Frontstretch Newsletter: April 22, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition LIX
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- Today, teams are continuing their pre-race preparations at the shop for this weekend's action in Talladega. In Bristol, World of Outlaws NoS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Super DIRTcar Series teams are pulling into Bristol Motor Speedway for a practice day ahead of this weekend's Bristol Throwdown. It should be a quiet day. If anything
breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: April 22
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| | eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series: Brad
Keselowski Steals Win at Talladega
Brad Keselowski was able to snatch the lead away from James Davison on the final restart Wednesday night and held on to win the GEICO 70 at the virtual Talladega Superspeedway. Christopher Bell was second, then Kyle Busch,
Timmy Hill and Alex Bowman.
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| | Brett Moffitt Switches Points from Trucks to
Xfinity
Brett Moffitt announced Thursday morning that he is switching his points declaration from the Camping World Truck Series to the Xfinity Series, effective immediately. Moffitt would be immediately eligible to race his way
up into the playoffs since he has started every race in Our Motorsports' No. 02 Chevrolet, but he must start from scratch.
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| | Indy 500 Expecting Up to 40%
Capacity
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Wednesday that the track will be open for the Indianapolis 500 in May up to 40% capacity. This would mean a maximum crowd of 135,000 people.
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| | North Carolina on Pace to Lift COVID-19
Restrictions
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that he believes that the state could begin to lift most COVID-19 restrictions by June 1. The Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte is before that date, so that race weekend will
be restricted.
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| | CJ McLaughlin Set to Return to Truck and
Xfinity Series
CJ McLaughlin announced on the Wicked Fast Podcast Wednesday that he plans a limited schedule for later this year in both the Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series, five races in each series.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, NASCAR Media via iRacing and Matt Fraver of INDYCAR Media.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
"I like to try to stand out from the crowd and differentiate myself a little bit when I’m trying to romance sponsors. … I’ve actually mailed them … a big canvas for their wall of a picture that I’ve edited of my racecar. To try to grab their attention, on the back of that
canvas, it says, “this is a gift from me to you, and if you wouldn’t mind, just give my email from this and this date a quick read.'" - Kaz Grala, on how he has pitched himself to a potential sponsor.
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