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Mosack out to finish what he started last year in Chicago

Connor Mosack makes his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start of the year this weekend, and it couldn’t come at a more fitting place than Chicago. “Despite the outcome, I thought the Chicago Street Race was an awesome event,” Mosack said. “I’m …

Connor Mosack makes his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start of the year this weekend, and it couldn’t come at a more fitting place than Chicago.

“Despite the outcome, I thought the Chicago Street Race was an awesome event,” Mosack said. “I’m definitely excited to get back and finish what I started there. The track was a lot of fun to drive, with a lot of high-risk, high-reward corners. I think it’ll be just as big, if not bigger, of an event than last year.”

Mosack qualified fourth but finished 35th in last year’s event driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. A carburetor issue derailed his efforts, and the race didn’t run the full distance because of inclement weather.

Mosack ran strongly on the Chicago streets last year before a mechanical failure. Rusty Jarrett/Motorsport Images

Saturday, Mosack will be in the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. It will be his 27th career start.

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“JR Motorsports does a really good job,” Mosack said. “They’re particular with the details and this is a detail-oriented sport. My crew chief, Andrew Overstreet, is really sharp. I’ve been able to work with him in the simulator and at the shop, getting fitted in the car and ensuring we’re where we need to be before we even unload at Chicago.

“So, I’m definitely looking forward to it. It’s a great opportunity to have a great run.”

Although he hasn’t been in the car yet this season, Mosack hasn’t been inactive. In recent weeks, he competed in the Trans Am Series at Mid-Ohio and Road America. He also ran the ARCA Menards Series race at Mid-Ohio.

By competing in different series, Mosack has adapted to different variables whenever behind the wheel. He hopes that continues as he rejoins the Xfinity Series field Saturday afternoon.

“All of that recent road course experience is certainly helpful,” Mosack said. “Just reps at a road course, in general, help you in any kind of car you hop into. You kind of get used to what the weight (of the car) feels like on a road course. While the Trans Am car and the Xfinity car do have quite a few differences, they’re also still fairly similar, or at least a lot more similar than a sports car or an open-wheel car would be.

“It is fairly adaptable between the two; you just need to be mindful of the extra weight you’re carrying. The car rolls over a little bit more, and the brakes aren’t as strong as they are on the Trans Am car, but a lot of the same principles apply throughout the race. The braking is probably the biggest difference between an Xfinity car and an ARCA car, so I feel like it was good to kind of manage my brakes throughout the ARCA race at Mid-Ohio and see how they faded.

“I feel like that’s going to be the biggest thing to manage going into Chicago. In our eyes, we won that race at Mid-Ohio, and having that confidence helps going into Chicago.”

Connor Mosack joins JR Motorsports in NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2024

JR Motorsports announced that Connor Mosack will join the organization in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for select races in 2024.

[autotag]JR Motorsports[/autotag] teased an announcement on Wednesday night and didn’t wait long to reveal the news on Thursday. The NASCAR Xfinity Series organization announced that [autotag]Connor Mosack[/autotag] will join the race team for select races during the 2024 season. Mosack will be the 10th driver to make starts for JR Motorsports in the CARS Tour and Xfinity Series.

The 25-year-old driver joins several drivers, such as Bubba Pollard and Carson Kvapil, to drive the No. 88 Xfinity car in 2024. Connor Zilisch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will also make starts in the entry. Mosack will drive the No. 88 car at the Chicago Street Course on July 6 and the Charlotte ROVAL on October 12.

Mosack’s best racing has come on road courses, so it makes sense that he will compete at the Chicago Street Course and the Charlotte ROVAL. JR Motorsports is set to utilize its fifth entry more than in recent years, which is very exciting for race fans. If this trend continues, it wouldn’t be shocking to see more big names join JR Motorsports.

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Connor Mosack joins Spire Motorsports in NASCAR Truck Series in 2024

Spire Motorsports announced on Tuesday that Connor Mosack will drive the No. 7 truck in select races during the 2024 Truck Series season.

[autotag]Connor Mosack[/autotag] has a multi-race slate in the No. 45 truck for Niece Motorsports during the 2024 NASCAR Truck Series season; however, the young driver has added races with another organization. On Tuesday morning, Spire Motorsports announced that Mosack will drive the No. 7 truck in select races throughout 2024.

