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Ford Performance NASCAR: Herbst and Sieg Post Top-10 NXS Finishes in Atlanta

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Ford Performance Post-Race Recap
NASCAR XFINITY Series – EchoPark 250
Atlanta Motor Speedway | Saturday, March 20, 2021

FORD FINISHING RESULTS:
6th — Riley Herbst
10th — Ryan Sieg
13th — Austin Cindric

FORD PERFORMANCE QUOTES

RILEY HERBST, No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang — DID YOUR MUSTANG GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU WANTED IT TO TODAY? “Man, I think so. I was just struggling a little bit on the short runs there. I feel like if we could have maintained on those restarts and not had to get shuffled back and work our way up through the field on the long run, we could have been in victory lane because I thought our Monster Energy Ford Mustang was really really fast. I’m looking forward to coming back here in July.”

AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 22 CarShop Ford Mustang — YOUR RACE TURNED ON THE LAST LAP OF STAGE ONE, DIDN’T IT. “Yeah, obviously getting damage there in stage one definitely didn’t help our chances today, but we struggled off the bat and I’m not sure that helped us. It was just a fight all day today. Hopefully, we learned some things. The good news is we’ve got a second race here to learn even more, so I feel all right about it. It definitely helps us with the notebook moving forward.”

YOU WERE 11TH AND EYEING A TOP 10 FINISH. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CLOSING LAPS? “I saw 10th place and I drove really hard to get there and blew the tires off of it and that was that. That was the closest I was gonna be able to get and that’s how it went.”

Oscar Teran Takes Trans Am Pole at Charlotte

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Drivers battle cold temperatures at Charlotte Motor Speedway

CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA (20 March 2021) – The Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli drivers battled unseasonably low temperatures at Charlotte Motor Speedway during Saturday’s qualifying for the series newest championship, the Trans Am ProAm Challenge.

The 16-minute combined session started with TA2® drivers Sam Mayer and Ty Gibbs outpacing the faster TA class around the cold 19-turn Roval. But as the Pirelli tires came to temperature on Oscar Teran’s 850-horsepower No. 3 Breathless Racing Ford Mustang, the Panama local edged out Mayer for overall pole position with a fast-time of 1:20.196-secods, just .112-seconds ahead of the up-and-coming NASCAR driver.

“I am feeling great after that run,” Teran said. “The team has worked a lot on the car since our test yesterday. It took some time to warm up the tires, so we had to be careful on the first few laps, but then we were able to give it full gas to take the pole. Our goal for tomorrow is to finish the race and a podium would be great too.”

Mayer set the benchmark early, clocking his personal best time on Lap 3 (1:20.308-seconds) in the No. 8 M1-SLR/Fields Chevrolet Camaro. After losing the top spot at the halfway mark, Mayer scrambled to reclaim the position, but a black flag halted his progress and ended the session prematurely.

“Our session was nice, short and sweet,” said Mayer. “We only ran three laps and had speed right away out of the car which was good. It’s going to be a good race. We are going to be the dominate one to beat, so hopefully we end up with the win.”

Mike Cope Racing drivers will make up the second row. Gibbs qualified with the third-fastest overall time of 1:20.760-seconds in the No. 26 Mike Cope Race Cars.

Exiting the final chicane onto the front-straight, Corey Heim lost control his No. 99 Mike Cope Race Cars making contact with the barrier. He emerged unscathed, and is set to start from fourth on the grid after having clocked a fast lap time of 1:22.447-seconds before the incident.

“I just tried to push it too hard at the end and lost it,” said Heim. “It’s my first time here, and I am still getting used to the car and track. As a driver, you always want to be better, be faster. Fourth place is not where we wanted to end up, but we will regroup tonight and be quick tomorrow.”

ECC Motorsports made a last-minute driver change for the No. 44 ECC/AnchorBolt&Screw Chevrolet Corvette, swapping out AJ Henriksen for the team’s part-time national driver Adam Andretti, who took fifth with a quick time of 1:24.012-seconds.

On her final lap, Natalie Decker (No. 04 Nl29 Technologies Audi R8) edged out long-time Trans Am driver Mark Brummond (No. 24 GarageDoorDoctor/DynamicAutoTune BMW M4 GT4) by just .024-seconds to claim her first pole-position start of the season in the SGT class.

The first Trans Am event at Charlotte in more than two decades will likely see a lot of passing, as the grid will be bolstered by several hard chargers on Sunday.

Silver Hare Racing drivers Harrison Burton and Brandon Jones did not qualify as they were at Atlanta Motor Speedway preparing for Saturday’s Xfinity NASCAR race. The pair will return for Sunday’s Trans Am ProAm Challenge but will start from the back of the field.

