Category: XFINITY Series PR

July 27, 2023 – Houston, TX – BeONE Sports – developers of a platform where accomplished athletes’ movements are digitized into a phone app with the goal of creating a training paradigm for athletes to learn – today announced the first-of-its-kind collaboration with Mass St. Collective and the University of Kansas to bring a Collegiate NIL NASCAR car to the upcoming NASCAR race on September 9 at Kansas Speedway.

The collaboration also includes JD Motorsports, eleven (11) University of Kansas student-athletes being featured on the race car, and Mass St. Collective – the KU NIL Collective founded in 2021 to help Jayhawk student-athletes build their personal brand and benefit from their name, image and likeness.

“Our goal at Mass St. Collective is to find new and unique instances where we can grow the brand of our KU student-athletes in new and meaningful ways through name, image and likeness.” says Dan Beckler, President of Mass St. Collective. “To partner with BeOne Sports and have 11 Jayhawks on a NASCAR Xfinity Series Race car is something that has never been done before, and it’s an exciting way to bring NIL and college athletes to the racing industry. Brand loyalty is the best among NASCAR fans, and we hope this car only adds to that. What makes this even more special is to debut the car in our home state at Kansas Speedway.”

“I’m so excited to be a part of something that’s never been done before! I love Kansas and it’s going to be so cool to have the college athletes on the car and give them a ride in our fast race car!” said Brennan Poole, driver of the #6 JD Motorsports Chevrolet.

Additionally, BeONE Sports is developing technology to level the racetrack. With the technology available from BeONE Sports, JD Motorsports hopes to become more competitive with the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ top teams and is exploring a variety of applications using comparative training within the team.

”JD Motorsports and Brennan Poole are teaming up with athletes from the University of Kansas for The Kansas Lottery 300 on September 9th at Kansas Speedway. We are happy to have BeONE back, Scott and I have worked very hard to put the NIL deal together to create a first in Nascar.” said Tony Priscaro, VP of Marketing and Sales for JD Motorsports.

“We believe athletes are everywhere, and we are very excited to bring new and interesting NIL opportunities to student-athletes. The KU NIL NASCAR is a great example of collaboration and driving innovation…literally,” says Scott Deans, BeONE Sports Founder and CEO.

BeONE Sports will be on location in Kansas from September 7th-9th. They will be kicking off their collaboration with athletes from the Kansas CIty Chiefs on September 7th, working with University of Kansas athletes on campus on September 8th, and at the NASCAR race on September 9th. For more information, visit beonesports.com.

About BeONE Sports

BeONE Sports has developed cutting-edge, sports training technology based on body mechanics within any sport. They’ve invented “Comparative Training,” where accomplished athletes’ movements are digitized into the technology, creating a catalog of learning potential. Using their patent-pending AI on a mobile device, young athletes around the world can train with their heroes! Athletes, coaches and parents receive immediate feedback on technique and body-position improvements, and BeONE Sports is revolutionizing the use of NIL where athletes and coaches earn income while training the next generation. For more information, visit www.beonesports.com

About Mass St. Collective

Mass St. Collective is the name, image and likeness organization serving all student-athletes at the University of Kansas. Utilizing gifts from donors, Mass St. coordinates opportunities for student-athletes to use their NIL in various ways like marketing opportunities with businesses and charitable organizations that align with their values and interests. Our mission is to create generational change for these student-athletes, all while helping them build a brand during their time at arguably the most recognizable collegiate athletics program in the country. For more information, visit www.MassStrategies.com

COLE CUSTER | RILEY HERBST
Road America NASCAR Xfinity Series Advance
NASCAR Xfinity Series Overview

• Event: Henry 180 (Round 20 of 33)
• Date: Saturday, July 29
• Location: Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
• Layout: 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course
• Time/TV/Radio: 3 p.m. EDT on NBC/MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Cole Custer Notes of Interest

