Frontstretch Newsletter: July 13, 2023
Volume XVII, Edition CXV |
- Tonight, the Camping World SRX Series starts up at Stafford Speedway in Connecticut. Action at the track starts at 5:45 p.m. ET with SK Modified racing that will be streamed live on FLORacing.com. SRX action begins at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN. Allen Bestwick will be on play-by-play. - At Eldora Speedway, $1,002,023 is on the line. That is the prize for the winner of the Eldora Million. Coverage of the second night of the Eldora Million starts at 6 p.m. ET on
FLORacing.com. - Today is the start of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where race fans from around the world will gather in rural England to take in some racing and cars from all different eras. The
Hendrick Motorsports Garage 56 car will be on hand, along with hundreds of others. The whole weekend will be streamed live on YouTube and (starting Saturday)
on MotorTrend+. - We will have a recap of tonight's SRX action from Stafford and everything else that breaks for you at Frontstretch. |
| | Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus & Donnie Allison Added to
NASCAR Hall of Fame Ballot NASCAR released the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2024 Modern and Pioneer ballots. The lists are headlined by seven-time champions Jimmie Johnson and Chad
Knaus. |
| | Sheldon Creed Making Cup Debut at
Kansas Live Fast Motorsports announced Wednesday that NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Sheldon Creed will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Kansas with the team with
backing from Whelen Engineering. |
| | Chase Elliott Running Pocono Xfinity
Race Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday that Chase Elliott will drive the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet in the upcoming 225-mile NASCAR Xfinity Series race at
Pocono Raceway. |
| | Lamborghini Unveils New
SC63 At the Goodwood Festival of Speed this morning, Lamborghini officially revealed the new SC63 to the public for the first time. This car will race in the IMSA
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship starting in 2024. |
| | Entry List: 2023 Calypso
150 There are 22 teams entered for Saturday night's Calypso 150 at Iowa Speedway, the first combination race of the year between the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA
Menards Series East. |
| | Marco Andretti on Pole for SRX Heat 1 at
Stafford Via a blind draw, Marco Andretti has been awarded the pole position for the first Camping World SRX Series heat of the season tonight at Stafford
Speedway. |
Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Lamborghini Squadra Corse, Matthew Putney of ARCA Racing and our own Tom Bowles. 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: July 12 |
- At Eldora Speedway Wednesday night, preliminaries for the Eldora Million were held. Race No. 1 saw Brad Sweet take advantage of a lap 12 restart to sweep around Donny Schatz and Aaron Reutzel to take the lead. From there, Sweet held on to take the win over Reutzel, Larson, Logan Schuchart and James McFadden. Race No. 2 saw Brian Brown take the lead from pole after original pole sitter Shane Stewart had to pull off. Rico Abreu was able to run down Brown and take the lead on lap 10. From there, Abreu held off a charging Carson Macedo to win the second prelim. Brown was third, then Justin Peck and Buddy Kofoid. Both Abreu and Sweet took home checks for $12,000 for their victories. |
Frontstretch Line of the Week "In that same sense, a lot of people come to me and they go, ‘Well, why don’t you have the money? Why don’t you just pay for it? I’m not here to write a check. I’d rather give my son the money. You know what I mean? I’d rather not spend the money and watch on TV. […} So I know that people are very happy with what we’re doing." - Frankie Muniz, on Rette Jones Racing's sponsorship woes and why he doesn't want to just write a check to race. |
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