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Max Gresham Looking For Better Results Second Time Around At Berlin
Press Release
“I seem to have pretty good luck the second time I go back to a place,” Gresham stated. “The second time I went to South Boston, I won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race there. Same thing with Iowa Speedway. Raced there once, won the second time. Prior knowledge at a track really allows me to understand how to race better and how to better the car. I’m looking forward to putting the knowledge I gained at Berlin last year to good use this time. It would be great to clean up a win for my sponsor – the World Crown 300 at Gresham Motorsports Park – for Venturini Motorsports, and for Toyota at Berlin this weekend.”
Gresham made his first-ever appearance at the unique Berlin oval a year ago qualifying eighth and finishing 13th in the Berlin 200 in his family-owned No. 71 Gresham Motorsports Toyota. According to Gresham, he and the team failed to meet expectations.
“We were pretty good in practice and turned out to not be good at all in the race last year,” said Gresham. “As a driver, I missed it and and my crew missed it too. We missed it as a whole. I enjoyed racing there, but it’s really hard to have fun when you were as bad as we were last year. I know that going back this year in the No. 25 Venturini Motorsports Toyota is going to give us a solid chance of having a lot better result then we had last year.”
Gresham has been having much better results this year as a whole notching a win and six-straight top-five finishes to currently lead the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season championship standings. Meanwhile, the 18-year-old Griffin, GA native is competing in a select event ARCA schedule this year. In his most recent ARCA event, Gresham finished second in his career superspeedway debut in the ARCA RainEater Wiper Blades 200 at Michigan Speedway on June 17.
According to Gresham, Saturday’s event at Berlin will be just as challenging.
“Berlin is a tricky place, big circle and that makes it tough for a driver and set-up team,” said Gresham. “The loads at that place are completely different than anywhere else we go to. It makes it difficult to determine just how much the track will change between night and day. It has a lot of different characteristics. It’s a beast kind of on to itself.”
Max Gresham and his Venturini Motorsports teammates will take the green flag in the Hantz Auto Group 200 at Berlin this Saturday, July 9 with practice at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The 200-lap, 100-mile event will roll off Saturday night at 8:30 p.m.
Additional information about Max Gresham can be accessed at www.MaxGresham.com.
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- Max Gresham Racing Press Release
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