RILEY HERBST
Darlington NASCAR Xfinity Series Advance
No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

NASCAR Xfinity Series Overview

• Event: Mahindra ROXOR 200 (Round 11 of 33)
• Date: Saturday, May 7
• Location: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway
• Layout: 1.366-mile oval
• Time/TV/Radio: 1:30 p.m. EDT on FS1/MRN/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Riley Herbst Notes of Interest

• Riley Herbst comes into the Mahindra ROXOR 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway riding a wave of front-running consistency. The driver of the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing has finished among the top-10 in his last four races, giving Herbst a total of seven top-10 finishes in the 10 races run this season. Now in his third full year of Xfinity Series racing, it’s his best start to a season. He is currently ninth in the championship standings, bettering his 2020 standing after 10 races (11th) and his 2021 standing after 10 races (15th.)

• There’s no rest for the weary in NASCAR as the Xfinity Series goes from one tough track with a scary-sounding nickname to another challenging racetrack with a foreboding moniker. Last week, the Xfinity Series raced at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway, better known as the “Monster Mile”. Now, it’s on to Darlington, the track known as “Too Tough To Tame”. Herbst muzzled the Monster Mile with a solid, ninth-place drive and he aims to tame Darlington with another level-headed performance on Saturday.

• The Mahindra ROXOR 200 will mark Herbst’s 87th career Xfinity Series start and his fifth at Darlington. His best finish on the 1.366-mile, egg-shaped oval is fourth in September 2020. That result is one of 12 top-fives and 41 top-10s Herbst has earned in his Xfinity Series career. His best Xfinity Series finish is second, earned twice – in February 2020 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, and July 2020 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.

• While still seeking his first Xfinity Series win, Herbst is driving for an Xfinity Series winner at Darlington. Stewart-Haas Racing owns two Xfinity Series victories at Darlington – August 2019 with Cole Custer and May 2020 with Chase Briscoe.

Riley Herbst, Driver of the No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang

You’ve scored seven top-10s in the 10 races held this season and the team is currently on a four-race top-10 streak. What are your goals as the Xfinity Series heads into its summer stretch?

“The goal is simple – we need to keep being consistent. The No. 98 Monster Energy team has been working hard and we’re getting better. I think if we can keep performing well in both qualifying and the race, we can put our Ford Mustang in victory lane. These past two weeks, we’ve had a glimpse of chances to win, and we need to keep having those. Our win is coming.”

Darlington is known as the track “Too Tough To Tame”. What are your expectations for Saturday’s race?

“Darlington’s such a cool, historic racetrack, but it’s tough. It’s been a bit of a wild card for me, but I did run well there back in 2020. I have never had practice at Darlington, so I feel like that didn’t help my situation prior to this year. Everything I learned was what I experienced during the races. The No. 98 team knows how to win there. Hoping we can get it done.”

What have you done this year to help prepare for Darlington?

“Darlington definitely wasn’t my best track last year. We struggled to find speed there and then got caught up in a wreck in September. Those situations didn’t produce the outcomes we were hoping for. I’ve been going to the simulator, working with the No. 98 team, and just re-watching footage to try and learn how to tackle this racetrack. Hopefully, all the hard work will pay off on Saturday.”

No. 98 Monster Energy Team Roster

Primary Team Members:

Driver: Riley Herbst
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada

Crew Chief: Richard Boswell
Hometown: Friendship, Maryland

Car Chief: Matt Noyce
Hometown: Oregon, Wisconsin

Engineer: Justin Bolton
Hometown: Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Engineer: DJ VanderLey
Hometown: Mobile, Alabama

Spotter: Tim Fedewa
Hometown: Holt, Michigan

Over-The-Wall Crew:

Front Tire Changer: Josh Leslie
Hometown: Mount Clemens, Michigan

Rear Tire Changer: Trevor White
Hometown: Arlington, Texas

Tire Carrier: Chad Emmons
Hometown: Tyler, Texas

Fueler: Corey Coppola
Hometown: Bluefield, West Virginia

Jackman: Brandon Banks
Hometown: High Point, North Carolina

Road Crew Members:

