TC Daily Pit Stop: Currey Out, Smithley In at JD Motorsports; Hamlin Admits Intent in Wreck With Chastain; Atlanta Entry Lists Have Dropped
TC Daily Pit Stop: Tuesday, March 14th, 2023
Bayley Currey Out at JD Motorsports; Garrett Smithley to Pilot No. 4
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JD Motorsports has made a change for its No. 4 Chevrolet Camaro beginning with this weekend’s event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Bayley Currey will slide out of the car, while Garrett Smithley will slide in.
According to a source with knowledge of the situation, Smithley will run the remainder of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with JD Motorsports. It is unknown what, if any, plans Currey will have in place aside from a part-time role with Niece Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, which begins this weekend.
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‘It Wasn’t A Mistake’: Denny Hamlin Talks Overtime Scuffle with Ross Chastain, Possible Resolution to Year-Long Rivalry
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Heading into the final lap of this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway, old friends (sarcasm) Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain found the wall together, which sent them from inside the top-10 of the running order to outside the top-20 of the final finishing order.
On his weekly podcast ‘Actions Detrimental’ Hamlin explained that he chose to get into Chastain.
“I’m about to finish in the mid-teens, and I said ‘you’re coming with me, buddy,'” Hamlin said.
However Hamlin had a chance to speak with Chastain after the race, and he feels that their longstanding rivalry may finally have found a resolution.
“We talked and I think we’re in a better place, where I think we’re willing to put the past behind us, and I think that we’re going to judge each other from this point forward,” Hamlin explained.
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Entry List: 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta
There are 36 cars on the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Notable entries for the fifth event of the NASCAR Cup Series season include Josh Berry (No. 9), JJ Yeley (No. 15), and BJ McLeod (No. 78).
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Entry List: 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series RAPTOR King of Tough 250 at Atlanta
There are 39 cars on the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series RAPTOR King of Tough 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Notable entries for the fifth NASCAR Xfinity Series event of the season include Kyle Weatherman (No. 02), Justin Haley (No. 10), Ryan Truex (No. 19), Connor Mosack (No. 24), Sage Karam (No. 45), Timmy Hill (expected to be Caesar Bacarella) (No. 66), TBA (No. 74), and Chad Chastain (No. 91).
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Entry List: 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 208 at Atlanta
There are 36 trucks on the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Notable entries for the third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event of the season include John Hunter Nemechek (No. 17), Mason Maggio (No. 20), Josh Reaume (No. 22), Ryan Vargas (No. 30), TBA (No. 34), Bayley Currey (No. 41), and Akinori Ogata (No. 46).