JR Motorsports Riding History-Making Wave in NASCAR Xfinity Series Competition

This season, we are continuing to add to our successful history each and every weekend, through 10 races and beyond.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 24, 2016) – Over the past two NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) seasons, JR Motorsports drivers have finished first, second twice and fourth once in the driver standings, capped by the one-two finish of Chase Elliott and Regan Smith in 2014.

Through 10 races in 2016, the multi-car team is on a torrid pace that could wind up equaling those impressive numbers.

Elliott Sadler, in his first season with JRM as a full-time driver in the No. 1 OneMain Chevrolet Camaro, has won a race already (at Talladega) to earn a berth in the inaugural NXS Chase, leads the point standings and has earned four top-five and nine top-10 finishes in those 10 starts. Paired with first-year crew chief Kevin Meendering, Sadler has been the model of consistency with an average finish of 6.4.

Justin Allgaier, like Sadler in his first season as a full-time JRM driver, has matched Sadler’s top-five and top-10-finish pace with four and eight, respectively, and sits fourth in the driver points. He’s just 32 points off his teammate’s lead, and has been close to putting his No. 7 BRANDT Camaro in Victory Lane on several occasions this season.

The No. 88 “All Star” car has been a big part of the team’s success this year as well, logging two victories in the 10 races. Chase Elliott won at Daytona in TaxSlayer.com colors, and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. won at Richmond in Hellmann’s livery. It was Earnhardt Jr.’s first victory in a JRM Chevrolet in 40 career starts, and he became the first owner-driver to win in NXS competition since part-time JRM driver Kevin Harvick did it back in 2010.

The No. 88 has also helped the company achieve an historic first: JRM now leads both the driver and owner point standings with different cars. Sadler’s No. 1 Chevy leads the driver points, and the No. 88 leads the owner points thanks to an outstanding average finish of 5.4.

Alex Bowman, who will pilot the No. 88 in eight more races this season, gave a rousing performance at Dover in his Advance Auto Parts-sponsored debut. The 23-year-old Arizona native led 33 laps – a career best - and nearly pulled off the victory before finishing third at The Monster Mile.

“It’s been a great start to the season, and it’s truly been a team effort,” said JRM Competition Director Ryan Pemberton. “It’s everybody here, in every department. Everyone is part of the success we have had as a company. Our crew chiefs have taken new team members and made them a unit, our engineers are doing a great job…it’s really paying off for the company on the race track and in the shop.”

With three victories, JRM has made it four straight seasons with more than one NXS triumph, and continued a surge that has seen the company win 19 races over the past four seasons.

Since Smith’s triumph at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the final race of the 2012 season, JRM has seen its victory total swell from 10 to 29. Kevin Harvick has won six times in that span, while Smith and Elliott have won five each. Kasey Kahne, Earnhardt Jr. and Sadler account for the three remaining victories.