Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR XFINITY Series — Drydene 200
Dover International Speedway | Saturday, May 15, 2021

Ford Finishing Results
1st – Austin Cindric
8th – Ryan Sieg
17th – Riley Herbst

AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 22 Car Shop Ford Mustang — Finished 1st

WE DIDN’T SEE THE STRENGTH OUT OF YOU AND YOUR CAR UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF THE RACE. AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE YOU HAD THE CAR TO GET THE JOB DONE? “Honestly, from the get-go. It is hard to believe but starting 16th at this joint it isn’t easy to pass. We just kept at it the whole time. We made the right adjustments on pit stops and I feel like I have learned a lot about this race track, enough to get the Car Shop Ford Mustang into victory lane.”

YOU HAD AN EARLY INCIDENT WITH TY GIBBS THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED THIS OUTCOME: “It wasn’t an incident but it was this close to being an incident. For his sake, he is a rookie and he is learning. Hopefully, he learns something from it and doesn’t do it again.”

WHAT MAKES THIS WIN SO SPECIAL FOR YOU? “Every win means so much and everyone that is in this series — I have the unique opportunity to know what I am doing in the future. I respect the guys that I am racing around are trying to get to the top level. I know I have that for me down the road but I have to bring that same energy that I am racing against. These wins are really hard to come by. It sucks that we have had some bad races recently that make this one feel so much better. This is my favorite race track that we go to.”

POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE

YOU SAID IN VICTORY LANE THAT THIS PLACE IS YOUR FAVORITE PLACE AND YOU LOVE COMING HERE. WHY? “There are just very few places that really have the same intensity throughout a lap. It is quite challenging to race here. We were able to make it back from 16th starting position today which I knew would be our biggest challenge throughout the course of the race. We were able to pick our way through. Ever since the first time I came here in the truck this place has kind of wowed me. I have had the opportunity to drive at some really cool race tracks in my life and my career. Anywhere you can add elevation changes and have that intensity and something that makes you beg to get around to the next lap is what makes a race track fun and inviting, at least for me. We have had a Dover race twice on the Xfinity schedule since I started racing Xfinity and we took one off the schedule and I really wanted to win here so bad. I had to not let that desire cloud my judgment today because I knew we had a tough task ahead of us. To get the opportunity on the restart and showcase our car in clean air means the world to me. I am very, very excited.”

YOU WERE NOT THE BEST CAR FOR A LOT OF THIS RACE. HOW DID YOU STAY CALM AND WHAT DID YOU NEED TO GET THAT CAR WHERE IT WAS AT THE END? “It was a good thing that the near incident was at the stage end because I definitely did not remain calm for the two laps after that. Past that, I thought we had a really great race car. Clean air was so important and I think you saw that. We didn’t make too many adjustments on that final stop. Brian and I knew what we needed to do for that long of a run and what our strengths were in our car. Our package here has been really refined since I started driving with this program. I am glad that we can continue to get that correct and make small improvements and the communication is there and experience is there between the two of us. It seems like we were able to make the right adjustments and capitalize the most and execute as a team. Once you get clean air you got to see how fast a car was. I am glad I got to as well.”

DID YOU KNOW IF THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE ON THE LAST PIT STOP THAT YOU WOULD BE AS GOOD AS YOU WERE? “I think clean air made me look really good. I thought we had a great race car and I was able to get tucked up behind people all day. I think Brian and I have great communication as well as my spotter, Coleman, and we talk about these things before the race so that we don’t really have to project our feelings. We kept up with the race track and did our jobs. To me, that is what it takes to be the best at the highest level. I am glad we got to practice that and I feel like that was a catalyst for us to be able to execute the rest of the race today. A couple of good restarts and fast race cars make a big difference.”

YOU WERE VERY DISCIPLINED IN HOW YOU WANTED TO MAKE CHANGES ON YOUR CAR TODAY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? “We have to trust each other. Brain and I have worked together for the last three years in this series and more. If he makes a pit call and I don’t disagree with it, then I am going to follow that direction. If I feel the car needs to be a certain way, he is going to follow me. It is that trust that really matters in this sport with the limited amount of data you have with how the car is driving and the track. I am the best gauge he has, whether he likes it or not. That trust is very important. I think we bit ourselves by maybe trusting each other a little too much at Darlington. You would think that would be a fallback for this race at Dover. You just have to reset and hit the ground running. I am proud we had that reset. We had a really tough race at Darlington and it affected where we started this race. Trust goes a really long way in this industry and sport and I am glad it paid dividends today.”

