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Brad Keselowski has claimed the Busch Pole Award for Sunday’s Goodyear 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Darlington Raceway.

Keselowski will start his No. 2 Team Penske Ford from the pole position for the second week in a row. He finished third last weekend at Kansas Speedway and won the race before that at Talladega Superspeedway.

RELATED: Darlington weekend schedule | 2021 Cup Series standings

John Hunter Nemechek’s No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota is on the pole for Friday’s LiftKits4Less.com 200 (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM) in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and AJ Allmendinger’s No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet is on the pole for Saturday’s Steakhouse Elite 200 (1 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM) in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

As NASCAR adapted to COVID-19 protocols last season, practice and qualifying were eliminated at a majority of national-series events to limit at-track time, exposure and to cut race weekend costs. To determine starting lineups, competition officials used grouped draws, added inversions for weekend doubleheaders, and eventually adopted a performance-metrics formula. That metrics format remains in place this season, drawing on performance from both individual races and season-long results.

NASCAR’s metrics formula for 2021 weighs:

  • 25 percent: Driver’s finishing position from the previous race
  • 25 percent: Car owner’s finishing position from the previous race
  • 35 percent: Team owner points ranking
  • 15 percent: Fastest lap from the previous race

See the full lineup for Sunday’s Cup Series race below.

Start pos.
 Driver Car # Team
1 Brad Keselowski 2 Team Penske
2 Kevin Harvick 4 Stewart-Haas Racing
3 Kyle Busch 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
4 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing
5 William Byron 24 Hendrick Motorsports
6 Chase Elliott 9 Hendrick Motorsports
7 Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing
8 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Wood Brothers Racing
9 Austin Dillon 3 Richard Childress Racing
10 Tyler Reddick 8 Richard Childress Racing
11 Chris Buescher 17 Roush Fenway Racing
12 Joey Logano 22 Team Penske
13 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row Motorsports
14 Kyle Larson 5 Hendrick Motorsports
15 Daniel Suarez 99 Trackhouse Racing Team
16 Ryan Blaney 12 Team Penske
17 Kurt Busch 1 Chip Ganassi Racing
18 Ross Chastain 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
19 Alex Bowman 48 Hendrick Motorsports
20 Ryan Newman 6 Roush Fenway Racing
21 Christopher Bell 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
22 Chase Briscoe 14 Stewart-Haas Racing
23 Bubba Wallace 23 23XI Racing
24 Cole Custer 41 Stewart-Haas Racing
25 Anthony Alfredo 38 Front Row Motorsports
26 Erik Jones 43 Richard Petty Motorsports
27 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas Racing
28 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing
29 Ryan Preece 37 JTG Daugherty Racing
30 Corey LaJoie 7 Spire Motorsports
31 Justin Haley 77 Spire Motorsports
32 BJ McLeod 78 Live Fast Motorsports
33 Cody Ware 51 Petty Ware Racing
34 JJ Yeley 53 Rick Ware Racing
35 Quin Houff 00 StarCom Racing
36 James Davison 15 Rick Ware Racing
37 Josh Bilicki 52 Rick Ware Racing

Practice and qualifying are tentatively scheduled for eight Cup Series races this year. Busch Pole Qualifying was held for the season-opening Daytona 500, and rain canceled the qualifying races for Bristol Motor Speedway’s dirt-track race. The next Cup Series event with qualifying scheduled is the May 23 debut at the Circuit of The Americas road course in Austin, Texas.

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Before NASCAR Cup Series stars honor racing history for Throwback Weekend at Darlington Raceway, they’ll look toward the future in Wednesday night’s eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race by competing virtually in the NASCAR Next Gen car (8 p.m. ET, FS1).

Drivers and fans will get a first look at NASCAR’s new car, which will debut in competition in 2022, in the third event of this year’s 10-race schedule that features a full field of NASCAR Cup Series stars facing off in iRacing exhibition races live and aired by FOX Sports and NBC Sports.

The race follows the formal unveiling of each manufacturer’s Next Gen car model in a much-anticipated event at 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, streamed live on NASCAR.com.

Just four days later, the NASCAR Cup Series visits the historic Darlington Raceway for the Goodyear 400 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1) on Throwback Weekend, a nod to NASCAR’s history in the form of commemorative paint schemes — and even a special Goodyear tire design.