• Cole Custer and the No. 00 Haas Automation team head to Saturday’s Henry 180 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, ready to embrace another NASCAR Xfinity Series road-course weekend. In the team’s four races going left and right this season, Custer has won in two of them – June 3 at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway and July 2 in the Inaugural Chicago Street Race. In the season’s first road-course race March 25 at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, Custer looked to be on his way to a solid finish until a late-race incident took him out of contention. Saturday’s race marks Custer’s 20th career Xfinity Series road-course starts. In his previous 19, he has earned 14 top-10 finishes and led a total of 41 laps with an average finish of 10.4. Custer’s average road-course finish is identical to his average finish in 21 Xfinity Series starts on short tracks – ovals less than 1 mile in length.
• Saturday’s Henry 180 will mark Custer’s fifth Xfinity Series start at Road America. In his four prior starts from 2017 to 2022, he only finished outside the top-10 once. He earned a best finish of fourth after starting from the front row in the August 2018 race on the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit. In his most recent start last season, in the No. 07 SS Greenlight Racing Ford Mustang, Custer qualified fourth and led six laps before an accident took him out on lap 43. Custer also has three starts outside of the Xfinity Series at Road America – two in the NASCAR Cup Series with a best result of 15th in July 2022, and one in the ARCA Menards Series, which resulted in an 11th-place finish after starting fifth in August 2017.
• Custer finished in the top-10 in all three of his NASCAR Truck Series outings on road courses, all at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. His best was his most recent, a second-place run from the pole with a race-high 39 laps led in the No. 00 JR Motorsports entry in 2016.

Riley Herbst Notes of Interest

• Riley Herbst and the No. 98 Monster Energy team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) hope to keep their momentum rolling as they head to Saturday’s Henry 180 at Road America. Last Saturday at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Herbst was in prime position to fight for his first career Xfinity Series victory when the team took a gamble and stretched his fuel run in the closing laps of the race. Herbst inherited the lead by staying on track during a lap-81 caution, but on the ensuing restart was unable to hold off his competitors on fresh tires. He held on for a fourth-place finish, his fourth top-five of the season and second with new crew chief Davin Restivo.
• Saturday’s race at Road America will mark Herbst’s fourth Xfinity Series start at the track. He posted back-to-back seventh-place finishes in his most recent outings at the iconic circuit, both with SHR, in 2021 and 2022. He qualified third for last season’s race and charged from the 34th starting position in the 2021 race. Herbst started fifth and finished 18th in his Road America debut in 2020. Herbst has one start outside of the Xfinity Series at Road America, a lone August 2017 outing during his rookie season in the ARCA Menards Series that resulted in a runner-up finish for the then-18-year-old driver. It was one of six top-fives and 10 top-10s in 19 starts for Herbst that season, which included a victory at Pocono.
• Only seven races remain before the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs begin Sept. 15 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, and Herbst is currently defending his spot in the 12-driver playoff field. Heading into the weekend at Road America, he sits 11th in the driver standings but 12th in the playoff standings. With last weekend’s fourth-place finish at Pocono, Herbst extended his buffer over 13th-place Parker Kligerman from 18 to 26 points. He’s in position to secure his top-12 position on points, but a win, of course, would guarantee Herbst a spot in the playoffs. Meanwhile, he and the team are focused on continuing to string together solid finishes and score stage points through the regular-season finale Sept. 9 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City.

Cole Custer, Driver of the No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang

You’re headed to the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit at Road America after winning your last two road-course starts at Portland and Chicago. What are your expectations heading into the weekend with the No. 00 Haas Automation team?

“Road America is always a really fun place just because it’s a challenging course. There are so many different corners, and you kind of have a little bit of everything there. You have high-speed corners, slow-speed, so your car has to be ready for everything. The new pavement is definitely going to be different, so it’s going to be interesting to see how that changes things and how much the speed picks up. I still think it’ll be one of the best road courses we go to just because it has everything. I’m excited to go there with the No. 00 Haas Automation team this weekend to try to go for the win.”

What do you need to do in order to continue your road-course winning streak this weekend?

“I mean, there’s just so much that plays into these road courses, so you have to be prepared for anything it throws at you. There are so many different factors with the restarts and whether guys make mistakes or not. You just hope that you’re there to fight at the end of it all. So I think as long as we keep ourselves in a good position, have some solid speed in our Ford Mustang, and avoid making any big mistakes, we’ll have a shot to go to victory lane again this weekend.”

Riley Herbst, Driver of the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang

You’ve said Road America is one of your favorite road courses on the schedule, and you’ve had some good runs with seventh-place finishes the past two years. What are your expectations for the weekend?

