Frontstretch Newsletter: April 11, 2023
Volume XVII, Edition XLVIII |
- Today, the High Limit Sprint Series will attempt to start their season at Lakeside Speedway near Kansas City. 56 teams are entered in the Heartland of America Showdown. Coverage will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET on FLORacing.
- The eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series is doing something different tonight. Round No. 5 of the series will be on the oval at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. You'll see drafting and likely some shenanigans. Coverage starts
at 8:30 p.m. ET on NASCAR's YouTube channel and iRacing's YouTube channel. We'll have recaps of both races and anything else that breaks for you at Frontstretch. |
| | Cody Ware Arrested in North Carolina, Indefinitely
Suspended by NASCAR Cody Ware was arrested Monday morning in Iredell County, N.C. and charged with felony assault by strangulation and misdemeanor assault. He has released on bond and has been suspended indefinitely by
NASCAR. |
| | Entry List: 2023 NOCO
400 For Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in Martinsville, there are currently 36 cars entered. It is unclear who will drive the No. 51 in place of the aforementioned
Cody Ware. Anthony Alfredo also returns to Live Fast Motorsports. |
| | Entry List: 2023 Call811.com
250 Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race in Martinsville will have 40 teams fighting for 38 starting spots. Kaden Honeycutt will attempt to make his series debut for
CHK Racing, while Joe Graf Jr. returns to RSS Racing. |
| | Entry List: 2023 Long John Silver’s
200 Friday night's 200-lap race for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in Martinsville will have 38 teams trying to get in the field. William Sawalich will try to make
his debut for TRICON Garage, while Brad Perez will be in Young's Motorsports' No. 20. |
| | Jonathan Shafer Attempting Truck Debut at
Martinsville Another newcomer to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend is Jonathan Shafer, who hopes to make his series debut Friday night for On Point
Motorsports. |
| | Entry List: IMSA Acura
Grand Prix of Long Beach For this weekend's first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship sprint race of the year, there are 28 teams that will do battle on the streets of Long Beach. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography and NASCAR Media via Meg Oliphant of Getty Images. 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: April 10 |
- The FIA released an updated entry list for this weekend's 6 Hours of Portimao Monday. At Team Project 1 - AO, Guilherme de Oliveira and Miguel Ramos, racers from Portugal, have been drafted into the team for this weekend only. They will replace PJ
Hyett and Gunnar Jeannette. Hyett is racing in Saturday's IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach alongside Sebastian Priaulx. Jeannette is Hyett's driver coach and will also be on hand in Long Beach. |
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