For the second Pro Invitational Series race in a row, Camping World Truck Series driver and U.S. Naval officer Jesse Iwuji will compete against the field of Cup Series stars after winning a fan vote against a mix of up-and-coming stars and popular names across multiple NASCAR national series.

The Next Gen car has been designed in collaboration with NASCAR, its OEMs — Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota — and teams in order to boost competition. The car has been developed and tested extensively, but Wednesday night’s iRacing Pro Invitational Series race will mark the first time a full field of drivers have competed in the fully stylized cars.

The live broadcast of the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series race from Darlington Raceway, featuring Next Gen cars, airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on FS1. Pre-race programming begins during NASCAR Race Hub, also on FS1, at 6 p.m. ET.

The entry list for the race is as follows (subject to change):

No. Team Driver
00 StarCom Racing Quin Houff
2 Team Penske Brad Keselowski
3 Richard Childress Racing Austin Dillon
4 Stewart-Haas Racing Kevin Harvick
5 Hendrick Motorsports Kyle Larson
6 Roush Fenway Racing Ryan Newman
7 Spire Motorsports Corey LaJoie
8 Richard Childress Racing Tyler Reddick
9 Hendrick Motorsports Chase Elliott
10 Stewart-Haas Racing Aric Almirola
11 Joe Gibbs Racing Denny Hamlin
14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chase Briscoe
15 Rick Ware Racing James Davison
17 Roush Fenway Racing Chris Beuscher
18 Joe Gibbs Racing Kyle Busch
19 Joe Gibbs Racing Martin Truex, Jr.
20 Joe Gibbs Racing Christopher Bell
21 Wood Brothers Racing Matt DiBenedetto
22 Team Penske Joey Logano
23 23XI Racing Bubba Wallace
24 Hendrick Motorsports William Byron
34 Front Row Motorsports Michael McDowell
38 Front Row Motorsports Anthony Alfredo
41 Stewart-Haas Racing Cole Custer
42 Chip Ganassi Racing Ross Chastain
43 Richard Petty Motorsports Erik Jones
47 JTG Daugherty Racing Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
48 Hendrick Motorsports Alex Bowman
51 Petty Ware Racing Garrett Smithley
52 Rick Ware Racing Josh Bilicki
53 Rick Ware Racing Joey Gase
77 Spire Motorsports Justin Haley
78 Live Fast Racing BJ McLeod
99 Spire Motorsports Daniel Suarez
66 MBM Motorsports Timmy Hill
88 Promotor’s Provisional Dale Earnhardt Jr.
25 Promotor’s Provisional Bobby Labonte
87 Fan Vote Jesse Iwuji

 

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NASCAR officials issued penalties for lug-nut violations Tuesday to three Cup Series teams after last weekend’s event at Kansas Speedway.

Each team’s crew chief was fined $10,000 after their cars were found with a single unsecured lug nut following Sunday’s Buschy McBusch Race 400. Those infractions fell under the heading of Section 10.9.10.4 in the NASCAR Rule Book.

Penalized teams were:

  • The No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet (crew chief Matt McCall; driver Kurt Busch)
  • The No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford (crew chief Luke Lambert; driver Chris Buescher)
  • The No. 22 Team Penske Ford (crew chief Paul Wolfe; driver Joey Logano)

NASCAR officials also announced Jonathan Stewart, listed on team rosters as an engineer for the No. 21 GMS Racing team in the Camping World Truck Series, has been reinstated after successfully completing NASCAR’s Road to Recovery Program. Stewart was suspended March 16 for violating NASCAR’s Substance Abuse Policy (Section 19) and Section 12.1, which outlines infractions and disciplinary action.

There were no penalties issued after Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas. The No. 88 ThorSport Racing Toyota for driver Matt Crafton failed pre-race inspection twice, and the team will lose pit-stall selection for Friday night’s LiftKits4Less.com 200 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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When Randy Renfrow was a young driver racing at Wake County Speedway in North Carolina there were several older drivers there he would pick on and call “the old man.”

Now, racing late models at his home track at 63 years old, Renfrow knows how those old men felt.

“Now I’m the old man. Now they call me the old man,” Renfrow said with a laugh. “Be careful what you say. It comes back to you.”

