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The NASCAR Cup Series visits the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway this weekend for a date in the Irish Hills, where it’s a point of pride for any manufacturer to score a victory close to the Motor City.
Fords have won the last seven races at the track, most recently defending winner Ryan Blaney, but the advent of the Next Gen car has thrown a wrench into any perennial contender’s chances at MIS and Auto Club Speedway is really the only apt comparison this entire season.
Adam Cheek and Dalton Hopkins break down if the Blue Ovals’ streak continues, whether Austin Hill‘s Cup debut this weekend will show him to be a worthy successor to Tyler Reddick at Richard Childress Racing, and more.
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About the author
Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of VCU, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and also hosts the "Adam Cheek's Sports Week" podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.
Dalton Hopkins began writing for Frontstretch in April 2021. Currently, he is the lead writer for the weekly Thinkin' Out Loud column, co-host of the Happy Hour podcast, and one of our lead reporters. Beforehand, he wrote for IMSA shortly after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2019. Simultaneously, he also serves as a Captain in the US Army.
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Poor Fords, hendricknascar has aero/horsepower packaged your performance so you can only play in the back of their sandbox !
And as soon as Ford finds the slightest advantage, GM/Hendricks whine and cry to NA$CAR until they take it away!
Ford would be better off to drop NA$CAR and become a 3rd engine supplier to Indycar.