52 Pickup Racing Making Show Car Available for Special Events

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Boogertown, North Carolina)

If you ever wanted to bring the excitement of NASCAR to your latest big event, here’s your chance!  52 Pickup Racing has a limited availability for its 2021 NASCAR Cup show car throughout the eastern United States.

“Bill France Sr. himself once said that fans ‘need to be able to touch it’”, said George Pennington, one of the fifty-two co-owners of 52 Pickup Racing.  “Well, now fans can do just that—they can touch, see, and hear a real-life NASCAR stock car.  Just don’t kick the tires, those things cost money.”

“Its always a thrill to be able to see an actual race car up close, without having to go to the race track”, said T.B. Dee, driver of the #52 Monday Cigarettes race car.  “Now fans all over can see one of our retired race cars at a grand opening, county fair, graduation party, confirmation, birthday party—you name it.”

The specific race car—nicknamed 52PU001 by the team—was retired from service after the final “plate” race of the year at Talladega.

“This is the same race car that scaled the high banks of Daytona and Talladega”, Pennington said.  “Plus it also ran at Pocono and California.  And we jerry-rigged it to run a few road courses.  What we’re trying to say is, this baby has some miles on it, and it can log a few more around your driveway for your 10th anniversary party next weekend.”

Those interested in renting the show car should contact 52 Pickup Racing through social media or phone—please, no walk ups.

QUOTES: “If you find some gum under the seat, please don’t touch it.” —T.B. Dee, driver of the 52 Pickup Racing Monday Cigarettes race car.

“We’re very negotiable on price, but we’re talking four-figures here.  We cannot go lower than $49.95.” —George Pennington, co-owner of 52 Pickup Racing.

ABOUT 52 PICKUP RACING: 52 Pickup Racing is NASCAR Cup’s newest race team.  Based out of Boogertown North Carolina, the team employs up-and-coming driver T.B. Dee and is looking for anyone with a flat-bed trailer available on Saturdays.

For more information please visit the 52 Pickup Racing website at www.52pickupracing.com

For all media inquiries please contact Moxoc Media at moxoc(at)moxoc.com

Learn to Speak English the Denny Hamlin Way!

Last week Denny Hamlin unveiled a new word in his description of Chase Elliott fans, saying that they couldn’t think “straightly”.  Unbeknownst to most Nascar fans, Denny has been creating his own vocabulary for some time now.  Here’s a look at some entries in the Denny Hamlin Dictionary:

Straightly (adverb): to move in a relatively straight line, figuratively or literally.  Example: “The sponsors went straightly away from Matt Kenseth”

Focusment (noun): the act of placing an unusual amount of focus on something.  Example: “There is an unusual amount of focusment on Denny and Alex (Bowman) this weekend.”

Wallaced (verb): 1. to be collected in a wreck by Bubba Wallace trying to collect his own car.  Example: “We got Wallaced—now watch him cry in the post-race interview”.  2. (antiquated) to throw a water bottle at one’s rival.

Bowlock (verb): to impede the celebration of a competitor.  Example: “Even though I made the Championship 4 I’m going to Bowlock that guy right before his finish line interview.”

Joeyd (adverb): getting beaten by a driver (or drivers) who are exceedingly irritating.  Example: “I got Joyed by that goofy kid from Connecticut.”

Avoison (noun): 1. to skillfully avoid controversy in route to winning a championship.  Example: “We had some real avoision on the track today, we’re champions!”.  2. to skillfully avoid controversy in route to skirting Nascar’s team ownership limits.

Nascar’s Next Gen Car—Facts and Features

Testing has been ramping up lately for Nascar’s “Next Gen” (formerly Gen-7) car, the latest incarnation of the standard stock car, slated to debut in the 2022 season.  With so many changes coming up and so much information coming in, here’s a quick rundown of what to expect in about a year:

—Aerodynamics will, as always, be a major focus of innovation, with changes due to come to the splitter, hood vents, side skirts, and even the debut of a rear diffuser.  There’s a lot to digest, but the long and short of it is this—more downforce should lead to more competitive racing and more passing.  Until Penske and JGR figure out loopholes in the rules and dirty air returns with a vengeance, that is.

Kurt Busch testing a
Next Gen prototype

—Continuing a process started with the “Car of Tomorrow”, the driver will be moved closer to the middle of the car, putting them further from the door and, by extension, further from any contact or damage.  This will continue Nascar’s attempts to protect drivers’ bodies and lives, but be prepared for this small change to somehow infuriate your 65-year-old uncle who claims Nascar died in 2001.

—The manual transmission will move from four gears to six gears, putting Nascar more in-line with touring car series around the world.  Still no automatic transmission, though—probably because, as we all know from Daytona USA, it has a few MPH slower top speed.

—Gas cans will be replaced with gas hoses connected to a tank behind the pit wall.  This should also lead to the “Gas Can Man” on the pit crew getting a new nickname, although “Man with the Hose” might sound awkward.

—And yes, there will be a brand-new type of wheel—three inches bigger in diameter, aluminum instead of steel, and one single lug nut instead of five.  This is the kind of thing that will seem bizarre at first, then become second-nature to fans after the first few races, even as Clint Bowyer hammers home the “challenge” well into mid-season.