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JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW: TRACK: Dover International Speedway RACE: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200 Heat Race 1 (40 laps / 40 miles) Heat Race 2 (40 laps / 40 miles) Main (120 laps / 120 miles) DATE: Saturday, May 14, 2016 RACE: Dover 200 (200 laps / 200 miles) DATE: Friday, May 13, 2016 Broadcast Information – TV: 2 p.m. ET on FOX / Radio: MRN & Sirius Ch. 90 1:30 p.m. ET Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler currently leads the NASCAR Xfinity Series No. 1 OneMain Chevrolet Camaro point standings and has amassed one win, four top-five and eight top-10 finishes for JRM in 2016. In 16 attempts at Dover International Speedway, Sadler has three top fives, nine top 10s, and started from the pole in 2011. A career-best finish of fourth came in 2012. Sadler is one of only three NXS regulars to complete every lap of NXS competition so far in 2016. PR Manager: Josh Masten The Emporia, Va. native has earned 11 wins, 70 top-five [email protected]; 704-677-6098 and 156 top-10 finishes in 19 years of NXS competition. Justin Allgaier Justin Allgaier has one top-five and four top-10 finishes in No. 7 TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet Camaro 10 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Dover International Speedway. The Illinois native’s best finish of fifth came in the spring of 2012. Two weeks ago, Allgaier earned his best finish of the 2016 season, with a second-place effort at Talladega Superspeedway. The finish moved him up to fourth in the PR Manager: Megan Johnson NXS point standings. [email protected]; 704-773-1992 Allgaier will join MRN on Friday as guest commentator for the Camping World Truck Series race broadcast. Alex Bowman This weekend marks Alex Bowman’s first race with JRM this season. No. 88 Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro In 2014, Bowman made two NXS starts for JRM at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway, earning respective finishes of 12th and 17th. The Arizona native has 41 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, which includes two top-five and six top-10 finishes, with two poles. PR Manager: Kelsey Tucker Bowman will be behind the wheel for nine NXS events in [email protected]; 704-677-6317 2016 for JRM with Advance Auto Parts and Cessna as primary sponsors. Broadcast Information – TV: 5:30 p.m. ET on FS1 / Radio: MRN & Sirius Ch. 90 5 p.m. ET Cole Custer Custer has made four starts at Dover, two coming in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition. No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet th His best finish came last year, when he was 13 after starting 10th. He’s also made two NASCAR K&N Series starts at Dover, with a best result of 14th in 2013. Custer comes to Dover with a bit of momentum after finishing seventh at Kansas. It was his first top 10 of the season, and it could have been better had he not been PR Manager: Ron Lemasters one of four Trucks to run out of fuel during a late-race [email protected]; 704-658-5776 caution that saw the pit road closed for several laps. Driver Quotes “Our OneMain team has a lot of momentum right now. “So far, we’ve been able to qualify for the first two Dash 4 We're coming off our first win of the year and were able Cash races and I’m hoping we can continue that trend to enjoy it a little longer than normal thanks to an off at Dover. With the off weekend last week, I know the guys weekend. Kevin (Meendering, crew chief) and the guys have been working extra hard to prepare our have been working really hard on our downforce cars TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet. We’ve had some outstanding and now we're in a position to go out and see how finishes this season, getting second in our last race. The much we can learn since we are locked into The Chase. goal is to improve upon that finish and bring home a Dover is going to be a fun weekend for us.” win.” – Elliott Sadler – Justin Allgaier “I have been waiting to get behind the wheel since we “We finished seventh at Kansas, and we still had announced that I would drive at JR Motorsports in 2016. problems. We ran out of gas during a late caution when Since February, I have been in the shop every week and they kept pit road closed, and still came back, which is I have gotten to know the No. 88 team and everyone in encouraging. The Haas Automation Chevrolet Silverado the shop. This will be my fifth start at Dover in the Xfinity has been fast all year, and we finally got a decent finish Series and my first time running the Heat races for the and didn’t have to fix crash damage so that’s a positive. Dash 4 Cash. JR Motorsports is on a roll lately and I am Dover is a track that’s fast and has a lot of room, so we’ll more than ready to get behind the wheel of the No. 88 get out there and look to build on our first top 10 of the Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet this weekend.” season.” – Alex Bowman – Cole Custer Sadler 2016 Stats Allgaier 2016 Stats Bowman 2016 Stats Custer 2016 Stats (NXS) (NXS) (NXS) (NCWTS) Starts 9 Starts 9 Starts N/A Starts 4 Wins 1 Wins 0 Wins N/A Wins 0 Top 5s 4 Top 5s 3 Top 5s N/A Top 5s 0 Top 10s 8 Top 10s 7 Top 10s N/A Top 10s 1 Laps Led 5 Laps Led 16 Laps Led N/A Laps Led 0 Avg. Finish 6.7 Avg. Finish 10.1 Avg. Finish N/A Avg. Finish 19.2 st th th Points 1 (+0) Points 4 (-34) Points N/A Points 19 (-48) JRM Team Updates JRM at Dover: Regan Smith claimed victory last fall at Dover International Speedway for JR Motorsports (JRM), giving the team its second win at the track. In 37 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Dover, JRM has two wins (2015 and 2009), nine top fives and 19 top 10s. See the Drivers in Dover: o Justin Allgaier will be at the ACME store located next to Dover International Speedway from 4 to 5 p.m. ET on Friday. The first five customers to arrive will each receive a pair of tickets to Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover. o Alex Bowman will make an appearance at the Advance Auto Parts display at Dover International Speedway from 9 to 9:20 a.m. ET on Saturday. o Fans can stop by the Xfinity Zone at Dover International Speedway on Saturday from 9:45 – 10 a.m. ET to see Justin Allgaier and Alex Bowman. o Elliott Sadler will stop by the OneMain Display at the Monster Mile for an autograph session at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday. .