TeamSLR owner Scott Lagasse Jr. elected to save tires for Sunday’s 100-mile feature and did not run Conner Mosak in Saturday’s qualifying session. Mosak will start from the back of the field tomorrow with Burton and Jones.

Simon Gregg, who was quickest in Friday’s afternoon test, turned laps in qualifying, however, a faulty transponder on the No. 59 The Peter Gregg Foundation Chevrolet Camaro did not record times.

Partnering with SCCA, Trans Am launched the crossover program during the off season. Making an easy path for road racing teams to crossover to Trans Am is the primary focus of the new ProAm Challenge, with the 2021 schedule and rules package providing flexibility for teams and drivers to chase both their ProAm Challenge and their SCCA Road Racing goals in the same year.

Charlotte Motor Speedway is the only stand-alone ProAm Challenge event, as the Sonoma Raceway round will be held in conjunction with the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli West Coast Championship season opener in April. National drivers participating in these rounds will not earn points toward their class title chase.

The combined class feature at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Trans Am ProAm Challenge will go green on Sunday at 11:25 a.m for 45 laps (or 75 minutes) of high-pace American Muscle racing. Follow live Timing and Scoring at www.GoTransAm.com/livetiming.

Kyle Busch dominates Atlanta Truck Series race for 60th win

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HAMPTON, GEORGIA - MARCH 20: Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Cessna Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Fr8Auctions 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 20, 2021 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Kyle Busch took home his 60th career Truck Series victory on Saturday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Busch started second and led the majority of the race by leading 102 of the 130 laps before grabbing the checkered flag.

“It’s just a great opportunity to race in great stuff with KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports), Cessna Beechcraft. This Toyota Tundra was awesome. I can’t say enough about my guys, everybody at Kyle Busch Motorsports,” Busch said.

Stage 1:

When the race started, it was all Kyle Busch Motorsports up front with John Hunter Nemechek and Busch swapping the lead multiple times. Early on, two-time champion Matt Crafton led the first three laps before Busch took the lead. Busch led through the competition caution on Lap 15 and continued to lead until the last lap of Stage 1. Nemechek then passed Busch off Turn 4 and would grab the stage victory. Busch, Austin Hill, Stewart Friesen, Ross Chastain, Derek Kraus, Crafton, Zane Smith, Sheldon Creed, and Johnny Sauter completed the Top 10.

Stage 2:

Stage 2 was a carbon copy of Stage 1 with Nemechek once again winning the stage. During the stage break, there were four drivers that were penalized. Derek Kraus was penalized for a crew member over the wall too soon, Friesen was penalized for an uncontrolled tire and Tyler Ankrum and Austin Wayne Self were penalized for being too fast on pit road.

Stage 3:

As the final stage started to wind down, pit road began to heat up with the final round of green-flag pit stops that occurred with 33 laps to go. Race leader Busch didn’t make his pit stop until three laps later with 30 laps to go. Around 23 to go when the pit stops were complete, Busch cycled back to the top of the leaderboard and maintained the lead for the remainder of the race to win his sixth Truck Series Atlanta win.

“It’s great to get back to Victory Lane. It’s cool to get back to Victory Lane in Billy Ballew’s (former NCWTS team owner) backyard here in Atlanta. We carried the Billy Ballew Motorsports decal today. If you need a deal on a sweet used car, go see him in Dawsonville. All of the Chase Elliott fans want to go there, but tell them that I sent ya,” Busch said.

John Hunter Nemechek won both stages and ended up finishing third for his third top-five of the 2021 season.

“Solid performance by our No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports team,” Nemechek said. “Overall, I feel good in our performance, just disappointed to come home third. Kyle (Busch, Team Owner) was really fast today. We had our ups and downs there toward the end, but kind of ran in the top three all day was a solid performance. Overall, won both stages and solid points day for us, continuing to move forward to Bristol Dirt next week.”

There were three cautions for 16 laps and eight lead changes among four different leaders.

Official Results following the FR8 Auctions 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway:
  1. Kyle Busch, led 102 laps
  2. Austin Hill
  3. John Hunter Nemechek, won both stages, led 21 laps
  4. Johnny Sauter
  5. Sheldon Creed
  6. Zane Smith
  7. Ross Chastain
  8. Matt Crafton
  9. Brett Moffitt
  10. Stewart Friesen
  11. Grant Enfinger
  12. Carson Hocevar
  13. Derek Kraus, 1 lap down
  14. Parker Kligerman, 1 lap down
  15. Ryan Truex, 1 lap down
  16. Ben Rhodes, 1 lap down
  17. Todd Gilliland, 1 lap down
  18. Tyler Ankrum, 1 lap down
  19. Tanner Gray, 1 lap down
  20. Spencer Davis, 1 lap down
  21. Hailie Deegan, 1 lap down
  22. Josh Berry, 1 lap down
  23. Austin Wayne Self, 2 laps down
  24. Chase Purdy, 2 laps down
  25. Jordan Anderson, 2 laps down
  26. Tate Fogleman, 2 laps down
  27. Cory Roper, 3 laps down
  28. Danny Bohn, 3 laps down
  29. Codie Rohrbaugh, 4 laps down
  30. Timothy Peters, 4 laps down
  31. Dawson Cram, 4 laps down
  32. Bret Holmes, 4 laps down
  33. Spencer Boyd, 5 laps down
  34. Ryan Ellis, 6 laps down
  35. Chandler Smith, 6 laps down
  36. Bill Lester, 7 laps down
  37. Akinori Ogata, 7 laps down
  38. Jennifer Jo Cobb, 13 laps down
  39. Raphael Lessard, OUT, Transmission
  40. Norm Benning, OUT, Too Slow

