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Kaz Grala Brings Some Confidence with his JGL Team and Ford to Atlanta

Kaz Grala on Fan4Racing Radio, Monday, February 26, 2018, at 9 pm ET. Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Kaz Grala is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview, Monday, February 26, 2018, at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.

After turning heads with a victory in his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway last season with GMS Racing, Kaz Grala is advancing his career by now racing with JGL Racing in the Xfinity Series this season. At 19 years of age, Grala plans on attending Georgia Tech this spring as a mechanical engineering major.

After finishing fourth at Daytona last week in the Xfinity Series season-opener, Grala returns to the No. 24 this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway with some experience at several 1.5-mile tracks last year in the Truck Series. In nine starts at 1.5-mile ovals, Grala has earned five top-tens and one top-five finish, recording his best finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Continue reading

Early Wreck Eliminates Future Stars from NASCAR Xfinity Race

The pit crew of Christopher Bell, the driver of the #20 Rheem Toyota, work on his car during the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona Intern national Speedway on February 17, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images

In what seemed like eons before Saturday’s PowerShares QQQ NASCAR Xfinity Series at Daytona International Speedway concluded in the late Saturday afternoon, two future stars of the sport made early trips to the garage. Continue reading