Truck Driver: Steve Wood
Hometown: Eatontown, New Jersey

Engine Tuner: Willie Pelotte
Hometown: Oakland, Maine

Tire Specialist: Austin Quick
Hometown: Flagstaff, Arizona

Myatt Snider To Honor Ken Schrader During Darlington Throwback Weekend

STATESVILLE, N.C. (May 4, 2021) – Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport (JAR) has unveiled Charlotte (N.C.) driver Myatt Snider’s NASCAR Xfinty Series (NXS) paint scheme for the upcoming official throwback weekend of NASCAR at Darlington Raceway (S.C), May 6-7.

During the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) Mahindra ROXOR 200 on Saturday, May 7, Snider’s No. 31 Capital City Towing Chevrolet Camaro SS will be a throwback to Ken Schrader’s Junie Donlavey owned No. 90 that qualified on the pole for the TranSouth 500 at Darlington Raceway 1987.

“Throwback weekend at my home track of Darlington is one that we circle on the calendar every year. It’s a great way to honor NASCAR’s past that has left a mark on the sport for where we are today” stated JAR President, Jordan Anderson.

“This year when selecting a paint scheme, I wanted to incorporate the State of South Carolina and the State of Missouri into something special. We have Joel Black’s Columbia (S.C.) based Capital City Towing as the primary on the car this weekend along with their traditional red, white, and black colors. The state of Missouri, the home of Bommarito Automotive Group, has produced some great NASCAR drivers over the years and one that we wanted to honor is Ken Schrader. With Schrader being from Fenton, Mo. just minutes from where the Bommarito family got their start, it was a simple decision to narrow it down to Schrader’s iconic No. 90 Red Barron scheme that qualified on the pole at Darlington and finished fifth in the Spring of 1987.”

Fast forward to 2022, featured on the hood, sides, and tv panel of the bright red, white, black No. 31 is family owned and operated Capital City Towing.

As a longtime partner of Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport, Capital City Towing has offered heavy-duty towing, off-road recovery, roadside assistance, cargo/equipment hauling and garage service to Columbia, South Carolina and the surrounding areas for years.

With owner Joel Black’s professional business experience and knowledge, it allows Capital City to excel in the towing and equipment hauling industry offering the best solutions to any problem that may come their way. The towing, equipment hauling and garage Capital City offers is fully equipped with a fleet of light, medium and heavy-duty trucks to get the job done right.
Additional information on Capital City Towing can be found at CaptialCityTowingSC.com or reached 24/7 at 803-786-9994.

Continuing with the South Carolina connection for the Darlington Throwback Weekend, Lunch Time Investments, LLC. of Columbia will hold a presence on the rear deck lid.

Founder and CEO, Nicholas Sambenedetto holds a passion for helping others and has created that into a full-time job mentoring individuals and companies in how to invest, how to purchase/store cryptocurrency, and additionally offer consulting services.

Additional information on Lunch Time Investment LLC. can be found at LunchTimeInvestments.com

Tickets for the Mahindra ROXOR 200 at the Darlington Raceway on Saturday, May 7th are still available for purchase via phone at 866-459-7223 or online at DarlingtonRaceway.com

For more information on JAR visit JordanAndersonRacing.com, and be sure to follow along all season on the JAR social channels at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Capital City Towing

Family owned and operated, Capital City Towing has been providing service to Columbia, South Carolina and the surrounding areas for years. With the owner’s professional business experience and knowledge that excels in the towing and equipment hauling industry allows Capital City to offer the best solutions to any problem. Offering heavy-duty towing, recovery, equipment hauling and much more at reasonable prices. The team at Capital City is dedicated to a quick response time, because they know how stressful situations can be when accidents or breakdowns happen. Capital City offers towing, equipment hauling and garage is fully equipped with a fleet of light, medium and heavy-duty trucks. Our employees are experienced professionals and certified to meet all your towing, recovery, hauling or service maintenance needs.

