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Flex Schedule To Be In Play For Race Of Champions Weekend At Lake Erie Speedway

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

– Always a Part of Race of Champions Weekend to Accommodate Fans and Participants –

– GATE TIMES; Saturday, September 21 Grandstands Open @12:00pm (NOON) / Qualifying Begins @ 2:30pm; Sunday, September 22 Grandstands Open @ 11:00am / Qualifying Begins @ 1:15pm –

North East, Pa. – (September 19, 2024) – Lake Erie Speedway and Race of Champions management are prepared to offer fans a “flex” schedule Race of Champions Weekend at Lake Erie Speedway including the VP Racing Fuels Race of Champions 250, “The Greatest Tradition in Modified racing”.

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Full Speed Ahead: 24 Hours Of Le Mans Extends Global Licensing Agreement With IMG

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

PARIS (19 September 2024): Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has renewed its long-standing partnership with IMG, extending its role as the exclusive global licensing representative for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a multiyear deal running through 2029.

Under the new agreement, IMG will continue to expand the global reach and resonance of the iconic race through innovative licensing opportunities and strategic brand collaborations across all categories.

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Young’s Motorsports Bristol Motor Speedway Team Preview

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

Welcome To The Team: For Thursday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, Young’s Motorsports welcomes Justin Mondeik to command the team’s flagship No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado RST for his inaugural NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series debut in Thunder Valley.

About Justin: Hailing from Gleason, Wisc. Mondeik has earned success in the Midwest in Late Model competition. (more…)

Greg Van Alst Returns to ARCA Menards Series Scene Ahead of Double Duty Bristol Motor Speedway Weekend

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

BRISTOL, Tenn: Set to return to the ARCA Menards Series for the first time in more than a month, veteran driver Greg Van Alst is hoping for a strong weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway starting with Thursday night’s Bush’s Beans 200.

Since his last ARCA Menards Series race at Michigan International Speedway, Van Alst has focused on the future of his Greg Van Alst Motorsports program inside and outside the ARCA Menards Series garage. (more…)

21 Team Confident They Will Have a Good Run at Bristol

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are headed to the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway needing a stellar run to advance to the Round of 12 in the Cup Series Playoffs.

Burton is 16th in the standings, 20 points below the cutoff for advancement to the next round. After Saturday night’s 500-lapper on the high-banked half-mile, the bottom four drivers in the Playoff standings will be eliminated from championship contention. (more…)

Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Kaz Grala Bristol Advance

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Pinnacle Home Improvements Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing (RWR), will make his fifth NASCAR Cup Series start at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race. When the series last visited Bristol on March 17, it was a race full of attrition due to unusual tire wear. Haley used pit strategy and tire conservation to work his way into the top-15 within the first 100 laps of the 500-lap race. Without a caution in the final 121 laps, Haley was forced to pit from 10th place under green for his final stop for fresh tires. He finished the race 17th, his second of 11 top-20 finishes this year.

Kaz Grala, driver of the No. 15 Meat N’ Bone Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RWR, will make his second Cup Series start at Bristol in Saturday night’s race. In March, Grala started 33rd and drove to a 19th-place finish at The Last Great Colosseum. (more…)

Old Armor Racing: Ryan Preece Bristol Advance

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

● The Bass Pro Shops Night Race Saturday at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway brings Ryan Preece back to the high-banked, half-mile concrete oval where he has a solid resume across multiple racing disciplines, highlighted by NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victories. The driver of the No. 41 Old Armor Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Stewart-Haas Racing will make his eighth career NASCAR Cup Series start Saturday night and his 19th overall. Best among his previous seven Cup Series starts was a ninth-place finish in September 2020. It was one of four career top-15s for Preece at the East Tennessee short track where he has an average Cup Series finish of 15.3. Preece finished 14th in his prior visit to Bristol last March. (more…)

Todd Gilliland Debuts New Frontline Enterprises Scheme at the Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (September 18, 2024) – The Bristol Night Race is next on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar with Todd Gilliland and the No. 38 team making their second visit of the season to the Last Great Colosseum.

Coming off of a Top-20 finish at Watkins Glens International, Gilliland and the No. 38 team look to bounce back with a strong result at the 0.5-mile track. Frontline Enterprises will debut a new, all-white scheme for the No. 38 Ford Mustang Dark Horse. (more…)

Hendrick Motorsports Media Advance: Bristol

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024

At least three Hendrick Motorsports drivers have finished in the top 10 in the last four races at Bristol Motor Speedway, the longest such streak by any organization at the track in history.
All four Hendrick Motorsports pit crews rank in the top eight in terms of average time for a four-tire pit stop. That list is topped by the No. 9 over-the-wall squad at 10.83 seconds. Chase Elliott’s crew also turned in the fastest individual four-tire stop of the season with a time of 9.076 seconds at Texas Motor Speedway in April.
In 78 races at Bristol, Hendrick Motorsports has accumulated 69 top-five showings and 121 top 10s, leading in both categories among NASCAR Cup Series teams all time.
Hendrick Motorsports has gone to victory lane 58 times in playoff races, 21 more than any other team.

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Ryan Truex / No. 20 Gazoo Racing Toyota GR Supra Preview – Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway

by MikeSeptember 19, 2024

TRUEX AT BRISTOL: Ryan Truex and the No. 20 Toyota Certified Collision Center GR Supra crew head to Bristol this weekend for the Food City 300. Truex has four prior NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the high-banked, half-mile short track, which includes, two top-10s and an average finish of 15.5. Truex has a best finish of 10^th at Bristol which he scored twice, with one in 2012 and the second coming in 2018.
LAST TIME OUT: Truex’s last start at Atlanta has its ups and downs. After starting seventh, Truex got in the wall early and fell out of the front-running pack for most of the race. Despite the setback, Truex slowly worked his way back through the field and managed to sneak back into the top-10 to come home with a 10^th place finish on the day.

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