Jason White Express Notes, No. 23 GunBroker.com Chevrolet
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Michigan International Speedway, Race No. 15 of 25
Race Info:
Event: VFW 200
Date: Saturday, August 20
TV: SPEED, 12:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, 12:15 p.m. ET
Distance: 100 laps, 200-miles
Track: 2-mile D-shaped Oval
Fast & Fun Facts:
•Crew chief, Chad Kendrick is in the process of appealing a penalty levied against the rookie team at Lucas Oil Raceway on July, 29. Kendrick is allowed to remain as acting crew chief during the appeal process. An appeal date has not been determined at this time.
•Don’t forget to vote for Jason White as the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Most Popular Driver. You can vote once per day until voting ends on November 17, 2011. To vote please visit: http://bit.ly/VoteJW2011
After 14: After the season’s first 14 events, White has earned one top-five, two top-10, six top-15 and nine top-20 finishes. The Richmond, VA native has led six laps and recorded a 16.8 starting average coupled with an 18.1 finishing average and has completed 94.6 percent of laps attempted (2103 of 2224). Additionally, the veteran driver’s best start of 2011 is ninth (Kentucky, July and Nashville, July) and his best finish is fifth (Kentucky, July).
Michigan Stats: In four previous starts at Michigan International Speedway, White has one top-10 and two top-15 finishes, scoring his best finish of seventh, at the two-mile tri-oval in 2009. Additionally, White has an average start of 22.5 coupled with an average finish of 19.0 and has completed 99.5 percent of all laps attempted (398 of 400).
Whatcha Haulin?: White will pilot “JDM03” from the Joe Denette Motorsports stables in Saturday afternoon’s VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway. This is the same GunBroker.com Chevrolet that White drove to a 10th-place finish at Phoenix (February), 16th-place finish at Charlotte (May), 13th-place finish at Kansas (June) and a 16th-place finish at Iowa (July). In this chassis, Whitehas an average start of 15.5 and an average finish of 16.5.
Rearview Mirror-Pocono: White and hisJoe Denette Motorsports team bounced back from being two laps downafter a lap-six incident, to finish 17th on the lead lap in the NCWTSevent at Pocono Raceway.
Get to the Point: Following at 17th-place finish for White and Joe Denette Motorsports at Pocono Raceway, the No. 23 GunBroker.com Chevrolet is 19th in the 2011 NCWTS owner point standings, 26 points outside the top-15. White is 16th in the 2011 NCWTS driver point standings.
Quoting Jason White:
What makes Michigan such a good track to race on?
“The width of the groove is something that really makes Michigan a good track to race on. It’s certainly not a one-groove track so you don’t have to follow someone around it which means as a driver, you have options. You can run down on the white line or up by the wall.”
“I feel good about going back to Michigan this year. We didn’t qualify as well as I would have liked last year, we started 16th, but I ran most of the race inside the top-10 and ended up finishing seventh. Michigan is a big, fast, smooth track with a lot of grooves. It’s a track where horsepower will play a key role so you need a lot of steam. PME (Pro Motor Engine) has done a great job with their engine package this year and I look forward to running well this weekend. A top-five finish this weekend would put us back on track, heading in the right direction, for a top-10 position in the championship points battle, and we need it.”
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