Zane Smith, tus neeg tsav tsheb ntawm No. 38 Michael Roberts Construction Ford, ua kev zoo siab hauv txoj kev yeej tom qab … [+]
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Thaum Brad Keseloski, tus tswv ntawm Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, tau nqa lub xov tooj los muab Zane Smith ib qho kev sib tw los sau rau tus neeg mob Chris Buescher, tus hluas racer tau poob siab.
Smith, 23, hais tias "Brad Keselowski yog ib tus neeg ntse tshaj plaws uas kuv tau ntsib." “Cov lus qhia nws tau muab rau kuv mus ntev heev. Nws hais tias, 'Hav, koj tsis muaj dab tsi los ua pov thawj. Koj twb ua pov thawj nws nrog kuv hu koj.'
Smith tau tsom mus rau kev sib tw rau Camping World Truck Series kev sib tw rau Front Row Motorsports, pab pawg Ford-backed uas tau ua haujlwm nrog RFK Racing thaum nws tau paub zoo dua li Roush Fenway Racing yav dhau los. Hauv nws qhov kev sib tw ncaws pob ncaws pob ntawm World Wide Technology Raceway ntawm Gateway, nws ua tiav 17th.
Kev khiav haujlwm zoo rau Smith yog qhov kev ntseeg siab uas nws tsis paub tias nws xav tau thaum nws caum nws thawj Nascar kev sib tw.
Smith tau hais tias "Cov 400 mais no, kuv tau kawm ntau yam hauv kev txhim kho kuv tus kheej," Smith hais. "Yog tias koj xav tias koj ua tau zoo ntawm txoj kev, koj tsis yog. Yog tias koj xav tias koj ua tau zoo ntawm kev rov pib dua, tsis yog koj tsis yog.
“Thaum koj pub koj tus kheej rau hma zoo li ntawd, uas kuv tau ua thoob plaws hauv kuv txoj haujlwm txij li thaum kuv tseem me me, koj kawm tam sim ntawd. Kuv raug muab pov rau hauv qhov tob kawg. Kuv muaj hmoo heev uas tau loj hlob li ntawd, thiab kuv tau txais kev paub txog qhov ntawd thaum muaj hnub nyoog laus dua. "
Raws li Smith's No. 38 pab neeg txuas ntxiv ua tau zoo hauv Truck Series, Front Row Motorsports tau tshaj tawm tias nws yuav rov qab los rau xyoo 2023, nrog rau lub caij nyoog Cup Series ib nrab. Ib tus neeg nyiam Smith, uas tau ua tiav qhov kev sib tw hauv Truck Series sawv hauv ob xyoos dhau los, tau npaj los ua pov thawj vim li cas nws tsim nyog ntawm daim ntawv cog lus txuas ntxiv.
Smith yeej qhov kev sib tw tsis tu ncua ntawm lub caij nyoog los ntawm kev tsim txiaj ntawm peb yeej hauv kev sib tw yim lub caij nyoog. Nws tau caij nkoj los ntawm kev ua si kom tsim nyog rau Championship 4. Los txog lub caij kawg ntawm Phoenix Raceway, Pab Pawg No. 38, uas tsis tau yeej kev sib tw txij thaum nruab nrab lub Tsib Hlis ntawm Kansas Speedway, tau kho nws raws li qhov yuav tsum yeej kev sib tw.
Thaum tus chij checkered yoj tom qab 150 mais, Smith tau tawm ntawm ThorSport Racing's Ben Rhodes - tus yeej xyoo 2021 - tsawg dua li ib feem peb ntawm ib lub thib ob los coj lub kaus mom hauv tsev.
Smith piav tias, “Nws txhais tau ntau yam uas kuv piav tsis tau. Cov neeg tsis nkag siab tias nws nyuaj npaum li cas kom tau mus rau Championship 4. Nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau kev nqis peev rau hnub ntawd.
"Tib neeg zoo li, 'Koj tsuas yog yuav tsum ua kom zoo dua li peb lwm tus.' Tab sis feem ntau, lwm qhov peb yog thib ob, thib peb thiab plaub. Nws los yeej ib haiv neeg. Koj yuav tsum mus rau hauv kev sib tw nrog lub siab ntawm qhov no yog qhov yuav tsum-yeej. Qhov ntawd yog qhov peb tau ua thiab peb ua tiav tag nrho. Qhov ntawd yog qhov ua rau kuv txaus siab tshaj plaws. "
Kev yeej kev sib tw yeej yeej txhawb pab pawg me, uas ua rau ob lub khob khob.
"Kuv xav tias qhov yeej thiab tam sim no qhov kev sib tw yuav cia li txuas ntxiv rau pem hauv ntej Row raws li lub koom haum sib tw muaj peev xwm ntawm kev sib tw kom paub meej, tam sim no yeej qhov kev sib tw hauv ib qho ntawm Nascar ntau dua," tus thawj tswj hwm Jerry Freeze tau hais tom qab Smith qhov kev sib tw. “Nws tsuas yog pab kom muaj kev lees paub peb lub tuam txhab. Nws tsis yog tsuas yog lub koom haum sib tw yeej tam sim no, tab sis ib qho uas muaj peev xwm yeej kev sib tw. "
Raws li Smith npaj rau nws lub caij thib ob nrog Front Row Motorsports thiab nws thib plaub hauv Truck Series, nws lub sijhawm yuav ua haujlwm ntau dua. Nws yog lub hlwb thiab lub cev npaj los sib tw hauv ob qho kev sib faib rau xyoo tom ntej, raws li nws yuav khiav tsawg kawg ib qho kev sib tw hauv lub tsheb thib peb rau FRM.
Smith hais tias, "Kuv zoo siab heev rau qhov ntawd," Smith hais. "Nws yuav muaj kev lom zem heev, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog vim kuv tab tom ua nrog kuv pab pawg tsheb thauj khoom: kuv tus thawj coj, kuv tus engineer, kuv tus thawj tsav tsheb, txhua tus neeg uas nyob ntawm kuv lub tsheb yuav nyob ntawm kuv lub tsheb Cup ib yam nkaus. Peb yuav tau kawm ua ke. "
Smith, tau kawg, tab tom tos ntsoov rau nws lub neej yav tom ntej hauv Nascar. Nws ntseeg tias nws tau pom ib lub tsev nyob rau pem hauv ntej Row Motorsports, thiab xav kom nws nyiam nws daim ntawv cog lus tom ntej los ua ib qho uas muab nws tso rau hauv kev sib tw ua si thawj zaug. Nws tau kos npe nrog pab pawg kom txog thaum 2026.
Smith hais tias "Rov qab rau hnub, yog, qhov teeb tsa yog Tsheb, Xfinity thiab Khob," Smith hais. "Tib neeg tsis paub tam sim no tias lub tsheb Cup yog nyob deb ntawm txhua yam. Cov tswv pab neeg yuav qhia koj qhov no - nws tsis ua rau muaj kev nkag siab zoo mus rau Xfinity tshwj tsis yog tias koj nyob hauv nws. Koj yuav luag lub sijhawm sib tw. "
Smith muaj sijhawm ntau, txawm li cas los xij, raws li nws yuav siv lub caij so npaj rau cov kev cov nyom ua ntej nkag mus rau lub caij 2023.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephwolkin/2022/11/16/zane-smith-crowned-the-nascar-camping-world-truck-series-champion-is-growing-with-front- row-motorsports/