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By Staff Report NASCAR.com January 14, 2021 at 11:00 AM
Joe Gibbs Racing announced Thursday that Reser’s Fine Foods will move its sponsorship to Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 19 Toyota for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season. Reser’s will become the primary sponsor for four races, including Dover International Speedway (May 16), Pocono Raceway (June 27), New Hampshire Motor Speedway (July 18) and Watkins Glen International (Aug. 8). Reser’s will also be an associate sponsor for the full season.
This will be the ninth season Reser’s has had a relationship with JGR, a partnership that started in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Reser’s was previously on the No. 20 Toyota in Xfinity.
After Resurgent 2020, Dave Sapienza Excited For New Year
By Paul Lambert NASCAR.com
You could call 2020 a year of redemption for Dave Sapienza.
In 2019, Sapienza suffered a serious back injury in a last lap crash at Wall Stadium last May and was forced to sit out 10 races while he recovered.
While he did get his first Tour victory as an owner when Bobby Santos drove his car to a Musket 250 win, it was still bittersweet for Sapienza to miss out on a full-time effort.
He returned with a vengeance in 2020. Sapienza ran all nine races on the 2020 Tour schedule, and had arguably his best season yet. He set career-highs both for average starting and finishing positions and scored four top-10s, after just one in six starts in 2019. The highlight of 2020 for Sapienza was an impressive second-place effort in the fourth race of the season at Jennerstown, driving a car he called “the best I’ve ever driven in my career,” where he came oh-so-close to that first Tour
After a long struggle running a restaurant during COVID, Makris takes a break
Jimmy Makris, owner of Makris Lobster & Steak House in Concord on May 7, 2020, talks about the police visit after a person complained about too many cars in the parking lot. GEOFF FORESTER
Jimmy Makris, owner of Makris Lobster & Steak House in Concord on May 7, 2020, in the back patio that he is getting ready for the May 18th partial reopening of restaurants. GEOFF FORESTER
Published: 12/28/2020 4:33:58 PM
Jimmy Makris, a local poster boy for restaurant owners hamstrung by COVID-caused restrictions, threw in the towel last weekend – not to mention his apron – and will close his doors until further notice.
There s never been a more necessary time than now for an attraction like this. A chance to gather up a car load of family or friends and drive through a light display that rivals the best you ll see anywhere in New England.
It s called the Gift Of Lights at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and on select dates throughout November and December, you can festive from a safe distance while enjoying more than 500 light displays featuring 80 different scenes including an incredible Tunnel of Lights.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway has upped the ante for their Gift of Lights Festival in 2020. Last year, they featured more than 2.5 million lights to transform a speedway into a illuminated wonderland.
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