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PRACTICE: Rookie Tanner Gray Quickest In South Boston

www.arcaracing.com May 4, 2019

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. — He may be a rookie, but Saturday’s practice sessions for the WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s at South Boston Speedway didn’t show it.

Tanner Gray posted the fastest lap around the Virginia short-track in his No. 15 DGR-Crosley Toyota. The twin 100s will be Gray’s fourth and fifth career K&N Pro Series events.

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Gray’s quick lap (14.967) came on his 20th lap in the first session (45 minutes) and was third quickest (15.004) in the second 45-minute session.

“I feel really good about the speed we have in the car,” Gray said. “This is probably the best we’ve unloaded all year and I’m really excited to get to the race […] I think we’ve made good adjustments throughout practice today to set ourselves up for the race.”

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Chase Cabre (14.969) laid down the quickest lap in the second session, only 0.002 seconds behind Gray’s quick time, with championship points leader Sam Mayer running a 14.979-second circuit for the third quickest overall speed.

Hailie Deegan (15.020) and Spencer Davis (15.061) completed the top five quickest drivers with McLaughlin, 2017 track champion Colin Garrett, Derek Kraus, Mason Diaz and Drew Dollar rounding out the top 10 speeds.

There were two incidents in the second session. Chuck Buchanan Jr. brushed the wall coming off Turn 4 and sustained minor right-side damage. Diaz clobbered the wall in the same spot while maneuvering around a slower car.

Qualifying will take place at 5:15 p.m. The green flag for Race No. 1 of the WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s is scheduled to fly at approximately 7 p.m. with Race No. 2 coming shortly following the conclusion of the first twin. FansChoice.TV will have live coverage of the event.

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