Frontstretch Newsletter: Bristol Entry Lists Revealed

Published: Tue, 04/12/22

Frontstretch Newsletter: April 12, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition LII

What to Watch:

- NASCAR teams are prepping for this weekend's action in Bristol. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.

TV Schedule: Here

Around the World in Motorsports: April 11

- European Le Mans Series teams are holding pre-season testing this week ahead of the four-hour season opener this weekend at Paul Ricard in France. COOL Racing's Yifei Ye was quickest overall in the first two sessions. His lap in the second session at 124.303 mph was the fastest for the first day. Inter Europol Competition's Fabio Scherer was fastest in the night session and second overall for the day. IDEC Sport's Paul-Loup Chatin was third, then United Autosport's Tom Gamble and Graff Racing's David Droux.

LMP3 was topped by COOL Racing's Malthe Jakobsen with a lap at 117.247 during the opening session. This lap was six-tenths of a second faster than RLR MSport's Alex Kapadia. Jean-Ludovic Foubert in another COOL Racing entry was third in class, followed by DKR Engineering's Sebastian Alvarez. United Autosports' Finn Gehrsitz was fifth.

Finally, Iron Lynx's Davide Rigon was fastest in the GTE class in his Ferrari with a lap at 113.043 mph in the morning session. The lap was less than three-hundredths of a second faster than the Porsche of Proton Competition's Gianmaria Bruni. Rinaldi Racing's Oscar Tunjo was third in his Ferrari. Later in the same session, teammate Fabrizio Crestani turned in the fourth best time of the day in the same car. Absolute Racing's Martin Rump was fifth.

Today's Top News:

Entry List: 2022 Food City Dirt Race

For Sunday's 250-lap dirt race at Bristol, there are 36 teams entered. Unlike last year, there are essentially no dirt veterans entered. Justin Allgaier will drive Spire Motorsports' No. 77 in place of Josh Bilicki.

(Photo: NASCAR Media via Jared C. Tilton of Getty Images)

Entry List: 2022 Pinty’s Truck Race on Dirt

For Saturday's Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt, there are 38 teams entered for 36 starting spots. Austin Dillon is confirmed in Young's Motorsports No. 20, while there are a couple of TBAs on the list. Spire Motorsports will reveal their driver today.

Here Are the 2022 Darlington Throwback Schemes

At Frontstretch, we will maintain a running log of the throwback schemes for next month's Throwback Weekend at Darlington Raceway. On Monday, JR Motorsports unveiled a scheme based on Terry Labonte and Rick Mast's Skoal Classic Oldsmobiles and Fords from 1990-1993 that Sam Mayer will race.

Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography and NASCAR Media via Jared C. Tilton of Getty Images.

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