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NASCAR Numerology: How NASCAR's Current Teams Got Their Numbers: Part Five.
Alright guys, we've gotten to the last part of this little miniseries.
Today we're covering:
Front Row Motorsports, who run the #34 Ford for Michael McDowell and the #38 for Todd Gilliland in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series.
Legacy Motor Club, who run the #42 Toyota for John Hunter Nemechek and the historic #43 for Erik Jones.
and JTG Daugherty Racing, who run the #47 Chevrolet for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Fittingly, we get to end on representation for all three brands.
Front Row Motorsports debuted in 2004, running the #92 Ford on a partial schedule with drivers like Brad Teague, Tony Raines, and Stanton Barrett, but they would fail to qualify for any races. Furthermore, the Mach 1 Motorsports team ran the #98/#96 car that year, splitting time between Ford and Dodge, and running drivers such as Todd and Geoff Bodine, Larry Gunselman, Derrike Cope, Chad Chaffin, and Randy LaJoie.
This team did manage to make some races (keyword: some) and in 2005, Mach 1 would attempt the full schedule with a #34 Chevrolet while another slew of drivers (mainly LaJoie, Chaffin, and PJ Jones) but by the end of 2005, the team was up for sale. Front Row Motorsports would buy this #34 car, as well as Mach 1's shop, and build their team around it.
Often running as a start-and-park team with a revolving door of drivers, Front Row finally got some stability in 2009, with John Andretti driving the #34, and dragging it up to three top twenty finishes, at Daytona, Loudon, and Fontana.
Andretti left after the 2010 Daytona 500, but the top twenty streak remained, with Travis Kvapil scoring an 18th at Talladega and Kevin Conway a 14th at the summer Daytona race.
David Gilliland (Todd's father) ran the full 2011 season and scored a third place at the Daytona 500, building on the results of the last three years to make Front Row Motorsports a proper contender on the superspeedways.
For 2012, Gilliland was moved to the #38 (more on that later) while David Ragan took over the #34. This car would top off FRM's superspeedway streak by winning the 2013 Aaron's 499 at Talladega.
Ragan would leave FRM after the 2015 Daytona 500 to get the opportunity to fill in for the injured Kyle Busch, so that season was a bit of a revolving door for the #34 yet again. Yet, for 2016, they got a technical alliance with Roush Fenway Racing in exchange for running Roush development driver Chris Buescher.
And Chris Buescher would win the 2016 Pennsylvania 400 for them on a Monday after a rainy weekend followed by a foggy weekend led to a segmented and ultimately shortened race. It took a bit of luck, but it got FRM its second win, and the first that wasn't on a superspeedway.
Chris Buescher went to JTG Daugherty of all places for 2017 (more on that later), so FRM hired Landon Cassill, without much success, before signing Michael McDowell for 2018.
McDowell has seen FRM become a legitimate team, winning the 2021 Daytona 500 and the 2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at the IMS Road Course. Furthermore, in 2024, now in alliance with Team Penske, Front Row Motorsports is no longer an ironic name, as McDowell has started first or second multiple times this season, including at Daytona, Atlanta, and even Gateway, the latter two being pole positions.
Michael McDowell, however, will be moving to the Spire Motorsports #71 for 2025.
FRM has built their numbering scheme off of the #34, running other cars such as the #35, #37, and most commonly the #36, but its second full time car has been the #38.
Driven by David Gilliland from 2012-2015 and son Todd Gilliand ever since 2022, the car has also seen drives from Landon Cassill, David Ragan (in a return to FRM), John-Hunter Nemechek, Anthony Alfredo, and Zane Smith. With four top tens and a further ten top twenties, 2024 has thus far been the most successful season to date for the #38.
FRM will run a third full time car in 2025, having bought a charter from SHR, and has signed SHR's Noah Gragson, but it is unknown was number he will run. FRM ran the #36 this season for Kaz Grala, but Bob Jenkins says he's not married to this numbering scheme. Still, even numbers in the mid-30s are as close to consistent numbering as FRM has ever gotten, so I hope they do decide to stick with the #36.
Onto Legacy Motor Club.
First things first, this team is a Frankenstein's Monster mess of forgotten NASCAR teams in hilarious fashion. Petty Enterprises, officially ran from 1949 to 2008, when sponsorship could not be found, leading to the team merging with Gillett-Evernham Motorsports for 2009. Gillett-Evernham Motorsports consisted of Evernham Motorsports, the former Dodge factory team that ran the #9 and the #19, MBV Motorsports (which was essentially the #10 car owned by Valvoline at this point), and money from George Gillett, who was at the time the controversial owner of the Montreal Canadiens and Liverpool FC.
So already, you had the Petty #43, Petty #45, Evernham #9, Evernham #19, and Valvoline #10 merging into one team, but for 2010, they also bought Yates Racing to take over Paul Menard and his #98 Ford. This allowed the entire team to switch from Dodge to Ford.
So come 2010, the team is running the #9, #19, #43, and #98 with relics from three different numbering schemes remaining in the team. It's freaking awesome.
The #19 and #98 went away after 2010, leaving the team with the #9 and the #43.
The #9 was initially their most successful car, with Kasey Kahne winning Sonoma 2009 and Fall Atlanta 2009 with the team, before Australian Marcos Ambrose won Watkins Glen for the team in 2011 and 2012.
The #43 would, to its credit, with the 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona with Aric Almirola, and it would become the team's only car after 2016.
After the 2021 season, GMS Racing, a truck team, bought into Petty, becoming Petty GMS. Ahead of the 2023 season, the team became Legacy Motor Club, with Jimmie Johnson buying in, Richard Petty chasing out, and Maury Gallagher of GMS becoming majority owner. Petty remained involved a spokesman for the team, however.
So, finally, onto their numbers. They run the #43 and have since practically the beginning of time, because that was Richard Petty's number? Why, well, that actually takes us to their second car, the #42, which was Lee Petty's number.
Why did Lee Petty pick the #42? Legend has it was the first two numbers in his license plate.
So, Lee Petty ran the #42, his son Richard ran the #43, Richard's son Kyle would eventually run the #44, and Kyle's son Adam would run the #45. Each generation building on the last. When Adam died, Kyle took over the #45 in his memory.
Thad Moffitt in the Truck series is a grandson of Richard Petty through Petty's youngest daughter Rebecca, and he continues this trend by running the #46.
In any case, when Petty GMS bought a second car in 2022, they chose to run the #42 - recently vacated by Chip Ganassi - reuniting the original two Petty numbers.
This arrangement continued as Petty became Legacy and eventually switched to Toyota for 2024. Currently the #43 is driven by Erik Jones, who won Darlington in it in 2022, and the #42 by John Hunter Nemechek.
