2021 Crosley Document Pressing 200 presented by Activity 24/7

By Christian Koelle, Staff Author, Kickin’ the Tires.
The ARCA Menards Series East heads to Nashville, Tennessee and also Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway for the Crosley Document Pressing 200 provided by Action 24/7 and T-Mobile.

The last time the East Series competed in Pensacola, 2 months earlier, Sammy Smith controlled en-route to his initial job victory. Smith resisted Mason Diaz for the victory as Taylor Gray got back in 3rd. Smith goes into with an eight-point lead over Gray. There is a 27 point gap in between the very first as well as 9th location motorists.

Saturday’s race will be the 9th ARCA Menards Collection occasion at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway (3rd ARCA Menards Collection East occasion). Prior to 2020, the main ARCA Menards Series raced at the track six times. In those eight previous races, there have actually been eight various champions. We are guaranteed to have our ninth different winner.

Nashville was slated to make its return to the East Collection in 2014 however the pandemic ultimately resulted in the race being terminated. The last time the ARCA Menards Collection competed at Nashville was in 2019. Christian Eckes won the last ARCA Menards Series event at Nashville while Matt Kobyluck won the last ARCA East race at Nashville in 2008.

Joe Gibbs Racing has actually been dominant this season as the company presently has an auto leading the points standings in 4 of the six touring series. The No. 18 Toyota Camry in the ARCA East Series piloted by Smith is simply one of those joining Ty Gibbs and also Denny Hamlin. Smith has experience auto racing at Nashville Fairgrounds running the CARS Super Late Version Trip race in 2020 with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Smith finished the race in 20th after encountering overheating issues. Smith will be competing in the North/South Super Late Version Difficulty 100 prior to the ARCA race on Saturday which will for sure aid offering him extra track time.

David Gilliland Competing will not get in the No. 17 Ford Fusion in Saturday’s race at Nashville. Vehicle Driver Taylor Gray was associated with a non-racing-related auto crash on April 7th. Gray suffered a fractured L4 vertebra, fractured left foot, and also a broken ankle. The timetable for Gray’s go back to racing is unknown currently. He was second in ARCA Menards Collection East points.

Max Gutierrez rests 3rd in East Series standings, 9 explain of the lead with one success this season coming with New Smyrna. One more track that he’s never ever competed but that hasn’t quit him yet up until now this period. He’ll want to earn his third straight top-10 coating on Saturday together with aiming to come to be the second Mexican-born driver to win at Nashville Fairgrounds in ARCA. NASCAR OPTIMAL Mexico Collection driver Rogelio Lopez gained his only job ARCA East success at the track in 2007.

Mason Diaz has been the name of the enhancement game this season resting 4th in ARCA East Collection standings. Diaz has a third-place average coating so far this period as well as is still chasing his initial profession victory. He’s another one of the motorists that have never competed at Nashville Fairgrounds in his career. He’s one more vehicle driver who will certainly make use of the vital practice prepared for Saturday to obtain familiarized with the historic track.

Joey Iest is tied for the third-best typical beginning in 2021 with a 4.5. He has a fifth-place ordinary surface after two races as well as sits fifth in the points standings heading to Nashville. Coming from the West, Iest doesn’t have any type of experience on Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. He hasn’t had any kind of starts on either of the previous two race tracks as well as finds himself fifth in points to make sure that reveals that he’s a pretty rapid learner. He’s finished fifth in both races this period up until now, can he boost this weekend break at Nashville?

Similar to Smith, Daniel Dye has experience racing at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Dye competed in last year’s All American 400 finishing 25th after being involved in an accident. The experience will aid the driver of the No. 43 as he looks to get into the top five for the very first time this season. He finished nine at New Smyrna after having radiator concerns pester his strong day at 5 Flags. Dye has been impressive this period and he’s absolutely a threat to win the Saturday evening race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

Parker Retzlaff is among those six drivers who don’t have beginnings at Nashville but this period has actually been extremely solid for him if he might simply knock off the bad luck. He led 55 laps at New Smyrna before having a problem that knocked him out of contention and completed sixth in the last race at 5 Flags. Retzlaff has shown some strong rate this period and also there’s no factor that he shouldn’t be provided as a competitor for this weekend break’s race.