Danny O’Quinn, Jr. Advance
Bristol Motor Speedway, Mar. 24-26
NASCAR Busch Series: Sharpie Mini 300
Danny O’Quinn, Jr.
Team: No. 50 Barr-Nunn Transportation Inc. Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer
Chassis: RK-177
O’Quinn Jr. on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway:
“This is definitely going to be one of the biggest races for me all year. I was born in Bristol, Tenn. and I grew up about an hour north in Coeburn, Va. so this is my home track and I’m going to have a lot of friends and family here cheering me on. I’ve run here a couple of times before and haven’t had the luck but I definitely enjoy this racetrack. It is probably my favorite race track on the circuit, and it being here in my home town, I don’t know if there would be a better place for me to run well.”
Crew Chief Drew Blickensderfer on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway:
“Bristol is a very exciting, very fast and very short racetrack, so to be successful you have to survive all the mayhem that goes on there. To be competitive, it takes luck and car. You have to be able to stay on the bottom of the track and stay out of other people’s trouble. We expect to run well at Bristol. ”
Fast Facts
Danny O’Quinn Jr. has run three races at the Bristol Motor Speedway but has had bad luck in each of those races. In two of his three starts there a blown tire would keep him from a solid finish, and in his other start, getting caught up in a 10-car wreck not of his own making ended his day early.
O’Quinn Jr. was born in Bristol, Tenn., and grew up about an hour north in Coeburn, Va., so the Bristol Motor Speedway is truly his home track.
Bristol is one of a few racetracks on the NASCAR Busch Series circuit that O’Quinn Jr. has raced on before, so he has more of an advantage going into this weekend’s Sharpie Mini 300 than he’s had in previous weeks.
The No. 50 Barr-Nunn team is bringing chassis RK-177 as a primary to Bristol this weekend, which is a former No. 60 Carl Edward’s Busch car.