Also, fun fact, Kyle Petty drove the #42 at Team SABCO (which would eventually become Chip Ganassi Racing) from 1989 to 1996, so it was a Petty number even when it wasn't.
And now JTG Daugherty Racing. It started in 2007, running a second car (#47) in alliance with the Wood Brothers. I cannot find any specific reason for the #47, only that Tad Geschickter ran a #47 Busch car ever since 1996, so maybe it was an availability thing. In any case, they ran the #47 and made their Cup debut in 2007, with Ken Schrader and Jon Wood each trying and failing to qualify for a race.
The #47 managed a few starts in 2008 with Marcos Ambrose, finishing third at the Glen, which prompted JTG to split with the Wood Brothers to try and go full time for the 2009 season with Ambrose in a #47 Toyota. This lasted two years before Mabrose moved to the aforementioned Richard Petty Motorsports, with JTG instead drafting in Bobby Labonte.
They would sign AJ Allmendinger in 2013 as Labonte began scaling back his races, and with AJ full time in 2014, they'd win at Watkins Glen. Allmendinger would last until 2018, when Ryan Preece was hired for that car, but then Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was chosen for 2020. Ricky would win the 2023 Daytona 500 with the team.
JTG Daugherty also briefly has a second car, the #37 - ten less than #47, also apparently Tad used this number in college sports - the #37 ran with Chris Buescher for 2017, 2018, and 2019, before running with Ryan Preece for 2020 and 2021.
This brings up another interesting aspect of JTG Daugherty Racing - despite the fact that they're a Chevy team, they kinda have this unique relationship with RFK Racing. First of all, Chris Buescher was a Roush development driver. Second of all, that #37 car for Buescher was run on the charter for Roush's #16.
Third, was that when Roush took Chris Buescher back for the 2020 season, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. then went the other way, going from the Roush #17 to the JTG Daugherty #47.
Oh, and as recently as 2023, JTG Daugherty's pit crew was on loan from Roush. Yeah, odd.
So yeah, that is all 36 chartered teams for the 2024 NASCAR Cup series and the story of a couple other numbers that are relevant to the story. I hope you guys enjoyed all that, but I think I'm gonna write about some other motorsports for a little while. The blog has been a bit NASCAR heavy lately and this week added a whole five extra blogposts to it.
I do enjoy blabbing on about NASCAR, but I also enjoy blabbing on about MotoGP and Indycar. Formula One is also a sport that exists.
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Sebastian Vettel in the Porsche 963
Sebastian Vettel has prepared meticulously for his stint with the hybrid prototype. On 14 March, the 53-time Formula 1 race winner paid a visit to the FIA WEC team at the Porsche Penske Motorsport facility in Mannheim. One day later, the Heppenheim native completed an extensive simulator session at the Porsche Motorsport Centre in Flacht and familiarised himself with the special features and complex controls of the Le Mans race car.
This was followed on 21 March by the first familiarisation kilometres with the Porsche 963 on the in-house test track at the Weissach Development Centre. In dry weather with tarmac temperatures between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius and 10 to 13 degrees cool air, the F1 champion completed almost two Grand Prix distances in Aragón without any problems.
"Of course, I also keep an eye on other motorsport disciplines and know many drivers who are active in the WEC and Le Mans. At some point, my curiosity was so great that I had the idea of trying it out myself. Porsche gave me the opportunity to test a current hypercar with the 963," says Sebastian Vettel.
"After the seat adjustment, the simulator session and the roll-out in Weissach, I already had a good feeling. Driving the Porsche 963 on the track here in Aragon - that was definitely fun. I first had to get used to everything and find my rhythm. The driving experience is different simply because of the roof over your head, as well as dealing with the higher weight and the tyres. The Porsche works drivers were very helpful and explained to me what was special and what I needed to get used to. That made it easy for me."
The Porsche Penske Motorsport works team has won both the season opener of the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and this year's first race of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Qatar with the approximately 500 kW (680 hp) Porsche 963. At the WEC highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, record holder Porsche is aiming for its 20th overall victory. There, as at the other rounds of the WEC, the entire starting field has relied on a biofuel since March 2022.
"Aragon is one of the few places in Europe where we can run around the clock and gives us an opportunity to run 36 hours straight in preparation for Le Mans. The quite long back straight that gives us the top speed of more than 300 km/h we see on the Circuit des 24 Heures," explains Jonathan Diuguid, Managing Director Porsche Penske Motorsport.
"Having Sebastian Vettel here is a unique opportunity for the team. He is a four time Formula 1 World Champion. He has massive experience with hybrid systems and high performance racing cars. Having his fresh unique perspective on where the car is and gives feedback on our systems and performances is a unique opportunity. We are happy to have him here. He came out of the car with a smile which is all good."
In addition to Vettel, a total of seven Porsche works drivers will take part in the endurance test. Matt Campbell (Australia), Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Frédéric Makowiecki (France) will share the Porsche 963 with starting number 5 in the WEC, while Kévin Estre (France), André Lotterer (Germany) and Laurens Vanthoor will drive the sister car with the number 6. They will be joined in Aragon by reigning DTM champion Thomas Preining from Austria.
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Indycar Driver Lore
Indycar Driver Lore Masterlist
Josef Nicolai Newgarden
His name was originally Joseph Edgar Newgarden but it was changed when he was 6
Birthdate: Dec. 22, 1990
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Residence: Nashville, Tennessee
Height/Weight: 6’0/177lbs
Rookie Year: 2012
Team: Penske
Follow him on: Instagram Twitter YouTube
Career Stats
2012: Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing - 23rd Overall
2013: Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing - 14th Overall
2014: Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing - 13th Overall
2015: CFH Racing - 7th Overall
2016: Ed Carpenter Racing - 4th Overall
2017: Team Penske - 1st Overall
2018: Team Penske - 5th Overall
2019: Team Penske - 1st Overall
2020: Team Penske - 2nd Overall
2021: Team Penske - 2nd Overall
2022: Team Penske - 2nd Overall
2023: Team Penske - 5th Overall
Cohosted (as of 2024 on indefinite hiatus) fan-favorite behind-the-scenes video series Bus Bros with teammate Scott McLaughlin. Bus Bros Playlist
Behind-the-scenes race weekend videos. Admit1 playlist
SRX - 2022 Nashville, 2023 Motor Mile
IMSA
2023 - Tower Motorsports - Daytona 24 | Porsche Penske Motorsport – Petite Le Mans
2024 - Porsche Penske Motorsport – Daytona 24 win
-a versatile athlete, who appeared on a 2016 episode of “American Ninja Warrior” with other NTT Indycar Series drivers and has participated in the NFL Combine and the Indiana Pacers Slam Dunk contest. He played baseball and basketball before turning to racing.
