Venturini Motorsports New Smyrna Speedway Pre-Race Fast Facts Inbox x
CONCORD, NC | FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Series: ARCA Menards Series East
Track: New Smyrna Speedway
Race: Skips Western Outfitters 175
Duration: 175 laps / 84 miles
Date: 2/10/2020 – 7:40PM ET
Live Broadcast: NBC TrackPass on NBC Sports – 7:40PM ET
Tape Delayed Broadcast: NBCSN – Friday, February 14 – 1:00PM ET
· LAST TIME OUT: Monday’s (2/10/2020) ARCA East opener at New Smyrna Speedway will mark the first time since 2013 that the team has competed in the Series. The last outing was at the “Monster Mile” of Dover Int’l Speedway where Justin Boston earned a second-place finish.
· FULL TIME: Mason Diaz will be competing full-time for VMS in the ARCA East Series piloting the No. 25 Toyota Camry.
· MIXED SCHEDULE: Corey Heim will compete in three (3) ARCA East, two (2) ARCA West and two (2) ARCA events throughout the 2020 season for VMS.
· CREW CHIEFS: VMS will utilize Shannon Rursch (No. 20) and Kevin Reed (No. 25) as their crew chiefs for the 2020 ARCA Menards East season.
· POWERING CHAMPIONS: After winning the 2019 ARCA championship, Champion Power Equipment announced that keeping with their slogan #PoweringChampions they would become a major associate partner for the VMS team, starting at Daytona and New Smyrna.
· SOCIAL: Fans can interact with VMS and their drivers on social media utilizing the different outlets:
o Facebook: VenturiniMotorsports
o Twitter: @VenturiniMotor
o Instagram: VenturiniMotorsports
o Hashtags: #FlyTheV #TeamToyota #PoweringChampions
QUOTES:
Corey Heim – No. 20 Craftsman, Champion Power Equipment Toyota Camry
Regarding joining Venturini Motorsports
“With Venturini Motorsports racing in the ARCA East and West Series this season, it’s going to set a new bar for the series. The competition will be better, and teams will have to work harder for wins this year, which will only help both series. Venturini (Motorsports) and Toyota have been dominant in recent years, including in the Showdown Series and I know it will carry over and I am excited to get to compete in all three ARCA Menards Series this season.”
Regarding racing at New Smyrna Speedway
“I’m really excited to get started with my Venturini (Motorsports) team this weekend at New Smyrna (Speedway). I know I’m going to have a fast Toyota Camry and I’m looking forward to working with crew chief Shannon Rursch and the entire team. With the limited schedule I have this season, I have to make the best of it, and I plan on starting big at New Smyrna Speedway.”
Mason Diaz – No. 25 Solid Rock Carriers, Craftsman Toyota Camry
Regarding joining Venturini Motorsports
“Last year I tried to run full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and it just did not work out. This year moving to one of the best teams in the ARCA Series as a whole, gives myself a lot of confidence to go after the East Series title. It’s clear to me already that the whole Venturini (Motorsports) team has faith in me to go out and be a top competitor in their first full season in the East Series. I know every week we touch the track we are going to put out our best on and off the track and have fast Toyota Camry’s.”
Regarding racing at New Smyrna Speedway
“I cannot wait to get this season started with Venturini Motorsports at New Smyrna Speedway. My new team has worked hard the whole offseason to give me the best equipment they can. Now it’s my job to head down and execute during the race with the least number of mistakes and hopefully end the night in victory lane.”
ABOUT VENTURINI MOTORSPORTS
With over 65 victories, the 2019 ARCA Menards Series champions, Venturini Motorsports, are an official Toyota Racing Development team, and have been a permanent fixture in the ARCA Menards Series since 1983 and are considered one of the early pioneers in NASCAR driver development programs.
Since Joey Logano, the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup champion, raced for the team in 2007, VMS has gone onto assist many of the sports’ top driver prospects in pursuit of making it to the highest levels of stock car racing.
The growing list of drivers racing today in one of NASCAR’s top-three touring series include current Toyota drivers Erik Jones, Christopher Bell, Harrison Burton, Christian Eckes, Chandler Smith, Brandon Jones, Todd Gilliland, Brennan Poole, Ryan Reed, and Natalie Decker. VMS Alumni also include Joey Logano, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Daniel Suarez, Bubba Wallace, Matt Tifft, Noah Gragson, Justin Allgaier, and Justin Haley.