Frontstretch Newsletter: July 14, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition CXVIII
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- For World of Outlaws NoS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series teams (and a number of part-time operations), Kings Royal week at Eldora Speedway gets underway tonight with the Jokers Wild event. Coverage of the Jokers Wild will be available at DirtVision.com starting at 6:45 p.m. It requires a subscription to view.
- NASCAR teams are back at their shops, preparing for this weekend's action in Loudon. Meanwhile, IMSA teams are beginning their hauls to Lime Rock in Connecticut. If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: July 13
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- Spencer Bayston took the lead away from Logan Schuchart on lap 7 Tuesday night and held off a series of charges from Brad Sweet. In the final laps, Bayston pulled away from the pack to win the World of Oultaws NoS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Ohio Logistics Brad Doty Classic at Attica Raceway Park. It is Bayston's first career victory in the World of Outlaws NoS Energy Drink Sprint Car
Series.
Bayston finished 2.174 seconds ahead of Sweet. Carson Macedo was third, then Donny Schatz and Schuchart.
Sweet's second-place finish allowed him to expand his points lead to 148 points over Macedo with 39 scheduled races to go. This is just shy of a full race. David Gravel is third, then Sheldon Haudenschild and Schuchart.
- World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series points leader Brandon Sheppard held off a late charge from Chad Madden to win at Wisconsin's Gondik Law Speedway. Dennis Erb was third, then Tyler Bruening and James Giossi.
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| | Kyle Busch on New Hampshire Cup Pole
Strong recent form has Kyle Busch up to third in points. He'll start Sunday's Foxwoods Resort Casino 301
from the pole. Martin Truex Jr. starts second, then Chase Elliott, Kurt Busch and Alex Bowman.
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| | Jeb Burton Gets Xfinity Pole at New Hampshire
Saturday's Xfinity Series Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway will see Jeb Burton, who finished second in Atlanta, start on pole. Teammate Justin Haley starts second, then Noah Gragson, Austin
Cindric and Justin Allgaier.
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| | 4 Cup, 2 Xfinity Teams Penalized After Atlanta Events
Coming out of last weekend's action in Atlanta, six different teams got busted for post-race lugnut violations. $50,000 in fines have been assessed.
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| | Alfa Romeo Reaches Multi-Year Extension With Sauber
Sauber and Alfa Romeo announced Wednesday that they have signed a contract extension that will see the Stellantis-owned brand continue to partner with the Swiss team in Formula 1 through the end of 2025.
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| | Entry List: 2021 Zinsser SmartCoat 200
Saturday night's ARCA Menards Series race at Berlin Raceway has 17 teams entered. Mason Mingus returns to the series for the first time since 2017.
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| | Entry List: Northeast Grand Prix
Saturday's Northeast Grand Prix is the first GT-only race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. 17 cars are scheduled to take the green.
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| | Entry List: Lime Rock Park 120
For Saturday's IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race at Lime Rock Park, 36 teams are entered. Sacha Fenestraz will make his American debut after COVID-19 has effectively shut him out of his scheduled full-time rides in both
Super GT and Super Formula.
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| | Jimmy Mullis Survives & Scores 3-Peat at New Hampshire
Jimmy Mullins managed to avoid a series of wrecks in the closing laps and held to win Round 12 of the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series Tuesday night at the Virtual New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Jake Nichols was second,
then Michael Conti, Zack Noval and Graham Bowlin.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography, Joao Filipe Alves Beato of DPPI, iRacing and our own Phil Allaway and Mark Kristl.
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