Up Next: The Camping World Truck Series will visit Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night, March 27, for the first-ever Bristol Dirt Race.

Toyota Racing NCWTS Post-Race Recap — Atlanta 3.20.21

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BUSCH SCORES 60th TRUCK SERIES WIN
Tundra sweeps top-four finishers, scores fourth straight victory to start 2021 season

ATLANTA (March 20, 2021) – Kyle Busch drove to his first Truck Series win of the season and 60th of his career at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon. Tundra drivers swept the top-four finishing positions and have won the first four Truck Series events to start the 2021 season.

Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Race 4 of 23 – 130 Laps, 200.2 Miles

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, KYLE BUSCH
2nd, AUSTIN HILL
3rd, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
4th, JOHNNY SAUTER
5th, Sheldon Creed*
8th, MATT CRAFTON
10th, STEWART FRIESEN
11th, GRANT ENFINGER
13th, DEREK KRAUS
16th, BEN RHODES
20th, SPENCER DAVIS
28th, DANNY BOHN
35th, CHANDLER SMITH
37th, AKINORI OGATA

*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

KYLE BUSCH, No. 51 Cessna Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 1st

What does winning, especially the way you did today, do for you mentally?

“It’s just a great opportunity to race in great stuff with KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports), Cessna Beechcraft. This Toyota Tundra was awesome. I can’t say enough about my guys, everybody at Kyle Busch Motorsports. They do such a great job with a lot of hard work. Without their preparation and dedication, we wouldn’t be as successful as we’ve been as an organization. It’s great to get back to Victory Lane. It’s cool to get back to Victory Lane in Billy Ballew’s (former NCWTS team owner) backyard here in Atlanta. We carried the Billy Ballew Motorsports decal today. If you need a deal on a sweet used car, go see him in Dawsonville. All of the Chase Elliott fans want to go there, but tell them that I sent ya.”

Marty Lindley, your crew chief, you brought him to KBM. He got his first win today. What does he bring to this team?

“It’s just a part of good people, having good people. Coach (Joe Gibbs) always says you have to have good people to have success. We’ve had great people, and we’ve had good people too and it’s just a matter of evolving. This sport is ever-changing. Six months from now the setups will be different again. It’s cool to have fresh ideas, different concepts and things that we can continue and try and continue to improve. It’s good to see John Hunter (Nemechek) come home with another top-three today with him racing for a championship this year, that’s important. Certianly, I want to give a shoutout to Samantha (Busch) and Brexton (Busch) at home. Brexton is racing tomorrow, so he didn’t make it this weekend, so good luck buddy. Thank you to Rowdy Energy, Murphy USA for being on board today.”

Did you think win 60 in the Truck Series was attainable?

“Yeah, obviously I thought we had a great truck at the start of the race. We just kept working on it all day. We were loose to start and we got it a lot better there. That final stage, we just took off and it was super fast, super good. Can’t say enough about everybody at Kyle Busch Motorsports – thank you. Thank you to Cessna Beechcraft, TRD, Toyota and Rowdy Energy, Murphy USA. Billy Ballew, if you need a used car in the Dawsonville area, I know that’s Chase Elliott country, but tell them that Kyle Busch sent you.”

What contributions has Marty Lindley made to Kyle Busch Motorsports thus far?

“It’s all about great people. You win with great people in this sport and we’ve had great people and we still have good people. Just bringing Marty (Lindley, crew chief) on has been a refresher if you will. Six months from now, setups may not be the same and so just having some of those fresh ideas and some of those different concepts that we can apply to our Tundras to make sure we can go out there and continue to win and have good days like we did with John Hunter (Nemechek) and myself and race for that championship.”

Did you leave Las Vegas wanting to win in this series that much more?

“Yeah, absolutely. Anytime I’m in my truck I want to be able to go out there and score the victory. With good competition and good competitors, it’s not easy. With John Hunter (Nemechek) coming on board, at Vegas he was super fast and did everything right, no mistakes. We’ll go back and regroup and make sure that 4 (Nemechek) truck can stay in front of that 16 (Austin Hill) truck the rest of this year.”