“Road America is always a fun place to go race. The fans are awesome, and it’s just such a unique road course. There’s a lot of room to move around and try to pass, but it can also get you into some trouble just like any other road course. We’ve been decent on road courses this year, and I’m hoping that we can get a good run this weekend in Wisconsin. If we can have a good qualifying run on Friday, it can really help us out in the race. This No. 98 Monster Energy team can get this Ford Mustang in victory lane, but we just have to put a good weekend together – a fast car, no mistakes, and being there at the end. I’m ready for the challenge.”

With your runner-up finish in the ARCA Menards Series race at Road America in 2017 to go with your back-to-back seventh-place finishes in the Xfinity Series there the past two seasons, do you feel you have some unfinished business there?

“Not really. You never want to finish second as a racecar driver, but we outperformed our car back in 2017 after making some mistakes at the beginning of the race. Two years ago, we had a rough start to the race weekend after wrecking in practice, but we were able to battle all the way from the back to get a top-10 finish. I think if we can make it through the weekend without any mistakes and stay out of trouble, we can be in contention for the win at the end. We have the speed.”

JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW:
TRACK: Road America
RACE: Henry 180 (45 laps / 182.16 miles)
DATE: Saturday, July 29, 2023

Broadcast Information – TV: 3 p.m. ET on USA / Radio: 2:30 p.m. ET on MRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Sam Mayer
No. 1 Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions Chevrolet

• Sam Mayer, a Franklin, Wis. native, heads back to his home track of Road America this weekend for his third NASCAR Xfinity Series start at the 4.048-mile road course.
• The young driver is coming off a runner-up finish at Pocono Raceway where he battled right-rear damage the majority of the day to earn the top-five effort.
• In 14 starts on road courses, Mayer has raced to two topfive and eight top-10 finishes in his NXS career.
• In the last 10 races of the 2023 season, the 20-year-old driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet has earned four top-five and seven top-10 efforts and holds the ninth position in the NXS point standings.

Josh Berry
No. 8 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats & ATV’s Chevrolet

• In his only start at Road America last season, Josh Berry finished third, which ranks as his best career road-course effort. He also has a top-10 result this season at Circuit of the Americas.
• On the twisty tracks in his career, Berry has logged three top-five and six top-10 finishes.
• Bass Pro Shops returns to the No. 8 car this weekend for Berry and crew chief Taylor Moyer.
• With the NXS Playoffs seven races away, Berry and the No. 8 team are currently sixth in the series standings, 110 points above the cut line for postseason contention.

Brandon Jones
No. 9 Menards/Pennington Chevrolet

• Brandon Jones has made seven NXS starts at the 4.048-mile course located in Elkhart Lake, Wis. and battled to a fifthplace finish at this race last season.
• Crew chief Jason Burdett has called eight races at Road America and recorded one win (2018), one top-five and four top-10 finishes.
• In 36 starts at road courses in the NXS, Jones has recorded five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes, with a best finish of second coming at the Daytona International Speedway road course in 2020.
• Jones currently sits 15th in the championship point standings, 54 points under the playoff cutline with seven races remaining in the regular season.
  
• Justin Allgaier
  No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet
• Justin Allgaier is a previous race winner at the twists and turns of Road America in the NXS, having gone to Victory Lane in 2018 after leading 14 of the 45 laps.
• In 11 NXS starts at Elkhart Lake, Allgaier has amassed two top fives and five top 10s to accompany his 2018 victory.
• In the four previous road course races in 2023, Allgaier has scored an impressive three top fives and four top 10s, with a best finish of second coming in Portland last month.
• In his career, Allgaier has tallied three wins, 16 top fives and 30 top 10s in 49 career starts on road courses in the NXS.

