JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW: TRACK: Las Vegas Motor Speedway RACE: Boyd Gaming 300 (200 laps / 300 miles) DATE: Saturday, March 3, 2018

Broadcast Information – TV: 4 p.m. ET on FS1 / Radio: 3:30 p.m. ET on PRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Elliott Sadler • With an average finish of 3.5, and the No. No. 1 OneMain Financial 1 team have claimed the NASCAR Xfinity Series point standings lead following the season’s second event in Atlanta. Sadler is the only driver to complete 100 percent of the attempted laps so far this season. • In 11 NXS starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sadler has earned two top-five finishes, five top-10 finishes and one pole award (2012). • Of the full-time NXS drivers at Las Vegas, Sadler has run the most laps within the top 15, totaling 1,540, and has PR Manager: Shayna Navarro led the field for 26 laps. [email protected]; 704-497-8984

Michael Annett • Michael Annett’s best NXS finish in five starts at LVMS No. 5 Chevrolet is 13th, coming in both 2011 and 2012. • Annett has completed all but one of the 600 laps attempted over his past three starts on the 1.5-mile D- shaped oval, averaging a 15.6 per finish in those races. • Pilot Flying J has been on Annett’s car in each of his five career NXS starts at LVMS. Last year, Annett finished 21st in his first start there for JR Motorsports. • Annett’s best start at Las Vegas is 12th, claimed in 2011. His average start so far in 2018 is 14.0. PR Manager: Ron Lemasters [email protected]; 704-658-5776

Justin Allgaier • With his sixth-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway, No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet moved up to seventh in the NXS point standings. • In seven starts at LVMS, the 31-year-old driver has two top-five and six top-10 finishes, with a best effort of second (2011). • Last season, the Illinois native was the highest-finishing NXS regular, placing fourth. He has an average finish at LVMS of 7.6, the best among NXS drivers. • Allgaier earned one of his two wins from 2017 on a 1.5- PR Manager: Megan Johnson mile track, claiming a victory at Chicagoland Speedway. [email protected]; 704-773-1992

Tyler Reddick • continues to lead the Sunoco Rookie of No. 9 Nationwide Children's Hospital Chevrolet Year standings, now by 27 points. • The California native will make his first career NXS start at LVMS this weekend. • In seven previous starts at 1.5-mile tracks in the Xfinity Series, Reddick has recorded one win (Kentucky 2017), three top-five and five top-10 finishes. • Reddick has made three previous starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Las Vegas, earning one win in 2016, after starting from the 16th position and PR Manager: Mike Campbell leading 70 laps en route to the victory. [email protected]; 704-839-1115 Driver Quotes

“I’m really looking forward to getting back to the racetrack “Atlanta is behind us, and now we can concentrate on putting this weekend. My team has had a great start to the season solid finishes together out West. We’re still looking for the with all top-five finishes and we have some great notes sweet spot on our Pilot Flying J , and this from last season’s West Coast swing. Las Vegas is such a stretch of races should tell us a lot about what it needs. Jason fun place to race between the character of the turns and (Stockert, crew chief) and the rest of my No. 5 team are the shape and banking of the frontstretch. You really have eager to get the ball rolling points-wise and Las Vegas is the to have your car dialed in from the start. I’m confident that next chance we have to get a solid finish and move up in the Kevin (Meendering, crew chief) and the guys will have our point standings.” – Michael Annett OneMain Financial Chevrolet ready for Saturday’s race and have us competing up front once again.” – Elliott Sadler

“We had a solid weekend at Atlanta and that gives us some “It's very exciting to be returning to Las Vegas for the first good momentum going into Vegas. Our BRANDT time since I won there in the truck series in 2016. Vegas is still Professional Agriculture team has been strong there in the a very fast mile-and-a-half track but it does have some tire past and I feel confident that we can continue that trend falloff that comes into play. Dave (Elenz, crew chief) and I will this weekend. Vegas has such a cool atmosphere and it’s a just continue to use these mile-and-a-halfs as a building block great way to kick off the West Coast swing. I’m looking as we get more comfortable with one another. It's also very forward to it.” – Justin Allgaier cool that Vegas is finally a doubleheader and I'm very excited to race there twice a year.” – Tyler Reddick

Sadler 2018 Stats Annett 2018 Stats Allgaier 2018 Stats Reddick 2018 Stats (NXS) (NXS) (NXS) (NXS)

Starts 2 Starts 2 Starts 2 Starts 2 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 1 Top 5s 2 Top 5s 0 Top 5s 0 Top 5s 1 Top 10s 2 Top 10s 0 Top 10s 1 Top 10s 1 Laps Led 2 Laps Led 0 Laps Led 0 Laps Led 11 Avg. Finish 3.5 Avg. Finish 28.5 Avg. Finish 18.5 Avg. Finish 10.0 Points 1st (+4) Points 29th (-62) Points 7th (-32) Points 2nd (-4)

JRM Team Updates

JRM at Las Vegas: In 28 NXS starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, JR Motorsports has one win, nine top fives and 16 top 10s. JRM’s 2008 win by NASCAR Hall of Famer with the No. 5 team was the first victory for the organization in the NASCAR Xfinity series. The team’s average finish at the 1.5-mile racetrack is 12.4 with 98 total laps led.

Armour Sweepstakes has returned: JRM partner Armour Chili has launched its sweepstakes for the 2018 season. The Grand Prize includes a meet-and-greet and Ride-Along (The Dale Jr. Foundation’s Ride-Along) with Dale Earnhardt Jr. First Prize contains a meet- and-greet with Armour driver Elliott Sadler and a race trip. Fans can enter at Armour-Star.com until Sept. 30 or follow along on Armour Chili’s Twitter.