-Listens to R&B and dance/EDM and is a fan of Twenty One Pilots, The Weekend, Skrillex, and Diplo
-Avid gamer; is a brand ambassador for Forza Motorsport and is featured in voiceovers for multiple versions of the game, including Forza Motorsport 7
-Is an outstanding ping pong player and hosts an annual celebrity ping pong tournament around the Music City Grand Prix. It serves as a fundraiser for SeriousFun Children’s Network
-Enjoys rock climbing and most outdoor activities; an avid Forza player
-cannot resist chocolate chip cookies or brownies
-doesn't like heights
Iconic/memorable moments
The rainbow cake deep throat at 15:00
"I may just put this in my crotch." 11:55 (keep watching for shirtless, sweaty Josef)
Pullups with chains around his neck 0:15 (plus other drivers working out and highlights)
The infamous Milk Gimp Indy 500 ad (viewer discretion advised)
Drivers of the Corn - starring: Simon Pagenaud & Josef Newgarden
BUS BROS Episode 12: We Got You
My Favorite Summer Salad! (Because the world needs Josef Newgarden squeezing the life out food to make a salad.) starting at 0:50
Josef and Sage Karam at the 2015(?) NFL Combine
2022 INSIDE THE RACE // JOSEF NEWGARDEN
Josef Newgarden shares BBQ Turkey Burger recipe
LET THERE BE MILK.
IndyCar off-season training hits different.
Indy 500 Champ Josef Newgarden Shows Us His Workout | Train Like | Men's Health
Josef Newgarden and James Hinchcliffe Visit Space Camp
2023 Indy 500: Josef Newgarden Victory Celebration Speech
Josef Newgarden relives 'the worst wreck I've ever had' at Texas | 'I Survived' | Motorsports on NBC
Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin are teammates, friends, competitors | Motorsports on NBC
PLAYING THE NEWLYWED GAME WITH THE BUS BROS: SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN & JOSEF NEWGARDEN!!!!
Josef Newgarden: Defending a Championship
Google Search - Josef Newgarden
IndyCar Chronicles with Josef Newgarden
INDYCAR 101: Driver Fitness with Josef Newgarden
Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud | No. 1
Josef Newgarden III (Incognito 3)
INDYCAR FANswers: Josef Newgarden
INDYCAR Travels: Josef Newgarden in Milwaukee
Josef Newgarden Undercover
The INDYCAR Off-Season with Marco Andretti, James Hinchcliffe, Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly
IndyCar: Robin Miller with Josef Newgarden at Road America
Driver Josef Newgarden Red Carpet Interview from the INDYCAR Championship Celebration
Josef Newgarden | Christmas Movie Quotes
Reddit Asks Josef Newgarden Anything! 2022 Edition
Reddit Asks Me Anything! Part 1
Reddit Asks Me Anything! Part 2
Josef Newgarden goes INTO THE CROWD to celebrate his Indy 500 victory!
James Hinchcliffe talks donuts, mac & cheese and chocolate with Josef Newgarden , Romain Grosjean Will Power and more.
Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin | Hot Seats with Hinch
2024 Cheating scandal
Team Penske hit with penalties over Push to Pass use; O’Ward declared St. Petersburg winner
How Team Penske took push-to-pass beyond the limit
Penske Perfect and Details Matter are two phrases often used in conjunction with the Penske organization. And when they can be used to dunk on Ferrucci, all the better.
Josef is a perfectionist. This is a combo of his highly competitive nature - which has been said about him from a young age - and the Penske Perfect motto which he has taken to heart. He is highly critical of himself - getting very down on himself if he makes a mistake and taking the blame for things not wholly under his control. But he tried to maintain a genial if slightly arrogant image in public. He slips sometimes - there have been a few angry Twitter interactions that he later apologized for and on occasion after a race, his temper will get the better of him and he'll say things he probably shouldn't.
He can be goofy as hell as seen on Bus Bros. Scott McLaughlin has brought this out of him since becoming teammates. Josef has said that Scott makes him feel more comfortable being his real self.
I would be remiss if I did not point out Josef's thighs. He is a specimen in general but those thighs should get special attention.
Fanfic Lore
Frequently paired with teammate Scott McLaughlin. As of 2024 there has been a cooling of their friendship as Josef pulls back to focus on racing/the championship.
Historically paired with Conor Daly. They raced together in karts and lower-series cars.
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ooo give me a nascar guy
you get Austin Cindric!!! paging @femsabian local Cindric lover to add anything she wants to add in the replies
2022 rookie of the year AND 2022 Daytona 500 champion!!!! he won THEE 500 IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR!!!
he's a cool guy imo...very messy early on in his career and would dump the leaders to try and win but he's really chilled out and is a respectable and talented member of the garage. plus he's on Team Penske and they're like one of the funnest teams :3
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NASCAR 2022
So ends a season. Every year, it becomes more clear how the Daytona 500 can be the biggest, most culturally important race of the year--as opposed to the final race, where champions are crowned. It doesn’t seem like it should make sense, but Daytona is where everything is fresh and new and full of promise--nothing matters and everything is pure fun and pure racing. Well, pure racing and rain delays. (Except for the 2020 Daytona 500, which was traumatizing and not at all fun.)
NASCAR is hard because on one hand, everything is stupid and sports and hyperreal and straight nonsense and sometimes incredible power, drive, teamwork, magic. You pick dumb reasons to have beef with this team or that and you watch grown men have even dumber beef with each other and the booth and other media construct the dumbest beefs of all. And then you just go at it.
But these are real people, with lives and careers on the line, and at a certain point everything starts getting sad and stressful because playoffs implications, because silly season, because people’s livelihoods, because injuries, because I want everyone to be happy. So every year by the end I’ve been wishing it was over for weeks, even as I wish it were beginning again, back to Daytona, where everything is fun and nothing yet matters.
And then there are the tragedies. There are so many people who make NASCAR, and so many people you come to know through the superorganism that is NASCAR. The losses are sharp.
I am heartbroken for the Gibbs family and I cannot imagine being asked to hold that kind of grief right now.
Goodnight, 2022.
