KLAS Motorsports will be celebrating the Fourth of July holiday weekend in style as they head
to Chicagoland Speedway for Friday’s Ashley Furniture 150 ARCA Menards Series race. The
team will showcase a special red, white and blue holiday paint scheme on their #71 entry driven
by Andy Jankowiak.
“It’s beautiful,” said Jankowiak. “This car is really going to stand out in the crowd. Team owners
Kevin Lapierre and Andy Seuss take a lot of pride in how our cars and our team are presented.
They are so passionate about this team and I am humbled to be associated with that. It’s a big
point of pride for me.”
“We are excited to be able to appreciate our country’s 250 th birthday with this car,” said Seuss.
“Men and women have fought and sacrificed for our freedom and this is the least that we can do
to show our respect to them.”
The ARCA Menards Series has not visited Chicagoland Speedway since 2019. Seuss has two
starts at the track, coming in 2016 and 2017, and is hoping to use that background to help the
#71 team this time out.
“It was a fun track to go to as a driver,” said Seuss. “I have some great memories there. Now, I
will be back there in a different role and I hope that I can help Andy J.”
Jankowiak has never raced at Chicago, but has been preparing for the event by watching film
and spending time simulating races there.
“We think that the track will be similar to Kansas Speedway,” said Jankowiak. “I’ve been
prepping for the race on the sim and it seems like there is a good arc on the backstretch. That
might throw us a bit of a curveball. We will make the adjustments that we need to though. There
might be a little bit of a learning curve, but I feel confident that we will end up where we need to
be after practice.”
Jankowiak has been busy in his time away from the ARCA Menards Series by running races on
the short tracks of his native Western New York. He has been racing his Tour-type Modified,
Sportsman Modified and TQ Midget. His record is six victories in eight starts.
“We are definitely dialed in with the Sportsman Modified,” said Jankowiak. “The midget has
been super-fast. We are working on the Modified project and that requires some focus and a
little more work, but to have two out of three racecars winning is pretty good.”
Whelen Engineering and Phillips 66 Lubricants will be the primary sponsors of the #71 at
Chicagoland Speedway. The lineup of associate sponsors includes Community Solar Authority,
Suntric Renewable Energy, Dak’s Markets, Acacia Energy, Automotive Consultants of Ithaca,
Florida Safety Systems, Yukon Creek, Rotti Transport and Schultz Engineered Products.
The ARCA Menards Series visits Chicagoland Speedway on Friday, July 3rd for the Ashley
Furniture 150. That event will be televised live on the Fox Sports 1 television network starting at
8pm ET.