About Lunch Time Investment, LLC.

Lunch Time Investments, LLC. (LTI) located in Columbia, South Carolina by founder and CEO, Nicholas Sambenedetto holds a passion for helping others. LTI helps mentor individuals and companies in how to invest, how to purchase/store cryptocurrency, and additionally offer consulting services. In addition, LTI purchases storage units from auction and resells their contents. Typically, people have an idea but don’t know how to turn it into action. Most people don’t have a lot of time and get consumed in design on how to get it done. That is where Lunch Time Investments, LLC can help. It is done over the course of Lunch!

About Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport

Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport is a NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) team, owned by owner/driver Jordan Anderson and Bommarito Automotive Group President, John Bommarito. Established in 2018, JAR has competed full-time in the last four NCWTS seasons claiming back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 2020 & 2021 season opening NextEra 250 at Daytona International Speedway. In its debut season the No. 31 NXS Chevrolet Camaro SS drove to 5 Top-Five finishes and 6 Top-Ten finishes in the team’s debut season. In 2022 JAR fields a full-time entry in the NXS Series; the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro SS for driver Myatt Snider. JAR also fields the No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado for select drivers in the NCWTS.

JR MOTORSPORTS TEAM PREVIEW:
TRACK: Darlington Raceway
RACE: Mahindra ROXOR 200 (147 laps / 200.1 miles)
DATE: Saturday, May 7, 2022

Broadcast Information – TV: 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1 / Radio: 1 p.m. ET on MRN and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Sam Mayer
No. 1 Accelerate Pros Throwback Chevrolet
• Sam Mayer heads to Darlington Raceway this weekend after finishing in the top five in four of the last five NASCAR Xfinity Series races this season.
• Mayer led 18 laps last weekend at Dover Motor Speedway en route to his third fifth-place finish of the 2022 season.
• The 18-year-old Franklin, Wis. native led the NXS in green flag passes (51) and quality passes (24) last weekend in Dover. Mayer leads the overall statistics for being the fastest on restarts this season with a ranking of 11.5.

Josh Berry
No. 8 Tire Pros Throwback Chevrolet
• Josh Berry heads to Darlington after securing his first win of the season last weekend at Dover.
• In this race last year, Berry led eight laps en route to a second-place finish behind teammate Allgaier.
• Berry’s Tire Pros Chevrolet throws back to team owner and NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 2002 Gossamer Looney Toons Chevrolet that he took to Victory Lane at Richmond Raceway.
• The 31-year-old currently sits fourth in the championship standings, only 88 markers behind the series leader.

Noah Gragson
No. 9 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / Black Rifle Coffee Chevrolet
• Noah Gragson returns to Darlington as the most recent winner on the historic 1.366-mile oval after winning the fall race in 2021.
• In addition to his third-place finish last week at Dover, Gragson left Delaware $100,000 richer after claiming the final Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus of 2022. That gives him five for his career, most in JRM team history and breaking a tie with Allgaier in that category.
• Gragson has earned 22 top-five finishes at tracks measuring 1 to 2 miles in length.

Justin Allgaier
No. 7 Hellmann’s Throwback Chevrolet
• Justin Allgaier returns to Darlington as the defending winner of the throwback event.
• In 13 starts at “The Lady in Black,” Allgaier has scored one win, four top fives and nine top 10s.
• According to NASCAR’s loop data statistics, Allgaier ranks first in quality passes (239), green flag passes (299), laps run inside the top 15 (1,646) and fastest laps run (66) at Darlington.
• In his NXS career on tracks between 1 and 2 miles in length, Allgaier has earned eight wins, 62 top fives and 124 top 10s.

