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SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN No. 3 XPEL CHEVROLET
START: 27TH
FINISH: 4TH
POINTS: 10TH (-232)
RACE RUNDOWN: Scott McLaughlin and the No. 3 XPEL Chevrolet team put on a show for the fans as he motored his way from a 27th-place starting position in Saturday’s SYNK 275 presented by Sukup at Iowa Speedway to score a fourth-place finish. The New Zealand-American spun on his first of two qualifying laps on Saturday afternoon, making heavy contact with the rear of his Chevy without putting in an official lap. All three Team Penske teams pitched in to help get the car ready to race just a few hours later and it was clear early on that their hard work gave McLaughlin one of the fastest cars in the field. He was scored in the 15th position by Lap 15 and continued to climb the leaderboard through great pit stops by his XPEL crew. Following his third and final pit stop of the day on Lap 245, McLaughlin was scored inside the top five with a chance to go from last to first in a 275-lap race on a short oval. However, several stoppages of the on-track action limited his time to make his way to the front before finishing fourth, an improvement of 23 positions.
MCLAUGHLIN’S THOUGHTS: “I don’t know how many people saw, but the amount of people, that not only work on the No. 3 car, but the No. 2 and the No. 12, It was just a huge team effort to get back in the race. I know I was talking to some drivers, and some teams may not have even been able to do that, so it’s a proud moment for us. Proud moment for me. The car was really good. I would rip the bottom. I would rip whatever lane I wanted, So, I put a lot of trust in it. I put trust in it because the guys are so good, you know, and just really proud of everyone, and everyone on the XPEL Chevy.”