The former NASCAR Truck Series driver may be in his sixth decade of racing, but he’s still able to add to his record win total at Wake County – a quarter-mile asphalt track in Raleigh, North Carolina that is in its first season of NASCAR-sanction.

“I’m 63 and I can still go do it, so that makes me feel pretty good too,” he said.

With 84 career wins, Renfrow is the all-time leader in victories at Wake County, which is just 15 miles from his home. In 2019 he won four of the six late model races he ran, and has one second place finish this season.

Seeing the record holder run at his home track though is a rare occurrence for fans, but Renfrow knows he has a lot of people who want to see him race as often as possible.

RELATED: Wake County Speedway

“I’ve got a lot of fans around here all through the years,” he said. “And whenever it is I’m not running fans will call me or text me, ‘Are you coming? Are you coming?’ so I like to go and hang out every now and then. It’s pretty fun to do that every now and then.”

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Randy Renfrow is in his sixth decade racing.

Renfrow raced 48 times in the NASCAR Truck Series from 1996-2003, and made one NASCAR Cup Series start in 2002. Nowadays, he’s only able to get in the car about six or seven times a year because he owns a super late model and a modified and works full-time as a driver development coach.

When he quit racing full-time 18 years he started working in driver development with Joey Coulter, who went on to race in the NASCAR Truck and Xfinity Series. Renfrow still works with Coulter, who drives Renfrow’s modified. NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Gray Gaulding was also a student of Renfrow’s, and he won a Super Late Model race at Wake County in Renfrow’s car when he was 13 years old.

Renfrow said he gets calls from all over the country from people wanting to bring their young racers to him to help them get started in the sport. The racing veteran said it means a lot to give young drivers help because he knows how difficult it can be to get into the sport.

He’s even raced against some of his protégés from time-to-time.

“I like to see these young kids and see what they can do,” Renfrow said. “That’s pretty cool too because I like to see them get going and sort of progress. I hate to see them leave here, but I like to see them progress. It’s pretty cool.

“I know what it was like when I started trying to find somebody to help me. My dad actually funded my very first car. We built it when I was 13. And I realized how hard it was to do. I kind of made it up through the ranks without a lot of money, but I was taught what to do. So now whenever I can get one of these little young kids going good it makes me feel good to know that what I’m doing is working, the way I’m going about it.”

Renfrow’s coaching style is to be easy and patient and make sure his students really learn all about the car. He said he gets more calls than he can do, and he believes his laid-back style is what attracts young drivers to him.

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Randy Renfrow gets buckled in to go racing at Wake County.

“There’s no pressure. When a guy comes to drive your car and he’s 13 he’s not supposed to know anything about the car. That’s just the way it works. So you’ve got to teach them about the car, and when you make changes I always tell them what I do so they can learn about the car.

“You’ve just got to be patient and help them get going. It’s really amazing to see what some of these kids can do. It’s just pretty cool to see a kid enjoying it and then he goes out and wins. It’s hard to do. It’s harder to win than it used to be. It takes a lot of money to do it and even people that don’t have the money to really do it, I still try to help those people too. I help people outside of my program. I have cars that I help set up that I don’t race against. Different kids at the race track at Wake County, I get a lot of calls on basic set up stuff to help them get going. I always offer that for free. It makes you feel good to help people… If they ask you for your help you need to help them. It’s all worth it to me.”

It’s kind of “hit or miss” for fans to catch Renfrow racing at Wake County, he said, though he does plan to race there this Friday night. The track known as “America’s Favorite Bullring” was the very first track Renfrow ever raced on when he was just shy of turning 15 in 1973.

Even though he’s the “old man” out there now, he still enjoys getting in the car as often as he can. And if he isn’t racing at his home track, one of his young protégés may be.

“They always have some of the best racing there because it is so small. Everybody is on top of each other. You can’t really get away from each other,” Renfrow said of Wake County. “It’s a pretty cool little track. It’s one of a kind.”

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Randy Renfrow in his No. 85 at Wake County Speedway.
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The Triple Truck Challenge Presented by Womply is back for a third season and it kicked off at Darlington Raceway with Sheldon Creed’s victory.