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𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖓𝖊 . initial .
full name: alabama kara levington .
nicknames, aliases:
karawek rattanakosin . ( name at birth : before adoption )
bama .
big al .
duchess of the tracks . ( by fans / nascar )
the alabama slamma . ( by fans / nascar , early in her career )
age: twenty - six .
date of birth: june nineteenth .
place of birth: pattaya city , thailand .
hometown: los angeles , california .
nationality: american .
languages spoken: english , some thai ( started learning recently ) .
zodiac sign: gemini .
hogwarts house: slytherin .
myers - briggs: esfp - t .
occupation: supermodel and race car driver .
notable career details:
race car driving : first elite tier race was the 2016 indy 500 where she placed 20th .
became the first women to win the daytona 500 in 2020 .
became the first women to earn more than five pole positions in 2021 , currently has seven .
has been voted the most popular driver in a single race eleven times .
currently holds the most wins by a women with thirty - six wins to date .
currently drives #13 ford mustang gt for nascar cup series and #20 chevrolet silverado for nascar craftsman truck series .
most recent race was the xfinity 500 in october of 2022 , where she placed 5th .
modeling : did her first vogue cover at the age of eighteen , has been on the cover of sports illustrated three times since 2014 , became a victoria secrets angel in 2016 , has walked for ralph lauren , givency , chanel , balenciaga , tom ford , prada , and more , currently the face of chanel n. 5 .
height: five foot seven .
weight: 120 lbs .
tattoos, piercings: same as faceclaim .
adoptive father: tba levington ( tba ) , tba . relationship : she is her father’s daughter , that doesn’t mean she agrees with everything he’s done but she will always back him and the same can be said for how he feels about her . she considers him her best friend even if they don’t talk everyday .
adoptive mother: tba levington - tba ( tba ) , tba . relationship : they’ve always gotten along very well , they’ve always been more like friends than mother and daughter though and sometimes alabama feels a little bit of resentment for that .
biological parents: fah tanchanok ( mother , unknown ) , mick rattanakosin ( father , deceased ) . relationship : she doesn’t know the woman who gave birth to her and neither one has ever reached out to each other ; she did meet mick toward the end of his life and got to know him and spent his last days with him but that was all .
siblings: aracely levington ( 21 ) relationship : tba .
pets: jill ( rottweiler , seven years old ) , cersi ( rottweiler , six years old )
gender: cis female .
pronouns: she / her .
orientation: heterosexual .
status: single .
past relationships:
tobias forester ( d. 2014 - 2018 )
ford anderson ( d. tbd )
𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖜𝖔 . background .
inspo : maddy perez ( euphoria ) , naomi clark ( 90210 ) , danica patrick ( race car driver ) .
alabama , born karawek at birth , was born to a thai politician and his mistress . naturally , the last thing he wanted was for it to get out that he’d been unfaithful to his wife and so when his mistress turned up pregnant he sent her off on her way with a bundle of cash ( expecting she’d end the pregnancy ) and the issue would be settled . she did no such thing though , wanting to capitalize on having the child of a prominent figure . her plans quickly fell by the wayside though when she realized she simply was not cut out for motherhood , no amount of money could make her even slightly decent at it . despite that she wanted the best for her daughter , even if she couldn’t give her that . at just under six months , she put her daughter up for closed adoption . the levington’s , a prominent hollywood couple who were sure they’d never be able to have children of their own at the time , wanted to start a family . the second they came across the little girl , they fell absolutely in love and the adoption process started from there . changing her name to the name at the top of mrs. levington’s dream board , they made a point to include a part of her given name at birth as her middle name though , a thanks to her biological parents for giving them their baby girl in a way .
the eldest of what would become known as the levington clan , life for alabama was picture perfect . a close ( enough ) bond with all of her siblings and two loving parents . not to mention the money and fame that came with her last name , there wasn’t much for the young girl to really ask for but that didn’t stop her from doing so . known to never really be satisfied , she’s always thought there was something bigger and better around the corner and can’t seem to stomach the idea of anyone getting such a thing over her . call it entitlement , if you’d like .
growing up in los angeles didn’t do her any favors , submerged in a world were who you are and what you look like was all that really mattered . her mother was the first to jump on any chance to make her precious little girl the absolute best . taught at a young age to always step out of the house like you were walking the catwalk . you’d catch alabama dead before you ever caught her out and about in sweatpants ( to be honest , i don’t even think she owns a pair of sweatpants ) . the world really got a glimpse into how image obsessed the young girl was when she got a nose job for her sixteenth birthday . truthfully it was like some sort of right of passage among her highschool friends back then . a group of private school girls who were more cliquey than anyone could really stomach .
for as long as anyone could remember she was the most pristine of her siblings , the one who always put her best foot forward . that all changed at seventeen though after a more public break up took place , she was left distraught . the only way she knew to numb her feelings was to fall into the party scene . she drank more than her body could handle , sobered up with lines , and didn’t get home until the sun was coming up . it was a rather dark point in her life . the only silver lining being she could stop when she wanted to ( no , seriously ) , she just didn’t want to at that time . her parents only taking it seriously when she was arrested at school for possession of drugs ( truth is , the drugs weren’t even hers she was just taking the fall for a friend but that’s something that’s never gone public ) . once they bailed her out , they almost immediately shipped her off to some rehab facility in malibu . the doctors there quickly realizing they weren’t dealing with an addict by any means just a teenage girl who was upset and lashing out . it’s unfortunately a trait no one has been able to help her unlearn , to this day she’s known to be rather difficult , especially when she feels she has been done wrong . she will lash out - violently , verbally , you never really know if venomous words or a shockingly chin rocking hit are going to come from her .
after her stint in rehab , she switched highschools ( due to being expelled ) and being her quickly found herself a new group of friends at the top of the food chain , she’s a natural social climber and doesn’t really need to put too much effort into doing so . soon enough she graduated and let’s be real her grades were good enough to get her a diploma but that’s about it . college had never been in her plans and thankfully she already had a career lined up for herself in race car driving which she’d picked up around the age of thirteen when she started kart racing . it started off as her chasing an adrenaline rush but quickly turned into so much more , after her first major competition as a teenager people around her began making claims she could break records for women in the world of racing . she has gone on to proving them all right with her career breaking barriers and winning races no woman before her ever has . alabama is the first to say the way she carries herself on the tracks is much like the way she carries herself throughout life . a women in a male dominated environment who refuses to take on the spot as anything less than just as dominating as her male counterparts , unafraid of whether that makes her too much in anyone’s eyes or not .
sometime in 2017 , she was reached out to by a man who claimed to be her biological father . a shock to her system , not because she didn’t know she was adopted ( that much was clear to her ; and her parents had been rather upfront about it ) but because she knew it was a closed adoption . convinced her whole life they wanted nothing to do with her and by that point in her life she’d come to terms with that . he had disclosed that he only had so much longer on the earth ( he was very sick ) and wanted to meet the daughter that he never got to know . initially she ignored him entirely . it was her turn to shun him from her life -- she couldn’t miss someone she never knew and she refused to be disloyal to her parents , the two people in the world who chose her and loved her . after a few months though her dad explained to her that he thought it’d be best for her to meet her biological father . she sat on the idea for a couple weeks before deciding to reach out . a few days later she was on a flight to thailand . what was only supposed to be a weekend trip turned out to be a month and a half long . she connected with him and a piece of her wanted to be there for him in his last days . soon after his funeral she returned back to the states . going back to life as she knew it pretty much without a bat of her eyes . given a sort of closure she never realized she needed in her time in thailand ( even though her biological mother has never reached out , although before he passed he did give alabama the woman’s name ) .
the tabloids often have alot to say about her and her antics but one that can never be said about this nepotism baby is that she doesn’t hold loyalty and honesty in the highest regard . a true rarity in the world she lives in but alabama will fall on a sword for those closest to her ( i.e her arrest back in highschool ) , she may have a cool hard shell covering her at all times but she cares immensely about her family and those she deems her friends . she’s the girl who is still close with most of her childhood friends just simply because you never turn your back on someone ( unless they give you reason to ) .
known for having a terrible track record when it comes to the men in her life , leaving her to be deemed a scorn women by many tabloids at just the age of twenty - six . her bad luck started at seventeen and has recently been topped off with her rather distasteful split with ford , in which the whole world watched him cheat on her . to say she is the leading champion of the men suck club would be an understatement . she doesn’t trust men to save a life and frankly she feels she’s entitled to those feelings .