Chase Elliott
No. 88 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
• 2014 NXS champion Chase Elliott returns to JRM this week in the team’s No. 88 Chevrolet with HendrickCars.com. It will be his first NXS start of the season.
• Elliott owns a Darlington NXS victory, leading 52 laps in the 2014 race there, helping propel him to JRM’s first NXS championship. All told, Elliott has earned five NXS victories for JRM, the last one coming in 2016 at the season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway in the No. 88.
• Elliott, fresh off his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of 2022 earlier this week at Dover, kicks off a series of five races for JRM with Hendrick Motorsports drivers.

Driver Quotes

“It’s going to be different this weekend without Taylor (Moyer, crew chief) in my ear but he’s done a great job of making sure this team is ready. As tough as it’s going to be, he’s surrounded himself with the right people that are capable of leading this No. 1 Accelerate Pros team to victory. Hopefully we can make Rick Mast proud and put this car where it belongs.” – Sam Mayer

“I can’t wait to get to Darlington this weekend. We have an awesome throwback design for our Hellmann’s Chevrolet and hopefully we can replicate the same kind of success we had last year and get back into Victory Lane. I know this team is capable of doing it and I’m ready to get down there and make it happen.” – Justin Allgaier

“Getting a win last weekend in Dover was huge and this Tire Pros team deserved every bit of it, but we still have work to do. Darlington is a track I really enjoy because of the surface and how the tires wear out pretty quickly. The car we are throwing back to was in Victory Lane back in 2002 with Dale Jr., so hopefully we can do the same this weekend.” – Josh Berry

“Darlington has been a track that this Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/Black Rifle Coffee team has been really fast at in the past and we proved that last year with the win. Luke (Lambert) and this entire team are working hard to make sure we unload with that same speed and hopefully we can be there battling for the win at the end of the day.” – Noah Gragson

“I’m excited to get back behind the wheel of a JRM Chevy this weekend. It’s been fun to continue running races for them over the years after having so much success there during my Xfinity Series career. We actually won Darlington during my rookie season at JRM, so it would be pretty cool to get back to victory lane on Saturday.” – Chase Elliott

JRM Team Updates:

• JR Motorsports at Darlington: JR Motorsports has competed at Darlington Raceway a combined 51 times in the NXS. Over the course of those starts at the historic 1.366-mile facility, the organization has tallied four wins, 14 top fives and 31 top 10s. The track labeled as “Too Tough To Tame” was no match for JRM as the organization swept both races last season with Justin Allgaier in the spring and Noah Gragson in the fall.
• Fridge Night: Your Fridge Night mission is simple. For one month, Hellmann’s will help you with two key simple steps: GRAB your spare veggies and fruit and USE UP in a simple, real, delicious meal. That’s what we call a Fridge Night: One night a week where you use up all the left-behind food sitting in your kitchen. Download the FREE Fridge Night app for the full experience including full Flexipes library, points, prizes and a buzzing Fridge Night community. For every Fridge Night challenge you complete, Hellmann’s will help to donate an additional meal to someone in need; all via their existing donation program with our friends at Feeding America®, now through Dec. 31, 2022.
• Fight Hunger. Spark Change: For 2022, Walmart and Sam’s Club are once again coming together in support of the Feeding America® network through the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign. Now in its ninth year, the campaign has been a way for Walmart and Sam’s Club to partner with suppliers, customers and members – including our partner, Unilever, to help provide food to people in need. For more information on the Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign and for ways to donate, please visit www.FeedingAmerica.org/Walmart or
www.FeedingAmerica.org/SamsClub.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 4, 2022) – JR Motorsports today named lead engineer Andrew Overstreet as the fill-in crew chief for Sam Mayer and the No. 1 Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions Chevrolet beginning in this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway.

The 38-year-old Overstreet steps into the role for crew chief Taylor Moyer, who is serving a mandatory four-race suspension for a wheel infraction incurred last weekend at Dover Motor Speedway.

Overstreet, a native of Concord, N.C., has been with JRM since 2020 and previously held positions at Team Penske and Red Horse Racing.

