Landen Lewis Earns First 2023 Win

Holds Off Xfinity Regular Cole Custer

 

Heading into Friday’s Portland 112, Landen Lewis had finished second in every ARCA Menards Series West race this season.

 

Ending that streak for Lewis came down to an intense duel with NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Cole Custer on a two-lap sprint to the finish. The two traded the lead multiple times over the last two laps until a mistake from Custer enabled Lewis to pull away with the victory at Portland International Raceway.

 

Lewis needed a late-race caution to erase the sizable lead Custer had built over the rest of the field. When the final green flag was displayed, Lewis knew he needed to be perfect against a NASCAR Cup Series winner.

 

Picked up the win at Portland. Man what a fun race. Thank you CRT & all the guys for giving me a great car! Thank you to my sponsors for making this all possible.

@cookracingtechnologies |#MMI | @teamchevy | @arcamenardsseries | @rentsourcecorp_ | #ARI | @wileyx | @bilsteinus pic.twitter.com/YQQ6qwP3NW

— Landen lewis (@landenlewis99) June 3, 2023

“I was running the restart through my head trying to picture what was going to happen,” Lewis said. “I had really good starts all day long, so I wasn’t doubting myself that I could get a good start, but I was thinking about good [Custer] would be. Getting into Turn 1 [on the last lap], I messed up and gave him an opportunity.

 

“It was a dogfight, but also hard racing.”

 

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A replay of the Portland 112 at Portland International Raceway can be seen on June 11 at 12:30 p.m. ET on CNBC.

 

The ARCA Menards Series West competitors do not have much time to rest, as they will be back on track next Friday at Sonoma Raceway for the General Tire 200. The green flag will fly at 6:30 p.m. ET with FloRacing providing the coverage.

 

NOTE: Cole Custer finished off his Race Weekend successfully the next day with a win in the Xfinity Series event.

 

 

source: ARCA Racing Media

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Lineup

”Toyota 200” Ty Majeski Takes Pole

 

The twelfth race of the 2023 Truck Series season will be contested on the 1.25-mile-long track, Wide Technology Raceway (Madison, Illinois). Thirty-five drivers will compete over one hundred and sixty (160) laps in the race for a shot at victory.

 

Today’s event will be telecast live on FS1 and MRN at 12:30 pm ET. Ty Majeski will lead the field to the green.

 

Toyota 200 Line-Up

1. #98 - Ty Majeski
2. #99 - Ben Rhodes
3. #19 - Christian Eckes
4. #42 - Carson Hocevar
5. #52 - Stewart Friesen
6. #38 - Zane Smith
7. #35 - Jake Garcia
8. #4 - Chase Purdy
9. #2 - Nick Sanchez
10. #23 - Grant Enfinger
11. #41 - Bayley Currey
12. #16 - Tyler Ankrum
13. #17 - Taylor Gray
14. #15 - Tanner Gray
15. #25 - Matt DiBenedetto
16. #5 - Dean Thompson
17. #43 - Daniel Dye
18. #1 - Toni Breidinger
19. #13 - Hailie Deegan
20. #11 - Jesse Love
21. #51 - Jack Wood
22. #9 - Colby Howard
23. #45 - Lawless Alan
24. #66 - Conner Jones
25. #32 - Bret Holmes
26. #02 - Chris Hacker
27. #56 - Timmy Hill
28. #12 - Spencer Boyd
29. #20 - Matt Mills
30. #34 - Stephen Mallozzi
31. #95 - Clay Greenfield
32. #33 - Josh Reaume
33. #6 - Norm Benning
34. #88 - Matt Crafton
35. #24 - Rajah Caruth

#TheTrip makes its way to the heartland.

📍: @WWTRaceway | 📺: FS1 pic.twitter.com/v7twn90mZp

— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) June 3, 2023

 

source: NASCAR Media

Andy Lally’s Twitter Backing Success

"Time to fight like heck to make some dreams come true!"

 

Andy Lally is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the Audi R8 for Magnus Racing and previously part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 78 Ford Mustang for Live Fast Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro for Alpha Prime Racing. In the NASCAR Circuit, he is known as a Road Course Specialist. 

 

Marcus Lemonis is a businessman, television personality and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Camping World, Good Sam Enterprises, Gander RV and The House Boardshop, in addition to being the star of The Profit, a CNBC reality show about saving small businesses. Marcus is very active on Twitter. 

 

When a NASCAR Cup opportunity presented itself, Lally was ready sans the necessary funding. Then he took to twitter to raise money . . . . well you can read what happened next via the tweets below.

 

I’ve got a really cool opportunity for the road courses in Cup, but I need to find a little help. It’s real, and the space available on the car is big.. and for less than you think. I’d love to get one last shot on these road courses. #NASCAR

— Andy Lally (@AndyLally) May 24, 2023

I’ve got you covered … @AndyLally @NASCAR https://t.co/Y6hWnbXASw

— Marcus Lemonis (@marcuslemonis) May 27, 2023

This should be a really fun development to witness. Great Job Andy Lally and Marcus Lemonis – Us NASCAR fans love "feel good” tales!

 

WOW!!!! This is unreal!!

THANK YOU!! What an insane amount of additional motivation it will be to race in your colors. I don’t know if you can understand how much this means to me.

Time to fight like heck to make some dreams come true! #NASCAR https://t.co/yX2WFLPzB8

— Andy Lally (@AndyLally) May 28, 2023

Could barely fall asleep last night, still stoked to partner with @marcuslemonis for #NASCAR Cup. More details coming midweek about which team, track & paint scheme!

Spending the day in @katherinelegge ‘s pit stand rooting her on in the #Indy500 . Safe race to everyone involved!

— Andy Lally (@AndyLally) May 28, 2023

 

source: NASCAR Twitter