TC Daily Pit Stop: Joey Logano Running Bristol Dirt Truck Race; NASCAR Responds to Wreck-Filled Final Laps at COTA
TC Daily Pit Stop: Joey Logano Running Bristol Dirt Truck Race; NASCAR Responds to Wreck-Filled Final Laps at COTA
TC Daily Pit Stop: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Joey Logano to Run ThorSport Racing Entry in Truck Dirt Race at Bristol
Photo Credit: Ben Earp, NKP, Courtesy of Ford Performance
Joey Logano, who won the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Dirt Bristol, added the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series companion event at the track to his schedule a season ago. Well, Logano will once again run the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series companion event at the 0.533-mile dirt oval.
On Tuesday evening, Logano announced that he will pilot a Ford F-150 for ThorSports Racing for the event, and sponsorship for the effort will come from Hang 10 Car Wash.
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NASCAR Says Aggressive Driving at COTA Part of Sport’s DNA
Photo Credit: Nigel Kinrade, LAT Images, Courtsey of Toyota Racing
Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas was an incredible race. It had fierce battles for the lead, natural cautions, and overall the race just felt like a perfect example of what you’d like to see in a NASCAR race.
Then, a late race caution changed everything. And what was once a hotly contested, yet clean, race devolved into a caution-breeds-caution wreck-fest in the closing laps.
“We didn’t see anything that crossed the line,” Elton Sawyer, NASCAR’s Senior Vice President of Competition said in an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Tuesday. “Our DNA for 74-plus years has been aggressive driving.”
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ENTRY LISTS: NASCAR Cup and Xfinity at Richmond and NASCAR Trucks at Texas
There are 37 cars on the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond. Notable entries include 13-Chandler Smith, 15-JJ Yeley and 78-Anthony Alfredo.
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There are 40 cars (for 38 spots) on the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond. Notable entries include 10-Derek Kraus, 19-Joe Graf Jr., 24-Connor Mosack, 35-Joey Gase, 38-Chris Hacker, 45-Leland Honeyman Jr., 74-Dawson Cram, 91-Alex Labbe and 96-Kyle Weatherman
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There are 36 trucks on the preliminary entry list for this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas. Notable entries include 14-Trey Hutchens, 20-Matt Mills, 22-Josh Reaume, 30-Ryan Vargas, 34-Keith McGee, 41-Chad Chastain and 56-Tyler Hill.