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Jul 27, 2011
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Jason White, No. 23 GunBroker.com Chevrolet Silverado Lucas Oil Raceway Preview
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No. 23 Gunbroker.com Chevrolet (Jason White) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images for NASCAR
No. 23 Gunbroker.com Chevrolet (Jason White) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images for NASCAR
Lucas Oil Raceway, Race No. 13 of 25

Event: AAA Insurance 200

Date: Friday, July 29

TV: SPEED, 7:30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, 7:15 p.m. ET

Distance: 200 laps, 137.2-miles

Track: 0.686-mile oval

Fast & Fun Facts:

- In preparation for this weekend’s event, Jason White and Joe Denette Motorsports tested at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC. The team’s last test at Rockingham Speedway, prior to the UNOH 225 at Kentucky, resulted in the rookie team’s best finish of fifth.

- Lap 100 of the 200-lap event at Lucas Oil Raceway will mark the official half-way point of the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season.

- Did You Know? The shortest distance from the East coast to the West Coast (as the crow flies) would be 2,092 miles…In just the season’s first 12 events; White has traveled 2,262 miles in his GunBroker.com Chevrolet. That would take him from the coast of the Atlantic to the coast of the Pacific and then some. Keep on rollin!

Jason White - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR
Jason White - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR
- Don’t forget to vote for Jason White as the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver. You can vote once per day until voting ends on November 17, 2011. To vote please visit: http://bit.ly/VoteJW2011

- Mid-Season Recap: In the season’s first 12 events, White has earned one top-five, two top-10, six top-15 and eight top-20 finishes. The Richmond, VA native has led six laps and recorded a 16.8 starting average coupled with a 17.6 finishing average and has completed 94.16 percent of all laps attempted (1856 of 1971).

- Jason White, Statistically Speaking-Lucas Oil Raceway: In four previous starts at Lucas Oil Raceway, White has one top-15 and two top-20 finishes, scoring his best finish at the 0.686-mile oval in 2010, finishing 13th. Additionally, White has an average start of 26.0 coupled with an average finish of 22.2 and has completed 73.4 percent of all laps attempted (588 of 801).

- Short Track Showdown: In the 116 total events White has entered in the NCWTS, 25 of those events have been on a short track. With an average start of 23.5 paired with an average finish of 22.4, the Virginia native has only one top-five and two top-10 finishes on a track less than a mile in length. However, White has led 93 laps on a short track, the most laps of any other type of track on the circuit (Superspeedway and Intermediate).

- Whatcha Haulin?: White will pilot JDM05 from the Joe Denette Motorsports stables in this weekend’s NCWTS event at Lucas Oil Raceway. This is the same No. 23 GunBroker.com Chevrolet that White drove to a 22nd-place finish in the third event on the 2011 schedule at Martinsville Speedway in April.

- Rearview Mirror-Nashville: In his seventh NCWTS start at Nashville Superspeedway, Jason White brought home Joe Denette Motorsports sixth top-15 finish of 2011, finishing 12th in the Lucas Deep Clean 200. The solid finish was the veteran driver’s career best finish at the 1.333-mile concrete oval.

- Get to the Point: Following a 12th-place finish for White and Joe Denette Motorsports at Nashville Superspeedway, the No. 23 GunBroker.com Chevrolet remains 16th in the 2011 NCWTS owner point standings, a mere six points out of 15th and 43 markers outside the top-10. White gained one position to 14th in the 2011 NCWTS driver point standings.

Jason’s Twitter: www.twitter.com/JasonWhite23

Team Website: www.JoeDenetteMotorsports.com

Team Twitter: www.twitter.com/TeamJDM23

Team Facebook: www.facebook.com/JoeDenetteMotorsports

- Joe Denette Motorsports Press Release


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