RELATED: Sheldon Creed opens The Trip win a win

Now in its third season, “The Trip” consists of three consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, beginning at the track “Too Tough to Tame,” where drivers compete for an additional $50,000 bonus for winning the race. If a driver wins multiple events, the bonus money increases up to $500,000 for sweeping all three races. The Trip continues at Circuit of The Americas on Saturday, May 22 (1 p.m. ET on FS1) and concludes at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, May 28 (8:30 p.m. ET on FS1).

The program — like the Xfinity Series Dash 4 Cash — is designed to give attention to series regulars with added incentive given to race wins. The brainchild of NASCAR’s Vice President, Strategic Initiatives Ben Kennedy, “The Trip” debuted in 2019. 

RELATED: Schedule set for 2021 version of ‘The Trip’

The first Triple Truck Challenge consisted of three consecutive races, held at Texas Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway and World Wide Technology Raceway. Only drivers eligible for Truck Series points could be on the entry lists for those races. Greg Biffle came out of retirement to win the first Triple Truck Challenge event in 2019 at Texas, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Other winners that year were Brett Moffitt at Iowa and Ross Chastain at WWTR.

The 2020 Triple Truck Challenge was originally scheduled to take place April 18 at Richmond Raceway, May 1 at Dover International Speedway and May 15 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but it was rescheduled because of the COVID-19 outbreak and NASCAR’s subsequent pause from racing. The 2020 races were changed to the Daytona International Speedway Road Course, a rescheduled Dover date and one at WWTR. They were won by GMS Racing’s Sheldon Creed, Zane Smith, and Creed, respectively.

MORE: Full history of Triple Truck Challenge winners

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. has announced his yearly NASCAR Xfinity Series start will take place at Richmond Raceway in the Go Bowling 250 (Sept. 11 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

RELATED: Buy your tickets now | Dale Jr. United for America gear

Dale Jr 22 2021This year’s start will come on the 20th anniversary of the 2001 attacks on Sept. 11, and he will sport a special United for America paint scheme to honor victims of 9/11 with longtime partner Unilever on the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. In the spirit of remembrance, his paint scheme will mirror that of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum’s Tribute in Light. The blue-and-white paint scheme will feature four spotlights each representing the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and the Flight 93 Memorial site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, with the words “Never Forget” on the lower-rear quarter panel to honor those who lost their lives during the attacks.

“It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since that terrible day,” Earnhardt said via a team release. “The spirit of unity and togetherness our country felt on Sept. 11 is just as relevant now as it was then. I’m honored to be driving this car and championing Unilever’s United for America program.”

Since retiring from full-time duty after the 2017 season, the 46-year-old has made one start in each of the past three seasons for the team he co-owns with sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller and Rick Hendrick, JR Motorsports. All of those starts have resulted in top fives. In 2018, he finished fourth at Richmond. In 2019, he finished fifth at Darlington Raceway, and in 2020, he also finished fifth at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

For his career, Earnhardt has 24 Xfinity Series wins and two titles. His most recent Xfinity win was also his most recent NASCAR national series win to date — in 2016 at Richmond. One of Earnhardt’s 26 Cup wins came in the sport’s first race after 9/11 at Dover International Speedway.

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Heading into the restart with three laps to go, I had a real chance to go a perfect 5-0 in matchup bets I placed on Sunday’s Buschy McBusch Race 400. But things went south immediately upon the drop of the final green flag at Kansas Speedway, as neither the betting gods nor race luck seemed to be on my side.

At that late stage in the race, all five of my drivers were ahead in their respective matchups. By the time Kyle Busch took the checkers, though, my day had gone from great to a losing one.

This, sometimes, is how gambling goes.

In the hours before the race, I decided to test a theory that betting value can be found by comparing lines posted at sharp Las Vegas sportsbooks to those hung at other shops, and there were significant differences in matchup odds to exploit Sunday.

However, I was not exactly riding into the day with momentum. The Kentucky Derby didn’t go well for me Saturday, as I lost on similar principles on which I based Sunday’s wagers. The place I play was offering horse vs. horse matchups, but No. 10 Midnight Bourbon (+110) finished one spot behind No. 6 O Besos despite going off at 13/1 odds to the latter’s 41/1, and Rock Your World (9/2 odds to win) appeared to have clear value at -120 over Known Agenda (11/1). I also played Rock Your World to win and in several exactas, but he was running backward by the time the field turned for the home stretch.

