Diesel Prices Crush NASCAR Teams

0:00It's April 2nd. From the locker room to your ears, this is F1 News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Diesel prices are hitting NASCAR teams hard right now, with the national average spiking to $5.49 per gallon on April. First, that's squeezing budgets for outfits like Calligracin before their season even kicked off in February. The surge ties back to that military flare-up in Iran, but prices dipped just over $5 on April 2nd after the president's address. Promising a quick fix, still, the past month's pain has team scrambling. Kyleg President Chris Rice broke it down on Sirius XM, saying they've got a group text just for plotting trips to dodge high-fuel costs. Truck drivers watch prices like Hawks, delaying fills or hunting cheaper spots, every dollar counts in the truck series. As a new ram factory team this year, Callig lacks the usual notebook and inventory, so their budgets are already inflated. Rice jokes he's tracking every spoon and fork, but fender benders and fuel are tearing

1:01it up more than planned. Luckily, the Cup series is off this weekend, and recent races at Darlington, Martinsville, Rockingham, and Bristol kept everyone close to home base. Teens are adapting, but eyes they glue to those puns for relief.