Frontstretch Newsletter: Aug. 26, 2021
Volume: XV, Edition CLII
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- The World of Outlaws Morton Buildings
Late Model Series starts one of their biggest race weekends of the season tonight at Davenport Speedway. Coverage of Night No. 1 of the Quad Cities 150 starts at 7:15 p.m. ET on DirtVision (subscription required)
- Xfinity Series teams will start their seven-plus hour haul to Daytona Beach tonight.
If anything of note breaks, we'll have it for you at Frontstretch.
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Around the World in Motorsports: Aug. 25
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- In Grand Forks, N.D. Wednesday night, Brad Sweet passed Sheldon Haudenschild on the final lap and held on to win the rescheduled Gerdau presents the 2nd Leg of the Northern Tour at River Cities Speedway. For Sweet, the victory was his 15th of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season. Haudenschild was one-eighth of a
second back in second, then Carson Macedo, Donny Schatz and Logan Schuchart.
Sweet's victory and a sixth-place finish for David Gravel means that Sweet has a 132-point lead over Gravel with 21 races remaining. Macedo is third in points, then Schatz and Haudenschild.
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| | Jay Fabian Steps Away from NASCAR Cup Series After Arrest on Animal Cruelty Charges
NASCAR Cup Series director Jay Fabian is taking an indefinite leave of absence from NASCAR, effective immediately, as a result of being arrested on animal cruelty charges.
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| | Dylan Lupton Joining Kyle Busch Motorsports at Darlington
Kyle Busch Motorsports announced Wednesday that Dylan Lupton will return to the Camping World Truck Series in the No. 51 Toyota Labor Day weekend at Darlington.
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| | Several Cup, Xfinity & Truck Teams Penalized after Michigan, Gateway
A number of penalties were assessed after this weekend's races in Michigan and Illinois. David Fero, a member of Ross Chastain's crew, has been suspended for Daytona due to Chastain losing an axle. There were also
lug nut penalties.
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Photos are courtesy of Nigel Kinrade Photography.
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Frontstretch Line of the
Week
"Going into this weekend, I think the mindset has to be different because you’re really only there for one reason, and that’s that final stage, and so doing something early on in stage one or stage two that gets you caught in a wreck and ruins
your opportunity to win the race, that’s not exactly how you drew it up. So you know, just trying to put everything together and not trying to do too much." - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., on what he needs to do this weekend in Daytona.
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