Frontstretch Newsletter: June 2, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition LXXXIX
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- NASCAR Cup and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams are en route to World Wide Technology Raceway today. Meanwhile, NASCAR Xfinity Series teams will be arriving in Portland tonight ahead of practice tomorrow on the 1.95-mile road course.
- USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship teams will race tonight at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Ill., conveniently located on Illinois Route 203 roughly 10 miles from World Wide Technology Raceway. The racing can be seen starting at 7 p.m. ET on FLORacing.com (subscription required). If anything breaks, we'll have it for you
at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: June 2
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| | Hendrick Adds Xfinity Program for 3
Races
Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday morning that they will field their own car, No. 17, in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the road races at Road America, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International later this
year.
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| | Rajah Caruth Attempting Truck Debut At
Gateway
Spire Motorsports announced Wednesday that Rajah Caruth will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in Saturday's Toyota 200 presented by CK Power at World Wide Technology Raceway.
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| | Alexander Rossi Joins Arrow McLaren SP for 2023 &
Beyond
Arrow McLaren SP announced Thursday morning that Alexander Rossi will join the team full-time in the NTT IndyCar Series starting in 2023 in a multi-year deal.
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| | Kyle Kirkwood Replacing Alexander Rossi at Andretti in
2023
Andretti Autosport announced Wednesday that Kyle Kirkwood, currently of AJ Foyt Enterprises, will replace Alexander Rossi in the No. 27 NAPA Auto Parts/AutoNation entry in 2023.
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| | Santino Ferrucci to Race Belle Isle in Place of Callum
Ilott
Juncos Hollinger Racing announced Wednesday that Callum Ilott has not been cleared to race this weekend at Belle Isle Park due to a broken hand suffered in the Indianapolis 500. Santino Ferrucci will drive in his
place.
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| | BODYARMOR to Sponsor Dave and Ryan Blaney at SRX
Finale
Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) announced Wednesday that the Blaneys (Dave and Ryan) will both be sponsored by BODYARMOR for the Camping World SRX season finale at Sharon Speedway.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, along with James Black and Joe Skibinski of INDYCAR Media.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
"They didn’t say go put another one and that’s it. No, no, no, they kicked us out. Yeah, I mean, that’s kind of [expletive] because it’s not like we were cheating with anything and the part wasn’t even broken when we got there, the guy saw it was kind of angled and he said, ‘Oh, that’s kind of weird. And he pulled on it and it
broke." - Juan Pablo Montoya, on how a broken diffuser resulted in him qualifying 30th for the Indianapolis 500.
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