Frontstretch Newsletter: April 1, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition XLIII
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- NASCAR teams are back at their shops making preparations for upcoming races. Meanwhile, drivers are enjoying the Easter weekend off. If anything of
note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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| | NASCAR to Conduct Rain Tire Test at Martinsville
NASCAR will do something at Martinsville that they've only done once before. Test tires at an oval in
the wet. The hope here is that they can prove that wet tires can be used in damp conditions on short tracks.
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| | Josh Reaume, Mike Wallace Reinstated by NASCAR
On Wednesday, NASCAR officially reinstated both Josh Reaume and Mike Wallace after they both completed the
required steps after being suspended due to inappropriate social media posts last year.
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| | Cameron Lawrence to Make Truck Debut at COTA
Reaume Brothers Racing announced Wednesday that former TA2 champion Cameron Lawrence will make his Camping
World Truck Series debut at Circuit of the Americas in May in the No. 33 Chevrolet.
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Photos are courtesy of IMSA, Zach Catanzareti and our own Danny Peters.
Have news for Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at [email protected] with a promising lead or tip.
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From F1 Midweek: Hero & Zero – A Tale of Two F1 Debuts
"Depending on your microwave, it usually takes around two minutes to fully pop a bag of microwave popcorn. Mazepin could’ve fit four of his
starts into one session of popping popcorn, as the Russian driver’s debut lasted only 22 seconds. By sliding off the track and crashing in turn 2 entering the [stretch of track] that has not been kind to Haas over the years, Mazepin made the shortest F1 debut since 2002." – Alex
Gallacher, on Nikita Mazepin’s Formula 1 debut on Sunday. It was not swell.
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