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NASCAR executive Steve O’Donnell gives perspective behind trio of incidents

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From a car’s tire bursting into flames, to a question of whether or not oil was on the surface of New Hampshire Motor Speedway to drivers tossing empty water bottles onto the track, there were plenty of talking points one day after the 5-hour ENERGY 301.

NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O’Donnell addressed them all with NASCAR.com, specifically noting that the discarded water bottles is something the sanctioning body will address with drivers.

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"It’s never something we like to see," O’Donnell said one day after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in which two different cautions were thrown for debris that ended up being discarded water bottles. "If we can avoid a caution, we want to do that. In this situation, we weren’t sure in terms of what was on the track and were not exactly able to spot who did it, so it’s something we’ll address with the competitors going forward. We’ve had to do that in the past."

The second incident led to NBC analyst Jeff Burton suggesting that water bottles have numbers corresponding to the car number of the driver, making it easy to identify the culprit — which led to a humorous tweet from Ray Evernham.

"We do that with some of the parts on the car. I saw Ray Evernham said ‘I’ll just put Jeff Burton‘s old number on the water bottle,’ " O’Donnell said. "That is something we’ve got to make sure we have video of instances in any case. I’ve said often we’ve got the smartest folks in the business, so you’ve always got to make sure what’s out there and what car it came from."

More from O’Donnell:

• On the length of time it took the safety crew to reach Alex Bowman, whose car was on fire: "It’s a balance. Certainly we want to get to any competitor as quickly as we can, but in any situation we’ve got to monitor what’s going on on the race track and enable ourselves to get the cars slowed down as quickly as possible to dispatch the emergency equipment.

"In that case, it took a little longer for us to get that opportunity for the safety equipment to get out to Alex, but that’s certainly something we focus on each and every weekend, and where we can improve, we’ll continue to do so. Our folks train for that every day, all year round and we want to keep the drivers in the most safe position as we can each and every race."

• On not throwing a caution when some drivers reported oil on the track: "We’re always going to err on the side of safety, first and foremost. We’ve got track spotters around the track in each corner. We’re monitoring the drivers and their spotters on the radio, so a lot of it will depend first and foremost, we’re going to check with our officials — do they see anything, have they relayed anything to us? If they have in the case of oil, most likely we’re going to throw the caution and err on the side of safety.

"We’ve also got to look at what time it is during the race — are competitors looking for a caution, is it within a pit window? From time to time, folks will call up saying there’s potential debris on the track and we can’t confirm that with our corner spotters so we’re going to rely on our officials. We certainly take the input from the drivers, especially when it comes to oil. And once we receive the message from our officials in the turns saying that there is potential oil on the race track, that’s when we’ll throw the caution."

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Sprint Cup Series also using new aerodynamic package at the Brickyard

The NASCAR XFINITY Series is scheduled to run a high-drag rules package this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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The new aerodynamic package was highlighted by Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer, in a Monday morning debrief with NASCAR.com. A NASCAR spokesperson confirmed the rules change will be in place for Saturday’s Lilly Diabetes 250 (3:30 p.m. ET, NBC, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the 18th of 33 XFINITY Series races this season.

The rules package will mimic the setup to be used for the first time by the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Indianapolis in Sunday’s Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard (3:30 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The changes are expected to reduce speeds and promote tighter racing on the 2.5-mile track, potentially creating a pack-style competition.

"From our perspective, the high-drag package that’s going to be implemented in both the XFINITY and Cup Series, hopefully the ability of the cars to draft a little bit for that second or chased pack to be able to catch the leader," O’Donnell said. "Again, it’s new. It’s a new package for Indianapolis so we’ll evaluate it as we did for Kentucky to see what we learned, what was good, what we can tweak going forward. And I’m most proud about the work the industry has done, really coming together on somewhat short notice, putting a package together and being able to go out there and put on the best race possible, especially for the fans at Indy who come out each and every year."