Driver Quotes

“Going back to your home track is always a fun time and I am excited to see some family and hopefully grab a good run at Road America. I have not had the best luck there in the past but my No. 1 team has been putting together some really fast cars and I am excited to see what we can do this weekend, especially after coming off of a hot run in Pocono.” – Sam Mayer

“Road America is such a fun track to go to. It’s definitely a unique road course, but it’s always been one of my favorites. We’ve had a lot of speed on the road courses throughout this season and were close to getting the win back in Portland. If we can check all the boxes once again this weekend and keep all four wheels on the course, we should be right where we need to be at the end on Saturday with our BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet to fight for the win.” – Justin Allgaier

“We were really good at Road America last season and that showed with the result we had. We’ve put a lot of work in on these road courses and I’ve been in the sim this week so that I am ready for when we unload on Friday. Hopefully, we can have the same speed we have had the last few weeks and be in contention when it counts.” – Josh Berry’

“I ran pretty well here last year and I’ve spent some time in the sim preparing for Road America. We’re in Menards’ backyard this weekend, so it would be nice to have a good run for them and everyone at Pennington that will be there this weekend. I know Jason (Burdett, crew chief) and this team builds really good road course cars, so hopefully we can put it all together this weekend. ” – Brandon Jones

JRM Team Updates

• JR Motorsports at Road America: JR Motorsports has competed in Elkhart Lake 42 times in the NXS. In those starts at the 4.048-mile road course, the organization has recorded one win, 11 top fives and 22 top 10s. Justin Allgaier has the lone win at Road America after taking the checkered flag in 2018.
• Road Course Racing: JR Motorsports will make its 200th start on traditional road courses this weekend in Road America. In 198 previous starts on road courses in the NXS, the organization has tallied five wins, 50 top fives and 105 top 10s.

24-Year-Old Racer Ready for Fourth Career Start at Road America, but First in the NASCAR Xfinity Series

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 25, 2023) – Connor Mosack just can’t wait to get on the road again.

With a background in road-course racing from 30 career starts in the TA2 division of the Trans Am Series, the 24-year-old racer has had the Henry 180 NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, circled on his calendar since before the season began.

Three of those TA2 races have come at Road America, including just three weeks ago when Mosack sampled the newly repaved surface spanning the entire 4.048-mile, 14-turn layout.

“There’s more grip in the low-speed corners, and I feel like you can kind of just hustle through those better. But some of the high-speed corners didn’t seem to have a whole lot more grip, and it seemed like there wasn’t quite as much grip off-line, so you had to be a little more disciplined with your line. Those were really the biggest differences,” Mosack said.

“The track was obviously smoother. There weren’t any bumps, which is nice for the driver, but you also like to have the bumps to be able to familiarize yourself with different parts of the track. I’m looking forward to going back there.”

Mosack heads back to “America’s National Park of Speed” with one of the Xfinity Series’ best teams – Joe Gibbs Racing. In his first Xfinity Series start at the track, Mosack will drive No. 19 Porter Pipe & Supply Toyota GR Supra, the same car he used to qualify fourth during the inaugural Chicago Street Race over the Fourth of July weekend and then competed among the top-five before the race was cut short due to weather.

It was yet another strong road-course outing in the Xfinity Series for Mosack, who finished eighth in just his ninth career Xfinity Series start June 3 at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway.

“Chicago was a place where I feel like I never really used all the speed that I had,” Mosack said. “We were conservative in practice and qualifying and even the first part of the race. We wanted to be there in the top-five and keep the car in one piece so we could race for the win. Unfortunately, we had a carburetor issue that forced us to pit early, and then the race was cut short by weather so we never got the chance to claw our way back. But the speed was there, for sure. To get back on a road course, especially one that I know really well in Road America, with the same car I had at Chicago – that gives us a lot of confidence.”

Mosack’s confidence turning left and right came from Trans Am. He spent two full seasons (2021-2022) in the series’ TA2 class with TeamSLR, never finishing outside of the top-four in the championship standings while scoring two wins and earning five poles.

“I think the most helpful thing I got from Trans Am, aside from laps on road courses, is just that the top guys in that series are really strong and have years of road-racing experience,” Mosack said. “Being around those guys made me a much better racer, and it’s certainly helped this year as I’ve gone up against a lot of really experienced drivers in the Xfinity Series.”

Billed as America’s Road-Racing Series, Trans Am and, particularly, its TA2 division, places drivers in purpose-built, tube-frame racecars with handling characteristics similar to cars in the Xfinity Series and ARCA Menards Series. And with more and more national NASCAR touring series competing on road courses – Road America marks the Xfinity Series’ fifth road-course race of the season – drivers are using TA2 as a platform to sharpen their skills and hone their racecraft.

