MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Zane Smith moved to Entrance Row Motorsports for his second NASCAR Cup Sequence season and has loved a stable begin to the season.
Smith is tied for twenty first within the standings with Austin Cindric after eight races. He’s coming off a Twelfth-place end final weekend at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
“I really feel fairly good about how issues have been going. I want our races might be slightly bit smoother,” Smith mentioned. “I really feel we’ll perhaps begin the primary stage and be actually robust after which it’s like an unfortunate warning will fall and we get put again after which should battle our approach ahead. It could be lots much less work if we may simply keep up there, however all in all we’re bringing good pace, making constructive changes and having enjoyable doing it, so I’m excited for this weekend to hopefully proceed it.”
Smith ran his first Cup Sequence season with Spire Motorsports earlier than becoming a member of the three-car Entrance Row crew throughout the offseason.
“I imply the expertise that I obtained final yr with a full yr of Cup I really feel such as you study a lot. That’s positively the primary constructive takeaway,” he mentioned. “Final yr, I used to be in a really distinctive and peculiar scenario the place I used to be sort of part of two groups, so it’s been good to have extra of a standard deal I assume you would say for this yr. It’s been enjoyable.
“It’s been a very nice group to work with and I really feel like we’re getting higher each weekend. We’re bringing constructive pace and making constructive changes, so we simply want a couple of issues to go our approach and I really feel like we’ll kick into that subsequent bracket and hopefully compete for a win.”
Smith is barely three factors out of the highest 20 within the standings heading to Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway this weekend.
“I believe how we’re operating is a constructive. I believe there there have been a handful of races the place we deserved to be in that prime 10, however only a few issues perhaps didn’t go our approach,” he mentioned. “I imagine we ought to be ending there and it could be nice to make the playoffs, so clearly I need to keep in that prime 20. I actually need to get a race win and say I’ve gained on Sunday, in order that’s the primary purpose this yr.”
