Tanner Grey, NHRA tus yeej, Teem lub hom phiaj siab hauv Nascar

Tanner Grey yeej ib txwm nyiam kev sib tw tsheb sib tw. Tab sis raws li ib tug hluas, nws kuj tsim ib tug mob siab rau roaring down ib tug luag strip ntawm ntau ceev ceev.

Thaum kawg, Grey tau dhau los ua tus yau tshaj plaws NHRA tau yeej thaum muaj hnub nyoog 19. Hauv 2018, New Mexico haiv neeg tau tuav lub npe NHRA Pro Tshuag. Nws yeej 13 ntawm 48 kev sib tw hauv NHRA, nrog yim ntawm cov yeej tuaj hauv nws lub caij sib tw.

Tab sis Grey xav sib tw hauv Nascar, thiab nws tau ncaim lub ntiaj teb zoo ntawm kev sib tw rau kev sib tw tsis zoo li lwm yam.

"Qhov loj tshaj plaws yog lawv 180 degrees sib txawv," Grey hais. “Lub hlwb ntawm nws yog, ib yam nkaus. Koj mus los ntawm kev sib tw rau 40 vib nas this hauv kev sib tw rub thiab sib tw ib tus txiv neej mus rau ob teev tawm tsam XNUMX lwm tus txiv neej. Ntau tshaj li txhua yam, nws yog qhov kev xav ntawm lub hlwb.

"Kuv tsis tau ua ntau lub tsheb sib tw ua ntej kuv hloov, yog li kuv yuav tsum kawm cov tsheb, lawv tsav tsheb li cas thiab txhua yam uas los nrog nws."

Grey, tam sim no 22, yog nyob rau hauv nws thib peb lub caij puv sij hawm sib tw hauv Nascar Camping World Truck Series rau David Gilliland Racing. Nws tawm mus rau nws qhov kev pib zoo tshaj plaws, tau txais peb qhov 10s saum toj kawg nkaus hauv thawj plaub qhov kev sib tw xyoo no.

Grey hais tias "Peb muaj Jerry Baxter thiab nws tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo heev ntawm peb lub tsheb," Grey hais. “Peb tab tom tig qhov kev pab cuam ib ncig. Peb muaj ntau tus neeg zoo ntawm DGR. Nws yog qhov chaw uas peb muaj zog khiav los ntawm. Thaum koj nyob ib puag ncig koj tus kheej nrog cov neeg uas zoo dua thiab tau ua kis las ntev, nws ua rau kuv yuav tsum tau nce qib thiab ua kom zoo dua. Cia siab tias, peb yuav ua tau zoo dua nyob rau lub caij nyoog. "

Grey tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm Ford Performance, ib yam li nws DGR pab pawg Hailie Deegan. Kev koom tes ua rau Grey siv Ford's simulator, nrog rau kawm los ntawm qee qhov xiav oval tus tsav tsheb saum toj kawg nkaus.

Cov kev paub dhau los ntawm kev ua haujlwm nrog Ford kuj txhais tau rau kev khiav. Ford Performance yog feem ntau ntawm Grey's No. 15 tsheb, ua nws thawj tus neeg txhawb nqa txij li thaum nws thawj zaug pib sib tw hauv Nascar, txawm tias Black's Tire tau koom nrog 15 lub tsheb thauj khoom ntawm Daytona xyoo no.

"Ford tau ua haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus," nws hais. "Lawv tau qhib lawv txhais tes tsis yog kuv nkaus xwb, tab sis txhua tus uas tau tuaj rau DGR. Lawv lub ntsiab tseem ceeb yog, 'Peb tuaj yeem ua dab tsi los pab koj zoo dua?'

“Los ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom, qhov ntawd yog txoj kev xav. Peb mus rau lub simulator txhua hnub Monday thiab lawv nyob hauv peb cov rooj sib tham kev sib tw tom qab lub asthiv mus txog qhov nws mus. Lawv twb tau koom nrog kuv thiab nrog kuv tus kwv tiag tiag. Lawv tau ua haujlwm zoo heev. "

Txog thaum pib ntawm 2022 lub caij, Grey lees paub tias tau tawm tsam hauv Nascar. Nws tau qhab nia plaub saum tsib thiab yim sab saum toj 10s hauv nws lub caij rookie ob xyoos dhau los. Tab sis 2021 yog qhov phem tshaj qhov xav tau, tsuas yog ib sab saum toj tsib thiab ib khub ntawm sab saum toj 10s, tag nrho qhov nruab nrab ntawm 22.3.

Raws li Grey sim yeej nws thawj Truck Series kev sib tw, lub siab yog nyob rau. Nws ntseeg tias nws tuaj yeem ua tiav txoj haujlwm, thiab 2022 yog xyoo rau nws los ua pov thawj nws tus kheej.

"Kuv muaj tus cwj pwm tsis zoo los tuav kuv txoj kev ntseeg siab thiab tom qab ntawd, kuv tau nyob hauv qhov kev sib tw, thiab nws nyuaj rau tawm ntawm. Thaum kuv los ntawm kev sib tw, kuv tsuas yog yeej kev sib tw thiab kuv tau yeej kev sib tw. Kuv yeej 33% ntawm cov kev sib tw uas kuv tau khiav, uas yog kev sib tw siab heev.

“Yuav tig ib ncig thiab ua ib yam dab tsi uas kuv xav tias yog qhov nyuaj dua thiab koj tsis yeej, nws ua rau tej yam nyuaj. Thaum koj khiav zoo, nws pab. Nws yog kev ua kis las nce thiab nqis. Thaum kuv ua qhov hloov pauv, kuv paub tias nws yuav nyuaj. "

Nrog rau qhov chaw playoff ntawm kab, Grey tau npaj rau lub xyoo tas los. Momentum yog nyob rau ntawm No. 15 pab pawg, thiab nws ntseeg tias qhov no yog nws lub xyoo.

Los ntawm plaub qhov kev sib tw, Grey zaum thib tsib hauv kev sib tw ncaws pob lub caij sib tw. Cov yeeb yaj kiab rov qab mus rau Martinsville Speedway rau hnub Thursday, qhov chaw ntawm nws qhov ua tiav zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm 2021.