DRIVER: / No. 88 Great Clips RACE: Furious 7 300 (200 laps / 300 miles)

TRACK: Chicagoland Speedway DATE: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015

Quotes | Kasey Kahne

“Chicago has always been a fun track for me and I’m ready to get back in the MEDIA INFORMATION TV: NBCSN (6 p.m. ET) No. 88 Great Clips car. We had a good race there last year and came home in RADIO: MRN and Sirius XM Ch 90 (6 p.m. ET) fourth. JR Motorsports had a great weekend in Richmond and I’m looking forward to continuing that at Chicagoland.” FINAL PRACTICE: 9/18, 2-4:25 p.m. ET (NBCSN) QUALIFYING: 9/19, 2:45 p.m. ET (NBCSN) GREEN FLAG: 9/19, 6 p.m. ET (NBCSN) Notes | No. 88 Team 2015 XFINITY SERIES OWNER POINTS KAHNE IN THE WINDY CITY: Kahne is making his ninth career NASCAR XFINITY 1. Roger Penske (#22) ...... 999 Series (NXS) start at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend. The NASCAR Sprint 2. JD Gibbs (#54) ...... -82 Cup Series veteran has earned two top-five and two top-10 finishes at the 1.5- 3. Jack Roush (#60) ...... -91 mile speedway. Kahne made his first Chicagoland NXS start for JRM last year. 4. Jr. (#9)...... -112 He had a stout run in the 200-lap event, tying his personal best Chicagoland NXS finish of fourth. 5. Richard Childress (#3)...... -118 6. Richard Childress (#33) ...... -120 KAHNE’S SEASON RECAP: This year, Kahne has three top-five and three-top 10 7. Kelley Earnhardt-Miller (#7) ...... -140 efforts in four starts with JRM, with a best finish of third at Charlotte Motor 8. Joe Gibbs (#20) ...... -141 Speedway. 9. (#88) ...... -182 10. Jack Roush (#1) ...... -196 STRIVING FOR GREATNESS WITH GREAT CLIPS: This weekend marks Kahne’s first NXS race of 2015 with Great Clips featured on JRM’s No. 88 . A JRM partner since 2013, Great Clips will be on board in Kahne’s remaining races at (Oct. 9) and Phoenix International Raceway (Nov. 14). Kahne finished fourth (Chicagoland 2014) in his last NXS outing in the Great Clips Chevrolet. Kasey Kahne: @KaseyKahne Great Clips: @GreatClips CHASSIS SELECTION: The No. 88 team will unload with chassis No. 892 this JR Motorsports: @JRMotorsports weekend, the winningest of the No. 88 stable. Until this weekend, this chassis has only been driven by . Harvick has scored three wins with No. 892 MEDIA CONTACT INFO: (Atlanta in February 2014-15 and Fontana in March 2015), seven top-five and Megan Johnson, No. 88 PR Manager nine top-10 finishes in nine races. Office: 704.799.4848 ON THE HORIZON FOR THE NO. 88: After Chicago, Kahne has two more races Cell: 704.773.1992 remaining in the No. 88, which will come at Charlotte and Phoenix. JRM rookie Email: [email protected] Ben Rhodes will finish out his first year of NXS competition at Kentucky, Dover and Homestead-Miami. Harvick, a two-time winner for JRM this season, will see action in two more starts in the No. 88 in races at Kansas and Texas.

Smith at Chicago (NXS) Elliott at Chicago (NXS) Kahne at Chicago (NXS)

Starts 8 Starts 3 Starts 8 Wins 0 Wins 1 Wins 0 Top 5s 0 Top 5s 1 Top 5s 2 Top 10s 1 Top 10s 2 Top 10s 2 Poles 0 Poles 0 Poles 0 Laps Led 18 Laps Led 88 Laps Led 3 Avg. Start 17.0 Avg. Start 4.3 Avg. Start 13.6 Avg. Finish 19.6 Avg. Finish 8.3 Avg. Finish 18.5

Smith 2015 Stats (NXS) Elliott 2015 Stats (NXS) Kahne 2015 Stats (NXS) Starts 25 Starts 25 Starts 4 Wins 1 Wins 1 Wins 0 Top 5s 7 Top 5s 10 Top 5s 3 Top 10s 18 Top 10s 20 Top 10s 3 Poles 0 Poles 0 Poles 0 Laps Led 80 Laps Led 236 Laps Led 1 Avg. Start 9.0 Avg. Start 10.5 Avg. Start 13.2 Avg. Finish 10.0 Avg. Finish 9.2 Avg. Finish 11.2

Smith Career Stats (NXS) Elliott Career Stats (NXS) Kahne Career Stats (NXS) Starts 194 Starts 58 Starts 209 Wins 5 Wins 4 Wins 8 Top 5s 26 Top 5s 26 Top 5s 44 Top 10s 70 Top 10s 46 Top 10s 84 Poles 1 Poles 2 Poles 9 Laps Led 541 Laps Led 626 Laps Led 1283 Avg. Start 16.4 Avg. Start 9.2 Avg. Start 12.4 Avg. Finish 18.0 Avg. Finish 8.5 Avg. Finish 16