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No. 11 Shore Lodge Toyota Camry (Brian Scott) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images for NASCAR

No. 11 Shore Lodge Team Notes of Interest

· Brian Scott and the No. 11 Shore Lodge Toyota team prepare this week for the NASCAR Nationwide Series return to Bristol Motor Speedway. This weekend’s Food City 250 at the half-mile track will be Scott’s fifth career start at Bristol in Nationwide Series competition.

· Improving the Finish: Scott earned his best ever Bristol finish during his most recent visit to “Thunder Valley.” Scott finished 12th during the March race at Bristol. In fact, Scott has progressively improved his Bristol finish position each time he visits the track in Nationwide Series competition.

· In addition to the four starts in the Nationwide Series competition, Scott has two Bristol starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Scott finished 19th in his first ever Bristol start in 2008 and followed that up one year later with a fifth-place run during the 2009 Truck Series race.

· Chassis #119 is the car Scott will race this weekend in Bristol. The car is a brand new chassis for Joe Gibbs Racing. This will be the third race the team has used chassis #119 during the 2011 season. The car made its debut at Auto Club (California) Speedway in March where Scott earned an 11th-place finish. Chassis #119 appeared more recently at Dover International Speedway in May. Scott was caught up in an accident on lap 46 of the race and had to spend extended time in the garage for repairs. He eventually finished the race in 30th position. The backup car for this weekend is Chassis #106 which still has not been used in 2011.

· Last Race: Scott had the No. 11 Shore Lodge Toyota positioned solidly in fifth place as the laps wound down last weekend at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. He was in fifth place in the last turn of the last lap when he was punted by driver Justin Allgaier and ended up finishing the race in 12th place.

· Scott remains ninth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver standings following his 12th-place finish in Montreal. He is 18 points behind Steven Wallace in eighth place.

· To access information on Brian Scott and No. 11 Team visit: www.joegibbsracing.com and follow twitter.com/bscottracing and twitter.com/joegibbsracing.

Brian Scott

“Yeah, it’s kind of crazy. Seeing the white flag for the last lap is almost as bad as seeing the black flag. I’m just sitting there thinking I’m clear. It’s the last lap and I see Steven (Wallace) ahead of me by about 5 or 10 car lengths and look in my rearview mirror and I have about the same distance on Fitzpatrick behind me. I still don’t know what happened but I guess Justin Allgaier just drove into the turn trying to be a hero and took me out. I was surprised. I didn’t know where it came from. It was random and totally unexpected.”

How do you feel heading to Bristol this weekend?

“Well as everyone knows, Bristol is one of the most physically demanding race tracks we visit. It’s a race that really gets you going. People always talk about the top speeds we do at places like Daytona and Talladega where we hit 200 mph. But 200 mph at those places feels nothing like the 150 mph or so that we hit at Bristol. This race should be even more interesting because it’s under the lights and that just seems to amplify the intensity level of that race. Should be a fun night.”

- Joe Gibbs Racing Press Release