Race Preview: GoBowling 235

Tyler Reddick, No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

GoBowling 235

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Daytona International Speedway

1801 W International Speedway Blvd
Daytona Beach, FL

Laps: 65
Miles: 231
Track Size: 3.81 miles
Start: 3:00 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN

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Daytona International Sppedway

Tyler Reddick and the No. 8 Cat App Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE at Daytona International Speedway ... This weekend, Tyler Reddick and the NASCAR Cup Series will be making the series' debut on the Daytona International Speedway Road Course configuration. Reddick has two wins and two pole awards across NASCAR's three national touring series on Daytona's oval configuration.

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Richard Childress Racing at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course ...  Continuing to navigate through an unprecedented 2020 season, Richard Childress Racing will compete at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course for the first time this weekend. In order to prepare for the new challenge, RCR Cup Series drivers Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick have spent significant time preparing with their teams in the Chevrolet simulator.  Earl Bamber, who will make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut this weekend under the RCR banner, has competed on the configuration seven times, earning four podium finishes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Series. 

Richard Childress at the Daytona Road Course ... Richard Childress competed at the Daytona Road Course as a driver in 1969 when he drove his 1968 Camaro to a 13th-place finish in the Citrus 250. Childress went on to compete on the Florida road course a total of five times, racing in the NASCAR Grand Touring Division and NASCAR Grand American Series. He finished in the top 10 in three out of the five races, with a best result of eighth in 1970. 

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Catch the Action ... The NASCAR Xfinity Series UNOH 188 at the Daytona Road Course will be televised live Saturday, August 15, beginning at 3 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network and will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. 

The NASCAR Cup Series GoBowling 235 at the Daytona Road Course will be televised live Sunday August 16, beginning at 3 p.m. ET on NBC and will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. 

TYLER REDDICK QUOTE: 

Knowing that NASCAR has not run on Daytona International Speedway's Road Course before, how are you preparing for the weekend?

"I'm very excited about the possibility this weekend brings for me and the No. 8 Cat App team. I've been taking advantage of Chevrolet's simulator they have available to us to help get familiar with the course and start learning where passes could potentially be made on Sunday. The Chevy simulator has helped me a lot with road courses in the past. That has always been a style of racing I've found challenging, but I think that by using the simulator a lot last year, I was a lot closer to where I wanted to be heading into those weekends. I'm hoping to reach the same level of preparation this year by just making lap after lap on the simulator and practice hitting my marks every time. I've also leaned a lot on AJ Allmendinger again. He has worked with my crew chief, Randall Burnett, a lot in the past, and he helped me a lot last year too with the road courses. Randall also has a really good idea on how to set up our Chevrolets for road courses, so I'm confident he has a plan on where he wants the car to be before we even reach the track this weekend. But overall, I'm really looking forward to this weekend. There is just a lot of possibility out there to make up points on the other drivers we're on the Playoff bubble with, and we'll need to capitalize on that."