[Ryan] arrives at the track each week with the goal of making directionally positive gains under the conviction that everything else will take care of itself. Everything else, of course, includes an expiring contract and rampant speculation about what the No. 41 team could look like next season.
Industry expectation is that Preece will return, Stewart-Haas instead focusing on making their cars better, as opposed to an overall of its driver lineup beyond Josh Berry coming in to replace the retiring Kevin Harvick in the No. 4.
Preece is confident of that outcome too.
“I feel like it’s going to be fine,” Preece told Sportsnaut on Wednesday at North Wilkesboro Speedway during a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour tire test. “I feel fine about it.
— Sportsnaut —