Frontstretch Newsletter: May 5, 2021
Volume: XIV, Edition LXII
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Today is the big day. NASCAR will officially unveil the Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota NextGen race cars at 3 p.m. this afternoon. The unveil will be streamed on NASCAR's YouTube page, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Live.
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addition, tonight is the third round of the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series at the virtual Darlington Raceway. Coverage starts with practice/pre-race coverage at 7 p.m. on FOX Sports 1, followed by the race at 8 p.m. Given Tuesday's announcement about the race (see below), it is sure to be a learning experience for everyone.
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The teams themselves are at the shops, preparing for this weekend's tripleheader at the real Darlington Raceway. If anything else of note breaks today, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: May 4-5
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| | Brad Keselowski Claims Cup Pole at
Darlington
After dominating the early stages of Sunday's Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas Speedway, Team Penske's Brad Keselowski has claimed the pole for Sunday's Goodyear 400. Kevin Harvick will start second, then Joe Gibbs Racing
teammates Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. William Byron will start fifth.
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| | AJ Allmendinger Takes Xfinity Pole at
Darlington
Kaulig Racing's AJ Allmendinger will start Saturday's Steakhouse Elite 200 from the pole. Austin Cindric will be second, then Jeb Burton, Justin Haley and Noah Gragson.
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| | John Hunter Nemechek Gets 2nd Pole in a Row at
Darlington
By virtue of a strong run at Kansas Speedway Saturday night, Kyle Busch Motorsports' John Hunter Nemechek will start Friday night's LiftKits4Less.com 200 from the pole. Austin Hill starts second, then Zane Smith, Ben
Rhodes and Todd Gilliland.
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| | Porsche, Team Penske Announce 2023 LMDh
Program
Porsche and Team Penske jointly announced Tuesday that they will be joining forces for factory LMDh programs in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship starting in
2023.
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| | Pocono Operating at Full Capacity for NASCAR
Weekend
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf announced that capacity restrictions will be relaxed at the end of the month. In response, Pocono Raceway announced that their grandstand will be open to full capacity for their
June doubleheader weekend.
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| | Dale Earnhardt Jr. Running Richmond Xfinity
Race
JR Motorsports announced Tuesday that Dale Earnhardt Jr. has committed to making his one Xfinity Series start of the 2021 season in the Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway.
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| | 3 Cup Teams Penalized After Kansas, Truck
Engineer Reinstated
NASCAR released the weekly penalty report Tuesday. Here, three crew chiefs were fined for post-race lug nut violations.
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| | NASCAR’s Next-Gen Cars To Be Raced in iRacing
Pro Invitational Darlington Event
NASCAR announced Tuesday that tonight's eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series event at the virtual Darlington Raceway will be run with the new NextGen cars that will be unveiled later today.
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| | Stefan Wilson Attempting Indy 500 for
Andretti
Andretti Autosport announced Tuesday that Stefan Wilson will drive a fifth entry for the team, No. 25, with sponsorship from LohlaSport in the Indianapolis 500.
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| | Parker Chase Competing Part Time for Venturini
in ARCA
Venturini Motorsports announced Tuesday that road racing veteran Parker Chase will drive for the team in five ARCA Menards Series races this year, starting at Charlotte at the end of the month.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, NASCAR Media via Getty Images, Porsche AG and INDYCAR Media.
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