Trust the process, as they say, so I spent some time over coffee Sunday perusing the NASCAR odds at SuperBook USA and Circa Sports — two of the most respected books in Vegas — and identifying spots that implied value at one of my outs.

It took guts to fire on some of these plays, as the theory suggested betting against some of the top drivers in NASCAR.

I gave myself around $125 to play with. Here’s how it went:

Bet: Ryan Blaney (+125) over Denny Hamlin (-145)

The SuperBook had the No. 12 Ford priced at -105 vs. the No. 11, while Circa was dealing Blaney +105. I liked the recent form displayed by this Penske driver as well as his performance on 1.5-mile tracks this season. Circa did adjust its line in Hamlin’s direction later in the day, but at a nice plus-money price, I was ready to sweat this one out against the Cup Series points leader.

With three laps to go, this looked like an easy win. Blaney was second, and Hamlin fell to a distant 17th after hitting the wall with 25 to go. Then, battling with Busch for the lead, “Blaney’s getting turned by Larson,” as Jeff Gordon exclaimed, and he ended up 21st to Hamlin’s 12th.  This is what’s known as a bad beat.

Result: Lost $25

Bet: Kyle Larson (-110) over Martin Truex Jr. (-110)

Here we go again with a bet against a dominant Gibbs driver, but the -130 on Larson at both respected Vegas books suggested 20 cents of value at my shop of choice.

This look liked a good bet all day, as Larson led the most laps (132) and probably had the best car on the track. But the Larson-into-Blaney skirmish cost me not one, but two winners, with the No. 5 getting shuffled from third to 19th and Truex finishing sixth.

Result: Lost $27.50

Bet: Chase Elliott (-115) over Kevin Harvick (-105)

Elliott was -135 chalk over Harvick at the two Vegas betting locales, and I was fine backing the Hendrick engine over Stewart-Haas at this fairly cheap price.

Elliott was one spot ahead of Harvick on the restart but was blocked by Brad Keselowski on the high side on the final lap as Harvick went low and snuck into second.

Result: Lost $28.75

Bet: Kyle Busch (+110) over Harvick (-130)

At the time I made my wager, Busch was a large -135 favorite at the SuperBook and -125 at Circa, so Busch was an obvious play as an underdog. By race time, my book had caught up with the market and was dealing -135 on the No. 18. That meant I had excellent “closing line value” — many bettors theorize that closing line value is what you should strive for, as you will win more bets over the long term if you have a better line than close than you will lose.

Result: Won $27.50

Bet: Matt DiBenedetto (-120) over Tyler Reddick

The -150 the SuperBook was flashing on DiBenedetto implied 30 cents of value where I shop, and while the Vegas book adjusted the No. 21 to -140 later in the day, his fourth-place finish over Reddick’s seventh gave me a second winner, and I averted a disastrous afternoon.

Result: Won $25

The final tally has me 2-3 on the day, down $28.75. That’s a pretty big swing from the $125-plus I could have realistically won had the last three laps gone differently, and I would make the same bets again. No matter the sport, value can be found by spotting inefficiencies in the market.

As importantly, for a recreational bettor such as myself, the excitement from sweating Sunday’s 400 miles was worth the 28 bucks.

Marcus DiNitto is a writer and editor living in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has been covering sports for nearly two-and-a-half decades and sports betting for more than 10 years. His first NASCAR betting experience was in 1995 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, where he went 0-for-3 on his matchup picks. Read his articles and follow him on Twitter; do not bet his picks.

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When Kyle Busch pulled into Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway after his Buschy McBusch Race 400 win on Sunday afternoon, little did he know the party had yet to begin.

Not only did the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driver notch his first victory of the season — and first with new crew chief Ben Beshore — he did so on his 36th birthday, in a race that couldn’t logically wind up with neither he nor his elder brother, Kurt, in Victory Lane. All this to say: there were plenty of reasons for the Busch brothers to turn up the party dial … so they did.

MORE: Busch captures Kansas | All of Rowdy’s career wins

Arriving at the airport much earlier than his brother after notching a 15th-place finish, Kurt was able to have a full fiesta in place for the southwestern-born brothers to kick off Cinco de Mayo a few days early for a little impromptu birthday/victory party.