AUSTIN HILL, No. 16 United Rentals Toyota Tundra, Hattori Racing Enterprises
Finishing Position: 2nd

Second for the second year in a row in Atlanta. You could match Kyle Busch’s speed, but was it just early in the run where you gave some up?

“Yeah, when we had that last restart. I was trying to save my tires a little bit. I didn’t want to kill them right off the bat. When it was go time, I started matching Kyle’s (Busch) lap times. We had a green flag pit stop, got out in second. The pit crew did an awesome job today, but yeah, I kind of gave that gap up and I could never close it. I was matching his lap times, but I need to be a little bit quicker. Our United Rentals Toyota Tundra was really fast today. We had to fight a little bit of adversity today with restarts and stuff that happened on the race track. We had to rebound, but all in all, a solid day. I wish we were racing here again because I love Atlanta Motor Speedway. It’s my home track. I can’t thank the fans enough for coming out and watching today. It was awesome to have you guys back. I just wish I could have got the job done. This is a fun place to run.”

What more did you need on the final long run to catch Kyle Busch?

“The biggest thing was when we had that last restart and we had the long run, I didn’t race the 4 (John Hunter Nemechek) has hard as I should have. I kind of let him go instead of racing for that second spot and I let them kind of get out and I was saving tires just trying not to slip the right-front or right-rear, just trying to keep the tires on it. Right when I started going and we were about to pit, the last 10 or 15 laps, I was really trying to go. I could run what Kyle (Busch) was running and every now and then I would run a little faster, but I just got too far of a gap on that restart and that’s really what cost us there at the end of the race. When we all had our pit stops, my pit crew did awesome, I got out in second and actually closed on Kyle a little bit after those pit sequences. I would run a little faster than he would, he would run a little faster than me and we were just kind of going back and forth. Traffic played a bit factor in today. All in all, it was a solid day for our United Rentals Toyota Tundra. Just stings a little bit. I want to win here so bad. I wish we were coming here again. I wish we raced here at least twice a year. Such a fun place to come to. You’re slipping and sliding, you’re up on the wheel each and every lap so it’s so much fun. Thank the fans for coming out. Just needed a little more at the end there. I needed to fire off a little harder there and not let them get so far out. I can beat Kyle, I just didn’t today. I ended up being second to him.”

JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 3rd

What did you need to catch the top-two in today’s race?

“Needed a little bit of a different adjustment there at the end. We were off a little bit, I felt like, all day. Overall, not terrible. Just proud of all my guys here at KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports). This Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra was fast all day. I don’t know what happened there on that green flag pit stop, but I’ll have to go back and study some. I don’t know if I gave up too much getting to pit road or what. It seems like that’s where we ended up getting beat and then it kind of transferred to the race track and made it even bigger. Overall, proud of the performance, great points day and won both stages. Came home third. All we can do is keep clicking away at these top-threes and our wins are definitely coming.”

Was the tire fall-off what you expected on the longer green flag runs?

“I know I ran the truck race here last year, but we had damage early and really didn’t get to understand that. I haven’t been here in a truck in probably four years or three years, something like that and actually have been decent. It’s a little bit different getting back to the Truck Series and having less sets of tires and what not, but overall, fun day and solid performance.”

Couldn’t quite out-do the boss today, but how was your run overall?

“I felt like we were strong in stage one and stage two. I felt like we could hang with Kyle (Busch), and then we got around in him in lap traffic at the end of the stages. Solid points day overall for our Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra. I can’t thank everyone at KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports) enough and all of our partners for supporting this deal. Overall, I’m happy with the day, but I’m disappointed. I was hoping to beat Kyle today, but I didn’t have anything for him there at the end. I’ve got to go study some green flag pit stop stuff and get better there. It’s always a work in progress. We will be back next week at Bristol dirt and hopefully go get us a win there.”

JOHNNY SAUTER, No. 13 Vivitar/RealTree Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing
Finishing Position: 4th

Can you describe your race and the adjustments that had to be made both on pit road and behind the wheel?

“We just got behind there, we had a fuel can issue or something on those first stops so we had to go to the back. I knew in the first 15 laps that we has a really good Vivitar Toyota. We just had to bide our time and get track position back. I think we were close to the top-10 by the end of the second stage. Just had really good long run speed. Really proud of Joe (Shear, crew chief) and everybody at ThorSport. Thank Toyota, TRD, Vivitar – this is the kind of run that you need, especially when the year started out the way that it had. We had speed, got a little bit of work to do, but a long ways from where we were in Las Vegas. Just proud of everybody.”

