Opening NASCAR Race @ Daytona

Started by Ron Sutton, Jan 22, 2026, 04:13 PM

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Ron Sutton

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I'll be in the pits at the NASCAR race in Daytona, February 13th & 14th.

I'll be with Bill McAnally Racing in the Truck Series Friday & Richard Childress Racing in the O'Reilly Series Saturday. I won't be there Sunday.

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I'm a veteran racer & race car designer committed to staying on the leading edge of racing technology, for one reason, to win. Everything else is BS. I'm only semi-retired because I still love helping build bad ass race cars.

While engineering, geometry, trigonometry, physics & more affect everything in race cars, I do my best to make the complicated easier to understand. One of my racing friends said, "Ron is a race car designer that did not go to engineering school, so he speaks car guy."

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Update:  Since my friend Randy Chastain is not joining me for this race, I am not going to the O'Reilly race on Saturday. If you're there Friday during the truck race, I'll either be on pit lane or in the MHR Truck team pits. Come say Hi!
I'm a veteran racer & race car designer committed to staying on the leading edge of racing technology, for one reason, to win. Everything else is BS. I'm only semi-retired because I still love helping build bad ass race cars.

While engineering, geometry, trigonometry, physics & more affect everything in race cars, I do my best to make the complicated easier to understand. One of my racing friends said, "Ron is a race car designer that did not go to engineering school, so he speaks car guy."

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I had a great time at the NASCAR Truck Race in Daytona. Thanks to everyone that stopped by the MHR trailers. Bill McAnally ran 3 trucks with Christian Eckes having a shot at the win. Came in 3rd in the #91 NAPA Truck.  Daniel Hemrick in the #19 NAPA Truck ran the fastest lap by over a 1/2 second, but got shuffled out of the pack before the finish, winding up 26th.

It was great seeing three of my former drivers at the track, including Jimmy Pelk, Molly Helmuth & Josh Reaume.  Josh now owns a large NASCAR Ford Truck operation, running three trucks at Daytona as well. He drove one (the #22) to a 20th place finish.





I'm a veteran racer & race car designer committed to staying on the leading edge of racing technology, for one reason, to win. Everything else is BS. I'm only semi-retired because I still love helping build bad ass race cars.

While engineering, geometry, trigonometry, physics & more affect everything in race cars, I do my best to make the complicated easier to understand. One of my racing friends said, "Ron is a race car designer that did not go to engineering school, so he speaks car guy."