It took some time for Rowdy to show up, but it was worth the wait.

Even Samantha and Brexton Busch were able to join in on the festivities.

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CONCORD, N.C. (April 29, 2021) – As plans continue to come together for the biggest Memorial Day Weekend salute to the troops at the Coca-Cola 600, Coca-Cola Racing Family driver Daniel Suárez spent time earlier this week visiting with sailors aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder as part of Charlotte Motor Speedway’s virtual Mission 600. Now in its fourth year, the Mission 600 campaign was designed to honor the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces as a prelude to the 62nd running of the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day Weekend.

While the traditional Mission 600 pairs drivers with regional military bases from across the U.S. Armed Forces, the ongoing pandemic shifted plans to a virtual video teleconference.

RELATED: Learn about the NASCAR Salutes program | Brad Keselowski visits Arlington Cemetery

During his online exchange, Suárez met commanding officer Lt. Greg Bredariol and his crew for a tour of the 154-foot Fast Response Cutter (FRC), which is based in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Sailors highlighted the state-of-the-art ship’s defense system, including a 25mm gun system capable of firing 180 rounds per minute and a 26-foot pursuit boat that is launched from the stern of the FRC. Suárez also toured the ship’s bridge and galley before fielding questions from sailors.

“For someone like me, coming from Mexico and having all these amazing benefits that this country enjoys thanks to you guys – our freedom, our safety – if feels amazing,” Suárez told the sailors after the visit. “If I ever go far into the ocean, I want you guys going with me. I wouldn’t take anyone else.”

Following the tour, Suárez shared some of his training regime that keeps him prepared and focused behind the wheel of his Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, including putting time in on his iRacing simulator and maintaining a stringent workout and diet routine.

Suárez is the first of four Coca-Cola Racing Family drivers currently scheduled to take part in this year’s Mission 600, with Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman and Joey Logano each scheduled to visit with service men and women in the coming weeks.

“The Coca-Cola 600 has become this amazing event that celebrates what our service men and women do every day to secure our liberties, but we also have this wonderful focus on what Memorial Day really means,” said Greg Walter, executive vice president and general manager at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “Mission 600 really kicks that off for us, and while we’re disappointed we couldn’t be there in person, our resolve remains to shine a light on all that the U.S. Armed Forces do and the sacrifices they make to ensure our freedoms.”

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SAN DIEGO — Psyonix, the San Diego video game developer, in collaboration with NASCAR, announced that the NASCAR 2021 Fan Pack will be available in Rocket League beginning Thursday, May 6, on all platforms.

The NASCAR 2021 Fan Pack will be available in the Item Shop and features three Cars (NASCAR Ford Mustang, NASCAR Chevrolet Camaro, NASCAR Toyota Camry), nine NASCAR team Decals and Player Banners, a NASCAR x RL Decal for each car, and Goodyear Racing Wheels. The nine NASCAR teams featured in the pack, along with which car their Decals will be available for, are:

  • Roush Fenway Racing #6 (NASCAR Ford Mustang Decal)
  • Stewart-Haas Racing #10 (NASCAR Ford Mustang Decal)
  • Team Penske #22 (NASCAR Ford Mustang Decal)
  • Chip Ganassi Racing #1 (NASCAR Chevrolet Camaro Decal)
  • Richard Childress Racing #3 (NASCAR Chevrolet Camaro Decal)
  • Hendrick Motorsports #9 (NASCAR Chevrolet Camaro Decal)
  • Richard Petty Motorsports #43 (NASCAR Chevrolet Camaro Decal)
  • Joe Gibbs Racing #18 (NASCAR Toyota Camry Decal)
  • 23XI Racing #23 (NASCAR Toyota Camry Decal)

The NASCAR 2021 Fan Pack will be available for 2000 Credits from May 6 until May 12. In addition, a NASCAR Trail will be available for free beginning May 6. The pack marks the start of a multi-year collaboration between Psyonix and NASCAR and will be available ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway taking place on May 9. The NASCAR 2021 Fan Pack will return throughout the year around future NASCAR events.

To learn more about the NASCAR 2021 Fan Pack, please read the latest blog post HERE.