JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW: TRACK: Michigan International Speedway RACE: 250 Presented by Valvoline (125 laps / 250 miles) DATE: Saturday, June 11, 2016

TRACK: Texas Motor Speedway

RACE: Rattlesnake 400 (167 laps / 250.5 miles) DATE: Friday, June 10, 2016

Broadcast Information – TV: 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1 / Radio: MRN & Sirius Ch. 90 1 p.m. ET

Elliott Sadler  With 11 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Michigan No. 1 OneMain Camaro International Speedway (MIS), has six top 10s

and one top five, with a best finish of fifth in 2015.  The Emporia, Va. native will be making his second NXS Michigan start for JRM. He ran the No. 88 in 2010, finishing seventh.  Sadler has more starts and has completed more laps (1,269) at MIS than any other current full-time NXS driver.  PR Manager: Josh Masten Sadler has one win, four top fives and 10 top 10s in 12 [email protected]; 704-677-6098 starts for JR Motorsports in 2016. He is currently second in the NXS point standings.   In five NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Michigan

No. 7 BRANDT International Speedway, Justin Allgaier has one top five and two top 10s, with a best finish of fourth (2010).

 Allgaier has led laps in three of his five total NXS starts at the 2-mile track.  Completing 100 percent of the laps of NXS races he’s entered at Michigan, the Illinois native has never finished outside the top 15 there in the series. PR Manager: Megan Johnson  The 30-year-old driver currently has five top-five finishes [email protected]; 704-773-1992 this season, the second-highest total out of all full-time NXS drivers.

Alex Bowman  has two previous NASCAR Xfinity Series No. 88 Vannoy Construction Chevrolet Camaro starts at Michigan International Speedway, both resulting in 14th-place finishes (2013, 2015).  The Arizona native made his first, and only, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start with JR Motorsports at Michigan in 2015, finishing 11th.  In addition to his NXS and NCWTS starts, Bowman has four starts at MIS in the Cup Series and one ARCA start that

PR Manager: Kelsey Tucker resulted in a second-place finish.  [email protected]; 704-677-6317 The No. 88 Chevrolet is currently second in the NXS owner standings, only one marker behind first.

Broadcast Information – TV: 9 p.m. ET on FS1 / Radio: MRN & Sirius Ch. 90 8:30 p.m. ET

With June 9 marking Cole Custer’s graduation from California’s Tesoro High School, TMS President Eddie No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet Silverado Gossage will present Custer with his diploma during NCWTS driver introductions on Friday.  All of Custer’s 1.5-mile experience in the NCWTS has come in 2016. He’s seen gains, finishing 17th at Atlanta, and earning an average finish of 10.0 in the last two 1.5- mile races.  Dave McCarty, JRM’s NCWTS shop foreman, will serve as PR Manager: Ron Lemasters interim crew chief for the No. 00 this weekend. McCarty, [email protected]; 704-658-5776 has nearly 200 races under his belt as a crew chief among NASCAR’s three national series. Driver Quotes

“Drivers love wide racing surfaces and Michigan is one of “I’m really looking forward to heading to Michigan. We the widest we run on all year. It's fun to race and be had an awesome car last weekend at Pocono, but able to move around and try different things to gain grip unfortunately our day ended early and we didn’t get the and speed. Our OneMain team has been fast all year finish we wanted. I’m ready to turn our luck back around and we're going after another win this weekend.” this weekend and I know Jason Burdett and the guys are – Elliott Sadler going to bring another fast Chevy for us. I had a birthday this week, so I can’t think of a better gift than to get this No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture team to Victory Lane.” – Justin Allgaier

“Last weekend wasn’t exactly what we were hoping for, “At Charlotte, we had a good Haas Automation but we have transitioned our focus onto this weekend’s Chevrolet Silverado, but we got caught out by the race in Michigan. I have starts in all three of NASCAR’s caution clock and had to stop under green. That put us touring series and an ARCA start, so I feel like this gives way back, and we made up 12 spots before the me a good feel for the track. The No. 88 guys and the checkered. Texas is a lot like Atlanta and Charlotte, so I’m team at JR Motorsports have worked hard on this No. 88 pretty confident we’re going to unload fast and we can Vannoy Construction Chevrolet and we are looking to finish well on Friday night. We need to get some points, unload fast on Friday. Our team needs a good finish and and this is a great place to do that.” we hope to get just that on Saturday.” – Cole Custer – Alex Bowman

Sadler 2016 Stats Allgaier 2016 Stats Bowman 2016 Stats Custer 2016 Stats (NXS) (NXS) (NXS) (NCWTS)

Starts 12 Starts 12 Starts 2 Starts 6

Wins 1 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0

Top 5s 4 Top 5s 5 Top 5s 1 Top 5s 1

Top 10s 10 Top 10s 9 Top 10s 2 Top 10s 2

Laps Led 5 Laps Led 16 Laps Led 33 Laps Led 0

Avg. Finish 8.3 Avg. Finish 11.6 Avg. Finish 6.5 Avg. Finish 15.8

nd th th Points 2 (-11) Points 7 (-53) Points N/A Points 15 (-58)

JRM Team Updates

 JRM at Michigan: In 20 starts at Michigan International Speedway, JR Motorsports has combined to earn two wins, seven top fives and 13 top 10s. drove the No. 7 to Victory Lane there in 2013, while took the checkers in 2009, piloting the No. 88. In the last three races at Michigan, the team only has one finish outside the top 10.  Dale Jr. Featured in FS1 Broadcast Booth at Michigan: This weekend JRM Team Owner Jr. will serve as guest analyst during the FS1 broadcast of the NXS race at Michigan. Earnhardt Jr. joins Adam Alexander and for the call beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET. The last time Earnhardt Jr. spent time in the booth at MIS was in 2013, where JRM found Victory Lane with then-regular Regan Smith and the No. 7 team.  The OneMain Racing Car Tour: Fans in Michigan will have three opportunities this week to check out a replica of Elliott Sadler’s No. 1 OneMain Chevy, receive free racing items and have the opportunity to have their photo taken by the car as part of the OneMain Racing Car Tour. The Tour will visit OneMain branch locations in Wayne, Battle Creek and Jackson. To see the dates and addresses of the locations, visit: http://onemainracing.com/race_car_event.html.