AAA Texas 500
Texas Motor Speedway
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News and Notes
Event: AAA Texas 500
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2015
Venue: Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, TX
Brian Scott
No. 33 Shore Lodge Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week’s Shore Lodge Chevrolet SS at Texas Motor Speedway … Brian Scott is scheduled to pilot chassis No. 503 in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. This Chevrolet SS made its debut at Chicagoland Speedway where Scott qualified 21st and finished 22nd in his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at the 1.5-mile track. Scott also raced this chassis at Kansas Speedway where the 27-year-old driver captured a career-high Sprint Cup Series finish of 12th after starting 16th.
Texas Statistics … Scott will be making his first Sprint Cup Series start at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend and 17th Series start. In 11 previous NASCAR XFINITY Series starts, Scott has captured four top-10 finishes with an average start of 11.3 and an average finish of 15.9, earning his career best stating position (fourth) and finishing position (sixth) at the track last fall. Scott has completed 2,055 of 2,205 laps (93.2 percent), with 28 laps led at the 1.5-mile speedway.
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Double Duty … In addition to competing at Texas Motor Speedway in the Sprint Cup Series this weekend, Scott is scheduled to drive the No. 2 Albertsons / Sanderson Farms Chevrolet Camaro in the XFINITY Series race on Saturday, November 7. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge is live on NBC at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday.
Meet Brian Scott … Scott is scheduled to sign autographs at Albertsons Grocery Store on North Beach Street in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Central Time.
Race Rewind … In his ninth Sprint Cup Series start in the No. 33 Shore Lodge Chevrolet this season, Scott finished 12th at Kansas Speedway after starting 16th, capturing his career-high Sprint Cup Series finish in only 16 Series starts.
BRIAN SCOTT QUOTES:
How has being in the Sprint Cup car helped you this year?
“It’s been good. It has definitely helped out our efforts on the XFINITY side. I enjoy being in the Sprint Cup car. I learn a lot every time I am in one. We’ve shown speed at times, but it’s still been hard to put a whole race together with a team I am not with week in, and week out. It’s been fun and I’m definitely looking forward to Texas after our strong run at Kansas Speedway.”
Are you conscience of the Chase drivers or just racing your race?
“I’m just focused on what I have to do. Of course you don’t want to mess up any of the Chase guys but we are fighting for our finishes and fighting for positions, and fighting for our careers too. If we just laid back and gave it all to the Chase guys; that’s pretty hard to make a name for yourself.
