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RWR Weekly Preview Oct. 8-10

NASCAR Cup Series
Event Name: Bank of America ROVAL 400
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Track Length: 2.32 miles
Format: 109 laps/252.88 miles
Stages: 25, 50, 109
Date: Sunday, Oct. 10
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Tune In: NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Team Notes:
● The No. 15 Rick Ware Racing entry will be piloted by Josh Bilicki. Bilicki has two starts
on the road course configuration at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 15 will feature a
throwback Insurance King paint scheme as the 26-year-old driver makes his 32nd start of
the 2021 season.
● Cody Ware will drive the Nurtec ODT (rimegepant) No. 51 on Sunday. It will be his first
start on the Charlotte Roval. Ware has 27 starts this season in the NASCAR Cup Series.
● Making his NCS debut, Joey Hand will climb aboard the No. 52 boom! MOBILE
machine Sunday afternoon. Hand is a sports car veteran with a plethora of prestigious
wins to his name.
● In the No. 53, Garrett Smithley is set to make his 24th start of the season and second start
on the Charlotte Roval. Smithley’s car will sport the Kendall Motor Oil colors.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Event Name: Drive for the Cure 250
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Track Length: 2.32 miles
Format: 67 laps/155.44 miles
Stages: 20, 40, 67
Date: Saturday, Oct. 9
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Tune In: NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
● Joe Graf Jr. will make his 25th start of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season on
Saturday as he gets behind the wheel of the Arrowhead Brass No. 17. Graf has one start
on the Charlotte Roval which came in 2020. The New Jersey native finished 15th.
NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series
Event Name: Texas NHRA FallNationals
Track: Texas Motorplex
Location: Ennis, Texas
Track Length: 1/4 mile
Date: Friday, Oct. 8 - Sunday, Oct. 10
Tune In: Qualifying Show 1 – Friday, Oct. 8 – 10:30 p.m. ET – FS1
Qualifying Show 2 – Sunday, Oct. 10 – 3:30 p.m. ET – FS1
Finals – Sunday, Oct. 10 – 4:30 p.m. ET – FS1
● The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series heads to the Lone Star State this
weekend for the FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. Clay Millican will once again power
the Parts Plus/Nurtec ODT (rimegepant) Top Fuel dragster at the 1/4-mile drag strip.
Millican sits ninth in the standings.