Adult general admission tickets at the gate on race day are priced at $15 each. Kids ages 12 and under will be admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult.

The speedway will be following COVID-19 mitigation mandates set forth by the federal government and the Commonwealth of Virginia during the event. Masks will be required for fans entering the speedway. Social distancing and additional mitigation measures will also be followed.

South Boston Speedway is participating in the Advance Auto Parts My Track Challenge, a contest for NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series tracks. Fans have the opportunity to vote for their favorite NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series track through Tuesday, April 27 and can vote up to three times a day. When fans cast their vote, they will be entered to win NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series prizes. Votes for South Boston Speedway can be cast at bit.ly/VoteForSoBo.

The six tracks that receive the most votes after April 27 will be part of a two-day final round of voting that is scheduled to start on Sunday, May 9.

A $50,000 prize will be awarded to the winning track that can be used toward facility enhancements and community-based programs. The runner-up track will receive $15,000 and the third-place track will receive $10,000.

The latest news and updates about South Boston Speedway and its racing events can be found on the South Boston Speedway website and on the speedway’s social media channels.

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