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[/media-credit]CONCORD, N.C. (June 4, 2012) – Fresh off a 16th-place finish in Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Series race, John Wes Townley piloted RAB Racing’s No. 99 Barberitos Southwestern Grille Toyota Camry to a 19th-place finish in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series 5-Hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway.
In Townley’s second Nationwide Series race of the 2012 season, he posted speeds fast enough for 10th position in Friday’s lone practice session. In qualifying, he circled the one-mile track 13th-fastest, his highest qualifying effort this season in both the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series.
Townley wasted no time advancing position, running as high as 10th by Lap 30. Throughout the 200-lap event, the No. 99 Barberitos Southwestern Grille Toyota Camry remained solidly within the Top-20. Following the instruction of crew chief Scott Zipadelli, Townley remained patient and avoided the carnage typical of the “Monster Mile,” finishing the race in the 19th position.
In only his second double-duty weekend of NASCAR competition, Townley clocked some 440 laps on Dover’s concrete surface, emerging from one of the toughest tracks in NASCAR with two respectable top-20 finishes to show for it.
NASCAR’s Nationwide Series will take a week off before heading to Michigan International Speedway on June 16th.
