JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW: TRACK: RACE 1: (250 laps / 187.5 miles) RACE 2: Virginia is for Racing Lovers 250 (250 laps / 187.5 miles) DATE 1: Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 DATE 2: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020

Broadcast Information Race One – TV: 7 p.m. ET on NBCSN / Radio: 6:30 p.m. ET on MRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Broadcast Information Race Two – TV: 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN / Radio: 1:30 p.m. ET on MRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Michael Annett • will go to Richmond Raceway this weekend Race One & Two: No. 1 with three top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in his last 12 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts this season. His average finish over that span is 8.1. • In 15 starts at Richmond, Annett has posted four top 10s and completed 98.9 percent of the laps run in those races. The Iowa native was ninth in the fall race last year on the .750-mile oval and has earned a best finish of fifth in 2012. • Annett’s Pilot Flying J Chevrolet will carry a “Thank You Truck Drivers” message on the TV panel for both races this PR Manager: Ron Lemasters weekend in advance of National Truck Driver Appreciation [email protected]; 704-658-5776 Week, which is set for Sept. 13-19. • Justin Allgaier has five top fives and eight top 10s in 18 NXS Race One: No. 7 FilterTime Chevrolet starts at Richmond Raceway with 281 laps led. Race Two: No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet • His two most recent visits to the track in 2019 resulted in top-five finishes, including a third-place result last spring after leading the race for 86 circuits. • This season on tracks measuring 1 mile or less in length, Allgaier has one victory (Dover) and three stage wins. • With three races left before the start of the NXS playoffs, Allgaier is currently listed as sixth in the projected playoff standings with 13 playoff points accrued after his victory at PR Manager: Megan Johnson Dover and eight stage wins. [email protected]; 704-773-1992

Jeb Burton • returns to the No. 8 Chevrolet for this Race One: No. 8 State Water Heaters Chevrolet weekend’s doubleheader at Richmond. Race Two: No. 8 LS Tractor Chevrolet • The Halifax, Va. native has a combined six starts at the .750-mile short track across the Cup Series and the NXS. • Through six starts in 2020 for JRM in the NXS, Burton has scored a best finish of third at Talladega in June. • State Water Heaters, a leader in the water heating industry, will be on board the No. 8 for the first event of the weekend on Friday evening. • LS Tractor, one of the fastest growing tractor companies in PR Manager: Mike Campbell North America, is on board for the second race on [email protected]; 704-839-1115 Saturday afternoon. • Noah Gragson has three NXS starts at Richmond with a Race One & Two: / TrueTimber best finish of second coming in his first career start in the / Black Rifle Coffee Chevrolet spring of 2018. • In the most recent race at Richmond in the fall of 2019, Gragson started eighth and finished seventh. • After 23 races in the 2020 season, Gragson sits fourth in the championship standings with two wins, 10 top fives, 16 top 10s and has led 508 laps. • At tracks that are less than 1 mile in length, Gragson has one win, three top fives, six top 10s and holds an average PR Manager: KC Heschel finish of 8.5. [email protected]; 419-341-9243 Driver Quotes

“Our No. 1 Pilot Flying J team is clicking on all cylinders as “I’m ready to head to Richmond for another doubleheader the season heads toward the playoffs. We had a solid run weekend. The last one turned out well for us at Dover, so I’m at Darlington, which is the latest in a series of good finishes hoping for the same result, especially after the bad luck we for us, and I think we’re peaking at the right time. Going to had last weekend at Darlington. I’m ready to move on from Richmond for two races is going to be important, especially that and get some positive momentum back as we get closer with Bristol the next track on the list. We’re pretty solid in to the playoffs. We have two great partners on the car this points right now and we’re getting ready to make a playoff week with FilterTime on Friday and BRANDT on Saturday and run. That starts this weekend.” – Michael Annett this No. 7 team has been working hard to prepare a fast Camaro, so I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do.” – Justin Allgaier

“I’m really looking forward to getting to Richmond this “Richmond is a track that I have run pretty good at in the past weekend and race not one, but two races at one of my and I expect more of the same this weekend. My first trip home tracks. It’s going to be a fun weekend for sure and here I ran up front and finished second and then last year I hopefully we can come away with two solid runs with our was able to run around the top five but ended up finishing State Water Heaters Chevy on Friday night and our LS seventh. It’s a doubleheader weekend so we can get a lot of Tractor Chevy on Saturday. We’ve just got to be patient playoff points in a short amount of time, so we’re going to and take what the track gives us and I feel like we will be attack this weekend and make the most of it.” – Noah right there in contention for the win. I can’t wait to get Gragson there and see what we can do.” – Jeb Burton

Annett 2020 Stats Allgaier 2020 Stats Burton 2020 Stats Gragson 2020 Stats (NXS) (NXS) (NXS) (NXS)

Starts 23 Starts 23 Starts 6 Starts 23 Wins 0 Wins 1 Wins 0 Wins 2 Top 5s 3 Top 5s 5 Top 5s 1 Top 5s 10 Top 10s 14 Top 10s 12 Top 10s 3 Top 10s 16 Laps Led 29 Laps Led 557 Laps Led 35 Laps Led 508 Avg. Finish 11.5 Avg. Finish 14.6 Avg. Finish 17.3 Avg. Finish 9.6 Points 9th (-307) Points 7th (-248) Points N/A Points 4th (-127)

JRM Team Updates

• JRM at Richmond: JRM has scored three wins, 22 top fives and 43 top 10s in 73 previous starts at Richmond Raceway. The organization’s three victories at Richmond came in three consecutive years with in April 2014, in September 2015 and team owner Jr. in April 2016.

• JRM on Short Tracks: In 224 starts on short tracks in the NXS, JRM has recorded nine wins, 62 top fives and 134 top 10s. earned the organization’s first victory on a short track at in August 2008. Noah Gragson brought home the most recent victory, also at Bristol, in June 2020.

• FilterTime Discount: In honor of FilterTime’s partnership with JR Motorsports and the No. 7 team for Friday’s race at Richmond Raceway, new customers who sign up for the company’s subscription-based custom air-filter service can get 20 percent off their first order by using the discount code JRM7. Learn more by visiting FilterTime.com/JRM7.

• National Truck Driver Appreciation Week: Michael Annett’s No. 1 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet kicks off National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with an homage to the drivers who make America go. National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is an important time for America to pay respect and thank all the professional truck drivers for their hard work and commitment in undertaking one of our economy's most demanding and important jobs. These 3.5 million professional men and women not only deliver our goods safely, securely, and on time, they also keep our highways safe. This year it takes on a special significance considering the crucial role truck drivers have played during the COVID-19 pandemic.