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Breaching budget cap an act of cheating Brown | RaceFans Round-up
In the round-up: McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has told the FIA that teams breaching the budget cap “constitutes cheating” as the sport’s governing body considers its response to Red Bull and Aston Martin’s infringements.
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Breaching budget cap an act of “cheating” – Brown
F1 teams breaching the budget cap “constitutes cheating”, Brown told the FIA in a letter to the governing body on the day the breaches were confirmed last week.
The letter, reported by the BBC, argued any team that was found to have exceeded the financial restrictions should face a reduced cost cap for the following season and reductions in aerodynamic testing.
However Brown pushed for more than just financial sanctions. “We don’t feel a financial penalty alone would be a suitable penalty for an overspend breach or a serious procedural breach,” he said. “There clearly needs to be a sporting penalty in these instances, as determined by the FIA.
“We suggest that the overspend should be penalised by way of a reduction to the team’s cost cap in the year following the ruling, and the penalty should be equal to the overspend plus a further fine – i.e. an overspend of $2m in 2021, which is identified in 2022, would result in a $4m deduction in 2023 ($2m to offset the overspend plus $2m fine).
“In addition, we believe there should be minor overspend sporting penalties of a 20% reduction in CFD and wind tunnel time. These should be enforced in the following year, to mitigate against the unfair advantage the team has and will continue to benefit from.”
Final COTA corner named in honour of Mario Andretti
Andretti was first to drive the COTA track
The Circuit of the Americas has announced that its final corner will be officially renamed as “The Andretti” in honour of 1978 F1 world champion Mario Andretti.
The left-hander turn 20 completes the circuit, leading onto the pit straight at the end of the lap. As well as his F1 title and 12 grand prix victories, Andretti won the 1969 Indianapolis 500 and four IndyCar championships, as well as winning the 1967 Daytona 500 and taking second place in the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours.
Andretti was the first driver to ever run a lap of the completed COTA circuit in 2012. A dedication ceremony will be held at the corner on Thursday ahead of Friday’s opening day of practice for the United States Grand Prix.
Browning crowned GB3 champion
Hitech driver Luke Browning was crowned GB3 champion after securing second place in the penultimate race of the season at Donington Park.
Browning finished behind Tom Lebbon in a damp race at Donington Park to seal the title with one race to spare. He finished the season 46.5 points ahead of Joel Granfors, with Lebbon almost 100 points further back in third.
It is Browning’s second junior single-seater title after he won the 2020 British F4 championship. As champion, he has won the opportunity to complete a two day test in an FIA Formula 3 car later this year.
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Austin Cindrics crew chief on what he learned before Gateway win
Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 at Gateway was a prime example of why NASCAR Cup Series crew chiefs get paid the big bucks.
As Ryan Blaney ran out of gas on the final lap, his Team Penske teammate, 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric, got around Blaney and took the checkered flag for himself, breaking an 85-race winless streak and putting himself and the No. 2 team back in the playoffs after missing them in 2023.
The difference between Blaney and Cindric’s respective final pit stops? One lap.
Brian Wilson, the man behind Cindric’s winning effort, took to the podium after Sunday’s race to discuss the team’s day.
“It was a great day for Ford to have two of our cars up front,” Wilson said, giving a nod to Cindric’s teammates in Blaney and 2022 Gateway winner Joey Logano. “For the No. 2 car specifically, it was going to be a good day. But on the final lap, it turned into a great day for us. We’ve made a lot of progress this year. I feel like we’re building towards this, to be able to compete for wins.”
With Ford being so fast on Saturday, and a Penske car in Joey Logano winning at the track in 2022, Wilson says that having teammates to lean on was a big advantage.
“That’s when a notebook works at its best,” Wilson said. “Austin was very happy with his car last year. We knew what we needed to work on. We’ve got notes from the No. 12 car, who ran well last year, and from the No. 22. The way that it works the best is when you can take pieces of that and look at what’s different. Without a doubt, we took a lot of that information. That’s when a notebook works really well, is when you can combine all of that and give your driver what he needs.”
Cindric and Wilson will look for back-to-back victories when the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Sonoma on June 9.
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NASCAR Numerology: How NASCAR's Current Teams Got Their Numbers: Part Four.
Welcome everybody to the mission creep blog! We've done Trackhouse, Penske, Wood Brothers, RCR, SHR, Hendrick, RFK, and Spire, which means we've cleared the first ten numbers!
Today we're going to talk about:
Joe Gibbs Racing, who runs the #11, the #19, the #20, and the #54 this year.
Kaulig Racing, who runs the #13, the #16, and the #31.
Rick Ware Racing, who run the #15 and the #51,
and 23XI Racing, who run the #23, the #45, and sometimes the #50.
So, starting with Joe Gibbs Racing...and their story starts with none of their current numbers! Rather, it starts with the #18 in 1992.
Why the #18? Once again, it was a story of lowest available number, as 1-12 were taken, the #13 was being used by a part time time along with various superstitions around it, and #14, #15, #16, and #17 were taken as well. Thus, JGR debuted in 1992 with Dale Jarrett in the Interstate Batteries Chevrolet. This partnership won the Daytona 500 in 1993 and won at the fall Charlotte race in 1994, but for 1995, Dale Jarrett would leave. He moved to Yates Racing to take over the #28, subbing for the injured Ernie Irvan, and when Irvan returned to the #28 in 1996, Jarrett moved to a second Yates car, the #88.
Thus, JGR had to make their own story with Bobby Labonte, who impressed immediately by winning the 1995 Coke 600 and sweeping Charlotte.
1997 would bring only one win, at Atlanta, so for 1997, JGR switched to Pontiac. This era of JGR, with Bobby Labonte running the Interstate Batteries #18 Pontiac, is when the team really broke into the top of NASCAR.
Bobby would finish second to Dale Jarrett in 1999, but in 2000, Bobby Labonte would win the championship for JGR.