“The cars do have a different feel to them with the weight and the horsepower differences,” said Mosack about the variations between a TA2 car and an Xfinity Series car. “You can definitely hustle the TA2 car a lot harder, and it’s a little bit more forgiving when you make a mistake. You can attack the brake zones more and you can get off and on the throttle a lot harder. But I’m still able to approach the races the same way because you’re still using the gas and the brake in similar ways, so I feel like being good in the TA2 car definitely helps in the Xfinity car. It all applies.”

That application process begins in earnest on Friday with Xfinity Series practice at 4 p.m. CDT/5 p.m. EDT followed by qualifying at 5 p.m. CDT/6 p.m. EDT. Thanks to Mosack’s familiarity with the track, he already knows where to place his focus, particularly turn 11, better known as The Kink.

“The Kink is one that’s really hard to be consistent through,” said Mosack, referencing the right-hand corner between the Carousel (turns nine and 10) and Canada Corner (turn 12). “It’s a corner you always feel like you can go through faster, but when you try to, you’re on the verge of hitting the wall because it’s so close to the track. So it’s a very high-risk, high-reward corner. A lot of time can be made or lost there, but it’s also one of the easiest places to destroy your car. It’s one of my favorite corners of any track we go to. It’s fun to try to get the most out of it every time.”

The Henry 180 gets underway at 2 p.m. CDT/3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by NBC and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. It will be the second race for primary sponsor Porter Pipe & Supply, a partnership Mosack brokered. Porter Pipe & Supply is a third-generation, family-owned and operated wholesale supplier of commercial and industrial pipe, valves, fittings, plumbing supplies, HVAC and refrigeration equipment and mechanical products. They made their NASCAR debut with Mosack at Chicago.

“It was awesome having Porter Pipe & Supply at Chicago,” Mosack said. “They brought a lot of their people out. We actually got to go by their headquarters there outside of Chicago and spend a lot of time with their employees. It was a really cool experience. They had their suite right there above pit road and I actually got to spend Sunday with them there for the Cup race. It’s a great group of people, an awesome family, and I’m really excited to have them back. I felt terrible for them that we didn’t get to complete the race at Chicago, so I’m very happy to have them back on the car at Road America.”

STEWART-HAAS RACING
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Explore the Pocono Mountains 225

Date: July 22, 2023

Event: Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 (Round 19 of 33)

Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series

Location: Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (2.5-mile triangle)

Format: 90 laps, broken into three stages (20 laps/20 laps/50 laps)

Note: Race extended two laps past its scheduled 90-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.

Race Winner: Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing (Chevrolet)

Stage 1 Winner: Josh Berry of JR Motorsports (Chevrolet)

Stage 2 Winner: Josh Berry of JR Motorsports (Chevrolet)

SHR Race Finish:

● Riley Herbst (Started 21st / Finished 4th, Running, completed 92 of 92 laps)

● Cole Custer (Started 10th / Finished 33rd, Running, completed 87 of 92 laps)

SHR Points:

● Cole Custer (4th with 666 points, 85 out of first)

● Riley Herbst (11th with 493 points, 258 out of first)

SHR Notes:

● Herbst earned his fourth top-five of the season and his first top-five in four career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Pocono.

● This is Herbst’s second straight top-12 at Pocono. He finished 12th last July.

● Herbst’s fourth-place finish bettered his previous best finish at Pocono – ninth, earned in his first start at the track in June 2020.

● Herbst finished eighth in Stage 2 to earn three bonus points.

● Herbst led once for three laps increasing his laps led at Pocono to 7.

● Custer finished fifth in Stage 2 to earn six bonus points.

● Custer led once for two laps increasing his laps led at Pocono to 97.

Race Notes:

● Austin Hill won the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 under caution to score his sixth career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, his fourth of the season, and his first at Pocono.

● There were six caution periods for a total of 21 laps.

● Twenty-three of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.

● John Hunter Nemechek remains the championship leader after Pocono with an 13-point advantage over second-place Hill.