The Sprint Cup package calls for a rear spoiler extended to 9 inches with a 1-inch wicker bill attached, a 2-inch splitter and a 43-inch radiator pan. On the XFINITY side, the rear spoiler will be extended 2 inches and teams will use a rear bumper cover specifically used at superspeedways at Daytona and Talladega.

XFINITY cars have 75 less horsepower than Sprint Cup cars (650 in XFINITY to 725 in Cup), and O’Donnell explained how running it in both series will help the sanctioning body.

"It’ll offer just something a little bit different," O’Donnell said. "Obviously the XFINITY
cars are somewhat underpowered compared to Cup so it’ll give us a look
at how the power works with both of those packages, what are some of the
gears that we used and what, if any, tweaks do we need to make coming
out of Indianapolis. Just provide some different data for us for both
series.

"Obviously a different competitor level for both of those, but anything we can do to improve both the XFINITY and Cup races, we wanted to do that. We think we’ve hit on that for the weekend."

The move follows NASCAR’s implementation of a low-downforce rules package for the Sprint Cup Series’ race at Kentucky Speedway on July 11, when teams raced with shorter spoilers and splitters to place a greater emphasis on driver input. Dale Earnhardt Jr. tried out the new high-drag package during a tire test last week at 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway, saying that he approved of NASCAR’s search for track-specific rules packages.
 
"I think the tracks, the racing — it’s a good way to sort of tweak and adjust the racing to make better racing at that track," Earnhardt said. "Some guys like more downforce, some guys like less downforce and different packages are going to lend themselves to different drivers, and that’s the same way with race tracks. The same thing that makes a great race at Kentucky might not make a great race at Indy or Michigan, so it’s a great time to be involved in the sport. For me, it’s exciting to go through these."

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LOUDON, N.H. — Talk of a potential manufacturer change for Furniture Row Racing, a hot topic earlier this year, is beginning to resurface as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads into the heat of the summer.

The Colorado-based organization fields the No. 78 Chevrolet with driver Martin Truex Jr. and has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.

Team owner Barney Visser said last month that a manufacturer change might be necessary to acquire the funding needed to remain competitive and potentially expand to a multicar organization.

Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, he reiterated his stance, according to an NBC report. Reporter Marty Snider said Visser told him a switch was “a very real possibility.”

David Wilson, president & general manager, Toyota Racing Development, USA, told NASCAR.com Sunday morning that his group’s focus “is fighting for a championship this year.”

“If something were to happen, I make no bones about it, I’d love to have them,” Wilson said. “We’d like to have a couple more quality cars in our camp. If the stars and planets align themselves, then we’ll see. But no decision has been made.”

Toyota currently is aligned with Joe Gibbs Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing in Sprint Cup, supplying engines to both organizations. It entered NASCAR in 2004 in the Camping World Truck Series. The move to Sprint Cup came in 2007.

While it has enjoyed much success in the XFINITY Series and Truck Series, winning championships in both, it is still seeking its first Sprint Cup title.

“We talk to a lot of teams,” Wilson said. “We’re in the garage right next to each other. We’re housed in here and see everybody. Yeah, we talk to the 78 guys and a lot of other teams.

“We haven’t made any decisions. They haven’t made any decisions. I told Barney the other day he’d be crazy to change anything the way they are running right now.”

Truex Jr. finished 12th in Sunday’s 5-hour ENERGY 301 at NHMS. A win earlier this season at Pocono Raceway ensured the driver and team a spot in this year’s 16-team Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

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Annett, DiBenedetto helped to care center after 5-hour ENERGY 301

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LOUDON, N.H. – Following Sunday’s race, a pair of drivers were taken to the infield care center to receive treatment for heat-related issues.

No, this wasn’t the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in the middle of July, it was … New Hampshire?

