JAG Metals 350 | Texas Motor Speedway Race Advance
Team: No. 22 Sorghum: The Smart Choice | GO TEXAN Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Austin Wayne Self
Follow the Team: @NieceMotorsport; @AustinWSelf
Self on Racing at Texas: “I always look forward to coming back to Texas,” said Self. “The race will be action packed and I’m really upbeat about the strength of my Niece Motorsports team right now. Whether it’s a short track, a speedway or a superspeedway, we seem to have a lot of momentum and that’s a good trait to have heading to one of my favorite places of the season.”
Self at Texas Motor Speedway: Friday night’s race at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) marks Self’s sixth start at his home track. Self’s best finish at TMS to date is a 12th-place result, coming in 2017. In those five starts, Self has three top-15 finishes and four top-20 finishes.
Recapping Martinsville: Self and the No. 22 team battled track position last week at Martinsville Speedway, ultimately earning as 23rd-place finish.
“It was a frustrating day because we didn’t get the performance we wanted to for everyone that makes this happen,” said Self.
“We made the truck better throughout the day, but because it was so hard to pass, we never could get the cautions we needed to get caught up and make even bigger gains.”
On The Truck: The United Sorghum Checkoff Program will serve as Self’s primary partner for Friday night’s race.
Self, a native of Austin, Texas, began his relationship with the Sorghum Checkoff and Texas Grain Sorghum Board last fall.
Sorghum is the world’s fifth-most important grain crop and is grown on approximately 100 million acres worldwide, including approximately six million acres in the U.S. Currently, Texas and Kansas account for 80 percent of U.S. sorghum production.
In the ethanol industry, the Sorghum Checkoff focuses on developing direct awareness of the benefits of using sorghum as a fuel and feedstock. This serves as the foundation of demand for the sorghum industry, as ethanol producers typically use about one-third (approximately 120 million bushels) of the sorghum crop to produce clean-burning, high octane fuel.
The Texas Department of Agriculture’s GO TEXAN program and AM Technical Solutions will also support Self and the No. 22 team.
GO TEXAN represents Texas agri-business on state, national and international levels by building recognition with the GO TEXAN mark.
Along with its signature mark in the shape of Texas, GO TEXAN celebrates, promotes and supports the business savvy and plainspoken grit Texas agriculture is known throughout the world.
About Niece Motorsports: Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2018, Niece Motorsports enters its second full season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fielding two full-time teams with Austin Wayne Self and Justin Fontaine. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 30 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel/lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as twitter @NieceMotorsport.
