CHEEZ-IT 355 AT THE GLENSite: Watkins Glen, New York Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (NBCSN, 12:15 p.m.); Sunday, race, 2:30 p.m., USA.
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After Cassill failed to make a qualifying lap Saturday because of fuel pressure issues, I’m starting to wonder if my conspiracy theory has some merit. “I sat with (team owner) Rick (Hendrick) before this happened a couple of months ago to talk about an extension”. That is the direction that we are going. The driver of the #88 auto said he wanted to visit his team and be back around familiar faces. He won his eighth career road race there and first victory anywhere since 2013. He is allowed to practice with the team and play in the Patriots’ preseason games but will miss the first four regular-season games. I miss being here. You can get live scoring all weekend at NASCAR’s Race Center. Im not ready to quit..
“It’s a slow process and I wish it wasn’t”, he continued. “I don’t know how long it’s going to take”.
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“He doesn’t care about my racing or whatever I do as a profession”. That decision will be left to his doctors. “He wants me to do anything that pushes me into areas to get my anxiety and drive the symptoms so my body gets used to them”. “The event that I had at MI I shouldn’t have had a concussion from”. We went into this with the intentions of getting back in the auto when we get cleared. Our intentions are to get cleared and get back to racing.
“And so, I’ve been going and eating and having lunch with my family”. I think the braking zones are pretty tough and it’s going to be nice and warm. “But, it’s been great to spend time with them”. He is just trying to fix what is wrong with me.
For all the jokes about how NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are thrown off by right turns, the best stock vehicle racers know what to do when the road bends the other way.
He’s a two-time victor at Watkins Glen with a 10.5 average finish, and he practiced extremely well in both of Friday’s 85-minute sessions, with top-five speeds that included having the best 10-consecutive lap average. “Just looking forward to continuing that momentum and building upon our success”.
“We just got the fan-walk pass and and coming and enjoying the show, great show”, Richter said.
“Just again continue to build on the success we’ve grown into as a group. I figured it was a good time for me to get come road course practice in a Cup vehicle and to come and try to improve, hopefully, on what we’re going to try to going this weekend, set-up-wise and hopefully be acclimated to the track a little sooner”.
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