NEWTON — Joey Gase stared at a house-sized American flag before the NASCAR Xfinity Series race as he held his young son during the national anthem Saturday, Aug. 2. Then he climbed his car and went to work.
Gase, 32, is a Cedar Rapids native and NASCAR journeyman who has made 385 starts in NASCAR’s three national series since he made his Truck Series debut at Iowa Speedway in 2011. From 2015 to 2019 he ran full-time in the Xfinity Series, one level below the top-level Cup Series.
He’s also made 91 Cup Series starts since 2014. Gase is running both in both the Xfinity Series and Cup Series races at the Iowa Speedway in cars sponsored by the longtime Fox sitcom and Hulu reboot “King of the Hill.”…