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March 17th, 2025
Ryan Preece Ties Career-Best Finish with Third-Place Run in Las Vegas
Toby Christie – www.tobychristie.com
Photo Credit: Matthew T. Thacker, NKP for Ford Performance
Five weeks ago, Ryan Preece was spectacularly flying through the air in the Daytona 500. It was a frightening beginning to his tenure with RFK Racing. Fast forward to Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Preece was credited with his career-best finish (third) after a hard-fought day in Sin City.
Preece, who started 12th, dropped like a rock in the opening laps to the 20th position. Once he was mired in the muck of the field, he found himself trapped there for quite some time. While his car wasn’t to his liking in the early portions of the race, Preece and his crew chief Derrick Finley finally found something late in Stage 2, and his No. 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse came to life.
“Yeah, I mean, the first half of the race it seemed whatever lane I picked, didn’t go my way,” Preece explained. “And then there right at the end of Stage 2, that last restart, I went from 20th to 11th, and then we just never lost track position from there on out. This Consumer Cellular No. 60 was good, and just really proud of everybody.”
The podium finish at Las Vegas matched Preece’s previous career-best finish in the NASCAR Cup Series, which was a third-place effort in the 2019 Spring race at Talladega Superspeedway. While his car was really good in the closing laps, he felt he lacked……
Read the rest of the story here: https://tobychristie.com/nascar/cup-series/ryan-preece-ties-career-best-finish-with-third-place-run-in-las-vegas/
Ryan Preece Ties Career-Best Finish with Third-Place Run in Las Vegas
Toby Christie – www.tobychristie.com
Photo Credit: Matthew T. Thacker, NKP for Ford Performance
Five weeks ago, Ryan Preece was spectacularly flying through the air in the Daytona 500. It was a frightening beginning to his tenure with RFK Racing. Fast forward to Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Preece was credited with his career-best finish (third) after a hard-fought day in Sin City.
Preece, who started 12th, dropped like a rock in the opening laps to the 20th position. Once he was mired in the muck of the field, he found himself trapped there for quite some time. While his car wasn’t to his liking in the early portions of the race, Preece and his crew chief Derrick Finley finally found something late in Stage 2, and his No. 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse came to life.
“Yeah, I mean, the first half of the race it seemed whatever lane I picked, didn’t go my way,” Preece explained. “And then there right at the end of Stage 2, that last restart, I went from 20th to 11th, and then we just never lost track position from there on out. This Consumer Cellular No. 60 was good, and just really proud of everybody.”
The podium finish at Las Vegas matched Preece’s previous career-best finish in the NASCAR Cup Series, which was a third-place effort in the 2019 Spring race at Talladega Superspeedway. While his car was really good in the closing laps, he felt he lacked……
Read the rest of the story here: https://tobychristie.com/nascar/cup-series/ryan-preece-ties-career-best-finish-with-third-place-run-in-las-vegas/