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Kyle Busch Dominates the Fr8Auctions 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

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HAMPTON, Ga. (March 20, 2021) – Kyle Busch dominated the last 30 laps and finished more than four seconds ahead of the field to win the Fr8Auctions 200 on Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

It was his 60th Camping World Series Truck race victory.

“It’s always cool to get back to victory lane,” Busch said. “And it’s good to see John Hunter come home with a top-3 today, too. Obviously him racing for a championship, that’s important.”

John Hunter Nemechek, as the standings leader, started on the pole. The 23-year-old was coming off a win in Las Vegas on March 5 where he held off his team owner, Busch. It set up another showdown between the two Toyotas in Atlanta.

At least until Busch began to pull away from the field in the final stage. Nemechek finished third.

“I was hoping to beat Kyle, but I didn’t have anything for him at the end,” Nemechek said with a little laugh.

Austin Hill also made a significant move down the stretch, carving his way up to second, but there was no overcoming the gap to Busch. The runner-up finish was Hill’s best of the season.

“That last restart we had, I was trying to save my tires a little bit,” Hill said. “I didn’t want to kill them right off the bat. I started matching Kyle’s lap times and we had the green-flag restarts and got out in second. The pit crew did an awesome job today, but I gave that gap up and I could never close it. I needed to be a little quicker.”

The Winston Ga., native, who wore a UGA mask for his post-race TV interview, lamented this being the lone AMS stop for the trucks this season. Only the Cup and Xfinity Series return in July for the track’s second weekend of the 2021.

“All in all, a solid day,” Hill said. “I love Atlanta Motor Speedway, my home track. Can’t thank the fans enough for coming out. It was awesome to have you guys back. I just wish we could have gotten the job done and wish we could come back. This is a fun place to run.”

Johnny Sauter was fourth and Sheldon Creed, the only Chevy among a slew of Toyotas at the top of the standings, was fifth.

Zane Smith, Ross Chastain, Matt Crafton, Brett Moffitt and Stewart Friesen rounded out the top 10. Crafton (2015) and Moffitt (2018) are former winners at Atlanta. The 2020 winner, Grant Enfinger, was 11th.

It was just the fourth race of the 2021 season. Ben Rhodes won the first two at Daytona, on the super speedway and then the road course, in February.

Fr8Auctions announced a new initiative with Our Motorsports and driver, Brett Moffitt

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Fr8Auctions announced a new initiative with Our Motorsports and driver, Brett Moffitt, for today’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. If Moffit drives the No. 02 Fr8Auctions Chevrolet Camaro SS to victory lane at the Echo Park 250 race this afternoon, Fr8Auctions will make a $50,000 charitable donation to the Brave Like Wyatt Foundation, a Georgia-based 501(c)3 non-profit foundation that offers financial support to families of children listed for pediatric transplants and coordinates donation drives to benefit families who are inpatient at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Atlanta-based Fr8Auctions and owner Marcus Barela have been a major supporter of the Brave Like Wyatt Foundation since its inception last year.

“Brett (Moffitt) and Our Motorsports are off to a great start to the 2021 season and are knocking on the door for their first race win,” said Barela. “A career first Xfinity Series win today by Brett would be a big deal and help a lot of families in need.”

Moffitt is the only driver doing double duty today, driving in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

“It would be a great honor to win today for Fr8Auctions and Brave Like Wyatt in their home market,” said Moffitt. “The Our Motorsports No. 02 team continues to make great progress each week, so a win today would be doubly sweet.”

About Brave Like Wyatt:

Brave Like Wyatt, LLC coordinates donation drives to benefit families who are inpatient at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. We have donated toys, pantry items and laundry detergent so families can have free snacks and can take care of basic needs like washing their clothes. We also participate in quarterly dinners to feed the inpatient families on the Cardiac Unit by supporting the Feed The Heart program and the patients and families on the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Unit. 

About Fr8Auctions:

Fr8auctions has served the resale industry with the largest selection of merchandise in the country for over 15 years. Our merchandise is sold biweekly during a live auction in Atlanta, GA with thousands of pallets from major retailers, freightlines, and original manufacturers. We are building the resale community one pallet at a time! For more information, visit: Fr8Auctions.com

Learn How to Study Accounting From Home

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Most students try to avoid math-centered courses as much as possible. This includes classes like accounting. 

This is rather unfortunate because accounting can open you up to a wide range of lucrative careers and an enviable pay package to boot. 

If you have taken the bold step of studying accounting and finding yourself learning from home, here are some tips to help you study effectively.

1. Determine the End Goal

You can study accounting to earn a Diploma or Degree or take a few subtopics at a time. If you want a Diploma or Degree, you need to enroll in a formal program. 

This shouldn’t be too hard to do as numerous credible learning institutions offer online courses today. 