HOW CHALLENGING IS IT WITH THE LIMITED DATA AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THAT TOUGH RACE LAST WEEK? “It is the most challenging thing you can have as a young driver. You have to have people that trust you but at the same time you have to have the right information. I feel like when I started doing stock car stuff, I made plenty of mistakes. Charlotte is a perfect example. I have gotten myself way too loose there so many times and I have learned from it. You learn from your mistakes. I have had the great opportunity to go back and not make those same mistakes again. That is how you grow as a team. Brian, Cody and Matt and the guys on the 22 team can see that I have learned those things. That is how you develop trust. It does take some time and we have a lot of experience together. Probably for the first time in my career that is now an advantage. That is nice. That is fun. It is fun to see the other side because I have been on the backside of it a lot more than the front side. It is great to take advantage of that and know our prep work pays off. As for Darlington, we shouldn’t have pitted at the end of the race and we probably wouldn’t have wrecked and would have had a better starting spot today and salvaged a quality finish. That is something we definitely hashed out between the two of us after that race weekend and you just reset and there is no reason not to trust each other.”

DID THE FACT THAT THE TRACK DIDN’T RUBBER UP UNTIL LATE IN THE RACE FACTOR IN YOUR DECISIONS TO PUT OFF THE CHANGES UNTIL LATER? “You nailed it. There were so many cautions today early in the race that the track never had the opportunity to change other than the ambient track temps. Past that, it didn’t change a whole lot until the final stage. Like I said, I have been here enough to kind of feel out what those changes do and Brian and I had a list of things we wanted to do if certain changes happened. I am glad we were able to execute on those and keep up with the track.”

HOW COOL IS IT HAVING YOUR VERY OWN MILES THE MONSTER NOW? “You can see I have it sitting in my lap like a child or a dog. I am not going to let it get too far out of my sight. This is one I have wanted for a really long time. Ever since I came to this race track. I always tell people, especially people that don’t know too much about NASCAR, that if I was to put a second seat in a race car at any track we go to, it would be this place. There is nowhere cooler. Dropping off 20-feet into the corner and committing to full throttle before you can see the exit. It is really unforgiving and the track changes a ton. I have learned a ton at this track with changing track conditions. It is really cool to get it done and we only had one opportunity to get it done this year. We were starting 16th and the only thing that gave me confidence was when I woke up this morning and read Twitter and saw that Bob Pockrass picked me to win. I figured he knew something that I didn’t. I am glad you were right, Bob. He usually is right, so keep doing that.”

DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF THE FAVORITE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP? DOES IT FEEL MORE WIDE OPEN THAN LAST YEAR? “I think the players up front every race are different. I think my mentality can not change from last year. it is all about getting to Phoenix, whether that is regular-season points or being solid in the playoffs and then once you get to Phoenix, you have to have your best day. you can’t do that unless you get there. That is my mentality. I am not saying that we don’t have a lot of momentum as a team. We are obviously doing a lot of great things with three wins already on the year. That is great, but we can’t slow down. Everyone else will keep getting better as well. So there is no resting.”

Myatt Snider and the TaxSlayer Chevrolet Battle Miles the Monster at Dover International Speedway

Finish: 16th
Start: 15th
Points: 9th

“Our Richard Childress Racing team is one of the best in the garage and my guys bring great Chevrolet Camaros to the track each and every week. Today at Dover International Speedway didn’t go as we had hoped, but Andy Street (crew chief) kept making adjustments to the car on every stop and I searched from the top to bottom to find a line that would work best for TaxSlayer Chevrolet. Dover is a very difficult track for me personally as a driver. You drive this place differently than any other track we go to. For whatever reason, concrete tracks seem to give me a harder time than asphalt surfaces, but I learned a lot that can be carried into the future. I’m looking forward to going to COTA for the first time next week and getting back on a road course to turn left and right.” -Myatt Snider

GIBBS LEADS TOYOTA IN DOVER
Ty Gibbs scores his fourth top-five finish in his first five NASCAR Xfinity Series starts

DOVER, Del. (May 15, 2021) – Ty Gibbs (fifth), Harrison Burton (sixth) and Daniel Hemric (ninth) drove their Toyota Supras to top-10 finishes in the Drydene 200 at Dover International Speedway on Saturday afternoon.

Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Dover International Speedway
Race 10 of 33 – 200 miles, 200 laps

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Austin Cindric*
2nd, Josh Berry*
3rd, Justin Allgaier*
4th, AJ Allmendinger*
5th, TY GIBBS
6th, HARRISON BURTON
9th, DANIEL HEMRIC
27th, MATT MILLS
30th, TIMMY HILL
32nd, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHECK
35th, BRANDON JONES
39th, MATT JASKOL
40th, DAVID STARR
*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

TY GIBBS, No. 54 Toyota Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 5th

How was your Xfinity debut at Dover this afternoon?

“We were pretty solid. We kind of fired off a little free and we kind of chased free the whole race. I made mistakes. I’ll go back and look at those. People were running me hard, and you can’t really go anywhere when someone is on your door. It just a hard track for me. I feel like this is one of my harder ones. I feel like I’m learning as I go. I’m kind of frusterated. I think I could have ran a little better. We had a good day overall. I will take a top-five anyday. We will keep on going.”

What have you learned the last two days at Dover?

“I feel like the biggest thing is your really don’t know where the track is going. It could rubber up, and sometimes I guess it didn’t rubber up at all. That’s just one of the biggest things – just trying to chase the track a little bit as the tires are getting worn out and you kind of get stuck in dirty air when you are trying to pass a guy. Like I got to the 16 (AJ Allmendinger) and you can’t go anywhere. It’s part of it. I probably could have moved around a little more but I felt like my car was a little bit too loose to run the top. Overall, we had a pretty good day. I can’t thank Monster Energy and Joe Gibbs Racing enough.”

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Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR XFINITY Series — Drydene 200
Dover International Speedway | Saturday, May 15, 2021

Ford Finishing Results
1st – Austin Cindric
8th – Ryan Sieg
17th – Riley Herbst

AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 22 Car Shop Ford Mustang — Finished 1st

WE DIDN’T SEE THE STRENGTH OUT OF YOU AND YOUR CAR UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF THE RACE. AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE YOU HAD THE CAR TO GET THE JOB DONE? “Honestly, from the get-go. It is hard to believe but starting 16th at this joint it isn’t easy to pass. We just kept at it the whole time. We made the right adjustments on pit stops and I feel like I have learned a lot about this race track, enough to get the Car Shop Ford Mustang into victory lane.”

YOU HAD AN EARLY INCIDENT WITH TY GIBBS THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED THIS OUTCOME: “It wasn’t an incident but it was this close to being an incident. For his sake, he is a rookie and he is learning. Hopefully, he learns something from it and doesn’t do it again.”

WHAT MAKES THIS WIN SO SPECIAL FOR YOU? “Every win means so much and everyone that is in this series — I have the unique opportunity to know what I am doing in the future. I respect the guys that I am racing around are trying to get to the top level. I know I have that for me down the road but I have to bring that same energy that I am racing against. These wins are really hard to come by. It sucks that we have had some bad races recently that make this one feel so much better. This is my favorite race track that we go to.”

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 14, 2021): NASCAR driver Joe Graf Jr. is adding another marketing partner to his sophomore season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. In a multi-race deal beginning with Pit Boss 250 at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) on May 22, 2021, Graf will be proudly shining the G-Coin brand.

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Unlike cryptocurrencies, G-Coin is a digital title to a real asset: 1 G-Coin token equals 1 gram of Responsible GoldTM.

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Tech-savvy investors keen to avoid cryptocurrency volatility, or physical storage burden and costs, are now able to purchase G-Coin digital gold tokens. G-Coin tokens can be purchased in increments of 0.01gram, giving individual investors better access to the gold market and the ability to use gold for day-to-day purchases.

G-Coin Wallets give users the freedom to send and receive value instantly, securely, and at no cost from the convenience of your mobile phone.

Last month at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Graf and his SS GreenLight Racing team teased the partnership with G-Coin and its sister company Responsible Gold with a gold-colored car and tweets on Graf’s “irresponsible grandpa”.

“This is a unique partnership, and I am excited to officially welcome G-Coin to NASCAR and our SS GreenLight Racing team,” said Graf. “G-Coin is building an amazing ecosystem and we believe the NASCAR community will put G-Coin on the global map. Plus, we will strike gold in our No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro with some strong finishes on the track.”

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Additional races will be announced in the near future.

