Frontstretch Newsletter: June 1, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition
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- NASCAR teams are at their shops, prepping for this weekend's activities in the St. Louis and Portland areas. Given the haul, NASCAR Xfinity Series teams have either already left, or will leave today for Oregon. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you
at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: May 31
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| | Entry List: 2022 Enjoy Illinois
300
For Sunday's inaugural 300-mile NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway, there are 36 teams entered. AJ Allmendinger has double-duty, but may not qualify the No. 16 Chevrolet due to his Portland
responsibilities.
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| | Entry List: 2022 Pacific Office Automation
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For the NASCAR Xfinity Series' first trip to Portland International Raceway, there are 38 teams entered. Andy Lally will make his first start for Alpha Prime Racing, while Connor Mosack will debut with Joe Gibbs
Racing. Jade Buford returns to Big Machine Racing, while Darren Dilley will make his series debut for RSS Racing.
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| | Entry List: 2022 Toyota
200
For Saturday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway, there are 40 teams entered. Corey Heim is back with Kyle Busch Motorsports, while Johnny Sauter returns to ThorSport Racing.
Mason Maggio and Justin Carroll will attempt to make their series debuts.
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| | 2 Crew Members Suspended, Crew Chief Fined After
Charlotte
In their weekly penalty report, NASCAR announced that Kase Kallenbach, crew chief for JD Motorsports' No. 6 Chevrolet has been suspended indefinitely for violating NASCAR's Member Code of Conduct Policy.
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| | Sergio Perez Extends With Red Bull to
2024
Things are continuing to look up for Sergio Perez. After winning Sunday's Grand Prix of Monaco, Red Bull announced a contract extension that will see Perez stay alongside Max
Verstappen through the end of 2024.
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| | Olivier Pla Joins Action Express Racing For Remainder of
2022
Action Express Racing announced Tuesday that Olivier Pla will partner Pipo Derani in the No. 31 Cadillac for the remainder of the 2022 season, replacing Tristan Nunez.
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| | David Gravel Racing for More Than Himself After Storm Ravages Huset’s
Speedway
For David Gravel, Monday night's action at Lawrenceburg Speedway was a little more important than normal. The race came after Huset's Speedway, owned by team owner Tod Quiring, was heavily damaged.
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| | Graham Bowlin Dominates Inaugural Coca-Cola iRacing Series Event at WWT
Raceway
Graham Bowlin led 97 of 120 laps Tuesday night en route to his first eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series victory of the year at the virtual World Wide Technology Raceway. Zack Novak was second, then Logan Clampitt, Malik Ray
and Ryan Luza.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Peter Fox of Getty Images, IMSA, iRacing via Justin Melillo and our own Christopher DeHarde.
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