After coming off a season-best a few weeks ago at Talladega Superspeedway, Ryan Roulette is ready to hop back behind the wheel heading to the heartland of America in the Tide 150 for the ARCA Menards Series.
Roulette and VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) are continuing their partnership with long-time ARCA Menards Series owner Andy Hillenburg and his team, Fast Track Racing to pilot the No. 12 Ford at the 1.5-mile intermediate speedway.
“This will be our first attempt at an intermediate track and we look forward to the challenge ahead. Every race we continue to grow and perform better as a team and Kansas has been circled all year on our calendar,” Roulette the Air Force Pilot said just a few days before the race.
“As our team was building our 2024 schedule, we had Kansas towards the top of our list. Our primary partner for this race, the VFW, is headquartered out of Kansas City and we are proud to have a lot of their senior officers, and members of both Kansas and Missouri with our team this weekend,” he added.
The Minot, ND native and 38-year-old has had a consistent start to the 2024 ARCA Menards Series season. After trouble in the season opener at Daytona, he was able to rebound for a 23rd-place finish, he followed it up with a 28th at Phoenix, but then rebounded for his best finish of the season in 20th.
As always, and as part of their deal with VFW, this weekend features a special crew member for the No. 12.
“Our honorary pit crew member for Kansas is Terry Fletcher. Terry served in the Navy from 1977 to 1981 and was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal during his Indian Ocean Operations.”
Fletcher “has three beautiful daughters and eight grandchildren with the ninth due this summer. He has been in the VFW since 2009 and is currently Sr. Vice Commander for the Dept. of Kansas. We look forward to adding him to our crew as we take on this exciting race at Kansas Speedway,” Roulette added.
He also isn’t the only Roulette racing this weekend though. His son is participating in a NASCAR Youth Event, he’ll be looking to double down after taking home a win this past weekend.
Roulette and his No. 12 team hit the track on Saturday, May 4th at 2 P.M. ET on FS1.
