Frontstretch Newsletter: April 7, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition XLIX
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- Today, NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams will practice and qualify at Martinsville Speedway. Coverage starts at 3 p.m. ET with practice for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200, followed by qualifying. Practice for the Call 811 Before You Dig 250 starts at 5:30 p.m. ET with qualifying at 6 p.m. The Blue-Emu Maximum Pain
Relief 200 starts at 8 p.m. All on-track sessions will air live on FOX Sports 1.
- In addition, RFK Racing's appeal of their 100-point penalty and six-race suspension of crew chief Matt McCall will be heard today by three members of the National Motorsports Appeals Panel. If it is reversed, Keselowski's season will look very different. If not, they'll have the option of another appeal.
- Formula 1 activity starts up tonight with Free Practice No. 1 for the Grand Prix of Australia at 10:55 p.m. ET on ESPNEWS. Free Practice No. 2 is in the wee hours of Friday morning at 1:55 a.m. ET on ESPN2.
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Around the World in Motorsports: April 6
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| | Yahoo Partners with Toyota, Joe Gibbs
Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing announced a multi-year partnership with Yahoo! Wednesday. This partnership will begin with sponsorship of Christopher Bell's No. 20 this weekend at Martinsville. Kyle Busch Motorsports is also
involved in this sponsorship.
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| | Daniel Hemric Adds Cirkul Sponsorship for 7 Xfinity
Races
Kaulig Racing announced Wednesday that Cirkul, a manufacturer of flavorings for water and water bottles, will serve as the primary sponsor of Daniel Hemric's No. 11 in the Xfinity Series for seven races.
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| | Here Are the Changes to the Martinsville Entry
Lists
Changes have been made to the entry lists for this weekend's action in Martinsville. As noted in yesterday's newsletter, William Byron will drive for Spire Motorsports in tonight's Truck race. Dillon Steuer, pictured
here in a Big Block Modified at Lebanon Valley Speedway, will make his Truck debut for Young's Motorsports.
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| | Joey Logano Racing for DGR at Bristol
Dirt
David Gilliland Racing announced Wednesday that Joey Logano will drive a fourth truck for the team in the Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt. Logano's personal sponsor, Planet Fitness, will be on the truck in their first-ever
primary sponsor.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Joe Gibbs Racing and our own Phil Allaway.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
"That’s the really funny part about probably this whole thing is my dad never raced a road course in his life. He had only did Skip Barber (Racing
School in his) teenage years when he was doing oval mini-stock stuff, so it’s really awkward, more or less, that we got involved with it, but really when we were getting on quarter midgets we were trying to find something affordable." - Preston Pardus, on his father Dan helping him out with Spec Miata.
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