If you are trying to learn piecemeal topics to aid in your budgeting or run your own business, you can take a less formal route. 

2. Create a Schedule

Irrespective of your end goal, the best way to achieve anything is by creating and following a plan. 

Studying in a formal school setting is advantageous in that there is a set study schedule. You know what time to attend lectures, what time to have your group work, and so on. 

Learning from home is a bit more flexible and therefore lacks this benefit. This will call for you to be highly disciplined. 

Sit down and create a study schedule and not just that, but ensure to stick to it even when you least feel like it. 

3. Learn Systematically

Accounting, just like any math course, has a system to it. The curriculum is planned to move from essential topics and skills, and the difficulty level increases from there. 

For this reason, the best way to study is by exhausting one topic entirely before moving on to the next. This creates the foundational knowledge required to learn and understand future topics. 

To do this, find workbooks that have quizzes at the end of each subtopic. Once you are done with the study, attempt these questions and compare your answers to those provided. If you score well, you can move on to the next topic. 

Complete All Assigned Works

This is especially important if you have taken a formal online program. 

All quizzes, papers, and assignments are combined to come up with your final grade. This means that you lose marks on each assignment you skip. 

Please make a point of not only attempting your assignments but giving them your best and submitting them on time. If you run short of time or cannot handle the assigned works, visit this website to get professional help. 

Homework often has the benefit of time. You can research and fine-tune your work before handing it in. Exams lack this. Take advantage of this by aiming for the highest grades on assignments. 

Identify Your Most Productive Hours

Studying from home means you have more destructions than people studying in a school setting. You have numerous entertainment forms at your disposal, unannounced guests, children, housework, work duties if you are employed, and so on. 

While these are a challenge, you can find ways to work through them in a manner that allows you to study effectively. 

One way to do this is by identifying your most productive times of day or night. With these in mind, schedule the most challenging learning tasks then. That means you can take your quizzes at your most productive times, then work on your accounting notes at other times. 

Create a workspace that also supports study both mentally and physically. 

In a Celebration of Woman’s History Month Overton’s Partner with Jordan Anderson Racing for Atlanta Truck Race

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STATESVILLE, N.C. (March 19, 2021) – Jordan Anderson Racing (JAR) announced today Overton’s, America’s Marine and Watersports Superstore, will partner with Forest Acres, S.C. driver Jordan Anderson for a celebration of Woman’s History Month during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) FR8 Auctions 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway; Saturday, March 20.

With a special graphics scheme, the Overton’s No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado will dawn purple stripes with a Woman’s History Month logo in representation of all the contributions and achievement’s women have made over the course of American history.

This past week driver Jordan Anderson requested for fans on Twitter to become involved in the celebration, and for them to submit names of deserving woman and woman owned businesses to be hand written by Anderson on the hood to ride along with him during the race.

Launching life on the water since 1976, Overton’s is a retailer of boating & watersports supplies, and the world’s most trusted name in watersports & boating. Whether you are looking to fill your fishing, watersports, marine needs or everything in between, Overton’s make it our mission to provide products for everyone at every skill level.

Live coverage of Saturday afternoon’s FR8 Auctions 200 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway will be aired on FS1 and the Fox Sports App, Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90 at 2:30 P.M. EST.

For more information on JAR visit JordanAndersonRacing.com, and be sure to follow along all season on the JAR social channels at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Woman’s History Month

Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.” In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women’s History Month. Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.” These proclamations celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields. For more information on Woman’s History Month visit WomensHistoryMonth.gov.

About Overton’s

Launching life on the water since 1976, Overton’s is a retailer of boating & watersports supplies, and the world’s most trusted name in watersports & boating. Whether you are looking to fill your fishing, watersports, marine needs or everything in between, Overton’s make it our mission to provide products for everyone at every skill level. For more information and to see all the products and services Overton’s offer visit Overtons.com.

About Jordan Anderson Racing

Jordan Anderson Racing (JAR) is a NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) team, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) team, owned by owner/driver Jordan Anderson. Established in 2018, JAR has competed full-time in the last three NCWTS seasons claiming back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 2020 & 2021 season opening NextEra 250 at Daytona International Speedway. JAR fields a full-time entry in the NXS Series; the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro SS driven by Jordan Anderson. JAR also fields the No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado for select drivers in the NCWTS.

