ROVAL RUMBLINGS-MSR ACURA EXCELLENCE-THE CHIMES OF SUCCESS

JACK ARUTE'S WIND TUNNEL

This week’s Wind Tunnel takes you inside one of Honda’s flagship teams, behind the scenes in a pursuit of one of racing’s most unique trophies and analysis of a team’s attempt to manipulate a race’s outcome.
When the Bank of America Roval 400 went to overtime, it set up n exciting finish that catapulted Christopher Bell into the Round of 8. It also set up a desperation laden final 2 laps for SHR’s Chase Briscoe who needed to gain several spots to knock Kyle Larsen out of his transfer spot. As Briscoe carved through the field on new tires, his teammate, Cole Custer slowed on the backstretch which resulted in several of the spots Chase was pursuing to slow as well. A post race analysis of Custer’s actions resulted in $200,000 in fines as well as hefty points penalty. In a rare departure for normal Wind Tunnel episodes, Jack breaks down the situation and offers his opinion on the optics as well as the actions.
Meyer Shank Racing finished off their 2022 IMAS Campaign the same way that they started it….by Winning! They kicked off the year taking the Rolex 24 and capped a Championship campaign by taking the top honors at the Petit LeMans 2 weeks ago. MSR’s Michael Shank drops in and we talk about the team’s IMSA success as well as a review of their IndyCar efforts.
Jack checks in with Peyton Sellers. Sellers and Layne Riggs took the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Championship right down to the final races at Dominion Speedway and only after a post season audit did Sellers discover that he had lost the title that he left Dominion thinking that he had won.

But Sellers found a silver lining to that cloud when he took the top honors after 15 years of trying at MARTINSVILLE Speedway’s Valley Star 300 adding a Grandfather clock to his Trophy Case. Sellers takes this week’s Advance Auto Parts Victory lap and we talk about the roller coaster ride of emotions those 7 days created.

All that as well as a recap of the NASCAR Playoffs stop at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Roval on this week’s Wind Tunnel.