Event Preview | 2018 Iowa Speedway

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M&M’s 200 Presented by Casey’s General Store: Saturday, June 16 | 7 p.m. ET | FOX Sports 1 (FS1) | Motor Racing Network (MRN) | SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90

Race 9 of 23: Iowa Speedway

Track Length / Type: 0.875-mile oval

Race Distance: 200 laps I 175 miles

Format: Three Stages (Stage 1: 60 laps, Stage 2: 60 laps, Final Stage: 80 laps, ending at Lap 200)

ThorSport Racing at Iowa Speedway

ThorSport Racing has made 31 starts at Iowa Speedway with 10 different drivers (Ben Rhodes, Cameron Hayley, Cody Coughlin, Dakoda Armstrong, Frank Kimmel, Grant Enfinger, Jeb Burton, Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, and Rico Abreu) since 2009. The Sandusky, Ohio-based team’s success includes 164 laps led en route to one win (Matt Crafton, 2011), 13 top-five and 18 top-10 finishes.

Ford Fact – Iowa Speedway

Iowa Speedway is one of 15 different tracks on the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule that Ford has yet to find victory lane. Despite that, Ford has had success at Iowa in the past, earning one pole award at the 0.875-mile oval with Ross Chastain (September 2013).

Team Info/Stats:

Crew Chief: Jeff Hensley

Driver Point Standings: 4th

Owner Point Standings: 6th

Spotter: David Pepper

News and Notes:

This Week’s No. 98 Protect The Harvest Ford F-150… The No. 98 ThorSport Racing team will unload chassis No. 42 for Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) M&M’s 200 Presented by Casey’s General Store at Iowa Speedway. This chassis will make its third start of the 2018 season, previously hitting the track this season at Atlanta Motor Speedway (finishing ninth), and Dover International Speedway (finishing 14th). Grant Enfinger also piloted this particular chassis to a fifth-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway, and a ninth-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in 2017.
Race Rewind – Iowa 2017… Enfinger made his NCWTS track debut at Iowa Speedway in 2017. The ThorSport Racing driver started 10th, and finished fourth.
Hawkeye State Stats… The Protect The Harvest driver has six ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards starts at the 7/8-mile Iowa Speedway since 2008. Enfinger’s success includes 38 laps led en route to one win (2013), four top-five and five top-10 finishes.
2018 Stats… In eight starts this season, Enfinger has led 13 laps en route to three top-five, and six top-10 finishes. The ThorSport Racing driver has a season-best start of third (Martinsville), and three season-best finishes of fourth (Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway).
Truck Series Stats… Enfinger has 45 career NCWTS starts to his credit. His success includes 104 laps led en route to one pole (Daytona, 2016), one win (Talladega, 2016), 14 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes.
Catch Grant at Iowa… Enfinger will join fellow ThorSport Racing teammates, and other NCWTS drivers, for a series autograph session, Saturday, June 16, 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. CT, located under the Turn 4 grandstands at Iowa Speedway.
Protect the Harvest… Protect The Harvest was created to defend and preserve the freedoms of American consumers, farmers, ranchers, outdoor enthusiasts and animal owners. Their objectives are to inform, protect and respond. For more information, visit: ProtectTheHarvest.com.

Chatting with Grant Enfinger…

You finished fourth at Iowa in your Truck Series track debut last year and have won at Iowa in the ARCA Racing Series. What are the keys to getting around the 7/8-mile track?

“Iowa is one of my favorite tracks. It’s gotten bumpy, and lost some grip over the years so you have to manage your tires, which makes for better racing. Turn 4 is wide and sweeping, and Turn 2 is tighter and the wall comes up quicker, so sometimes you have to compromise on one end of the track.”

Iowa is a one-day show – practice, qualify, and race all in one day. Do you like that particular type of schedule, or do you prefer a schedule more like we had in Texas last weekend?

“I personally like it a little better when we practice one day and then come back to qualify and race the next day. This is a one-day show for on track activity, but all the teams still have to be there Friday for tech.”

About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cards, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles an Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions. Ford employs approximately 203,000 people worldwide. For more information regarding Ford, its products and Ford Motor Credit Company, please visit corporate.ford.com.

About ThorSport Racing

Entering its 23rd season of competition, ThorSport Racing, based in Sandusky, Ohio, is the longest-tenured NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team, competing in the series since 1996. With 1,017 starts to its credit, the team has amassed three driver championships, 26 wins, 199 top-five and 420 top-10 finishes, 22 pole awards and 4,121 laps led in NCWTS and the ARCA Racing Series.

For more information, visit ThorSport.com.