Frontstretch Newsletter: Nov. 29, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition CCXIII
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What to Watch: Nov. 29-Dec. 5
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- There is a fair amount of motorsports action this week. Formula 1 will make their first-ever trip to Jeddah for the Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia. Formula 2 will be there on the undercard as well. A full three days of on-track activity from the likely not quite completed venue begins Friday.
- In NASCAR, it is Champion's Week
in Nashville. There are three days of activities on tap. Burnouts on Broadway will be televised via tape delay Saturday at 6 p.m. on NBCSN. The NASCAR Awards show will be Thursday night, but it will be televised Saturday night at 7 p.m.
- In Australia, this is one of the
biggest race weekends of the year as the Repco Supercars Championship descends upon Bathurst for the Repco Bathurst 1000. It is now a six-day race weekend with 10 different series competing. Due to the 16-hour time difference between Bathurst and the Eastern Time Zone in North America, the first practices of the weekend actually start this afternoon. Repco Supercars Championship teams aren't scheduled to practice until Wednesday evening. The 1000-kilometer classic is
scheduled to go green at 8:15 p.m. ET Saturday night. It will be streamed live via Supercars' V8SuperView and MotorTrendOnDemand.com. We'll have news for you as it breaks at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: Nov. 22-28
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- Logan Seavey took the lead from Buddy Kofoid on lap 42 Saturday night at Ventura Raceway. Leading three times for 70 of 98 laps, Seavey held on to win the Turkey Night Grand Prix. Kofoid finished second after clinching the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship Friday night. Mitchel Moles was third, then Kyle Larson and Kaylee Bryson.
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Motorsports' Josh Berry took the lead away from Brenden Queen with 35 laps to go Sunday. From there, he held on to win Sunday's crash-filled Thanksgiving Classic at Southern National Motorsports Park. Queen was second, then Doug Barnes, Connor Hall and Deac McCaskill.
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| | Williams Racing F1 Founder Sir Frank Williams
Passes Away Aged 79
Williams Racing founder and former team principal Sir Frank Williams died Sunday at the age of 79.
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| | Erik Jones Adds FOCUSfactor Sponsorship for
2022
Richard Petty Motorsports announced Tuesday that FOCUSfactor will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 43 Chevrolet in 26 races in 2022.
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| | Mike Harmon Docked Points for 2022, Caesar Bacarella
Suspended
Last week, NASCAR announced stiff penalties against Mike Harmon Racing after the team participated in a charity event at Rockingham Speedway. If they lose their appeal, the No. 74 team will start the season 75 points in
the hole. Alpha Prime Racing's Caesar Bacarella was also suspended for violating the Substance Abuse Policy.
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| | Spire Fielding Truck Team in
2022
Spire Motorsports announced Tuesday that the operation will field a new team in the Camping World Truck Series in 2022.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography and XPB Images via Williams Racing.
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