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After relatively cool — but somewhat expected — temperatures for practice and qualifying sessions Friday and Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sunday’s 5-hour ENERGY 301 was run under steamy, Daytona-like conditions. Humidity spiked, thermometers rose and drivers drooped.

Michael Annett and Matt DiBenedetto each had to be helped to the care center after the checkered flag dropped, spending about an hour and a half receiving treatment before being released. AJ Allmendinger also needed to be tended to in his hauler before leaving the track.

Brad Keselowski, Sunday’s runner-up, looked paler than his white No. 2 Team Penske Ford when he was in the media center and all but needed to cut his press conference short just to regain his breath.

"Ready to go home," Keselowski said. "Ready to go home."

"It was hot out there," Dale Earnhardt Jr. agreed.

DiBenedetto was feeling better after being treated later tweeting "Thanks for the concern everyone … I got dehydrated and sick but the infield care center gave me fluids and I’m a little better. It was hot!"

It was abundantly clear that heat was the overlying theme of the race, as several drivers made a point to say how much the temperatures affected them and their race cars.

"That was a tough one for sure. It was hot out there. We worked hard," said Austin Dillon.

"The heat of the day kind of threw us for a loop and we just weren’t very good," explained Ryan Blaney.

Even super-athlete Jimmie Johnson, who has battled heat exhaustion before, noted that, "It was toasty for sure. It’s weird how much hotter we are in the cars at Dover and Loudon."

An added condition that Allmendinger was battling was the dreaded mid-summer cold, too.

"I wasn’t as my best today either," said Allmendinger, who finished 13th. "I’ve been battling strep throat. It was very hot today and I got frustrated at times because I wasn’t feeling good."

One driver who was able to brave the elements and come out on the other side healthy — and in Victory Lane — was race-winner Kyle Busch.

"I’m definitely warm," said Busch, who needed to fill up his water bottle and take long sips from it before answering questions in his post-race press conference. "I’m still trying to cool down right now, as cold as it is in (the media center). You get that brisk when you walk through the door but then after that you’re like ‘OK, I need more.’

"It’s warm. This is one of the warmest days I think I’ve ever remembered up here in this part of the country. Fortunately for me, I was all good. I’ve got a really good team of guys that work on my seat for me and I’ve really been nitpicking them this year to try and get more comfortable each week and it’s really paying off. Hopefully now that they see us winning some races and I’m thankful to them for giving me the right cooling and everything."

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JGR driver wins for second consecutive week, continues rise in standings

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LOUDON, N.H. — The odds in Kyle Busch‘s favor made another dramatic surge on Sunday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

In winning for the third time in eight starts since returning from an 11-race injury absence, Busch solidified his chances of qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with a serendipitous victory in the 5-hour ENERGY 301 at the Magic Mile.

Two critical moves were essential to Busch’s winning for the second time at New Hampshire and the 32nd time in his career. First, with the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota sliding in a patch of oil and thinking he had a tire going flat, Busch brought his car to pit road on Lap 244, sooner than planned.

That allowed Busch to gain time on the track while other contending cars stayed out on old tires. The spur of the moment “strategy" ultimately played out in his favor.

Second, Busch got back on the lead lap with a gutsy pass of race leader Kevin Harvick and second-place Brad Keselowski, weaving through traffic on the frontstretch seconds before NASCAR called a caution for fluid on the track on Lap 251 of 301.

Busch inherited the top spot when the rest of the lead-lap cars came to pit road on Lap 253, and he stayed up front the rest of the way. After taking the white flag, Busch won the race under yellow when Alex Bowman‘s accident in Turn 2 on the final lap caused the race’s seventh caution.

Given the discussion on team radios about the probability of that Lap 251 caution being called, Busch felt a strong sense of urgency to make what proved to be the decisive pass. 

"I knew I’d been running it hard and I’d been trying to catch (Matt) Kenseth in front of me that entire run, and I had just been so tight that I couldn’t get going and couldn’t get a rhythm going to close in on Kenseth. And I figured I just chewed the right front off of it, because I went into the corner and the thing just went straight one time so I was like, ‘Man, I’m down to cords now, that’s it, it’s done.’

