Auto Club 400
Auto Club Speedway
Circle Sport Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News and Notes
Race: Auto Club 400
Location: Auto Club Speedway
Brian Scott
No. 33 Whitetail Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s Whitetail Chevrolet SS at Auto Club Speedway … Brian Scott is scheduled to pilot chassis No. 441 in Sunday’s Auto Club 400. This No. 33 Chevrolet SS is a brand new car taking to the track for the first time on Friday when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams practice and qualify at the two-mile speedway.
Auto Club History … The 27-year-old driver is making his second Sprint Cup Series start at the Fontana, Calif., track after making his debut last season in his fourth NSCS start. Scott will also be making his eighth NASCAR XFINITY Series start this weekend at the two-mile track. In seven previous starts, Scott has captured one top-five and three top-10 finishes with an average start of 11.0 and an average finish of 12.1. Scott has completed 100 percent of the laps, with five laps led.
Whitetail Returns in 2015 … Whitetail Club returns as a primary sponsor for Brian Scott in 2015. Located in the mountains of McCall, Idaho, Whitetail Club is a private gated community that has a wide array of recreational amenities including golf, water skiing, hiking and snow skiing. Featured available listings can be found at www.Whitetailclub.com.
Double Duty … In addition to competing at Auto Club Speedway in the Sprint Cup Series event this weekend, Scott is scheduled to drive the No. 2 Vons / Reser’s Chevrolet Camaro in the XFINITY Series race on Saturday, March 21. Scott currently sits 14th in the driver’s championship standings. The DRIVE4CLOTS.300 is live on Fox Sports 1 at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Race Rewind … Scott made his Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the Las Vegas 400 qualifying for the 267-lap event in the 23rd position. Scott was issued a speeding penalty on lap 75, resulting in the team losing one lap. The team raced their way back onto the lead lap earning a career-best, 13th-place finish in only his eighth Sprint Cup Series start.
Last time at ACS … Brian Scott qualified for the Auto Club 400 in the 37th position, in only his fourth Sprint Cup Series start. Early in the 206-lap race, Scott found speed in his No. 33 Whitetail Chevrolet SS gaining 20 positions by lap 60 to race in 17th place. Then on lap 71, Scott was collected in an accident coming out of Turn 4 resulting in right-side damage. The team worked hard on pit road to make repairs to his Chevrolet SS enabling the driver to return to action and take the checkered flag in 35th place.
Meet Brian Scott … Scott is scheduled to visit the Vons Tailgate Experience in the FanZone at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. PT, followed by a Vons at-track store appearance in the infield at ACS at 9:30 a.m..
BRIAN SCOTT QUOTES:
Talk about what a double-duty weekend is like for you?
“The added track time and added experience really helps out both the XFINTIY Series car and the Sprint Cup Series car. We had a great finish at Las Vegas and I feel like we made a good notebook, so we should have another solid finish this weekend at Auto Club.
How does it feel to be so close to home?
“Normally when we hit the West Coast, it becomes more home races for me. Being from Idaho I see more family and get to spend time with them. This year with three back-to-back races we have stayed out on the West Coast and been with our family, it’s been fun.”
