David Gilliland can easily see himself atop the speed charts at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway this weekend. After all, he’s been there before. The driver of the No. 34 TMone/Taco Bell Ford led one of the practices when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series visited the famed short track last August. His team is ready to get back up to speed at the .533-mile oval this week when the series returns for Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500.
The Bristol race will also mark the growth of a team partnership. TMone returns to the No. 34 Ford for its third race this season – this time as a co-primary sponsor alongside Taco Bell. The Iowa City, Iowa-based company is a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) leader that provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Customer Service Selling (CSS) for many Fortune 500 companies. TMone has been on Inc. magazine’s list of fastest-growing companies in the United States for the past four years. The company logo will be on the upper quarter panels, TV panel, C-post and decklid of the No. 34 Fusion.
“I’m excited about going to Bristol. It’s a track where we’ve run well in the past. In fact, last year, we were fastest in one of the practices there. So, I feel like we’re going back with a good, solid set-up that we ran really well with last year and I’m looking forward to going back there. It reminds me a lot of Mesa Marin, a track I where used to race and where I won quite a few races back on the West Coast.
“I definitely feel comfortable there, and when you go someplace where you’ve had good success in the past, you go in with confidence. Working with Peter (Sospenzo) adds to that confidence, too. He’s got so much experience as a crew chief and knows what works well at certain tracks, so taking what we had last year and tweaking it a little bit to adjust for the new car and everything, I feel good about how we’re going to run at Bristol.
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