Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Ryan Preece to battle at Martinsville Speedway

Ryan Preece celebrating his World Series victory at Thompson in 2015
Posted by Wayne G. Barber & photos by Wayne G. Barber

Ryan Preece will be making his second of three scheduled starts in the NASCAR highest division Sprint Cup this Sunday November 1, 2015 at the bullring Martinsville Speedway. The race car pre-entry list is at 43 race teams so all teams will make the show.
 Preece raced earlier in 2015 at the New Hampshire Speedway in Loudon and is also scheduled for the championship race at Homestead, Florida.
 At Loudon Preece started 38th and came home in one piece in 32nd completing 296 of the 300 lap event good for $ 79,615
 Last year 2014 Preece also ran the final Homestead race. It was in the Xfinity series in a Chevrolet and had a final result of 28th for 16 points and the last driver on the 206 lead lap.

The Ford Preece will be driving has been driven by a few different drivers in the 2015 racing season.
     Josh Wise17        
Reed Sorenson6        
Timmy Hill5        
T.J. Bell1        
Michael Waltrip1        
Ryan Preece1     

Qualifing will
 be on Friday Oct.30 at 4:20pm and the feature will be on Sunday Nov. 1st with a 1:28pm start for 500 laps and 263 miles of rubbing and racing on NASCAR's smallest track.

Source: Nascar.Com press release and personal notes from covering the race.Photo property of Wayne G. Barber collection.

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