Glendale native NASCAR driver McDowell ready for Cup playoffs this weekend
Fan packages available, including for championship finale in Avondale in November
Independent Newsmedia
Posted 8/29/23
Michael McDowell and the No. 34 Ford Mustang team will make their second appearance in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs this weekend at the Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
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Glendale native NASCAR driver McDowell ready for Cup playoffs this weekend
Fan packages available, including for championship finale in Avondale in November
(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Michael McDowell acknowledges spectators during driver introductions before a NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway Aug. 26, 2023, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Michael McDowell and the No. 34 Ford Mustang team will make their second appearance in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs this weekend at the Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
Making their primary partnership debut in the playoffs will be Stage Front VIP, the partner of the Glendale native throughout the 2023 season.
The Stage Front VIP Front Row Motorsports program was tailored as an experience for fans to purchase a VIP package that includes joining the No. 34 race team on race day. Now fans can join the team throughout each playoff race, including the championship race in Phoenix.
The NASCAR Cup Series Championship will take place Nov. 5 at Phoenix Raceway, at 7602 Jimmie Johnson Drive, in Avondale, which is McDowell’s home track.
Each package includes an insider’s look at the race team, tour of the hauler, a meet-and-greet with McDowell, garage and pit road access, team merchandise from Stage Front VIP and more.
“More than ever, we have seen so much excitement from our customers around our partnership with Michael McDowell and Front Row Motorsports,” Karl Roes, Stage Front VIP CEO, shared in a press release.
Fans can click here to learn more about the McDowell and FRM VIP experiences and tickets.
“It is a great program what Stage Front VIP is doing for fans,” McDowell stated. “You’re not getting this anywhere else in the sport and now you can have this experience throughout the playoffs.”
Track activity this weekend will begin with practice and qualifying on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Sunday’s 367-lap race is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the USA Network.
McDowell’s racing life got started in north Glendale as a kid.
“Friday and Saturday nights during the summer, practicing and racing at PKRA (Phoenix Kart Racing Association),” he told the Glendale Independent of the track located at 22500 43rd Ave. E, when asked about his favorite memories growing up in Glendale. “It was a fun time in life, racing with my family and our friends. It was a great community out there and it was a special time.”
