Frontstretch Newsletter: June 29, 2022
Volume XVI, Edition CVIII
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- Tonight is the single night engagement for the new film, Rowdy, about Kyle Busch. You can buy tickets at Fathom Events' website and check to see if
the film is being shown tonight local to you. If the showing is not sold out, then you would be able to buy tickets at the box office as well. The film starts at 7 p.m. Our own Phil Allaway will be at a showing tonight in Colonie, N.Y. and will write about the film in a later edition of The Critic's Annex here in the Frontstretch Newsletter.
- The DIRTcar Late Models Summer Nationals continue tonight at Benton Speedway with the 12th round of the exhausting schedule. Action will start at 6:45 p.m. ET on DirtVision (subscription required).
- Teams are continuing their preparations for this weekend's action in Elkhart Lake, Wis. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: June 28
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- On Wednesday, news came out that three-time World Championship Nelson Piquet referred to Sir Lewis Hamilton as the N-word in a podcast. This was rounded derided by much of the motorsports community, including Formula 1, Mercedes and more.
Hamilton's response is that the mindset regarding
this type of language needs to change. That it isn't ok.
- Oracle Red Bull Racing announced Tuesday that Juri
Vips has been fired from his position with the team as a test and reserve driver. Since Red Bull was more or less paying for him to drive for Hitech Grand Prix in Formula 2, it means that he was fired from that position as well. As you may remember from last Wednesday's newsletter, the suspension resulted from Vips using the N-word during an internet stream.
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| | Chris Buescher Crew Chief, Crew Members Suspended for Loose
Wheel
NASCAR released their penalty report Tuesday. In it, Chris Buescher's team was hit hard with four-race suspensions for crew Scott Graves and two additional crewmembers. It is the 11th loose wheel suspension of the
year in Cup.
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| | Akinori Ogata Joining MBM for 2 Xfinity
Races
MBM Motorsports announced Tuesday that Akinori Ogata will drive the No. 13 Toyota in two NASCAR Xfinity Series races later this season.
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Photo is courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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