Frontstretch Newsletter: June 10, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition XCIV
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- Today, some teams are already en route to Texas, while others are still preparing at their shops. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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| | Justin Marks: ‘2-Car Team … in the Picture’
for Trackhouse Racing in 2022
In an interview Wednesday at SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Trackhouse Racing Team co-owner Justin Marks indicated that his team will likely expand to two cars for the 2022 season. How that will be done is still
unknown.
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| | Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Extended Through 2026
The St. Petersburg City Council has approved a contract extension that will allow the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to continue through 2026.
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| | Zach Veach Not Racing in IMSA Detroit Race
After Positive COVID-19 Test Result
Vasser Sullivan's Zach Veach has been forced to withdraw from Saturday's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Belle Isle Park after testing positive for COVID-19.
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| | Entry List: Chevrolet Sports Car
Classic
For Saturday's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Belle Isle Park, there are only 20 cars entered, split between three classes.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Chris Jones and Joe Skibinski of INDYCAR Media, and our own Phil Allaway.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
"I saw it was a very diverse crowd. I saw many families of color. So it wasn’t, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m the only Black person here.’ It wasn’t like that at all. So it was really cool to see. So that’s what I told people. For me going by myself, I didn’t feel out of place. I didn’t feel uncomfortable. I didn’t feel that anyone was
unwelcoming to me. And so that’s one of the things I see a lot is people are, ‘Oh, NASCAR’s for people from the South.’ And I didn’t feel like that at all." - Renae Blevins, about the crowd at the Drydene 400 last month.
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