JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW:
TRACK: Kansas Speedway
RACE: Kansas Lottery 300 (200 laps / 300 miles)
DATE: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022

Broadcast Info – TV: 3 p.m. ET on USA / Radio: 2:30 p.m. ET on MRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Sam Mayer
No. 1 Speed up/Huck’s Market Chevrolet
• Sam Mayer has one begin and one prime 10 at Kansas Speedway, coming on this race final season. Mayer began twelfth and completed eighth.
• The motive force of the No. 1 at the moment sits ninth within the championship standings, 109 factors above the playoff cutline with solely two races remaining within the common season.
• In his final three begins at 1.5-mile tracks within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence, Mayer has a pair of third-place finishes (Charlotte Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway).
• At tracks measuring 1.5 miles within the NXS, Mayer has tallied two top-five and 4 top-10 finishes in 9 begins.

Josh Berry
No. 8 HarrisonsUSA.com Chevrolet
• In 2017, Josh Berry made his lone begin at Kansas. He’ll make his first begin with JR Motorsports on the 1.5-mile facility this weekend.
• The Hendersonville, Tenn. native battled to an eighth-place end final week at Darlington to safe his 14th top-10 end of the 2022 season.
• Berry at the moment ranks third in stage wins (6) this season, trailing teammate Gragson (12) and Allgaier (7) within the class.
• The No. 8 group sits fifth within the driver’s standings with two races remaining within the common season.

Noah Gragson
No. 9 Bass Professional Outlets / TrueTimber / Black Rifle Espresso Chevrolet
• Noah Gragson will search to proceed his surge towards the highest of the Playoff Grid this week at Kansas. Over his final six begins, Gragson has two victories (at Pocono and Darlington) and 4 top-five finishes.
• On 1.5-mile tracks in his NXS profession, Gragson has amassed 16 top-five and 23 top-10 finishes in 35 begins. In 4 begins at Kansas, Gragson’s finest end got here in 2019, the place he completed thirteenth.
• Gragson has earned 12 (41%) of JRM’s 29 stage wins this season, together with six within the final 10 races. He’s ranked first in stage wins on the 12 months, main over teammates Allgaier (7) and Berry (6).

Justin Allgaier
No. 7 BRANDT Skilled Agriculture Chevrolet
• In 12 earlier begins within the NXS at Kansas, Justin Allgaier has earned three prime fives and 9 prime 10s, with a finest end of fifth occurring on three separate events (2013, 2017, 2019).
• On tracks between 1 and a couple of miles in size within the NXS, Allgaier has scored 11 wins, 67 prime fives and 131 prime 10s in 210 profession begins. All three of the veteran driver’s wins in 2022 have come on tracks measuring between 1 and a couple of miles (Darlington, Nashville and New Hampshire).
• By means of 24 occasions in 2022, Allgaier is at the moment ranked third in wins (three), third in prime fives (11) and third in prime 10s (16) amongst his rivals.

Driver Quotes

“I believed we had actually good pace at Kansas final 12 months, however with it being my first race there it was slightly little bit of a studying curve. With much more expertise at these 1.5- mile tracks, I’ve much more confidence going into this weekend and I do know this group goes to do what it takes to place this automobile up entrance. It’s time to get some momentum on our aspect as we shut in on the playoffs.” – Sam Mayer

“I’m actually wanting ahead to seeing what we’ll have this weekend in Kansas. We now have had a variety of pace this 12 months on the mile-and-a-half tracks with our BRANDT Skilled Agriculture Chevrolet. The playoffs are proper across the nook, so hopefully we will have a clean day on Saturday and be in rivalry for the win to maximise our factors on the day. We’re able to get going.” – Justin Allgaier

“I’ve raced at Kansas earlier than but it surely’s been a couple of years, so we now have spent a while within the sim preparing for what this weekend goes to deliver. Our intermediate automobiles have been actually good this 12 months and I anticipate extra of the identical this weekend. There’s a number of grooves early in a run, so hopefully we will put ourselves in the best place to battle for the win on Saturday.” – Josh Berry

“Successful at Darlington has helped us with momentum for the playoffs, and this No. 9 Bass Professional Outlets/TrueTimber/Black Rifle Espresso group is on a roll. Kansas is exclusive, as we now have not had the success we deserve there. We’re placing robust races collectively each week due to Luke (Lambert, crew chief) and the remainder of our group. I do know we will begin the playoffs robust in a few weeks.”– Noah Gragson

JRM Group Updates:

• JR Motorsports at Kansas: JR Motorsports has competed at Kansas Speedway a mixed 48 instances within the NXS. Over the course of these begins on the 1.5-mile facility, the group has tallied 13 prime fives and 28 prime 10s. JRM has three runner-up finishes in Kansas with Kevin Harvick (2014), Elliott Sadler (2016) and Daniel Hemric (2020). It’s considered one of solely three energetic amenities the place the group is searching for its first win.
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• Memento Rig: JRM drivers Justin Allgaier and Josh Berry might be signing autographs on the JR Motorsports/Hendrick Motorsports memento rig on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. native time.
• Group Chevy Show: JRM driver Josh Berry might be signing autographs on the Group Chevy show positioned within the Kansas Speedway fan zone on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. native time.