Mazak Partners with Austin Cindric at Texas Motor Speedway

Mazak Corporation was recently featured as the primary sponsor on the No. 12 Ford Mustang driven by Austin Cindric for the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) at the recent My Bariatric Solutions 300 at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Cindric finished the My Bariatric Solutions 300 in ninth position. This was Cindric's second Top 10 in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford this year. "I am glad to get back in the Top 10," Cindric said. "We were able to race our way up to the Top 5 once or twice there in the race legitimately. I am proud of that. Proud of these guys on the No. 12 car. We never gave up all weekend. We got behind on adjustments in practice and made some good calls overnight.

"It was cool to have Mazak on the car during My Bariatric Solutions 300," Cindric continued. "They had a lot of people there for the weekend and I am glad they were able to tough it out in the cold."

At just 19 years old, Cindric is one of NASCAR's youngest drivers. He made his NXS debut last season, driving the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang at Road America for Team Penske.

Already in 2018, Cindric has raced three different types of cars in three series, including two Rallycross Ice races in Sweden, where he captured a heat win. Cindric also earned a sixth-place overall finish in the IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona driving for JDC-Miller Motorsports, before he produced his first top 10 NXS finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway with Team Penske and the No. 12 Ford Team.

For more than two decades, Team Penske has benefitted from its in-house equipment manufacturing process that has been bolstered by equipment supplied by Mazak. Inside Team Penske's state-of-the-art facility located on 105 acres in Mooresville, NC, the organization's NASCAR, IndyCar and IMSA Sports Car programs manufacture everything from chassis to key suspension parts.

For more information contact:

Mazak Corporation

P.O. Box 970

Florence, KY 41022-0970

859-342-1700

www.mazakusa.com

Team Penske

www.teampenske.com