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Scott Lagasse Jr. / ORP Fast Facts
Press Release
O’Reilly Raceway Park
Sponsor:
America’s Incredible Pizza CompanyOwners: Tony & Bryan Mullet
Nationwide Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
Nationwide Chassis: 011
Manufacturer: Toyota
Engine Builder: Triad
Scott Lagasse Jr. Quick Facts:
• Scott Lagasse Jr. will run his first full season with CJM Racing this year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and compete for Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year honors.
• Lagasse Jr. currently sits 12th in the driver point standings; 146 points separates him from 10th place.
• The America’s Incredible Pizza Company race team was involved in an on-track altercation at Gateway and was forced to park the No. 11 entry halfway through the race due to damage. The team was credited with 33rd place.
• Since the start of the 2009 season, Lagasse Jr. has posted a career high qualifying effort of fifth at Nashville and has garnered three top-10 finishes with a season best finish of eighth coming from Talladega.
• Lagasse Jr. has one start at O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. In 2007, he started 12th and finished 34th.
• Lagasse Jr. will be stopping by the new America’s Incredible Pizza Company location in Indy on Wednesday, July 22nd from 4 – 7 pm. The No. 11 driver will be on-hand to sign autographs and race go-karts against some lucky customers.
CJM Racing Quick Facts:
• CJM Racing will run a second car for four races later this year with ARCA RE/MAX Series regular Justin Lofton. The slated races include: Michigan, Lowe’s, Texas and Homestead.
• CJM Racing’s primary sponsor, America’s Incredible Pizza Company, is family entertainment! High quality, all-you-can-eat pizza, pasta and dessert buffets as well as an 80-item salad bar, themed dining areas, private party rooms and a fairgrounds family fun center loaded with games, rides and attractions geared for all ages. The all indoor Incredible Fairgrounds includes over 100 interactive, family friendly video and redemption. Please visit www.incrediblepizza.com for more information.
• The 2009 season marks the second season CJM Racing will compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series full-time. The team is currently 17th in the owner point standings.
• CJM Racing transitioned over to Toyota Camry’s in 2009 and shares a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing. The partnership formed late last year allows the teams to share technical information as well as research and development
• The team will bring chassis # 011 to ORP. # 011 is the same chassis the team ran at Richmond (17th) and Milwaukee (16th)
• CJM Racing has one start at ORP; the team finished 24th there last year
• Easter morning 2007, Greg Bugher and his family were driving along Interstate 465 when they witnessed one of the most horrific car crashes first hand. A car was driving in the wrong direction on the highway and collided head-on with a mini-van owned by Joy Edwards. The van ignited on fire and passer-by Bugher rushed to the family’s aid where he proceeded to pull five people from the burning van.
“This is one of those tracks that reminds me of the days when I first started my stock car racing career. It’s almost like you are going back to grassroots racing. There are no frills. Just a race track and I really enjoy that. There’s not any other track out there during our season that has a feel like ORP. It’s Saturday night racing under the lights at its finest and that’s something I really enjoy.”
- CJM Racing Press Release
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It’s a real shame that Brad Keselowski took Scott out in a wreck at ORP. Scott is fighting as hard as he can to stay with a top tier ride in the Nationwide Series. He was running third when Brad Keselowski punted him. Because Scott has not had a lot of strong finishes, he is being replaced by Denny Hamlin after this weekends race in Iowa. If you are a regular Nationwide Series viewer, you saw Scott lead several laps at Talladega ON THE START of the race. He usually qualifies pretty well within the top half of the field and most of the time he is able to work his way up through the field during the race unless Steve Wallace, Brendan Gaughan, Justin Allgaier, or Brad Keselowski decide that they can just push Scott off the track. Scott is a clean racer and he doesn’t play payback. He is a good racer who has won in ASA, ARCA and several other series. I hope the boy gets a new chance to prove himself and show that you don’t have to race dirty to win.