This was also the time that JGR became a two car team for the first time, but more on that in a moment.
For now, Labonte continued in JGR through the end of the 2005 season, with his last three years in a Chevrolet as GM began phasing out the Pontiac brand in NASCAR. Upon his retirement, he was replaced by JGR development driver JJ Yeley, but Yeley would only last two winless seasons.
He would be shuffled off to Hall of Fame Racing for 2008.
This is when JGR experienced its biggest change in history when, feeling like they were second or even third fiddle at Chevrolet, they switched to Toyota for the 2008 season. Toyota looked downright bad in 2007, but with a year of experience and JGR making the switch, there was hope.
Another reason to hope was that Kyle Busch, the hotheaded but fast kid from Hendrick Motorsports, made the switch, with JGR signing M&Ms as a sponsor over from Yates.
Thus, one of the most recognizable partnerships in modern NASCAR began, with Kyle Busch, Toyota, and M&Ms - they won the 2015 and 2019 championships together, took countless wins, and along with Kevin Harvick of SHR and Martin Truex Jr., Kyle formed part of the "Big Three" drivers that dominated the late Gen 6 era of NASCAR, particularly 2017-2019.
However, during the 2022 season, Mars Inc., parent company of M&Ms, announced that they were ending their NASCAR sponsorship. Kyle Busch was forced to move to the #8 car at RCR, while Joe Gibbs announced that his grandson, Ty Gibbs, would move up to the NASCAR Cup Series.
Rather than the #18, he would continue in his Xfinity number, driving the #54.
Ironically enough, the #54 originates with Kyle Busch, as Kyle Busch Motorsports has long run the #51 (a tribute to Days of Thunder antagonist Rowdy Burns, who Kyle has nicknamed himself after) and the #4 in trucks. When KBM moved up to the second-tier Nationwide series in 2012 neither number was available, so they ran the #54 instead.
Kyle and Kurt Busch split the season, with Kurt taking its only win at Richmond.
For 2013, KBM's Nationwide team was sold to Joe Gibbs Racing, where, in 2022, Ty Gibbs ran the #54 to the Xfinity series championship (for those who don't know, Busch, Nationwide, and Xfinity are all the second-tier NASCAR series, it just doesn't have a proper name so it has always been known by its title sponsor, which has changed a few times).
So, the #18 became the #54.
Meanwhile, Joe Gibbs' second number was the #20, introduced in 1999. Why the #20? Because the #19 was taken by a part-time team at the time, so the #20 was the next available number after #18. This number was initially ran by Tony Stewart with immediate success, winning the championship in 2002 with Pontiac and 2005 with Chevrolet. The Home Depot #20 was one of the iconic cars of NASCAR's boom era, and Tony Stewart was its superstar driver. In 2008, however, JGR switched to Toyota, while Tony was an all-American GM guy to his core.
The awkward partnership only lasted for one year before Tony left JGR to start his own team with Gene Haas, forming SHR.
Joey Logano replaced Tony in the #20, showing flashes of brilliance, but with only two wins in four seasons, Logano was replaced with Matt Kenseth for 2013. Logano would move to Penske, with much more success there than he had at JGR.
Matt Kenseth, meanwhile, saw the #20 switch from Home Depot sponsorship to running a Dollar General primary. Nevertheless, Kenseth showed immediate success, taking seven wins and falling just nineteen points off championship leader Jimmie Johnson.
Two years later in 2015, Kenseth was on for another championship contending season before being spun out from the lead at Kansas by none other than Joey Logano. Getting caught up in a wreck at the next race at Talladega saw Matt Kenseth get eliminated in the round of 12, while Logano won his third race in a row at Talladega to sweep the round of 12.
In retribution, at Martinsville two weeks later - the first race of the round of eight - Matt Kenseth wrecked Joey Logano as the crowd cheered. Kenseth was suspended for two races, but getting wrecked at Martinsville, a tyre problem at Texas, and failing to win Phoenix meant that Joey Logano didn't advance either.
A historic feud between drivers of the #20.
Kenseth would leave JGR after 2017, handing the #20 over to Erik Jones for three seasons, before it ended up in the hands of current driver Christopher Bell in 2021.
Bell has made the championship four in both 2022 and 2023, but finished fourth in the standings both years.
JGR's third car was the #11, co-owned by JD Gibbs and running the #11, which was the number JD used in college football at William & Mary. The #11 debuted in 2004, running various drivers such as JJ Yeley, Jason Leffler, Ricky Craven, and even Terry Labonte before settling on Denny Hamlin at the end of 2005. Hamlin went full time for 2006.
The team, with primary sponsorship from FedEx, has run ever since.
Denny Hamlin and the #11 team have won three Daytona 500s, fifty-four races, and have basically done everything in NASCAR besides winning a championship. Truly the Chicago Cubs of the stock car racing world.
Last on the list for JGR is the #19, which Joe Gibbs was finally able to secure in 2015. They had already poached Matt Kenseth from Roush for the #20, so Gibbs decided to do it again and nabbed Carl Edwards for the #19, a partnership that lasted two years before Carl abruptly retired at the end of the 2016 season for reasons NASCAR fans still speculate about to this day.
In the words of Carl Edwards himself...he had taken too many knocks to the head over the years and with him then starting a young family with a neurosurgeon wife, he decided to retire.
Daniel Suárez replaced Edwards for 2017 and 2018, before the other leading Toyota team in the form of Furniture Row Racing collapsed, giving JGR the chance to pick up 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr. for the 2019 season. Truex brought sponsors Bass Pro Shops and Auto Owners Insurance over with him.
2024, however, will be Truex's last season. Chase Briscoe will take over the #19 for 2025.
One team down.
Kaulig Racing has two full time cars, the #16 and the #31, as well as a part-time #13. The #31 is driven by Daniel Hemric, the #16 by AJ Allmendinger, Shane van Gisbergen, Josh Williams, Derek Kraus, and Ty Dillon, and the #13 has been used by Allmendinger in races where both he and SVG were running, such as COTA and Chicago.
Kaulig took #16 since it was available in 2021 (their usual Xfinity numbers, #10 and #11, were both taken), the #31 was chosen for their chartered entry for 2022 since RCR had vacated it after 2019, and the #13 because one: it was vacated, and two: it's the inverse of the #13. Yeah, not much story there, Kaulig is a new team and their numbers don't have much historic meaning behind them.
I mean, Roush ran the #16 for a long time, most successfully with Greg Biffle, but there's no link between that and Kaulig.
Kaulig does have two wins - Indianapolis Road Course 2021 and Charlotte Roval 2023 - with AJ Allmendinger, which is the most success the #16 has had since Biffle, for whatever that's worth.
Now onto Rick Ware Racing.
