ExtenZe Racing Auto Club 500 Race Recap

Kevin Conway
No. 37 ExtenZe Ford Team
Starting Position: 38
Finishing Position: 31

Notes:
A rookie driver with a new team isn’t supposed to overcome all the problems that Conway and the No. 37 ExtenZe Ford team had to face during Sunday’s event. First, Conway was making his Sprint Cup debut. The task was then made more difficult after the car’s front splitter broke off early causing the engine to run hot and the handling to be a challenge all afternoon. Lastly the team was caught on pit road when a caution came out and lost a lap.

But after 500 miles, the ExtenZe Racing team, led by crew chief Peter Sospenzo, was able to give Conway a car good enough to finish in the 31st position. Conway’s debut was more successful than most in the past and carries tremendous momentum heading into Las Vegas.

Comments from ExtenZe Racing Team Driver Kevin Conway after the Auto Club 500:

“It was a really long day. We broke our splitter really early on and broke the whole center section out of the splitter, so it made the car incredibly tight and trying to adjust around an aero issue is really difficult to do with mechanical grip, but we stayed out of trouble and survived. We were running really, really hot and were about 280 degrees water temp and 300 oil temp the whole race because when we broke the splitter it knocked the duct work out. Our ExtenZe Ford Fusion lasted all 250 laps and we made it 500 miles, so, all in all, it was a successful debut. We wanted to stay out of trouble and stay in the top 35 and we were able to do that.

“We only finished three laps down and we got a bad break on the one caution that came out at a bad time for us and trapped us, so our run wasn’t as indicative of how good our car was at certain times throughout the day, but it’s in one piece and now we can head to Vegas. It was a great points day for us today, for sure.”