Moyer, who has led the No. 1 team to four top-five and five top-10 finishes this season, will reassume crew chief duties at Nashville Superspeedway on June 25.

ABOUT JR MOTORSPORTS:
JR Motorsports is the racing operation co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Fame member and 15-time Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller and NASCAR Hall of Famer Rick Hendrick. Now in its 20th year of overall competition, JR Motorsports competes in multiple divisions, including the NASCAR Xfinity Series where it currently fields four full-time teams and earned championships in 2014, 2017 and 2018. The company also races in Late Model competition and owns four championships in regional Late Model divisions and added a prized national title in 2020. To learn more about the organization, its drivers and its sponsorship opportunities, visit www.jrmracing.com.

Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series
NXS A-GAME 200 Post Race| Saturday, April 30, 2022

FORD FINISHING RESULTS
9th – Riley Herbst
10th – Ryan Sieg
17th – Parker Retzlaff
28th – Joe Graf Jr
35th – David Starr

Riley Herbst, No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang (Finished 9th)

“I think we were more of a top-five car for sure. Just lost track position there in the first stage and then got it back by passing some good cars in the second stage. Then we made a strategy call to try to win the race and it just didn’t pan out for us. It was a smart call. It was the right call. It just didn’t break our way and we had to fight our way back to ninth from there.”

Ryan Sieg, No. 39 A-GAME Ford Mustang (Finished 10th)

“It was a struggle coming from the back here where it is super hard to pass. Especially when you are on the loose side like we were. We were hanging on most of the day and trying to pass people and it is tough here. All in all it was a good day for the A-GAME Ford Mustang. We just gotta qualify and get up there and race with those guys and not try to play catch-up most of the day. We made good adjustments, we just have to get a little bit better. We have more notes now, so hopefully it will carry over to Darlington and we can get a little better and qualify.”

SOLID DAY FOR GIBBS AT DOVER
Third place run for the 19-year-old at the Monster Mile

DOVER, Del. (April 30, 2022) – Ty Gibbs (third) led Toyota in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon.

Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Dover Motor Speedway
Race 10 of 33 – 200 miles, 200 laps

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Josh Berry*
2nd, Justin Allgaier*
3rd, TY GIBBS
4th, Noah Gragson*
5th, Sam Mayer*
7th, BRANDON JONES
21st, CHANDLER SMITH
23rd, JJ YELEY
32nd, CHAD FINCHUM
37th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

TY GIBBS, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota GR Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 3rd

Can you describe the racing out there today and your run to a podium finish?

“I feel like we had a very good Monster Energy Toyota GR Supra. It was just a little bit tight there. I feel like we improved a lot from last year. Third place is good. We will take a podium finish and we will take a good points day. Not a lot of chaos out there, which is making my life a little easier this week. I just want to thank all of the fans watching. I want to thank Toyota, Monster Energy. I want to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Hopefully, we can go on to Darlington and run good with our Interstate Batteries throwback car.”

Solid third-place finish for you today. How was your race?

“I feel like we had a very fast Monster Energy Toyota GR Supra, almost as fast as Xfinity wifi. My guys never gave up – they always keept working. We were just a little bit off. I felt like we needed just a few more adjustments to stay with the 8 (Josh Berry) and the 7 (Justin Allgaier). Congrats to Josh. Hopefully we can go into next week – I feel like Darlington is a good place. I threw it away there last year, but hopefully we have a shot to win this year.”

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SS Greenlight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt | NASCAR Xfinity Series
Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway | A-Game 200

Fast Facts
No. 07 SS GreenLight Racing Team:
Driver: Joe Graf Jr. (@JoeGrafJr)
Primary Partner(s): Bucked Up Gym N’ Juice Energy Drink
Manufacturer: Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Joe Williams
Spotter: TJ Bell

2022 Driver Points Position: 24th | 2022 Owner Points Position: 19th

Engine: Roush Yates Engines (RYE)

Notes of Interest:

Full of Energy: Bucked Up Energy Drink and its sister products will continue their role as the primary partner of Graf’s No. 07 Ford Mustang this weekend.

Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway is the eighth race of 2022 but is the 39th race overall in a multi-year, multi-race deal with the former ARCA Menards Series winner.

For the second time this year, the team will promote Bucked Up Energy’s Gym N’ Juice flavor.

With Gym n’ Juice, Bucked Up Energy Drink pays homage to those classic west coast vibes. This citrusy, smooth flavor drives you to early-coastal ‘90s.

Even if you weren’t there for the greats — The Chronic, California Love, It Was a Good Day.

Embrace your life — not someone else’s — and dive in. Take it from the generation that taught us, no matter where you come from, from the hills to the hoods, you better bring your A-Game with Gym N’ Juice.

About Bucked Up Energy: Bucked Up started in 2013 when twin brothers Ryan and Jeff Gardner started marketing a product called Deer Antler Spray. After selling thousands of bottles to GNCs nationwide, the company morphed into what is now Bucked Up, a full-fledged vitamins and supplements manufacturer.

The company has gone from its humble beginnings to becoming the No. 1 best-selling pre-workout brand that’s available in over 10,000 stores worldwide.

Plenty Of Other Bucked Up Energy Drinks Options Available Too: Bucked Up Energy now offers more than 10 quenching options, but two of their popular flavors, Pink Lemonade and Mango Tango now include low-stim options.

Low-stim has the same innovative ingredients that make their OG formula so powerful for focus, mood, motivation and energy. Bucked Up made just one small change and they have been surprised by the resulting epicness.

Boasting a modest of 100mg of caffeine, Bucked Up Low-Stim delivers the same energy, focus, mood, motivation – while reducing the common side effects that come from too much caffeine, jitters, sleeplessness and anxiety.

Thanks For Your Support: With 30 percent of the 2022 Xfinity Series season complete, Joe Graf Jr. and SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt would like to thank their associate marketing partners AVOID, Bass Reaper Bait Company, CoverSeal, EAT SLEEP RACE Apparel, fgrACCEL, G-Coin, Gtechniq, HazHeart, Model Electronics and ShopRite for their continued support.

Throwback Alert: Joe Graf Jr. and the SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt team announced earlier this week their Xfinity Series throwback paint scheme for next Saturday afternoon’s Mahindra ROXOR 200 at the coveted Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

Graf Jr. and his team will dial back to the 2001 Xfinity Series and showcase a livery that Buckshot Jones, one of the sport’s most popular drivers competed within both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series with Georgia Pacific backing.

Graf Jr.’s red, white and blue Ford Mustang will promote a new Bucked Up product for the 147-lap contest.

Be sure to cast your vote for Joe Graf Jr. as your favorite throwback Xfinity scheme at darlingtonraceway.com/nxsthrowbackfanvote from now until Thursday, May 5th.

Settling In: Dover marks the 10th race that the SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt (SSGLRwJL) team embraces their manufacturer switch from Chevrolet to Ford while incorporating its technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing.

SHR will supply the organization with race cars while Roush Yates Engines will provide the legendary Ford horsepower. In addition to providing race cars to SSGLRwJL, SHR will also provide technical support for the entire 33-race season.

Additionally, Graf will have NASCAR Cup Series and Stewart-Haas Racing drivers Cole Custer and Chase Briscoe as teammates for select events throughout the 2022 season.

Don’t Forget The New Partner Too: SS GreenLight Racing has added Jeff Lefcourt as a new co-owner of the Mooresville, N.C.-based team, as well as director of business development for the organization.

Lefcourt, a native of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. joins SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt (SSGLRwJL) with a long history of racing endeavors including owning Bethel (N.Y.) Motor Speedway in upstate New York, a current-NASCAR sanctioned race track.