Rick Ware Racing has built up their history as a start-and-park team running the #51, and initially their numbering scheme was built on that, running numbers such as #52, #53, and the #54 as well. This is also the number that Rick Ware uses on its co-entries in other series, such as its alliance with Dale Coyne Racing in Indycar - where the #51 is currently run by a slew of drivers, of which Katherine Legge is expected to finish out the season - and IMSA LMP3 racing, where Rick Ware runs his son Cody.
Cody Ware was arrested in 2023 for assaulting and strangling his then girlfriend, so that's the first and only time I will mention him on this blog.
Anyway, more recently Rick Ware Racing has started professionalizing its NASCAR efforts, with Justin Haley showing promise in the #51 car that he runs in alliance with RFK Racing. Their other car, the #15, is still somewhat of a revolving door of drivers, but it does appear to be improving.
So, that's the #11, the #13, the #15, and the #16. Roush has the #17, the #18 is currently vacant, JGR has the #19 and the #20, Wood Brothers has the #21, Penske the #22...that means 23XI is next.
23Xi Racing, a joint venture by Michael Jordan (the 23 part) and Denny Hamlin (the 11 part, or XI in Roman numerals) is another new NASCAR team, having entered NASCAR in 2021 in alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing.
The history of their numbers is quite simple, the #23 is Jordan's jersey number, and the #45 is the number he wore when he returned to the Chicago Bulls in 1995 after a brief sabbatical during which time he played for the White Sox's minor league affiliates.
Bubba Wallace has run the #23 since it was established in 2021, while Kurt Busch was the initial driver of the #45 before a career-ending crash at Pocono. Ty Gibbs was drafted in to replace Kurt, before 23Xi briefly switched Bubba into the #45 to compete for the owner points playoffs. Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek also had starts in 23XI cars in 2022.
For 2023 though, Tyler Reddick has been brought in to drive the #45, winning twice in 2023, and another two times so far in 2024.
Bubba, meanwhile, won Talladega 2021 in his #23, and Kansas 2022 while filling in in the #45.
23XI's third car was initially the #67 - get it, like 2,3,4,5,6,7? - but this year, in a promotion with sponsor Mobil 1, it has run as the #50 to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
Travis Pastrana, Kamui Kobayashi, and Corey Heim have all started in the #67/#50, while Juan Pablo Montoya is scheduled to run the #50 at the 2024 NASCAR Cup race at Watkins Glen.
So yeah, we started with a college football number in the #11, and we finish on a team named after basketball numbers with 23XI.
I believe tomorrow will be the end of this series, as Front Row Motorsports with the #34 and #38, Legacy Motor Club with the #42 and the #43, and JTG Daugherty with the #47 are the only remaining full-time teams.
Higher numbers are a bit sparse in NASCAR these days, huh?
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Indycar Driver Lore
Indycar Driver Lore Masterlist
Alexander Michael Rossi
Birthdate: Sept. 25, 1991
Hometown: Nevada City, California
Residence: Indianapolis
Height/Weight: 6’1”/154lbs
Rookie Year: 2016
Team: Arrow McLaren
Follow him on: Instagram Twitter
Career Stats
2016: Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian - 11th Overall
2017: Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian - 7th Overall
2018: Andretti Autosport - 2nd Overall
2019: Andretti Autosport - 3rd Overall
2020: Andretti Autosport - 9th Overall
2021: Andretti Autosport - 10th Overall
2022: Andretti Autosport - 9th Overall
2023: Arrow McLaren - 9th Overall
Podcast: Off Track with Hinch and Rossi
Ask Off Track Twitter
Off Track with Hinch and Rossi on YouTube
IMSA
2014 DeltaWing Racing Cars – Daytona 24
2019 Acura Team Penske – Daytona 24, Sebring
2020 Acura Team Penske – Daytona 24, Petite Le Mans, Sebring
2021 Konica Minolta Acura – won Daytona 24, Sebring, Watkin’s Glen, Petite Le Mans
2022 Konica Minolta Acura – Daytona 24
2024 Pfaff Motorsports – Daytona 24
2018 Baja 1000 2nd in class
2019 Baja 1000 mechanical problems
2021 Baja 1000 Class 7 victory
2019 Supercars Bathurst 1000 18th
-Co-Hosts a popular podcast with fellow driver James Hinchcliffe called “Off Track with Hinch & Rossi”
-Competed in Season 30 of CBS’ “The Amazing Race” with fellow driver Conor Daly as his teammate. The duo appeared in every episode.
-A music lover, he enjoys everything from alternative rock to country music.
-Enjoys skiing, dirt bikes, wakeboarding, cooking, and cryptocurrency. Recently obtained his private pilot license. His favorite city is Lake Tahoe, California.
-When unable to enjoy the great outdoors, you can find him fawning over his bourbon collection, hanging with his two dogs or binge-watching TV shows with his fiancée, Kelly.
-doesn't eat breakfast
-Makes good bacon
-Mint choc ice cream
-will only run when chased, prefers to swim
-Obsessively researches things he is interested it (smoking meats, pool chemicals)
-Has a pilot's licence (small aircraft)
-Tattoos: heartbeat on inside left forearm near elbow. Unknown on ankle
-Co-owns a plane with Ed Carpenter
-Prefers to be called Alex
-has a ‘candy closet’ in his basement, which is exactly what it sounds like.
-lived with James Hinchcliffe when he first came to Indianapolis (as did Conor Daly at the same time)
Iconic/memorable moments
INSIDE THE RACE: Alexander Rossi // Road America
INDYCAR 101 // ALEXANDER ROSSI
Alexander Rossi shares his "Rossi's Risotto" recipe | IndyCar | Motorsports on NBC
A Winning Strategy: Inside Alexander Rossi's Indy 500 Win! - Motor Trend Presents
Alexander Rossi explains his Indycar journey and transition from Formula One
Outside the Line: Alexander Rossi
7 Things with Alexander Rossi
NAPA KNOW HOW Blooper Reel with Alexander Rossi
Alexander Rossi + Avalanche
HONDA PACE CAR // COLTON HERTA AND ALEXANDER ROSSI
Alexander Rossi and Juan Pablo Montoya messing around with Tony Kanaan | 2022 Indy 500 Group Photo
Breakout Room Highlights with Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, and Alexander Rossi
Andretti IndyCar Drivers Test Their Pit Stop Skills | #AllAndretti | Indy 500
IndyCar's Alexander Rossi and Conor Daly on their The Amazing Race experience
Conor Daly's epic reaction to Alexander Rossi vs Santino Ferrucci!
Conor Daly & Alexander Rossi Visit Space Camp
Doug and Drivers: Alexander Rossi
Doug and Drivers, season 2: Alexander Rossi
Alex's Aliens
Butt Chugging Sunlight
Guess the song
Tiny Cars with James – Alexander Rossi
Giving milk to Alexander Rossi
James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi: sharing a car at Daytona 24
Don’t touch the cones!!!