The highly anticipated NASCAR triple-header weekend at Circuit of the Americas marks the second road course race of the 2021 Xfinity Series season. Earlier this year, Graf earned a career-best road course finish at the Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway Road Course where he earned a lead-lap 20th place effort.

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The Pit Boss 250 (46 laps | 156 miles) is the 11th of 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series races on the 2021 schedule. Practice is set for Fri., May 21 from 3:00 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Qualifying is set for race day, Sat., May 22 beginning at 10:05 a.m. The inaugural race will take the green flag later in the day shortly after 3:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. ET) with live coverage on FOX Sports 1, the Performance Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (CT).

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About SS Green Light Racing:

As one of the most tenured teams in all of NASCAR, SS GreenLight Racing led by team owner and former driver Bobby Dotter has been a mainstay in the sport fielding entries in either the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series or the Xfinity Series competition since 2001.

SS GreenLight Racing will continue with a two-car program in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2021.

CONCORD, N.C. (May 14, 2021) – Spire Motorsports announced today that 2020 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series Champion and 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series’ race winner Josh Berry will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut driving the team’s No. 77 Diamond Creek High Alkaline Water Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE in Sunday’s Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway.

Berry will fill in for Justin Haley, who was originally scheduled to drive the No. 77 on Sunday. Haley has been temporarily sidelined in accordance with team and NASCAR COVID-19 protocols and will be unable to participate this weekend.

The Hendersonville, Tenn., native competes regularly for JR Motorsports and picked up his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory last month in the Cook Out 250 at Martinsville Speedway. In 15 career starts on NASCAR’s junior circuit, Berry has earned one win, two top-five and six top-10 finishes.

“First off, I hope Justin is doing well and I can’t wait to compete with him in a few weeks at Charlotte in the Xfinity Series,” said Berry. “I can’t thank Spire Motorsports enough for giving me the opportunity to compete in the NASCAR Cup Series for the first time. This is a great opportunity for me, and I am going to do my best to give the team a solid finish Sunday afternoon.”

Berry, a consistent winner throughout his career, stormed the late model stock car scene in 2020, tallying 27 victories in 40 starts, including a flag-to-flag victory in the Valley Star Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway and a dominant performance in the Old North State Nationals.

This season, the 30-year-old short-track standout picked up where he left in 2020, collecting his second consecutive $30,000 check by winning this year’s edition of the Old North State Nationals, leading 153 of the event’s 200 laps.

“We’re excited to provide Josh Berry with the opportunity to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at Dover International Speedway,” said Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson. “It’s a little bittersweet because Justin Haley has to sit out this weekend, but at the same time, Josh has earned the opportunity to get a shot in the Cup Series. He’s a proven winner and raises the bar every time he gets in a race car. We know he’ll do a good job.”

“I couldn’t be more thrilled for Josh to get the call from Spire Motorsports to make his Cup racing debut,” added Dale Earnhardt Jr. “It’ll be thrilling for Josh to experience Cup action and I’m confident he will do a great job for them. Big thanks to Spire for presenting Josh with such an awesome opportunity.”

The Drydene 400 from Dover International Speedway will be televised live on FS1 Sunday, May 16 beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The 13th of 36 races on the 2021 NCS schedule will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

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About Spire Motorsports …
Spire Motorsports was established in 2018 and is co-owned by longtime NASCAR industry executives Jeff Dickerson and Thaddeus “T.J.” Puchyr. Spire Motorsports earned an upset victory for the ages in its first full season when Justin Haley took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 7, 2019.

JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW:
TRACK: Dover International Speedway
RACE: Drydene 200 (200 laps / 200 miles)
DATE: Saturday, May 15, 2021

Broadcast Information – TV: 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1 / Radio: 1:00 p.m. ET on MRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Michael Annett
No. 1 No. 1 Pilot Flying J/myRewards Plus™ Chevrolet
• Michael Annett will look to add to a four-race streak of top10 finishes at The Monster Mile this weekend and holds a best finish of third coming in 2012.
• Throughout the 2021 season, Annett has four top 10s, with a best finish of sixth coming at Las Vegas and Darlington.
• Dover International Speedway’s fast 1-mile oval is one of the better tracks for Annett, as he has averaged a finish of 12.2 over his 18 starts there.
• Annett will carry the myRewards Plus™ app colors, a rewards program made for drivers™. See the details below on how you can save time and money on your next fuel stop.