SS GreenLight Racing | Joe Graf Jr. Atlanta Motor Speedway Spring Event Preview

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SS GreenLight Racing | NASCAR Xfinity Series
Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway | EchoPark 250

Fast Facts
No. 07 SS GreenLight Racing Team:
Driver: Joe Graf Jr. (@JoeGrafJr)
Primary Partner(s): HAZHEART | Bucked Up Energy | Z Grills
Manufacturer: Chevrolet Camaro
Crew Chief: Mike Tyska
Call 811 Before You Dig 200 Starting Position: 16th (Based on event formula)
EchoPark 250 Starting Position: 24th (Based on event formula)
2021 Driver Points Position: 17th | 2021 Owner Points Position: 20th
Chassis Intel: SSGLR Chassis No. 708; competed last at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway on Mar. 6, 2021. (Start: 26th | Finish: 18th).
Chassis No. 708 is also the same car that Graf Jr. raced in both NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Homestead-Miami Speedway in June 2020, at Texas Motor Speedway on October 24, 2020 and at Homestead Miami (Fla.) Speedway on Feb. 27, 2021.
Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines (ECR)

Notes of Interest:

Welcome Aboard: This weekend at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway, SS GreenLight Racing and Joe Graf Jr. welcome GRAMMY award-winning songwriter, rapper and singer Lil Aaron and his HAZHEART brand as the primary partner of the team’s No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro this weekend at AMS.

About HAZHEART: HAZHEART is the cultural embodiment of all things Lil Aaron and an expansion past just one artist into a lifestyle ideal style.

From the music side via record label(s) and music publishing to the physical trends and brands in clothing, collectibles, art and more.

HAZHEART is a stamp of approval on the things and people it associates with in the world built over the better part of the past seven years.

HAZHEART music represents artists including Ethel Cain, smrtdeath, Belis and more. The brand influence can be seen represented in the HAZHEART merchandise, music videos and artwork as well as the everyday lifestyle of those who claim it.

Saving You Some Money: A week after making their NASCAR Xfinity Series debut as the primary sponsor of Joe Graf Jr., at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway, Z Grills is still celebrating their partnership with Graf and the team. To celebrate the partnership, Z Grills Racing (ZGrillsRacing.com) is offering a 10 percent discount on every item online, using the code JoeGraf07 at checkout.

Year of the Underdogs: Heading to Homestead-Miami Speedway three weeks ago, Buffalo Bills running back Antonio Williams and a personal investor in Joe Graf Jr.’s racing career launched a video on Twitter offering an exclusive glimpse into his personal life and his reason for wanting to be a part of NASCAR – exclusively with Graf Jr.

Since its release on Feb. 25, 2021, the video has gone viral with over 125,000 views and feedback from some of the sports’ icons including retired NASCAR Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and current 23XI Racing driver Darrell Wallace Jr.

The video has since been uploaded on YouTube and can be seen clicking here.

Joe Graf Jr. Xfinity Series Atlanta Motor Speedway Starts: Sophomore NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Joe Graf Jr. will make his second start at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway on Saturday, Mar. 20, 2021.

Last June, he finished 26th after starting 27th and completing all but one lap in last season’s EchoPark 250 aboard the No. 08 Core Development Group Chevrolet.

Joe Graf Jr. Xfinity Series Career Intermediate Nuggets: At tracks greater than 1.0-mile in size, Graf has competed in 21 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. He holds an average starting position of 23.5 and an average result of 22.3.

Phoenix Raceway Race Recap: In last weekend’s Call 811 Before You Dig 200, Graf contended for a top-20 finish in his No. 07 Z Grills Chevrolet Camaro but a chaotic green-white-checkered restart to end the race shuffled him outside the top-20 and to a 25th place result.

Leaving Phoenix, Graf still sits comfortably in the top-20 in the point standings in 17th.

Last year after five races, he sat 26th in the championship standings.

Put Me In Coach: In an effort to strengthen his physique, Joe Graf Jr. began working with new trainer and former NASCAR Cup Series Josh Wise during the offseason.

In addition to Wise, Graf has also been working with former NASCAR driver and open-wheel driver Scott Speed on being more discipline behind the wheel of his No. 07 HAZHEART | Bucked Up Energy Chevrolet Camaro.

Sneaker Mania: Along with the adrenaline of Motorsports competition, Joe Graf Jr. also has a vogue for hype sneakers. In his current collection, he owns and wears at least 80 limited edition sneakers – and his collection continues to grow every month.

From the Pit Box: Industry veteran Mike Tyska is Joe Graf Jr.’s crew chief.
He will crew chief his sixth NASCAR Xfinity Series race as crew chief on Saturday afternoon.

Tyska joined SS GreenLight Racing in January after honing his skills in all three of NASCAR’s national divisions and working for teams like Germain Racing, GMS Racing and Rick Ware Racing.

Tyska was a part of Todd Bodine’s 2006 championship season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Germain Racing.

Hello From The Other Side: Graf Jr. has a teammate at SS GreenLight Racing. Veteran Cody Ware will drive the No. 17 Chevrolet on Saturday afternoon.

Ware, a veteran racer is poised to make his 24th career NASCAR Xfinity Series start, and third at Atlanta’s 1.54-mile quad-oval.

