NASCAR’s elite Mug Collection is set to invest Self-reliance Day weekend break at an appropriately named track– Roadway America– where the Mug Series will certainly be returning for the Jockey Made In America 250. It’s the first race at the Elkhart Lake, Wisc., track for NASCAR’s top circuit considering that a one-off event in 1956.
For Matt DiBenedetto as well as the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy team– and lots of others– there’s no better place to work on the Fourth of July. The track is the residence location for sponsor Menards, which is based in Eau Claire, as well as the 14-turn, 4.048-mile program is one where DiBenedetto has actually carried out well in the past.
” Road America is just one of my favorite tracks in the country,” DiBenedetto said, including that coming so near to a win there in 2019 is still on his mind. “We led a number and had problem on pit road as well as other things going wrong that price us the win.”
He stated the track surface area has actually transformed substantially because his first Xfinity race there in June of 2010.
” I couldn’t believe just how slick that track has gotten over the years,” he claimed. “It’s a blast to drive, extremely technical and also the best component is how enthusiastic the fans are out there.
” I can not even imagine just how crazy it’s going to be with those enthusiastic fans and it being the 4th of July weekend, which is incredibly unique.
Timber Brothers Competing was developed in 1950 in Stuart, Va., by Hall of Famer Glen Wood. Timber Brothers Racing is the earliest energetic group and also among the winningest teams in NASCAR history. Because its beginning, the group won 99 races (consisting of at least one race in every decade for the last 7 decades) and also 120 poles in NASCAR’s top-tier series. Fielding just Ford items for its whole history, the Timber Brothers have the longest organization of any type of motorsports group with a solitary maker. Glen’s sibling, Leonard, is known for inventing the contemporary rest stop. The team currently runs the Ford Mustang driven by Matt DiBenedetto in the well-known No. 21 racer.