Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will likely be an emotional event for Max Gutiérrez and AM Racing as he prepares for his first Truck begin of the 2023 season. The race comes only a month after he and his youthful brother Federico Gutiérrez had been concerned in a automotive accident outdoors Mexico Metropolis that resulted within the latter’s demise. Gutiérrez’s #22 Ford F-150 will sport his brother’s emblem on the hood.
“This race is completely devoted to my brother, Fico, who I’m positive will likely be with me on a regular basis,” stated Gutiérrez. “Racing is the most effective medication for me and Fico was one of many first to congratulate me after our success at Nashville. I’ll cherish that second without end. I do know he will likely be racing alongside me in our #22 BolsaDX/Telcel Ford F-150 and I plan to make him proud on Friday evening.
“I simply wish to climb in, be aggressive and make everybody proud. Racing is every little thing to me and despite the fact that I can not share these bodily experiences with my brother anymore, I consider he’s nonetheless there as considered one of my biggest supporters.”
The Gutiérrez brothers each compete within the Mexico Sequence, with Max ending seventh within the 2022 standings whereas Federico was within the midst of a burgeoning profession because the 2022 México Problem Sequence Rookie of the Yr. Federico, who was seventeen when the deadly accident occurred, was third within the 2021 Mikel’s Truck Sequence championship previous to climbing the Mexican inventory automotive racing ladder. A mass was organized for Federico in Mexico Metropolis the Monday after the accident.
“Fico” supported Max as he started growing his racing portfolio in the USA, together with operating the complete 2021 ARCA Menards Sequence East season and inserting fourth in factors with a win at New Smyrna. He started racing within the Truck Sequence in 2022 with AM Racing and completed eighth in his second profession begin at Nashville, a weekend that additionally noticed him compete within the Mexico Sequence the next day.
“With the race in Las Vegas, we’re again on observe and we’re beginning an important season for me through which I’m positive we’ll get the most effective outcomes,” Gutiérrez continued. “It is a observe that excites me rather a lot and I wish to thank all my staff for the trouble and work we’ve all made to get right here.
“I’ve been doing my due diligence to arrange for Las Vegas. I do know my AM Racing staff will likely be bringing a quick race truck and I consider I’m targeted on capitalising on that. I discovered rather a lot at Charlotte and Homestead final 12 months and I plan to make use of that have to my benefit this weekend.”
AM Racing is especially specializing in their new Xfinity Sequence programme with Brett Moffitt however can be persevering with their Truck arm. Josh Reaume completed nineteenth within the Truck season opener at Daytona within the #22.