How tall are McLaren drivers?
Arrow McLaren: Red Flag Green Flag
Arrow McLaren: Red Flag Green Flag Again
Measuring noses
Alex making faces
Which driver smells the best???
Wakeboarding
Alex and Felix put up a tent
Nashville Cowboy hat shopping
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Fair
Imitate Famous Landmarks
Phone Flip - Drivers in the Paddock
Part 1
Part 2
Driver Superlatives
Part 1
Part 2
Trying Different candy
part 1
part 2
Holiday Tree Blindfolded Challenge
Holiday Family phototshoot Behind the Scenes
Baking Challenge: Part 1
Baking Challenge: Part 2
Alex’s Creed obsession
Rainy day activities
Spill your guts game
Intro
Part 1
Part 2
Off Track with Hinch and Rossi – The Papaya One
Area Codes
Our cinnamon rolls
Alex has a Pickleball court
Go-to Karaoke song
Long Beach Runoff
Alex is known as the grumpy one, rarely smiling (so rare that it became a meme of sorts on social media of to comment when he did in 2022). This may be changing in 2023 with a change to McLaren after six years at Andretti. New season, new team, new Alex? Time will tell. He still isn't the most social of people, preferring people people (friends and family) over people (everyone else). He has a soft spot for child fans, often going out of his way to interact with them.
His conservative upbringing shows on occasion, particularly on his podcast where he and good friend James Hinchcliffe discuss the latest racing news and whatever else comes into their heads. The number of times James has said "No, Alex. We've talked about this." when Alex says something that could be considered concerning for a rational person to say (often related to those conservative views he was raised with) is numerous. Much credit to Mr. Hinchcliffe for having the patience to educate his friend.
Alex extensively researches (perhaps obsessively) what catches his interest, be it smoking meats, the PH of his pool, or weird flavored soda cocktails. He is generous to his closest friends, recently planning a "not Bachelor party" weekend for a friend. He is something of perfectionist and a (self-admitted) clean freak. He enjoys betting on sporting events, although now must do his betting through friends as he allowed James to parental lock the betting app on his phone.
Fanfic Lore
Good friends with James Hinchcliffe, James Hinchcliffe and Marco Andretti. The four could be considered a 'band of brothers'
Often paired with one of the others of the band.
Paired with teammate Pato O'Ward
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Legacy Motor Club em parceria com Jimmie Jhonsson entra na Extreme E em 2024
A equipe Americana vinda da Nascar Cup Series , integrara o grid da Extreme E em 2024 que começa com sua primeira rodada dupla na Arabia Saudita no próximo final de semana.
O 7 vezes campeão da Nascar Cup Series e 2 vezes ganhador da Daytona 500 que fara sua estreia no Off road em uma dupla totalmente Americana , tendo como mais próxima de participação em corridas desse tipo as suas duas participações no ROC(Race of Champions) em 2001 e 2022.
O seu substituto na primeira rodada dupla
Travis Pastrana : que já competiu em varias modalidades de esporte, Motocross, de Bicicleta, rally, rallycross e na Nascar, que tem experiência em Off road em duas e quatro rodas , que é o promotor do Nitrocross (rallycross dos Estados Unidos) em que foi campeão no ano de estreia em 2021, na categoria Supercar com Subaru, que bateu Colin Mcrae no X-Games no rally em 2007, que atualmente está no Grupo E do Nitrocross na 7ª posição
Gray Leadbetter : que competiu no ARX2 do Americas rallycross com a Dreyer & Reynold em 2019 terminando em 5º, que tem participado a temporada de 2023-24 do Nitrocross(rallycross dos Estados Unidos) no UTVs como melhor resultado um 3º lugar no Mid America Outdoor na 1ª etapa e na etapa 9 em Glen Helen que está em 3º no campeonato atualmente.
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"Reseña de la temporada 2023 de Ryan Blaney" Oye, entusiastas de las carreras, echémosle un vistazo a la temporada pasada de Ryan Blaney en NASCAR. No fue un camino fácil, pero ciertamente explotó con velocidad y determinación. Ryan terminó el año 2022 como el décimo en la clasificación y probablemente no se sienta satisfecho con eso, ¿cierto? Pero vamos a desglosarlo... Primero, no podemos ignorar ese golpe de adrenalina con su victoria en Atlanta. ¡Vaya carrera! Esa adrenalina, ese caos en el pit lane, ese último minuto increíblemente estratégico que nos dejó a todos pegados a nuestros asientos. ¡Esos son los momentos que nos encantan en NASCAR! Fue una muestra impresionante de habilidades de carreras y estrategias en el pit lane. Como siempre digo, las carreras no son sólo sobre la velocidad, también se trata de tomar las decisiones correctas en el momento adecuado, y Blaney lo hizo brillantemente. En Daytona 500, por otro lado, las cosas no salieron como se esperaba. Al final del día, ese es el drama, la incertidumbre y la emoción de las carreras. Siempre existirán imprevistos, pero cuando estas en un auto de carreras de NASCAR, tienes que hacer frente a estos a gran velocidad. And still, hay mucho que aprender de estas situaciones y estoy seguro de que Ryan está utilizando esa experiencia para mejorar. Pasando a Bristol, ¿quién puede olvidar ese enfrentamiento intenso con Denny Hamlin? Las chispas estaban volando, las emociones a flor de piel y la veloz acción de NASCAR nunca estuvo mejor. Ese tipo de rivalidad, ese tipo de emoción, es lo que hace que la gente se siente y preste atención. Gives them that special "this". Y eso, amigos míos, es NASCAR en su máxima expresión. Luego, está su impresionante desempeño en las 10 carreras finales. Vaya, eso estuvo lleno de altibajos. Pero eso es lo que hace la diversión, ¿no? El drama, la emoción, las vueltas en U que suceden en un abrir y cerrar de ojos... ¡Eso es NASCAR! En resumen, puede que 2022 no haya sido el mejor año para Ryan, pero demostró ser un piloto resiliente, lleno de talento y, sobre todo, ¡con un amor verdadero por las carreras! Estoy emocionado de ver qué tiene bajo la manga para la próxima temporada. Como siempre, la diversión de esto es que cada temporada trae sus propios desafíos, sorpresas y victorias inesperadas. Así que, mantengamos nuestros ojos en la carretera, en los espejos retrovisores y en los autos que se aproximan por el carril de alta velocidad. Espero con ansias hablarles de más carreras, autos y todo lo relacionado con el mundo automotriz. ¡Nos vemos en la próxima curva! Que tengas un gran año de carreras. Y recuerda, esto es más que sólo girar a la izquierda. ¡Es una vida en el carril rápido! #NASCAR #Carreras #RyanBlaney
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