Sound Bites:

“This top-five finish was big for the No. 98 Monster Energy team. We started 21st, obviously super deep in the field, and we just continued to work all day on our Ford Mustang. It was a big track position game, and everybody had their team trying to come up with the best strategy. We just had a great car, though. So, we capitalized on that, but I kind of beat myself up a little over the decision on what lane to choose on that final restart. I could’ve chosen bottom, but I just thought our tires were too old to hang with the leaders running on the bottom. We ultimately chose top and finished fourth. I think that’s what we needed after a few months of bad luck. I think we achieved the highest standards today.” – Riley Herbst, driver of the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang

“Overall, I thought we had a solid Ford Mustang today. We were getting a little better with each run, and I guess it was just a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. We got turned on that restart, and sometimes it’s just not your day. But, our guys on the No. 00 Haas Automation team did a great job repairing the car and getting me back out there. We’ve got speed every weekend, so it’s just a matter of everything going right in a race. Today just wasn’t our day.” – Cole Custer, driver of the No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang

Next Up:

The next event on the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is the Henry 180 on Saturday, July 29 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race begins at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by NBC and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Pocono Proves Tricky for Driver of IRWIN® TRADE STRONG™ Toyota GR Supra

Date: Saturday, July 22

Event: Explore the Pocono Mountains 225

Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series

Location: Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (2.5-mile triangle)

Format: 90 laps, broken into three stages (20 laps/20 laps/50 laps)

Start/Finish: 4th / 34th (Accident, completed 85 of 92 laps)

Race Winner: Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing (Chevrolet)

Note: Race extended two laps past its scheduled 90-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.

Overview:

The “Tricky Triangle” lived up to its name Saturday in the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. Connor Mosack qualified his No. 19 IRWIN® TRADE STRONG™ Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing a stout fourth for the 90-lap race around the 2.5-mile triangle, but brake issues combined with a pit road penalty conspired to leave him with a 34th-place finish. Mosack finished ninth in the first stage, despite having his hands full with a loose-handling racecar. A trip to pit road afforded the team a chance to change four tires, add fuel and make adjustments. Quick pit work placed Mosack sixth for the restart, but the loose-handling condition persisted and Mosack noted that he was “snapping loose” at the exit of turn two. The handling issue was compounded when he lost brake power on lap 68. The 24-year-old racer from Charlotte, North Carolina, made a trip to pit road for the team to work on the brakes and wound up two laps down to the race leaders. Despite having his hands full with the car’s handling and its brake issues, Mosack continued to log laps as the race drew to a close. He was deep in the field when he came off turn two on lap 86 and made hard contact with the outside retaining wall. Mosack was able to drive the IRWIN® TRADE STRONG™ Toyota to pit road where the team assessed the damage and determined that they were unable to continue the race.

Connor Mosack driver of the No. 19 IRWIN® TRADE STRONG™ Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing:

“We just started losing the brake pedal pretty bad, so I was trying to manage that. We kind of maintained it and came down to pit to remove tape and cool the brakes off some more, but I made a mistake and went through too many boxes and got a penalty, which put us two laps down. We had a caution toward the end and it felt like the brakes came back to me a little, so I thought we were okay, and then all of a sudden I think the brake rotor exploded going into turn two. I had nothing, so I tried to hold it up into the wall to make the corner. It’s an unfortunate end to the day. I felt like we had a really fast car, especially in clean air. I have some things to work on to keep momentum up in turns one and two, so we have a lot of good notes to walk away with. Overall, it was a good learning day. Appreciate IRWIN TRADE STRONG for coming on board and Joe Gibbs Racing for bringing a great car.”

Notes:

● This was Mosack’s 14th career NASCAR Xfinity Series start and his 12th of the season. It was his second start of 2023 with Joe Gibbs Racing.

● Mosack’s fourth-place qualifying effort matched his career best in the Xfinity Series. He toured the 2.5-mile triangle in 53.898 seconds at 166.982 mph. Mosack qualified fourth earlier this month for the inaugural NASCAR Xfinity Series race on the streets of downtown Chicago.

● Mosack finished second earlier in the day in the Sunset Hill Shooting Range 150 ARCA Menards Series race, equaling his previous best ARCA result, earned twice beforehand. Mosack finished second in the 2023 ARCA season-opener on Feb. 18 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and he finished second on June 4, 2022 at Portland (Ore.) International Raceway in an ARCA Menards Series West race.