"We shot to pit road and got it changed there, and evidently it was oil on the race track that just made the car slip so bad from out from under me. We got a lucky break and I hauled butt, man, those five laps I ran were five qualifying laps through traffic trying to get back up to the front and pass Harvick to stay on the lead lap. That was our saving bucket right there. That was what we needed to do." 

The offshoot of the victory is that Busch’s hopes of making the Chase now are better than realistic. To qualify, he must finish the first 26 races in the top 30 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. With seven races left before the cutoff, Busch is 33rd, trailing 30th-place David Gilliland by 58 points. 

"This is such an awesome win and such an awesome comeback," Busch said. "I just can’t say enough about everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing, the work that they’ve put in. Our cars are a lot better than what they were last year.

"It’s so much fun to win these races and to win with this group of guys — (crew chief) Adam Stevens and this bunch, all my pit crew since 2008, they deserve all this."

Keselowski, who got two fresh tires on the last pit stop, was closing on Busch at the end of the race but ran out of time and finished second. For the second straight week, Keselowski failed to win in what was arguably the best car. 

"We had a really fast car and led a lot of laps (a race-high 100)," Keselowski said tersely. "I’m really proud of the team for bringing me two fast cars these past two weekends." 

"It’s a joy to drive cars that fast," added Keselowski, looking less than joyful.

Asked whether he was frustrated, Keselowski replied, "I’m ready to go home."

Asked whether taking four tires instead of two on the last pit stop might have made a difference, Keselowski said, "It probably didn’t matter, so it’s hard to say. It is what it is." 

Harvick came home third, followed by Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kenseth, polesitter Carl Edwards, Austin Dillon, Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch completed the top 10.

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See what the driver of the No. 18 Toyota needs to make the Chase

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With only seven races left until the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, it’s time to check up on Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, as he tries to rebound from early-season injuries and make the Chase.

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WHAT JUST HAPPENED: Talk about getting hot at the right time. Busch scored his third win in the past four races by going to Victory Lane in the 5-hour ENERGY 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Busch led 96 laps in total, including the final 49 circuits. But it was a pass of Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski to get back on the lead lap with just over 50 circuits to go that set him up for victory. Busch pitted a little early because he thought he had a tire going down and came out a lap down. After battling to get back on the lead lap with the pass of the duo that was running at the front, he inherited the lead when all the leaders came to pit road on Lap 253 under caution. From there, "Rowdy" was able to hold the point for his 32nd career win in the Sprint Cup Series.

WHAT HE NEEDS: With three wins in hand, Busch now just needs to finish in the top 30 in the point standings to make the Chase. After New Hampshire, he is unofficially in 33rd place, 58 points behind 30th-place driver David Gilliland. According to NASCAR statistical services, if all things continue at this pace, Busch roughly needs an average finish of 19th over the next seven races.



WHAT’S NEXT: Busch heads to legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway having run well at the Brickyard but with no wins to show for it. However, he does have eight top-10s finishes in 10 career starts at Indianapolis, including five straight top-10 finishes and two runner-up showings in the past three races at the 2.5-mile track. His 10.6 average finish is his fourth-best among active tracks and the third-best among drivers with more than one start at Indianapolis.



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No. 3 crew chief talks pressure, adjusting to rule changes

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LOUDON, N.H. — Austin Dillon managed a weak smile.

"I’m pretty cooked, really," the Richard Childress Racing driver said as he leaned against a car on pit road, moments after Sunday’s 5-Hour Energy 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway had ended.

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Dillon finished eighth on an unseasonably hot day at NHMS. It was his second top 10 in three races (he was seventh earlier this month at Daytona) and just his third of the season.

