RACE RECAP – Pocono – Santino Ferrucci / No. 26 Freedom Alliance Toyota GR Supra

Jul 24, 2022

SANTINO FERRUCCI

RACE REPORT

EXPLORE THE POCONO MOUNTAINS 225 AT POCONO RACEWAY
NO. 26 FREEDOM ALLIANCE TOYOTA GR SUPRA

EVENT INFORMATION

  • Date: July 23, 2022
  • Event: Explore Pocono 225 (Round 19 of 33)
  • Location: Pocono Raceway
  • Format: 90 Laps (Stages 20 laps / 20 laps / 50 laps)
  • Start/Finish: 11th / 35th (Crash – DNF)

KEY NOTES

  • Santino Ferrucci returned to the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) with Sam Hunt Racing (SHR) for the first time in 2022 at his home track of Pocono Raceway. The Connecticut native made his first of two consecutive starts with SHR this season and his eighth overall NXS start.
    • Saturday was Ferrucci’s second career start at Pocono Raceway.
  • Ferrucci attempted practice and qualifying for the first time in his NXS career.
    • In 2021, the COVID-19 schedule procedures were in effect.
  • Ferrucci qualified 11th in his first career NXS qualifying effort.
    • This marks Sam Hunt Racing’s fifth Top-15 qualifying effort of 2022.
  • The No. 26 Freedom Alliance Toyota GR Supra ran consistently in the Top-10 all weekend on speed.
  • The No. 26 team ended up 35th following a crash on Lap 47.

QUOTES

What happened to take you out of the race early?
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“I don’t know. We were just restarting. We had a really fast car. Sam Hunt and Toyota and our Freedom Alliance car was just really, really good. I got really up close to Cole (Custer) just trying to understand – being part-time it’s so hard to judge the air off the side of the cars. I just made a mistake, man. I just got a little off the bottom and I got really close to him and the side force kind of went and I started to lose the rear. Our car actually hasn’t been loose all day. It’s just a shame for everybody else because there were a lot of cars caught up in that just because we were not spaced out yet. I’m really, really bummed for the Freedom Alliance boys and Toyota and all of our crew. We qualified 11th in my first-ever qualifying and we’ve been racing right there all day. Just not how I wanted my home race to go.”
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— Santino Ferrucci, Driver of the No. 26 Freedom Alliance Toyota GR Supra

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