The noted philanthropist, entrepreneur and real estate developer has deep ties to grassroots racing and was instrumental in helping secure the Stewart-Haas Racing alliance with SSGLRwJL in 2022.

Joe Graf Jr. Xfinity Series Dover Motor Speedway Starts: Joe Graf Jr. will make his fourth career start at the “Monster Mile” in Saturday afternoon’s race.

Last year, Graf Jr. aboard the No. 07 Z Grills race car was headed towards his second top-20 finish at the “Monster Mile” but a loose wheel in Stage 3 forced Graf to make an unscheduled pit stop under green and hindered the team’s finish.

In the doubleheader Xfinity Series weekend in 2020, Graf finished 18th and 21st respectively.

He has completed 589 of the 600 laps for a 98.2 percent lap completion.

Joe Graf Jr. Xfinity Series Career Intermediate Nuggets: At tracks 1.0-mile or greater in size, Graf has competed in 36 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. He holds an average starting position of 26.4 and an average result of 25.4.

Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway | Ag-Pro 300 Race Recap: In the most recent NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Graf and the SSGLRwJL team showcased the No. 07 Bucked Up Strawberry Kiwi Energy Ford Mustang for the third (Daytona, Atlanta and Talladega) superspeedway race of the 2022 season.

After successfully qualifying for the race on their time trials speed, Graf stayed out of trouble for a majority of the race before executing his move on a late-race restart in overtime to draft to a career-best eighth-place finish.

Talladega delivered Graf’s second career Xfinity Series top-10 finish. Last October, he earned his first career top-10 finish with a 10th-place run in the No. 07 G-Coin automobile.

School In Session: While juggling a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule with SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt, college life has resumed for Joe Graf Jr.

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Graf Jr. has resorted to online classes at the University of New York, where he is pursuing a degree in business, media and sports management.

Sneaker Mania: Along with the adrenaline of the Motorsports competition, Joe Graf Jr. also has a vogue for hype sneakers. In his current collection, he owns and wears at least 90 limited edition sneakers – and his collection continues to grow every month.

The current estimated value of his collection tops $100,000.

From the Pit Box: Industry veteran Joe Williams is Joe Graf Jr.’s crew chief.

He will crew chief his 75th NASCAR Xfinity Series race as crew chief on Saturday afternoon and his fourth at the iconic one-mile concrete oval.

In his previous 74 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts, he has collected one win (Auto Club Speedway | February 2022), six top-five and 18 top-10 finishes.

Hello From The Other Side: Graf Jr. has a teammate at SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt. Veteran David Starr will drive the No. 08 Children’s National | TicketSmarter Ford Mustang on Saturday afternoon for his fifth start of the 2022 season.

Starr is set to make his 239th career NASCAR Xfinity Series start and 13th at Dover. His best Xfinity track finish occurred in the 2015 Buckle Up 200 presented by Click It or Ticket, where he finished 13th after starting 24th for TriStar Motorsports.

Follow on Social Media: For more on Joe Graf Jr. visit JoeGrafRacing.com, like him on Facebook (Joe Graf Jr.), follow him on TikTok (@JoeGrafJr), Twitter (@JoeGrafJr) and Instagram (@joegrafjr).

For more on SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt, please like them on Facebook (SS GreenLight Racing) and follow them on Instagram (@ssgreenlightracing) and Twitter (@SSGLR0708).

Joe Graf Jr. Pre-Race Quotes:

On Dover Motor Speedway: “I like Dover. It is a very challenging track which makes the race very demanding and can even be very exhausting depending on the race conditions and weather.

“I spent a lot of time in the simulator this week to get ready for this race. Our game plan is to unload with a looser setup and then tweak our No. 07 Bucked up Energy Gym ‘N’ Juice Ford Mustang from there.

“Things happen in a hurry at Dover, but I hope we are able to tame the Monster Mile with another strong finish that will propel us to Darlington Raceway next weekend!”