The No. 3 team needed a good finish. Dillon needed a good finish. It’s been something of a trying year for the 25-year-old. Now, perhaps, the team has something to build on just past the halfway point of the 36-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Time will tell.

"We really did," he said. "I’m just proud to finish one off strong like that. When you get a little momentum, it goes a long way."

Carl Edwards finished seventh, Jeff Gordon ninth. Both stopped by to chat briefly with Dillon, recounting their race-ending battle on the 1.058-mile track.

"It was a good momentum-building weekend for us, a good day in points," crew chief Richard "Slugger" Labbe said. "Austin’s been beat up. He hasn’t had really good finishes and he’s under a lot of pressure just like all of us.

"I try my hardest and I don’t let the pressure get to me. It’s tough. It’s a tough job. Especially being on the 3 (team), working for Richard and having big sponsors like we do with Dow and American Ethanol … so many big partners. At the end of the day, you’ve got to perform."

His top-10 result moved Dillon up two spots in the points standings – he’ll head to Indianapolis Motor Speedway next weekend 19th in the standings and still searching for his first Sprint Cup win.

Although he qualified 24th in the 43-car field, Dillon was working his way forward and was 16th after pitting under green when a fire on the No. 7 of Alex Bowman brought out the second caution flag of the race. 

Those who hadn’t pitted under green made their stops and when the field was reset, Dillon was nearly outside the top 30.

Slowly, he began to work his way back toward the top 10.

"We finally got our track position (back) halfway through the race," Dillon said. "That helped the most." 

Now, he said, "it’s just about trying to figure out how to get it earlier, qualifying better."

Labbe, the Daytona 500 winning crew chief for Michael Waltrip in 2003, came back on the road full-time to lead the No. 3 team in late June at Sonoma. Previously, he was overseeing Richard Childress Racing‘s research and development program. 

"It’s been tough … because the first race (back) was Sonoma, the next race was Daytona, and the next race was Kentucky with new rules. This was really the first race that’s been ‘normal’ racing," Labbe said. 

"Now we go to Indy (and another rules package). It’s been hard to go through four concepts with a new driver. It’s been a challenge but my guys have done a really good job. 

"Everyone at RCR is working hard to make the cars better, faster, lighter, more aerodynamic. 

"The good thing is we get to go to Eldora. We built a truck in our shop for Austin. Chad Haney (car chief on the No. 3) is going to crew chief it. So there’s a little play day coming up."

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Read the notes NASCAR provides during the drivers’ meeting

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NASCAR SPECIAL AWARDS

Award Driver
Coors Light Pole Award Carl Edwards
3M Lap Leader Award Kyle Busch
American Ethanol "Green Flag Restart" Award Kyle Busch
Duralast Brakes "Brake in the Race" Award Brad Keselowski
Freescale "Wide Open" Award Matt Kenseth
Ingersoll Rand Power Mover Award Ryan Newman
Mahle Engine Builder of the Race Award Kyle Busch
Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Award Kyle Busch
Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race Award Carl Edwards
Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap Award Carl Edwards
Sunoco Rookie of the Race Award Brett Moffitt

RACE TIME

Event Time (ET)
Driver Introductions 12:50 p.m.
Pre-race prep: Tires, interior & remove generators 1 p.m.
Line up crews — facing the flag 1:17 p.m.
Canadian National Anthem 1:18 p.m.
Invocation 1:20 p.m.
National Anthem 1:21 p.m.
Command to start engines 1:27 p.m.

