Frontstretch Newsletter: Feb. 14, 2023
Volume XVII, Edition VIII |
- NASCAR Cup Series teams are en route to Daytona right now. They are scheduled to load into the garage starting at 7:15 p.m. ET.
- The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series officially starts their 2023 season tonight with a race at the virtual Daytona International Speedway. Coverage is set to start at 8:30 p.m. ET and can be streamed live on NASCAR's YouTube channel. - The Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals continue with their eighth night of action. Tonight has
DIRTcar Late Models and USAC Non-Winged Sprint Cars on the half-mile oval. Action starts at 5:15 p.m. ET on DirtVision. - The fifth night of the World Series of Asphalt is on tap at New Smyrna Speedway. Tonight, the ASA Southern Super Series headlines with a 100-lap feature. Action
starts at 7:30 p.m. ET on FLORacing. |
| | Entry List: 2023 Daytona 500The 65th running of the Daytona 500 has 42 teams entered. A 43rd entry from Finishline Motorsports Marketing has been withdrawn. Riley Herbst will make his NASCAR
Cup Series debut for Rick Ware Racing. Open teams include Chandler Smith in a third Kaulig Racing entry, Travis Pastrana for 23XI Racing, Jimmie Johnson with Legacy Motor Club and more. |
| | Entry List: 2023 Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner 300Saturday's season opener for the NASCAR Xfinity Series has 44 teams entered. Myatt Snider will drive the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, while Joe Graf Jr. and
Ryan Sieg are switching entries for the weekend. |
| | Entry List: 2023 NextEra Energy 250Friday night's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series opener has 42 teams entered for 36 spots. Corey LaJoie will drive Spire Motorsports' No. 7, while AM Racing will field
an entry for Josh Reaume. There will be two Jason Whites attempting to qualify. Jason A. White will drive the No. 1 Toyota for TRICON Racing, while Canada's Jason M. White will drive Reaume Brothers Racing's No. 34 Ford. |
| | Corey Heim Claims Monday Night Racing Season 6 Championship at
HomesteadCorey Heim was able to pass Leighton Sibille for the lead with 10 laps to go Monday night and held on to win the GridRival MRN Season 6 Championship Race, and by extension, the Interstate Batteries Monday
Night Racing championship. David Schildhouse was second, then Adam Cabot, Bailey Turner and new NASCAR Xfinity Series team owner Collin Fern. |
| | Rita Goulet Running Full ARCA East ScheduleRise Motorsports announced Monday that Rita Goulet will race full-time for the team in ARCA Menards Series East. Sebastian LeForge will serve as Goulet's crew
chief. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Jeffrey Phelps of ARCA Racing and iRacing via Ryan Kish. Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com with a promising lead or tip. |
Around the World in Motorsports: Feb. 13 |
- Legacy Motor Club announced Monday that Wendy's will serve as the primary sponsor of Noah Gragson's No. 42 Chevrolet in the Daytona 500. The press release is worded in a way that suggests that the sponsorship deal would be for multiple races, but
Daytona is the only race specifically stated as one that they will sponsor. The move continues an existing relationship that Gragson has with the fast food chain. They sponsored Gragson with Beard
Motorsports last year at Talladega in a one-race deal. In addition, there will be substantial activation at Daytona. There will be a special stand in the infield known as Wendy's
Winner's Square. Here, fans can get free Dave's Single hamburgers, "Hot & Crispy" fries and what is described in the press release as Gragson's "favorite Frosty hack," blue raspberry flavor with Nerds candy. Unlike last year's scheme, which was based on the take out bags that Wendy's was using at the time, Gragson's scheme for the
Daytona 500 is a throwback to their 1984 "Where's the Beef?" ad campaign. In this case, "the beef" will be directly on Gragson's hood. - Aston Martin Formula One revealed their newest challenge, the AMR23, Monday at their headquarters near Silverstone in England. The new car for Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll is designed to improve upon the team's fortunes in
2022. Last season with Stroll, Nico Hulkenberg and the now-retired Sebastian Vettel, the team finished seventh in the Constructors' Championship with 55 points. |
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