RCR NXS Race Recap: Mexico City – Speedway Digest

Jesse Love and the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet Team Survive Wild Mexico City Race with Top-20 Result

18th

10th

4th

“It was a wild race for our Whelen Chevrolet team in Mexico City. Our Chevy had speed, and the balance was good at the beginning of the race. We had ourselves in position for a shot at the win but unfortunately a penalty on pit road at the end of Stage 2 put us in the back to start the final stage. It was just hard to overcome it at that point of the race. We were clawing our way back when we got contact and spun around in the closing laps. Just a crazy race and unfortunately it felt like we were the bug and not the windshield.”

-Jesse Love

Austin Hill Captures Third-Place Podium Finish in the No. 21 Bennett Transportation & Logistics Chevrolet in Mexico City

3rd

7th

2nd

“I’m proud of everyone at Richard Childress Racing for bringing an extremely fast Bennett Transportation & Logistics Chevrolet. The car was fast, but the driver made too many mistakes. I didn’t do a good job on restarts. We had a flat right front in Stage 2, which forced us to pit under green. Thankfully, we were able to stay on the lead lap through that cycle, but we were deep in the field to start Stage 3. Chad (Haney) and everyone on this No. 21 team dug deep to get the car more to my liking, but then on top of that, I just had to figure some things out inside the car. Getting through the big wreck definitely helped. We restarted 13th and drove up to third. I thought we were going to have a really good shot at getting the win, but the last four laps, I tried too hard. We seem to always finish somewhere between third and sixth on these road course races, so I’ll have to go back to the drawing board to see what I can do differently to finally secure a win. We’ve been close so many times and this one stings.”

-Austin Hill

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