Frontstretch Newsletter: March 9, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition XXVII
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Around the World in Motorsports: March 8
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- The SRO announced Monday that the season opening weekend for Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS, originally scheduled for May 1-2 at Brands Hatch, has been postponed. The reasoning given is that with the UK government's current roadmap for reopening, the race weekend would not be allowed to have fans. No replacement weekend has been named.
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- Teams are preparing today for this week's action in Phoenix. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
- In the wee hours of Wednesday, Ferrari will finally unveil their new car for the 2021 World Championship. We'll have a little piece about that in the Around the World section of Wednesday's Newsletter.
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| | Pit Boss Grills to Sponsor Aric Almirola in 2 Races
Stewart-Haas Racing announced Monday that Pit Boss Grills will serve as the primary
sponsor of Aric Almirola's No. 10 Ford in the next two Cup races at Phoenix and Atlanta.
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| | Entry List: 2021 Instacart 500
Sunday's Instacart 500 at Phoenix Raceway has 38 teams entered. The only driver
changes are at Rick Ware Racing, where James Davison returns to the No. 15 and JJ Yeley will be in the No. 53.
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| | Entry List: 2021 Call 811 Before You Dig 200
For Saturday's Xfinity Series race in Phoenix, there are 43 teams currently
entered. Ty Gibbs will be back in the No. 54, while Blaine Perkins will make his Xfinity Series debut in the Our Motorsports No. 23.
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| | MoneyLion Sponsoring Simona De Silvestro in Indy 500
Paretta Autosport announced Monday that MoneyLion will serve as the team's primary
sponsor at the Indianapolis 500
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| | Team Hardpoint/EBM Expands To 2 Full-Time Entries
Team Hardpoint/EBM announced Monday that they will expand to two full-time entries in
the GT Daytona class. Katherine Legge and Christina Nielsen will share the existing No. 88 Porsche, while team co-owners Rob Ferriol and Earl Bamber will share the No. 99.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, IMSA and Paretta Autosport.
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