{"id":20850,"date":"2019-05-18T00:22:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T04:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=20850"},"modified":"2019-05-18T00:22:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T04:22:54","slug":"mason-diaz-running-memorial-weekend-xfinity-series-race-at-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2019\/05\/18\/mason-diaz-running-memorial-weekend-xfinity-series-race-at-charlotte\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Diaz running Memorial weekend Xfinity Series race at Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta bottom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20851\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/05\/masondiaz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/05\/masondiaz.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/05\/masondiaz-594x356.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/05\/masondiaz-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/05\/masondiaz-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Mason Diaz has been tabbed by Brandonbuilt Motorsporst to drive the No. 86 Chevrolet Camaro in the upcoming Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This marks the third NASCAR Xfinity Series start for Diaz. In Diaz&#8217;s two previous starts in the series he raced at Richmond earning an 18th and 36th place finish,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Team owner Brandon Brown recently finished 13th in the car at Dover.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI am very excited to get back in a Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet next weekend at Charlotte,\u201d said Diaz. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that we had a mechanical failure at Richmond while we were running very competitively, but I\u2019m thankful for a second opportunity with the team.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBrandonbilt Motorsports has showed their ability to run well at the intermediate tracks, so I\u2019m confident that will continue, and I\u2019ll be able to conquer my learning curve in quick fashion.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Diaz\u2019s efforts for Charlotte will be supported by longtime partners\u00a0The Sign Shop\u00a0and\u00a0Solid Rock Carriers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mason Diaz has been tabbed by Brandonbuilt Motorsporst to drive the No. 86 Chevrolet Camaro in the upcoming Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This marks the third NASCAR Xfinity Series start for Diaz. In Diaz&#8217;s two previous starts in the series he raced at Richmond earning an 18th and 36th place finish, Team owner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,788],"tags":[1095,127,1094],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-20850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-xfinity","8":"category-news","9":"tag-brandonbuilt-motorsports","10":"tag-charlotte-motor-speedway","11":"tag-mason-diaz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20850"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=20850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}