TC Daily Pit Stop: Bell Slips Up and Reveals Briscoe to JGR; Custer on Xfinity Pole; Sawalich Wins ARCA Race After Mosack Penalty; Almirola Remains with JGR Xfinity Team; Saturday's TV Schedule
TC Daily Pit Stop: Bell Slips Up and Reveals Briscoe to JGR; Custer on Xfinity Pole; Sawalich Wins ARCA Race After Mosack Penalty; Almirola Remains with JGR Xfinity Team; Saturday's TV Schedule
TC Daily Pit Stop: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Christopher Bell Slips Up and Says Chase Briscoe will Join JGR in 2025
The rumor mill has been heavily suggesting that the opening No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing ride will be Chase Briscoe’s. During a media availability on Friday, current Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell made an embarrassing error, where he basically admitted Briscoe would be joining the team.
Bell was asked about replacing the leadership role of the retiring Martin Truex Jr. within the Joe Gibbs Racing team, and whether he will need to step up his role within the team, Bell accidentally revealed the news of Chase Briscoe joining the Joe Gibbs Racing team, which has been rumored since Truex announced his retirement.
“I don’t think that there is really a leadership role in that aspect, and whenever Chase comes into the car,” Bell stopped as he realized his mistake, and his face became noticeably flush. “Whenever someone else– I don’t even know what to say. Whenever we have a new driver into the 19 car, whoever that is, their experience level will dictate how much input they have in the team.”
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Xfinity Series Qualifying Canceled; Cole Custer Starting on Pole
Mother Nature isn't a fan of qualifying...
For the second straight weekend, NASCAR Xfinity Series teams won't get the chance to post a qualifying lap, after inclement weather forced the cancellation of time trials from New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday.
The starting lineup for Saturday's SciAps 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway will be set by the NASCAR Rule Book (the performance metric), giving defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer the pole. Chandler Smith will start alongside on the outside pole.
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‘I Wish We Could Have Raced It Out,’ William Sawalich Wins Zinsser SmartCoat 150 After Mosack Penalty
Paint was exchanged, fenders were bent, and at the end of a wild dash to the finish in Friday’s ARCA Menards Series Zinsser SmartCoat 150 at Mid-Ohio, it was William Sawalich who was awarded the win. Although, he wasn’t who finished the race first.
Connor Mosack finished the race first, but the driver of the No. 28 Pinnacle Racing Group Chevrolet was assessed a restart violation on the final restart of the race and was handed a 30 second penalty at the end of the event, which dropped him to 13th.
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Aric Almirola Still with JGR Xfinity Program, Set to Run at Indianapolis
Aric Almirola, who won at Martinsville Speedway earlier in the season and competed in five of the opening 11 races for the Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR Xfinity Series program, hasn’t been in action over the last four races, which has led speculation to run rampant about where the veteran racer is.
Rumors had even begun to circulate that Almirola was no longer with the race team.
On Friday, a team representative confirmed to TobyChristie.com that there has been no changes in Almirola’s status within the team, and that the driver is currently slated to return to the JGR Xfinity program as a driver at Indianapolis next month.
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NASCAR TV Schedule: Saturday, June 22, 2024
10:00 AM ET - NASCAR Modified Race (FloRacing)
12:30 PM ET - NASCAR Cup Practice (USA / Peacock)
1:20 PM ET - NASCAR Cup Qualifying (USA / Peacock)
3:00 PM ET - NASCAR Xfinity Pre-Race (USA / Peacock)
3:30 PM ET - NASCAR Xfinity Race (USA / Peacock)