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Despite inclement weather closing down Win-Tron Racing’s private test at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville last month, their driver, Gus Dean put in enough laps to give the team optimism heading into the ARCA Racing Series’ Music City 200 this Saturday.
Nashville is a track familiar to Dean since racing Super Late Models. So the opening laps of testing helped to reaffirm his memory of the half-mile oval, allowing him and his crew chief, Todd Myers, to quickly transition to race mode.
One focus of the test was experimenting with their brake package and with some changes, the No. 32 team is ready to tackle the race this weekend, understanding there’s still more work to do.
“I felt pretty happy with our No. 32 GREE Toyota overall,” said Dean. “We worked really hard on our race run package, as well some stuff for qualifying. The car was extremely comfortable and well-balanced. There are some areas where we feel like we can improve to get better, but overall the test will without a doubt make us (a lot) better for the race.”
Dean’s recollections of Nashville tell him that while track position is key, handling is more important to their success and he has confidence in Myers to get the job done.
“I remember the track going through a stage of changes depending on the weather,” recalled Dean. “When we come back with the ARCA race, most of the stuff we’ll do will be during the day, then race at night. I don’t have a better man on top of the pit box to keep up with all that than Todd. I can’t wait to get back there and contend for a strong finish for everyone at GREE.”
Team owner, Kevin Cywinski was along side Dean and Myers during testing and is happy with the team’s dedication to earn their place in Victory Lane.
“We certainly made the most of the opportunity before the weather came,” said Cywinski. “I’m really proud of our guys. Since Daytona, we’ve built several new race cars, as well as concentrate on fixing our car from Daytona. Gus is in the shop regularly and that’s a great motivation for the guys to work harder so we can put our GREE Toyota in Victory Lane.”
The Music City 200 presented by Azure Foundation starts at 9 pm ET, Saturday, April 8th. Watch all the action on MAVTV with live scoring available at arcaracing.com