Next Up:

Mosack returns to Joe Gibbs Racing next weekend for the Henry 180 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He will drive the No. 19 Porter Pipe & Supply Toyota GR Supra on Saturday, July 29 in the 45-lap race around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit. It will be Mosack’s third and final Xfinity Series race of 2023 for Joe Gibbs Racing and it goes live at 3 p.m. EDT on NBC and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Mosack will return to Sam Hunt Racing for the remainder of his Xfinity Series schedule.

Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Overview-
Pocono Raceway; July 22, 2023

Track; Pocono Raceway; Tri-Oval (2.500 miles)
Race: Explore the Pocono Mountains 225; 90 Laps –20/20/50; 225 Miles
Date/Broadcast: Saturday; July 22, 2023 5:30 PM ET
TV: USA Network, and the NBC Sports App
Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) – Check Local Listings for affiliate, and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90
Social Media: Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito AutoSport; Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Parker Retzlaff – No. 31 FUNKAWAY
Chevrolet Camaro SS Preview- Pocono Raceway

Social Media; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

News and Notes:

• Practice; After the completion of NASCAR technical inspection on Friday afternoon, Parker Retzlaff would first take to the 2.500-mile Tri-Oval of Pocono Raceway for a scheduled 20-minute practice session. In his first laps around the track known as “The Tricky Triangle” Retzlaff would record a best lap of 55.524 at 162.092 mph on Lap-3 of his 13-lap session placing the Wisconsin Sunoco Rookie the Year Contender 22nd of the 41 cars entered for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) Explore the Pocono Mountains 225.

– Starting Position; Immediately after the conclusion of the 20-minute practice session, NXS teams would move into qualifying for the Saturday’s Explore the Pocono Mountains 225. In 2023, Intermediate sized tracks will use a single-lap of qualifying to determine the starting lineup. Rolling off 20th to record his lap, Retzlaff would record a 54.448 at 165.295 mph earning the No. 31 FUNKAWAY Chevrolet Camaro SS 19th quick. Retzlaff will start the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 inside Row 10 in the 19th position on Saturday.

– Pocono Raceway Stats; Saturday’s Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 will mark Retzlaff’s debut at the unique Pocono Raceway Tri-Oval.

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Chevrolet Camaro SS Preview- Pocono Raceway

News and Notes:

• Practice; After the completion of NASCAR technical inspection on Friday afternoon, Jeb Burton would take to Pocono Raceway for a scheduled 20-minute practice session. Returning to Pocono after ending on his roof last season, Burton would record a fast lap of 55.602 at 161.865 mph on Lap-1 of his 10-lap session placing him 23rd of the 41 cars entered for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) Explore the Pocono Mountains 225.

– Starting Position; Following the conclusion of the 20-minute practice session, NXS teams would immediately move into qualifying for the Saturday’s Explore the Pocono Mountains 225. In 2023, Intermediate sized tracks will use a single-lap of qualifying to determine the starting lineup. Going out 25th to make his lap, Burton would record a 54.241 at 165.926 placing the No. 27 Puryear Tank Lines Chevrolet Camaro SS 12th fast. Burton will start the Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 outside Row 6 in the 12th spot on Saturday afternoon.

– Pocono Raceway Stats; Saturday’s NXS Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 will mark Burton’s third NXS start at Pocono Raceway. In two previous starts, Burton holds an average finish of 20.5 with an 75.6% lap completion rate finishing 136 laps of the possible 180. Burton’s best Pocono finish would come in 2021 where he would finish in the 8th position after starting 5th. 2022 would see Burton with a new team and a 33rd place finish after being involved in a crash and flipping upside down the front straight away on Lap 136 ending his day early. Back in 2015 Burton would make a lone Cup Series start at Pocono collecting a 35th place finish after starting 38th. A year prior (2014) Burton would make his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) start at Pocono lining up 18th and coming home in the 16th position. In his NCTS debut in 2013 Burton would quickly find a liking to the track finishing 8th after starting in the 5th spot with Covid-19 qualifying measures in place.

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About Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport

Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito AutoSport is a NASCAR team, owned by owner/driver Jordan Anderson and Bommarito Automotive Group President, John Bommarito. Established in 2017 the organization is fueled by an incredible, close-knit team of employees, fans, and sponsors with a focus on integrity in the pursuit of excellence. Our goal is to embrace the journey we’re on and to never give up – whether on the track, in the pits, or in life. Every single team partner, and fan of ours, is what keeps our race cars running strong and our team performing at the highest level.