JTG DAUGHERTY RACING
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ADVANCE
Event: Gander Outdoors 400
Date/Time: Sunday, October 7 at 2:00 p.m. ET
TV Network/Radio: NBCSN | MRN | SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1
RACING AT DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY: “If there’s any track we can compare Dover International Speedway to, it’s probably Bristol Motor Speedway without the traction compound,” Allmendinger said. “Depending on the tire that Goodyear brings, throughout the last couple of years the track has widened out. Then throughout the run, the track rubbers up and we can run the bottom, which makes it a really fun race. The tires have gotten more critical there because of how quickly they go away and can rubber up the track, but then if we run two laps under caution we pick all of that rubber up and start all over on a green racetrack. More than anything, we’re going to focus on having a good setup going into the weekend in our Kroger ClickList Camaro ZL1. It’s one of those racetracks that we all enjoy going to because it’s something different. We have some positive momentum off of last weekend’s top-10 finish at the Roval, so we definitely want to keep that up since we have nothing to lose these last seven races of the season.”
CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 37 SCOTT PRODUCTS CAMARO ZL1
RACING AT DOVER INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY: “I love going to Dover International Speedway because of how different it is than any other one-mile track we go to,” Buescher said. “It’s easy to compare it to Bristol Motor Speedway because of the high banking and the concrete racing surface, but the banking transitions are a lot different between the two. It’s like a roller coaster in our Scott Products Camaro ZL1. You have a big drop down into the corner, then it throws you out of the banking on the exit and you get that drop in your stomach. It’s one of my favorite racetracks that’s not technically a short track because it’s changing every time you go there. It’s a little bit of a survival of the fittest, which we definitely got some practice doing last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway racing the Roval. Between the Roval, the race this weekend at Dover, and then racing at Talladega next weekend, we have a lot of survival races coming up and I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”
FAST FACTS – AJ ALLMENDINGER
Career Starts: 364
Wins: 1- 8/10/2014 Watkins Glen International
Top-fives: 11
Top-10s: 56
Pole Awards: 4
First Pole: 4/10/2010 ISM Raceway
Last Pole: 8/9/2015 Watkins Glen International
First Start: 3/25/2007 Bristol Motor Speedway
Best Start: 1st – 8/9/2015 Watkins Glen International (most recent)
Best Finish: 1st – 8/10/2014 Watkins Glen International
Driver DOB: 12/16/1981
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Crew Chief: Trent Owens
FAST FACTS – CHRIS BUESCHER
Career Starts: 107
Wins: 1 – 8/1/2016 Pocono Raceway
Top-fives: 4
Top-10s: 8
Pole Awards: 0
First Start: 3/22/2015 Auto Club Speedway
Best Start: 9th – 6/25/2017 Sonoma Raceway
Best Finish: 1st – 8/1/2016 Pocono Raceway
Driver DOB: 10/29/1992
Hometown: Prosper, TX
Crew Chief: Tristan Smith
