JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW: TRACK: Texas Motor Speedway RACE: My Bariatric Solutions 300 (200 laps / 300 miles) DATE: Saturday, July 18, 2020

Broadcast Information – TV: 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN / Radio: 2:30 p.m. ET on PRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Michael Annett • Michael Annett heads to Texas Motor Speedway this No. 1 weekend in search of a third straight top-10 finish on a 1.5- mile track in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. • In seven starts this season on 1.5-mile tracks, Annett has one top-five and five top-10 finishes. His average finish on these tracks in 2020 is 8.9. • At Texas, Annett has two top-10 finishes, his sixth-place run last spring the best of those. He’s also completed 99 percent of the laps run in his 15 starts there. • In addition to his streak on 1.5-mile tracks, Annett is on a PR Manager: Ron Lemasters run of four straight finishes in the top 10. He has two fifth- [email protected]; 704-658-5776 place runs, an eighth and a ninth in that span. • Justin Allgaier has nine top-10 finishes at Texas with a best No. 7 BRANDT / Tracker Technologies Chevrolet finish of fifth coming in 2018. He led 37 laps on the way to that top-five finish. • This season, the 34-year-old driver has two top fives and four top 10s on mile-and-a-half tracks, including a fifth- place finish he scored last weekend at . • Two of Allgaier’s 11 NXS career wins came on 1.5-mile tracks. He took home the trophy on two different occasions at Chicagoland Speedway (2011, 2017). • This weekend, Dallas, Texas-based company Tracker PR Manager: Megan Johnson Technologies joins BRANDT on board the No. 7 Camaro. [email protected]; 704-773-1992

Jeb Burton • heads to Texas for his fifth start this season No. 8 State Water Heaters Chevrolet behind the wheel of the No. 8 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. • In four previous NXS starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Burton has scored one top five and two top 10s with a best finish of fifth coming in this event last season. Both of Burton’s top- 10 results at Texas have come while driving for JRM. • Texas is the site of Burton’s first career victory in the Truck Series, coming in June of 2013. Burton started third and led 25 laps en route to the victory. PR Manager: Mike Campbell • This will be the first primary race of 2020 for State Water [email protected]; 704-839-1115 Heaters. • Gragson has two starts in the NXS at Texas with a best No. 9 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber Chevrolet finish of 13th coming in the spring of 2019. • At tracks that are between 1-2 miles in length in the NXS, Gragson has an average finish of 8.5, including eight top fives, 19 top 10s and has led 413 laps. • Through 15 races in 2020, Gragson leads the way for JRM with two wins, eight top fives, 11 top 10s and is currently second in the championship standings. • Gragson is currently the series leader in stage wins, scoring a total of eight, including three in the past two NXS races. PR Manager: KC Heschel • Since the series returned to racing at Darlington in May, [email protected]; 419-341-9243 Gragson has an average finish of 7.2 and has led 424 laps. Driver Quotes

“Coming off a great weekend in Kentucky, I’m looking “Last weekend was definitely an eventful one for our team, forward to keeping the momentum rolling this week at but we came through it stronger and with a top-five finish to Texas. We had fast at Kentucky and had a show for it. This team has proven time and time again that chance to double up on top fives, and that just shows the they never give up and they’ve been working their tails off all strength of this No. 1 team. Over our last four races, we year long. We’ve had great speed on mile-and-a-half tracks have an average finish of 6.8, and we’re looking to keep and after how fast we were at Kentucky, that makes me even that going this weekend at Texas.” – Michael Annett more excited to get to Texas with our BRANDT/Tracker Technologies Camaro to see what we can do.” – Justin Allgaier

“Texas is a definitely a special place for me and my career “Statistically Texas hasn’t been one of my best tracks that we having won my first truck race here. It’s a track that I’ve race at. I’ve finished 13th and 30th here the last two races but always enjoyed coming to and have always felt really had never finished outside of 10th when I ran here in the confident at. We had some really good runs here last year Truck Series. We’ve had speed since coming back in May and I and I have no doubt that we can unload with that same am hopeful that it will continue this weekend in Texas. I’m speed on Saturday with our State Water Heaters Chevrolet. not sure how I would look wearing a cowboy hat, but there’s Taylor (Moyer, crew chief) and all of the guys on this JR no better place to try one on than in Victory Lane this Motorsports team have been working really hard and I weekend. ” – Noah Gragson can’t wait to get to the track 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 15 Starts 15 Starts 4 Starts 15 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 2 Top 5s 2 Top 5s 3 Top 5s 1 Top 5s 8 Top 10s 7 Top 10s 7 Top 10s 1 Top 10s 11 Laps Led 24 Laps Led 319 Laps Led 35 Laps Led 468 Avg. Finish 13.0 Avg. Finish 14.3 Avg. Finish 22.8 Avg. Finish 7.9 Points 8th (-200) Points 7th (-152) Points N/A Points 2nd (-19)

JRM Team Updates

• JRM at Texas: In 73 NXS starts at Texas Motor Speedway, JR Motorsports has one win, 18 top fives and 44 top 10s, along with one pole award (2014). The organization’s lone victory came in 2014 with . JRM also has an average finish of 10.8 at the 1.5-mile speedway, ranking third best among all active tracks in the NXS, trailing only Michigan International Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

• JRM’s 1.5-Mile Success: 12 (25 percent) of JRM’s 48 victories in the NXS have come on 1.5-mile tracks. scored the organization’s first victory on a mile-and-a-half on March 1, 2008 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with earning the most recent victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 17, 2018.

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