Andrés Pérez de Lara - Allegiance 200 Race Recap
Event: Allegiance 200 (150 laps / 199.5 miles)
Round: 11 of 25 (Regular Season)
Track: Nashville Superspeedway
Location: Lebanon, TN
Date & Time: Friday, May 29 | 8:00 PM ET
No. 44 Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Andres Perez de Lara | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
Start: 19th | Stage 1: 31st | Stage 2: 18th
Finish: 14th | Driver Points: 15th | Owner Points: 22nd
- Key Takeaway: Andrés Pérez de Lara and the Acceptance Insurance team overcame a bunch of adversity in Nashville. An issue in pre-race technical inspection led the No. 44 team to unload a backup truck before hitting the track. The team made a valiant effort in preparing the truck for the race, but were then forced to start from the rear of the field and had to serve a pass-through penalty. Pérez de Lara lost a lap during the exchange, but fought hard to make up for lost time and eventually got his lap back. In the final stage, a strategy call vaulted the No. 44 to the front of the field, and Pérez de Lara nearly walked away with a top-10 finish. After making a nice save, he came home in 14th-place.
- Andrés Pérez de Lara’s Post-Race Thoughts:
Interviewer: You ran in the top-five; what happened at the end there?
“Yeah man, it was a roller coaster of a day. We started in the back, had to do a pass-through, and essentially lost a lap. We kept working and got our lap back, and we had a lot of speed in our No. 44 truck. Just unfortunately, I got a little bit loose over there and lost a couple of spots. We weren’t on the best tires compared to the others, so it was hard to keep up, but we did our best. I feel like it was a good day considering how it started.”
Interviewer: So at the end, you kind of slid back because of bad tires, you said?
“Yeah, I feel like we did the right choice with strategy, it just didn’t work out completely. Like I said, I got loose off of (turn) four and that lost a lot of momentum, but we were still on defense. It was all we could do, right? It was a really tough day overall. We were a lap down for most of the beginning even though we had a lot of pace, but we just couldn’t get our lap back with how the race went. Thank you to all my guys for the hard work because it was a lot earlier in the day to get that truck ready.”
About Niece Motorsports: Niece Motorsports is a professional auto racing team that has competed in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series since 2016. The team is owned by Josh Morris of DQS Solutions and Staffing and the Fowler Family of J.F. Electric and Utilitra, and was founded by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. At its 80,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Salisbury, NC, Niece Motorsports is a full-service race vehicle build shop as well as a customizable fabrication shop for any manufacturing needs.
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