Grala will begin third thanks to the random draw through owner points. Its his first top-five start in 28 career Xfinity starts.
Gralas very first start, naturally, takes location in a COVID-19 world where NASCAR doesnt hold practice or qualifying and has stringent screening protocols.
” Im certainly going to be knocking the rust off, not just because I have not raced in a year, however Ive just done one mile-and-a-half (track) in the last two years,” Grala stated, describing the March 2019 Texas race.
On top of that, this will be just Gralas second race at Kansas. His first came in 2017 in the Truck Series.
” Its a huge obstacle and especially being a chauffeur running part-time,” Grala stated. “Thats a big challenge for me. But I type of liked the idea of the format to be truthful. I think I would enjoy it a lot if I was running full-time. But it definitely does put me in a little bit of a drawback for this weekend. However fortunately these are long races. Theyre not run races. So Ill have time to get comfy out there and to get where I need to be by the end of the race, but Im just looking forward to seeing what this is all like this weekend.
Grala hasnt made a NASCAR start given that.
This will be my very first time ever because of these procedures I havent been able to attend any race because quarantine. Even though I am one of the other drivers of the car, I still cant go to the race when somebody else is driving the cars and truck.
” I feel like Ill be quite prepared with my track knowledge and everything that I can be entering into it,” Grala stated. “Ive run a great deal of laps on the simulator, however when you roll off 3rd in filthy air in Turn 1 attempting to hold it wide open for the very first time … its absolutely gon na be different in reality then in theory with all the preparation.”
” So I reflect on my track notes from Kansas, Ive got a little bit of details to go off of from my very first time there,” Grala said this week in a Zoom media conference. “But my note-taking process has actually gotten considerably much better over the last 3 years. I didnt have as much written down as I wanted I had looking back on it.”
Kaz Grala is a little bit late to the extremely strange celebration that is the 2020 NASCAR season.
Grala, who is set to make five starts this year, stated hell also lean on feedback he got from RCR Cup chauffeurs Tyler Reddick and Austin Dillon after they contended on the track Thursday night.
The 21-year-old chauffeur is set to make his very first Xfinity Series start of the season in Saturdays race at Kansas Speedway (5 p.m. ET on NBCSN), the 17th race of the season. Hell do it in Richard Childress Racings No. 21 Chevrolet, which Grala drove in five races in 2015. He last drove the automobile at Road America in August.
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The 21-year-old chauffeur is set to make his very first Xfinity Series begin of the season in Saturdays race at Kansas Speedway (5 p.m. ET on NBCSN), the 17th race of the season. Hell do it in Richard Childress Racings No. 21 Chevrolet, which Grala drove in 5 races last year. Thankfully these are long races. Ill have time to get comfortable out there and to get where I require to be by the end of the race, but Im just looking forward to seeing what this is all like this weekend.
Even though I am one of the other chauffeurs of the automobile, I still cant go to the race when somebody else is driving the cars and truck.