The 25-year-old driver has made one start with Niece Motorsports in 2024, finishing 19th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For Spire Motorsports, Moscak will drive the entry at Kansas Speedway on May 4 and September 27, Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24, Pocono Raceway on July 12, and Homestead-Miami Speedway on October 26.

Mosack will continue to make his starts with Niece Motorsports, but this is another good opportunity to display his talent to the NASCAR world. The No. 7 truck for Spire Motorsports has been fast throughout the year and should only get better. Mosack has a good opportunity at Kansas, and it will be fascinating to see how he takes advantage of it.

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Mosack fired up for ARCA/Xfinity double duty on home ground at Charlotte

Six years after Connor Mosack’s career began on the quarter-mile at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he returns to his hometrack as a NASCAR national series driver. Mosack, a Charlotte native, will pull double duty this weekend. Friday night, Mosack will …

Six years after Connor Mosack’s career began on the quarter-mile at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he returns to his hometrack as a NASCAR national series driver.

Mosack, a Charlotte native, will pull double duty this weekend. Friday night, Mosack will run the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing in the ARCA Menards Series before running the No. 24 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday afternoon for Sam Hunt Racing.

“I think each car can help me with the other,” Mosack said. “It’s back-to-back, but you still get time to climb out of each car and kind of talk about what it’s doing and think about it for a little bit, and then you’re able to get back in and try to apply it all.

“I’m looking forward to the ARCA race, just getting laps and learning different lines and where to put the car in clean and dirty air, and I think that’ll be pretty applicable with the Xfinity car, as well.”

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Friday will be Mosack’s third start with Gibbs in the series. In his previous two starts this season, Mosack finished second at Daytona and fourth in Kansas. He is slated to run six races for Joe Gibbs Racing.

“Kansas is really wide and has sweeping corners,” said Mosack of his most recent start in the series. “We can actually go wide open, or pretty close to it, in the ARCA car, at least in qualifying. Charlotte has a lot more off-throttle time. It’s narrower and has sharper corners, though it is more banked, so you carry more load there.

“It has different entries, too. The banking comes all at once, where, at Kansas, it’s more of a gradual entry and exit in the corners. Charlotte is more difficult because of how it goes from flat to banked and back to flat again, so it’s easy to lose the car both on entry and exit there.”

A regular in the Xfinity Series with Sam Hunt Racing’s Toyota, Mosack hopes the extra seat time with JGR will bolster his fortunes. Rusty Jarrett / NKP / LAT Images)

A full-time competitor in the Xfinity Series with Sam Hunt’s organization, perhaps a home game will turn Mosack’s fortune around. Mosack is still looking for his first top-10 finish with the team in what will be their seventh start together.

“That test back in January (at Charlotte) probably helped me more than it helped the team,” Mosack said. “It was my first time on an intermediate track in an Xfinity car and we were able to have good speed. We were right there with Kaz (Grala) and Tyler (Reddick) when they were in the car.

“That gave me confidence, and I know what to expect when I go back there. Charlotte is one of the hardest, if not the hardest, intermediate track we go to, so just being able to have laps there is really beneficial.”

Mosack’s career has seen him go from running Legends Cars at Charlotte Motor Speedway to the CARS Tour and the TA2 division of the Trans Am Series. Friday night will be the second time Mosack has run a stock car around at Charlotte in the ARCA Menards Series (he finished fourth in this event last year) before doing so for the first time in the Xfinity Series car the next day.

“Having a lot of friends and family in Charlotte, I don’t feel like it adds any pressure, but it makes you want to do especially well,” Mosack said. “Having everybody there and being able to celebrate with them or have their support before the race, all of that’s really important. It’s also nice to have a good day and be able to just drive 20 or 30 minutes down the road and sleep in your own bed.”

NASCAR podcast: Connor Mosack on Xfinity chance

Connor Mosack is a name you’re going to hear quite often this season as he runs the majority of the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule between the Toyotas of Sam Hunt Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing. Mosack is 24 years old and although he’s from Charlotte, …

Connor Mosack is a name you’re going to hear quite often this season as he runs the majority of the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule between the Toyotas of Sam Hunt Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing. Mosack is 24 years old and although he’s from Charlotte, N.C., admits that racing was never something he consider a realistic career. But after a driving experience day, Mosack was told he had a future if he went for it. Mosack has since graduated through the CARS Tour, late models and Trans AM TA2. He shares his story with The Racing Writer’s Podcast.