JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW: TRACK:

RACE: Drive for Safety 300 (200 laps / 300 miles)

DATE: Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016

RACE: American Ethanol E15 225 (150 laps / 225 miles) DATE: Friday, Sept. 16, 2016

Broadcast Information – TV 3 p.m. ET on NBC / MRN & Sirius Ch. 90 2:30 p.m. ET

Elliott Sadler • In 13 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) starts at Chicagoland Speedway, Sadler has one win (2012), two top-five and seven No. 1 OneMain Camaro top-10 finishes. • The Emporia, Va. native has led a total of 152 laps at Chicagoland, the most among all NXS regulars. • Sadler has amassed two wins (Talladega and Darlington), nine top-five and 22 top-10 finishes this season. He currently leads the point standings by 58 markers over Daniel Suarez. • Chicagoland marks the cutoff race for the inaugural NXS Chase. With two wins, Sadler is one of 10 drivers already locked in. The PR Manager: Josh Masten remaining two spots will be determined this weekend. [email protected]; 704-677-6098

Justin Allgaier • In eight NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway, has one win (2011), two top fives and five top No. 7 LetsTalkFood.com 10s. • Saturday’s race will mark Allgaier’s 200th career NXS start. • Chicagoland Speedway is the home track for both Allgaier and primary sponsor BRANDT. The 30-year-old is a native of Riverton, Ill., located just over 150 miles away from track. • Allgaier has already secured a spot in the inaugural NXS Chase as the series heads into its final race before the cutoff this weekend. PR Manager: Megan Johnson • The driver of the No. 7 LetsTalkFood.com Chevy will have an [email protected]; 704-773-1992 availability in the media center at 10:45 a.m. CT on Friday.

Clint Bowyer • will be behind the wheel of the No. 88 Morton No. 88 Morton Buildings Chevrolet Camaro Buildings Chevrolet in his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race since 2012. • Bowyer has totaled 180 NXS starts, with eight series wins to his credit. • The Kansas native has one top five and four top 10s in five NXS races at the 1.5-mile speedway. • Crew chief Dave Elenz has 27 starts as a crew chief at JRM at tracks that measure one to two miles in length. Elenz has one win (Atlanta 2015), 11 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. PR Manager: Kelsey Tucker [email protected]; 704-677-6317 • The No. 88 JRM Chevrolet currently sits eighth in the NXS owner standings, 114 markers behind first.

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

Cole Custer • In five career starts on 1.5-mile tracks in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ’s average finish is 13.0. All five No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet starts have come this season. His average start is 10.8. • This weekend will mark his first start at Chicagoland Speedway. • His best finish at a 1.5-mile track was seventh, earned in May at , a virtual copy of Chicagoland Speedway. He started fourth that day, also his best result. • Custer needs a victory to assure a spot in the inaugural Chase. He trails by 32 points for the final spot and has a slim chance to still make it in on points. PR Manager: Ron Lemasters • Custer will have a media center availability on Friday at 10:30 [email protected]; 704-658-5776 a.m. CT.

Driver Quotes

“We have a lot of mile-and-a-half tracks coming up in the “Chicagoland Speedway is such a special place for me with it Chase, so this will be a good opportunity to try some things to being my home track. It’s also close to BRANDT’s headquarters, make our intermediate track program even better. Kevin and so we’re going to have a lot of people out there this weekend. the guys are geared up for the Chase, so this will be a fun My Xfinity Series win there in 2011 was a memorable one and I’d weekend for us to just go out and race.” – really like to grab another one. Jason (Burdett, crew chief) and the guys have been bringing fast cars each week and we’ve really made some progress on our mile-and-a-half program. I’m looking forward to unloading our LetsTalkFood.com Chevy on Friday and hitting the track.” – Justin Allgaier

“It has been some time since I have been in an Xfinity Series car, “I don’t know what I could have done better at Canadian Tire but I am looking forward to getting on track with JR Motorsport Park. We won the pole and led the most laps only to Motorsports this weekend in Chicago. The entire organization have our day ruined in the last two turns. But it’s a new week. has been strong this year, so I am ready to see what we can do We have had really fast Haas Automation this season, with our Morton Buildings Chevrolet on Saturday.” and we need another one this weekend to make the Chase. It’s – Clint Bowyer win or go home, Chase-wise, so we’ve got to focus on that. The last race is over and we can’t change it, so we’ll look ahead at the opportunity we have and make the most of it. We’re going to bring our best truck and go all out to get in.” – Cole Custer

Sadler 2016 Stats Allgaier 2016 Stats Bowyer Career Stats Custer 2016 Stats (NXS) (NXS) (NXS) (NCWTS)

Starts 25 Starts 25 Starts 180 Starts 15 Wins 2 Wins 0 Wins 8 Wins 0 Top 5s 9 Top 5s 10 Top 5s 67 Top 5s 4 Top 10s 22 Top 10s 20 Top 10s 115 Top 10s 7 Laps Led 102 Laps Led 19 Laps Led 2622 Laps Led 60 Avg. Finish 7.4 Avg. Finish 9.7 Avg. Finish 11.2 Avg. Finish 12.1 rd Points 1st (+58) Points 3 (-66) Poles 9 Points 9th (-84)

JRM Team Updates

 JRM at Chicagoland: In 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts, JR Motorsports has two wins, seven top fives and 16 top 10s. The team swept both races in 2014, with and each claiming a victory.

 Let’s Talk Food: Justin Allgaier will drive the LetsTalkFood.com Chevrolet this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Let’s Talk Food is a combined campaign from BRANDT Professional Agriculture, WinField and the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance that’s designed to spark conversation between farmers and consumers about how food is produced, as well as address questions people may have about the safety and nutritional aspects of their food. For details, visit www.letstalkfood.com.

 Weekend with the 88s: NASCAR’s No. 88 driver , Jr. and Carolina Panthers No. 88 tight end Greg Olsen have teamed up to raise money for the Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, . Now in its third year, “Weekend with the 88s” offers one lucky winner and their guest an unprecedented experience in sports spectating, Friday, Oct. 7 through Monday, Oct. 10. Only 8,888 raffle tickets valued at $18.88 will be sold. The raffle runs through Sept. 18 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The winner will be drawn on or about Sept. 20. All proceeds will benefit the Levine Children’s Hospital. Fans can learn more about the raffle or purchase a ticket at www.weekendwiththe88s.com.