Follow on Social Media: For more on Joe Graf Jr. visit JoeGrafJr.com, like him on Facebook (Joe Graf Jr.), follow him on Twitter (@JoeGrafJr) and Instagram (@joegrafjr).

For more on SS GreenLight Racing, please like them on Facebook (SS GreenLight Racing) and follow them on Twitter (@SSGLR0708) and visit their website at SSGreenLight.com.

Joe Graf Jr. Pre-Race Quotes:

On Atlanta Motor Speedway: “I’m optimistic about Atlanta this weekend. We weren’t bad last year, it just was a very challenging and demanding race track to learn without practice or qualifying.

“I am hoping that my experience last year will be a benefit to us on Saturday and we can have another strong finish this season.”

On Lil Aaron’s HAZHEART Partnership: “What a great opportunity for myself and SS GreenLight Racing to have the support of Lil Aaron and HAZHEART this weekend at Atlanta.

“Our team has been extremely focused on bringing not only new partners but other public figures to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021 and our relationship with Lil Aaron is just another example of the great strides we are making. I’m looking forward to this weekend and a strong finish in our HAZHEART colors.”

On First Races Of 2021 Season: “The mentality around the team is good and we’re continuing to learn. Last weekend, we were much better at the end of the race than our result showed, so we are poised for a rebound on Saturday.

“We just need to keep making as little mistakes as possible and hope that everyone’s hard work will pay off with the finishing result on the race track.”
Race Information:

The EchoPark 250 (163 laps | 251.02 miles) is the sixth of 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series races on the 2021 schedule. The 40-car field will take the green flag on Sat., Mar. 20, 2021, shortly after 5:00 p.m. ET with live coverage on FOX Sports 1, the Performance Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90.
About SS Green Light Racing:

As one of the most tenured teams in all of NASCAR, SS GreenLight Racing has been a developmental hub for drivers looking to climb the ranks. Led by owner and former driver Bobby Dotter, the team has fielded entries in either the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series or the Xfinity Series competition since 2001.

SS GreenLight Racing will continue with a two-car program in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021.

The No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 Team Qualifies on the Front Row for Tomorrow’s 12 Hours of Sebring

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Sebring, Fla. (March 19, 2021) – Today the No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 qualified on the front row for the 69th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Full-time co-pilot, Ricky Taylor, piloted the black and blue Konica Minolta machine to second place with a best lap time of 1:45.464 at 127.664 mph around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn permanent road course. Filipe Albuquerque and Alexander Rossi will join Taylor at the historic endurance event after a triumphant victory at the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA in January. The team currently leads the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship with 408 points.

“We qualified second with just a tenth second off of pole position for the Sebring 12 hour tomorrow,” said Ricky Taylor. “I’m really happy with our No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 car. Everybody has been on form this week and have been doing a fantastic job after Daytona. Alex and Filipe are super strong, so I think we have got a really good shot during the long race. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow where when it starts to cool down at night, we can really put the pressure on the #31 and those Cadillac’s. Then for the rest of the day just try to relax and make sure we are prepped and hydrated for tomorrow. Looking for a good race.”

  • Whelen Engineering Racing (No. 31 Cadillac DPi) Felipe Nasr, Mike Conway, Pipo Derani (1:45.354 at 127.797 mph)
  • Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 (No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi) Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque & Alexander Rossi (1:45.464 at 127.664 mph)
  • Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing (No. 01 Cadillac DPi) Renger van der Zande, Kevin Magnussen, Scott Dixon (1:45.849 at 127.199 mph)
  • Mazda Motorsports (No. 55 Mazda DPi) Oliver Jarvis, Jonathan Bomarito, Harry Tincknell, (146.253 at 126.716 mph)
  • Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian (No. 60 Cadillac DPi) Tristian Vautier, Louic Duval, Sebastian Bourdais (1:46.377 at 126.568 mph)

Green flag for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring will wave at 10:10 a.m. ET tomorrow, March 20th. Live coverage will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET on NBC Sports until 12:00 p.m. ET and will return from 7:00 pm. ET – 10:30 p.m. ET. TrackPass on NBC Sports Gold will provide flag to flag coverage of the legendary twelve-hour event beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.

About Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is reshaping and revolutionizing the Workplace of the Future™ with its expansive smart office product portfolio from IT Services (All Covered), ECM, Managed Print Services and industrial and commercial print solutions. Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for thirteen consecutive years, and the World Technology Awards recently named the company a finalist in the IT Software category. Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for nine consecutive years and has spent three years on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list. Konica Minolta partners with its clients to give shape to ideas and work to bring value to our society. For more information, please visit us online and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter. Wayne Taylor Racing’s existing lineup of partners that also features Harrison Contracting, Acura Motorsports , Hammer Nutrition and CIT.

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