On 2022 Season: “It was great to capture our first top-10 finish of the season last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. I cannot thank every single person on this SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt team enough for their tireless efforts to bring a fast superspeedway car to the race track.

“Our No. 07 Bucked Up Strawberry Kiwi Energy Drink Ford Mustang was fast and we capitalized on that final restart with a career-best finish together. We can’t stop there though. The Talladega finish is motivation for us to keep working hard, and I hope that is the first of many top-10s to come in 2022.”

Race Information:

The A-Game 200 (200 laps | 200 miles) is the 10th of 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series races on the 2022 schedule. Practice begins on Friday, April 29 from 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Qualifying follows shortly after at 3:30 p.m. The 38-car field will take the green flag on Saturday afternoon, April 30 shortly after 1:30 p.m. with live coverage on FOX Sports 1, the Motor Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (ET).

About SS Green Light Racing with Jeff Lefcourt:

As one of the most tenured teams in all of NASCAR, SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt led by team owner and former driver Bobby Dotter and new partner Jeff Lefcourt has been a mainstay entry in the sport fielding entries in either the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series or Xfinity Series competition since 2001.

SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt will continue with a two-car program in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2022.

DARLINGTON, S.C., April 27, 2022: David Starr and SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt will pay tribute to team owner and former NASCAR competitor Bobby Dotter with the 1995 No. 08 Hyde Tools scheme during the Official Throwback Weekend of NASCAR at Darlington Raceway.

“I was a fan of Bobby’s before I made it to NASCAR in 1998 and the No. 08 Hyde Tool car always stuck out to me,” said Starr. “I am proud to be able to honor our team owner with our No. 08 TicketSmarter Ford Mustang during the Throwback Weekend.”

Starr’s Ford Mustang will showcase his sponsors, TicketSmarter, a Digital Ally Company (NASDAQ: DGLY), as well as EVERFI, Digital Ally, Inc., Parker Electric and Children’s National.

Dotter became an owner-driver in 1995 after purchasing Team R Racing at the end of the 1994 racing season.

The new team quickly took on Hyde Tools as their primary sponsor in 1995 in the Busch Grand National Series.

“The No. 08 car this year reminded me a lot of my car in 1995 with the blue and white so it will be neat to see a replica car on the track at Darlington,” Dotter said.

The Throwback Paint Scheme Fan Vote for the Xfinity Series is open today through Thursday, May 5 at 5 p.m. ET at darlingtonraceway.com/throwback.

The Mahindra ROXOR 200 is at 1:30 p.m. ET at Darlington Raceway and televised on FS1.

About TicketSmarter:

TicketSmarter is a proud member of the Digital Ally Companies (NASDAQ: DGLY). With seats for over 125,000 live events and 48 million tickets for sale, TicketSmarter is a national ticket marketplace whose mission is to enable customers to experience the power and excitement of live events by creating valuable partnerships while giving back to children’s charities.

TicketSmarter is committed to contributing $1 from every transaction to help charitable partners, including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the V Foundation, Quarterbacking Children’s Health Foundation and Coach To Cure MD.

TicketSmarter is the official ticket resale marketplace of World Wide Technology Raceway and the presenting sponsor of the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at WWT Raceway, the Enjoy Illinois 300 Presented By TicketSmarter.

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About Digital Ally:

Digital Ally, Inc. through its subsidiaries, is engaged in vehicle and body cameras, flexible software storage, automatic recording technology and various critical safety products; Shield™ Health Protection Products line, including all natural cleansers, a non-contact temperature-screening device, an electrostatic sprayer and a variety of personal protective equipment.

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About SS Green Light Racing with Jeff Lefcourt:

As one of the most tenured teams in all of NASCAR, SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt led by team owner and former driver Bobby Dotter and new partner Jeff Lefcourt has been a mainstay entry in the sport fielding entries in either the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series or Xfinity Series competition since 2001.

SS GreenLight Racing with Jeff Lefcourt will continue with a two-car program in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2022.