Nascar All Star Race Pre-Race Thread
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There's a lot more racing than what is listed here
Thursday
Practice and qualifying for CARS Tour followed by CARS Tour Reverend 75 at 8 pm
Friday
Cup pit road practice at 4 pm
CARS Tour Window World 100 at 8 pm
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“This weekend’s NASCAR Cup All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway will see a different driver in the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet for practice and qualifying sessions.
Justin Allgaier, who drives for JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, will step in for Kyle Larson as the former NASCAR Cup champ will be at Indianapolis Motor Speedway preparing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 as part of his Double attempt — racing the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day May 25.
Allgaier’s role extends beyond practice and qualifying, too, as he'll also be the standby driver for May 18's All-Star Race and May 25's Coca-Cola 600.
“We’re fortunate to have Justin and we appreciate him stepping in to help,” said Cliff Daniels, crew chief for the No. 5 team. “He and Kyle are very similar in size, so there’s a lot in the ****pit that’s common between the two.
“He’s had some time in the simulator driving the track and he did the wheel-force test there a year ago, so he’s got some experience in the Cup car at North Wilkesboro," Daniels added. "We’re looking to put in a solid practice and make sure the car drives good.”
Practice for the All-Star Race is scheduled for Friday at 5:05 p.m., with qualifying for heat races at 7:05 p.m. Since Larson won’t be available for qualifying, he’ll start at the tail-end of the field in Sunday's main event. .
“I think no matter what there’s going to be a general progression of balance from Friday through Sunday,” Daniels said. “The track is going to take more rubber. Friday, the groove is going to be a bit more narrow and Sunday I think it’s going to open up a bit. So, there’s still some changes regardless of Justin or Kyle that we would plan to progress through throughout the weekend.
“At the end of the day, I just want to make sure Justin is comfortable in what he feels and he, of course, trusts the feedback he’s going to give us. If there’s something he can provide to us to make the car faster, we’re going to listen. We’re going to do those little things and then we’re going to kind of stick to a little bit of what we think the track is going to evolve through, throughout the weekend.”
Justin Allgaier, who drives for JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, will step in for Kyle Larson as the former NASCAR Cup champ will be at Indianapolis Motor Speedway preparing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 as part of his Double attempt — racing the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day May 25.
Allgaier’s role extends beyond practice and qualifying, too, as he'll also be the standby driver for May 18's All-Star Race and May 25's Coca-Cola 600.
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“We’re fortunate to have Justin and we appreciate him stepping in to help,” said Cliff Daniels, crew chief for the No. 5 team. “He and Kyle are very similar in size, so there’s a lot in the ****pit that’s common between the two.
“He’s had some time in the simulator driving the track and he did the wheel-force test there a year ago, so he’s got some experience in the Cup car at North Wilkesboro," Daniels added. "We’re looking to put in a solid practice and make sure the car drives good.”
Practice for the All-Star Race is scheduled for Friday at 5:05 p.m., with qualifying for heat races at 7:05 p.m. Since Larson won’t be available for qualifying, he’ll start at the tail-end of the field in Sunday's main event. .
“I think no matter what there’s going to be a general progression of balance from Friday through Sunday,” Daniels said. “The track is going to take more rubber. Friday, the groove is going to be a bit more narrow and Sunday I think it’s going to open up a bit. So, there’s still some changes regardless of Justin or Kyle that we would plan to progress through throughout the weekend.
“At the end of the day, I just want to make sure Justin is comfortable in what he feels and he, of course, trusts the feedback he’s going to give us. If there’s something he can provide to us to make the car faster, we’re going to listen. We’re going to do those little things and then we’re going to kind of stick to a little bit of what we think the track is going to evolve through, throughout the weekend.”
Brentford
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I don’t know what the overlap schedule is, but if he subs for Larson in the ASR, he’d have to run the open, correct? Isn’t it the driver that’s locked into the race and not the car number?
That's certainly how it should be...but that's probably not what NASCAR would do.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
There's no conflict with the ASR itself, just with P&Q.
Brentford
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Good to know. This part of Aunty's post..."Allgaier’s role extends beyond practice and qualifying, too, as he'll also be the standby driver for May 18's All-Star Race and May 25's Coca-Cola 600" had me thinking there was.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I believe Allgaier is the regular on-call driver for HMS, available to replace any of the four drivers at any track as needed.
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Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
WAAAY off topic, but wasn't NASCAR's objection given as the reason Rockingham dropped attempts to schedule a CARS race? Maybe I'm misremembering the details.
No that was the Super Cup Stock Car Series. Much lower profile series.