Race Report – World Wide Technology Raceway

Jun 3, 2023

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Hailie Deegan – No. 13 Ford Performance F-150

 

WWTR Race Information 

Started: 19th

Stage 1: 23rd

Stage 2: 18th

Finished: 32nd

Laps: 86/162

Laps Led: 0

Status: Accident

Driver Points: 17th

Owner Points: 21st

 

Quotable:

“We were on a stretch and it worked out. We were on older tires, got track position, and I feel like we showed that all day — just getting track position. We finally had it. We were holding them off pretty decently. I think we were still in the top-10. Three-wide in the middle, and the No. 15 cleared himself up, kind of ruined all three of our runs. The No. 2 came in, hit me once, hit me again and shipped me off. It destroyed our truck. Ended our day. I don’t know. It is what it is. Can’t change it. We’re trying to do our part and just got shipped.”

Conner Jones – No. 88 TSport Truck Ford F-150

 

WWTR Race Information

Started: 24th

Stage 1: 19th

Stage 2: 16th

Finished: 33rd

Laps: 66/162

Laps Led: 0

Status: Accident

Matt Crafton – No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Ford F-150

 

WWTR Race Information 

Started: 34th

Stage 1: 13th

Stage 2: 6th

Finished: 25th

Laps: 160/162

Laps Led: 0

Status: Running

Driver Points: 8th

Owner Points: 9th

 

Quotable:

“Definitely not the night we wanted. After practice, we had a lot of positives in practice but then didn’t qualify very well. We never really had the speed in the truck that we had earlier in practice for whatever reason. We fought tight all night. We kept working on it and made a lot of wholesale changes but didn’t get where we needed it to go. This is a really weird race night. It basically became a speedway race, running around wide open every lap. As a race car driver, that is not very fun.”

Ty Majeski – No. 98 Road Ranger Ford F-150

 

WWTR Race Information 

Started: 1st

Stage 1: 2nd

Stage 2: 2nd

Finished: 30th

Laps: 155/162

Laps Led: 0

Status: Accident

Driver Points: 2nd

Owner Points: 2nd

 

Quotable:

“Restarts were my struggle all day. Low air pressures and we had the splitter bent, got into Turn 3 obviously trying to get ahead of the No. 38, hit the splitter, had to check up, and went up the racetrack. Obviously, when you go up the racetrack, his side took the air from mine, and I went around and wrecked us both. Inexcusable. I misjudged it. Trying to win the race and obviously wrecked two really good Ford F-150s. I’m disappointed in myself. Got to execute when you have the fastest truck by a mile like that. Just inexcusable. Got to be better.”

Ben Rhodes – No. 99 Bommarito Automotive Group Ford F-150

 

WWTR Race Information 

Started: 2nd

Stage 1: 3rd

Stage 2: 5th

Finished: 7th

Laps: 162/162

Laps Led: 0

Status: Running

Driver Points: 5th

Owner Points: 6th

 

Quotable:

“We certainly entered this with a lot of momentum, and we were certainly expecting a better run today. It started out great, but as people started flipping the stages because the cautions came out at the wrong times, it produced a lot of excitement like they are intended to do. Unfortunately, as people flip the stages, we lose track position. As we try to come through the field, it just turns into carnage. The truck was clean, all the way up to the very end. [Carson] Hocevar just ran us right into the wall, and that’s what he does. Kind of frustrating to finish seventh with such a good truck and having to fight like we did. All-in-all, I’m glad Bommarito Automotive Group was able to have a good showing with us. I wish we could have got it to victory lane at their home track. One thing we have to go back and work on is our voltage and how we manage temperature better. We ended up losing a lot of horsepower at the end, and that hindered us from making a proper run to the front.”

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