Sounding Off – Grant Enfinger:
“I’m definitely looking forward to Iowa. I’ve been fortunate enough to win an ARCA Series race in Iowa, and I really like that track. It’s one of the places that I have been to a few times, just never in a truck. As far as the Truck Series schedule, there’s not really another place that compares to Iowa, so it’s a ‘bigger short track,’ and I’m really looking forward to that.”
Team Information:
Driver Point Standings: 6th
Owner Point Standings: 8th
Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
News & Notes:
- Chassis Chatter… The No. 98 ThorSport Racing (TSR) team will unload chassis No. 52 for Friday night’s M&M’S 200 at Iowa Speedway in Newton. This is the same chassis Grant Enfinger piloted to a third-place finish at Dover (Del.) International Speedway earlier this month.
- Hawkeye State Stats… Although Enfinger will make his Iowa Speedway debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) M&M’S 200 at Iowa Speedway on Friday night, the ThorSport Racing driver has six starts in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards (2008-2015) at the 7/8-mile track.
- Rookie Stripe: Enfinger is currently tied with Chase Briscoe in the 2017 Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings after eight of 23 races this season.
- Race Rewind – Gateway…. In his Gateway Motorsports Park debut, Enfinger started 14th, ran as high as fourth, and finished fifth. The top-five result was the ThorSport Racing drivers third consecutive top-five finish.
- Catch Grant at Iowa… Enfinger will participate in the NCWTS autograph session on Friday, June 23 from 3-3:45pm CT under the grandstands in Turn 4.
Enfinger’s Iowa ARCA Stats:
- Starts: 6, since 2008
- Laps Completed: 915 of 1161 (78.8%)
- Laps Led: 38
- Wins: 1 (2013)
- Top-5 Finishes: 4
- Top-10 Finishes: 5
- Best Start: 5th (2015)
- Average Start: 11.8
- Average Finish: 9.5
Enfinger’s Career NCWTS stats:
- Starts: 22 since 2010
- First Start: Talladega (2010)
- First Full-time Season: 2017
- Poles: 1 (Daytona, 2016)
- Wins: 1 (Talladega, 2016)
- Top-5 Finishes: 5
- Top-10 Finishes: 10
- Laps Completed: 2,962
- Laps Led: 68
- Start: 12.6
- Finish: 12.2
Iowa Stages:
- Stage 1 – 60 laps (concludes at lap 60)
- Stage 2 – 60 laps (concludes at lap 120)
- Stage 3 – 80 laps (concludes at lap 200)
Race Information:
Date: Friday, June 23, 2017
Time: 8:30pm ET on FOX Sports 1, SiriusXM & MRN
Track: 7/8-mile oval
Distance: 200 Laps, 175-Miles