Josh Berry
No. 8 Tire Pros Chevrolet
• Josh Berry will make his Dover debut this weekend and will make his second appearance vying for the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash payday following his second-place effort at Darlington.
• Berry has nine starts on tracks between 1-2 miles in length with one top-five and three top-10 finishes, all of which have come during the 2021 season.
• In 2021, Berry has one win, two top-five and four top-10 finishes while pacing the field for 103 laps.
• Tire Pros joins Berry in Dover for its second additional race following Berry’s performance in Martinsville.

Noah Gragson
No. 9 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / Black Rifle Coffee Chevrolet
• Noah Gragson seeks his fourth straight top-seven finish this weekend at Dover International Speedway, as he has finished seventh, fourth and sixth in his last three starts on The Monster Mile.
• Through nine races in 2021 the Las Vegas native has strong finishes of second, fourth, fifth and sixth in addition to winning the first two $100,000 NASCAR Dash 4 Cash bonuses. He’s also led 94 laps to date.
• One-mile tracks seem to agree with Gragson. He’s earned two top-five and eight top-10 finishes (at Dover, Phoenix Raceway and New Hampshire International Speedway) during his young career.

Justin Allgaier
No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet
• Justin Allgaier enters this weekend at Dover as the most recent winner in the NXS, having gone to Victory Lane last weekend in Darlington.
• Allgaier is a two-time winner at the Monster Mile with victories in this event in 2018 and in the first of the weekend doubleheader last August.
• Overall, in 20 previous starts at Dover, Allgaier has scored nine top fives and 13 top 10s to accompany the two victories.
• With the Darlington win last weekend, Allgaier has qualified to be one of four drivers competing for the final $100,000 Dash 4 Cash prize this weekend.

Driver Quotes

“Dover is a track where we’ve always run well. I feel like we’re hitting our stride this season, with a good solid run at Darlington in the Gatorade Pilot Flying J Chevrolet. We scored points in both stages there, and had good speed at the end. That’s what we’re trying to do every week, and what we’re going to do again this weekend at Dover.”– Michael Annett

“Dover has been a really good place for us these last couple of years and I can’t wait to get back there with this BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet. Hopefully we can unload with the same speed that helped us get to Victory Lane last summer here and that we can come home with that $100,000 Dash 4 Cash prize from Xfinity. I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can do.” – Justin Allgaier

“We’re going to Dover this weekend and like most of the tracks this year, the first laps on the track will be after the green flag drops. The first few laps I’ll just be feeling the track out and figuring out how it drives throughout the run because there’s really nothing like it. I know Taylor (Moyer, crew chief) and the entire Tire Pros No. 8 team will bring a fast car this weekend so that is one less thing we will need to worry about. Hopefully we can string together a good run and bring home the Dash 4 Cash payday. Can’t thank Xfinity enough for allowing us to run for $100k, it makes winning that much better.” – Josh Berry

“Dover has been a good track for me in the past and I know Dave (Elenz, crew chief) will make sure to bring another fast Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/Black Rifle Coffee Camaro this weekend. We may not be going for the Dash 4 Cash sweep this week, but we’re putting our heads down, moving forward and hopefully putting this No. 9 back into Victory Lane and into the playoffs.” – Noah Gragson

JRM Team Updates:

Dash 4 Cash Prowess: JRM drivers have claimed the Dash 4 Cash honors on 15 different occasions with more than half of those victories coming since the 2017 season. Noah Gragson most recently took Dash 4 Cash honors at Talladega Superspeedway on April 24th.
• 2nd Annual Unilever National Day of Service, Friday, May 14, 2021: When Covid-19 first took hold in the United States, Unilever moved quickly to create United for America: an initiative designed to support communities in need during the pandemic. In 2021 Unilever will continue to provide millions of products and supplies to frontline partners like Feeding America, promote vaccine education with the Ad Council, and support organizations that directly reach women business owners and youth, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. On May 14th Unilever employees, JRM employees, and almost 200 other partners will spend time volunteering and donating to partner organizations. We invite everyone – race fans, anyone of any age – to join us in volunteering, donating, or sending letters of gratitude to local Feeding America food bank volunteers and Boys and Girls Clubs of America leaders. Visit www.everydayudoesgood.com to find ways to give or get help.
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Track: Dover International Speedway | 1 Mile Oval
Race: 11 of 33
Event: Drydene 200 | Saturday, May 15 | 1:30 p.m. ET | FS1 & MRN
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200

Brandon Brown | Xfinity Stats | Dover International Speedway
Starts: 8
Best Start: 2
Best Finish: 11

Brown on Dover:
“I’ve had Dover circled on the calendar for quite a while now; with its intensity, speed and demanding driving style, it has quickly become one of my favorite race tracks on the circuit. For me, it really brings back the feeling of short track racing and it’s also pretty close to home, so I know that I’ll have family and friends in the stands as well as some of the Brandonbilt Foundations employees, so that’s going to be really special.