SPECIAL INFORMATION

Number of Laps 301 laps
Pit Road Speed 45 mph
Caution Car Speed 50 mph
Pit Road Speed Begins 180 feet before the first pit box
Pit Road Speed Ends 76 feet past the last pit box
Minimum Speed 32.91 seconds
Exiting the Pits (Blend Line) Keep all 4 tires below the yellow line until the exit of Turn 2
Fuel Pit Stalls 1-43 Sunoco pumps
Post-Race 2-5 & random, stop in pit stalls 29-32
All Others/Two crew members per car Double file, near outer wall, across from pit stall 32

NEXT RACE

Event Track/Day/Time (ET)
Next week Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Hauler parking 9 p.m. ET, Thursday, July 23
Garage opens 6:30 a.m. ET, Friday, July 24
First practice 9 a.m. ET, Friday, July 24
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Roush Fenway Racing driver visited Boys & Girls Club on Thursday

LOUDON, N.H. — When Ryan Reed was but a little tyke tagging along while his father, Mark, competed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West off and on throughout the early 2000s, the XFINITY Series driver had the privilege of meeting his hero — Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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"I was able to meet a few of the drivers (growing up) and I was at the race track a lot and he was racing … so I was at (Auto Club) Speedway and I was a huge Dale Jr. fan and I got his autograph and I was pretty starstruck," Reed said Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway before finishing 13th in the Lakes Region 200. "That’s probably my biggest ‘Oh my God I can’t believe I met him’ story.

"That was back when he was in the No. 8 Budweiser Chevy so there were tons of red jackets at the race track and I was a proud Dale Jr. fan."

Knowing how cool it was to meet and greet a race car driver at such a young age, Reed visited the Boys & Girls Club of Concord, New Hampshire with Comcast XFINITY representatives on Thursday to meet with children interested in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) and tour the facilities.

Reed, still just 21-years-old, may have let his inner child show a little.

"It’s my first time ever going to a Boys & Girls Club and I had an amazing time," said the second-year XFINITY driver. "I didn’t realize how amazing the facilities are and the kids were having a blast and I got to go play some games with them and play dodgeball and capture the flag and got to hang out on the monkey bars and all that. It was just a really cool experience and they’re amazing kids and had awesome questions. A lot of them had some really cool racing questions, it surprised me how much they knew about the sport. It was a lot of fun and definitely a cool experience."

While they surprised him with racing questions, Reed surprised the kids with a set of race tickets to Saturday’s Lakes Region 200 XFINITY Series event, inviting the group to the "Magic Mile" as his special guests.

Prior to the race, the Roush Fenway Racing driver answered some more of their questions and showed them the ins and outs of his No. 16 Ford Mustang in the garage.

Thursday, he visited their playground. Saturday they got to see his.

"We kind of switched roles today and I thought it was really neat they could come out and I could show them around the race track a little bit; show them around the car," Reed said. "It was cool, they seemed to be pretty interested and the look on their faces was pretty fun."

Reed also introduced the kids to his lead race engineer in Gilford, New Hampshire native Katelyn Bernasconi. Where STEM was such an integral part of why these particular children were interested in meeting Reed in the first place — apart from him being a NASCAR driver, of course — it made sense to meet with Bernasconi, but Reed, too, knows the impact the program has on our nation’s young minds.

"I think (STEM) is great. It’s a great program and it’s definitely really important," Reed said. "Racing is a great example of a sport that’s kind of being taken over by technology and is really just a technology-based sport. There’s nothing we do that doesn’t involve a computer anymore.

"I think that this is a prime example of how important that program is and getting kids involved and ultimately, hopefully, end up in NASCAR."

In 2014, Comcast NBCUniversal entered into a five-year partnership with BGCA to support the launch of My.Future, a new technology initiative designed to teach Club members about our digital world and ignite their passion for technology. The five-year, national partnership is valued at tens of millions of dollars in cash and in-kind support.

My.Future is a next-generation technology initiative that personalizes the program for each member through engaging project-based, digital activities. My.Future will provide Club members with the ability to safely build, explore and communicate in their own digital worlds and ignite their passion for technology. It will also give Club members the skills they need to pursue promising careers.

Comcast NBCUniversal has supported local Boys & Girls Clubs for more than 15 years. In 2010, Comcast took their support to the national level as a sponsor of BGCA’s digital literacy initiative dedicated to providing youth with computer skills needed for success in the 21st century.