![]() And as a long-time Ind圜ar fan I can’t think of a way the series is going to get out of this mess. Seriously, the engine situation that you did so well explaining is truly two steps backward for the series. The company said it is coming on board because it’s never seen anyone that can do the one step forward, two steps backward move any better. Ind圜ar has a new series sponsor, the Fred Astaire Dance Studios. Questions received after 3pm ET each Monday will appear the following week. Published questions may be edited for length and clarity. ![]() Questions for any of RACER’s writers can be sent to Due to the high volume of questions received, we can’t guarantee that every letter will be published, but we’ll answer as many as we can. NASCAR heads into Charlotte with a record-tying 19 different winners of points-paying races, while Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney won non-points races to make it 21 different drivers in victory lane this season.Welcome to the RACER Mailbag. Although the car is currently under intense scrutiny because three full-time drivers will miss Sunday’s race with injuries suffered in crashes, Marks firmly believes the car has delivered on its promise of leveling the playing field and improving competition. Marks credits NASCAR’s new Next Gen car for some of Trackhouse’s success. Chastain was retained from the Ganassi lineup and the team has been the surprise of the season. Ganassi listened to the pitch and in November turned over the keys to his race shop, the contracts for his employees and his two charters. He cold-called Chip Ganassi and asked whether Ganassi was interested in selling him his NASCAR team. When he found through negotiations last year that the charter price was only rising - 23XI paid a record $13.5 million last season for its second one - Marks took a different route. Marks launched the team last season around Suárez, the only Mexican driver in NASCAR’s top level, on a leased charter because the demand to buy the guaranteed spots in the field was too high. “It’s a great feeling as a driver to know you have a strong chance to win every time you race.” Both Ross and I have won races and been strong in each race,” Suárez said. “We have a very good road course program at Trackhouse Racing. Chastain scored his first career Cup win on the COTA road course in Texas and Suarez’s only Cup win came on the Sonoma Raceway road course. Suárez believes he and Chastain can both contend for the race win on Charlotte’s hybrid road course that uses part of the oval. The field will be trimmed from 12 to eight but really only three drivers will be dropped: Alex Bowman is sidelined for a second consecutive week with a concussion and will be eliminated. Suárez is seventh in the standings, 12 points above the cutline needing a finish in the top eight to guarantee he advances. Chastain heads into Sunday’s playoff race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway ranked third in the standings, needing to finish ninth or better to automatically advance into the next round. Ross Chastain and Daniel Suárez have combined this season to give Trackhouse its first three wins in team history. Then for us to be in the playoffs and in position to compete against them this deep is just humbling and a testament to how talented everyone is in this building and how hard they are working.” “Just to have an opportunity to walk through the garage as colleagues is incredibly humbling. “These guys were my heroes and they represent what the true top of the sport is, a sport that I’m so passionate about,” Marks said. The 41-year-old is beyond humbled at what he’s accomplished and how quickly the team has become a legitimate challenger to NASCAR’s big dogs. On Sunday, the organization enters its 100th race poised to advance both its drivers into the round of eight. He started Trackhouse Racing one season ago. He never ran a full season, won only one career race and eventually switched to his entrepreneurial efforts, which included entering NASCAR ownership. ![]() He wanted to be a racecar driver and made it happen with 80 starts across NASCAR’s three national series. When he was 15, Marks got his picture taken with Gibbs at the 1996 Daytona 500. Marks grew up in admiration of Penske, Rick Hendrick and Joe Gibbs, the top owners in American motorsports. (AP) - The first racing book Justin Marks ever read was called “The Unfair Advantage,” written during a one-year sabbatical by the late Mark Donohue about his boss Roger Penske. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĬONCORD, N.C. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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