“This weekend will be the third time this season that the Brandonbilt Foundations car has been on track, but the first time in front of employees and I can’t wait for that.

“With our past performance at Dover, I feel like this could be a good opportunity for us to capitalize on stage points and really try to go for a stage win or maybe even grab the checkered flag. Really, my goal is to maximize points and get us back in playoff contentions, so hopefully we can have a smooth, consistent race and maybe even tame the Monster Mile in the process.”

About Brandonbilt Motorsports

Brandonbilt Motorsports is a family-owned, professional stock car team competing full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS). Owned and operated by Woodbridge, Virginia native, Jerry Brown, Brandonbilt Motorsports has quickly become a household name in the NASCAR Xfinity Series through hard work and determination. As a smaller team in the NXS, Brandonbilt Motorsports’ goal has always been to do the most with less, while also becoming a contending organization in every race that it enters. Brandonbilt Motorsports shocked the racing world in 2020 as driver, Brandon Brown, secured the team’s first playoff berth in only its second, full-time season in the NXS, before going on to finish the year 11th in the overall points standings. On the horizon in 2021, Brandonbilt Motorsports looks to pick up where it left off as a playoff-caliber team at each event it enters. To learn more, visit bmsraceteam.com.

Team Penske NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Report
Track: Darlington Raceway
Race: Steakhouse Elite 200
Date: May 8, 2021

No. 22 CarShop Ford Mustang – Austin Cindric
Start: 2nd
Stage 1: 1st (Fifth Stage Win of 2021)
Stage 2: 8th
Finish: 29th
Status: Accident
Laps Completed: 147/148
Laps Led: 34
Driver Point Standings (ahead of second): 1st (+39)

Notes:

• Misfortune struck Austin Cindric late in the Steakhouse Elite 200 Saturday afternoon at Darlington Raceway, leaving the driver of the No. 22 CarShop Ford Mustang with a 29th-place finish. Cindric continues to lead the driver point standings, 39 markers ahead of second place.
• The starting lineup was once again set per the NASCAR rule book, which gave Cindric the second starting position. He showed strength early in the race, leading 34 laps and winning Stage 1, collecting his fifth stage win of the season. Cindric took the lead from Noah Gragson on lap 26 and was out front when the segment ended on lap 45. As the track rubbered up, Cindric communicated his CarShop Ford began to loosen up. During the Stage caution Crew Chief Brian Wilson called for a trackbar adjustment plus four tires and fuel on lap 48. Cindric restarted fourth when the race went green on lap 52.
• Cindric steadily ran inside the top-five despite the fact his Mustang was not handling to his liking. The fifth caution set up a four-lap dash to the finish of the stage, prompting mixed pit strategy among the leaders. Cindric remained on track and restarted second while others pitted for fresh tires. The new tires proved to be a big advantage and Cindric was shuffled back to ninth-place when the segment concluded on lap 90. Wilson once again called his driver to pit road during the stage caution for four tires, fuel, plus wedge and a rubber in a the left-front spring to improve the balance on the No. 22 Ford. He lined up 18th for the restart on lap 99.
• The Mooresville N.C., native sliced and diced through traffic and was running 11th when the seventh caution was displayed on lap 127, setting up another round of pits stops among the leaders. Cindric gained two positions after the visit to pit road and restated ninth on lap 131. Two more cautions would slow the pace (on laps 133 and 143), the latter forcing the finish of the race into NASCAR Overtime. Cindric pitted during the final caution for four tires, hoping the advantage of fresh rubber would work to his advantage in the closing laps. He lined up 20th but was involved in an accident off Turn 2 and didn’t complete the final lap, leaving him with a 29th place finish.

Quote: “It’s just unfortunate. We started off strong and won the first stage and led some laps. Everyone on the CarShop team did a great job throughout the race. At the end we were just trying to do what the others didn’t. It just didn’t work out for us and we will move on to Dover next week.”