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GAFFNEY, S.C.  – For the third time in as many years, Mike Wallace and the No. 01 Chevrolet team will have Gerber Collision & Glass as a marketing partner for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. This year, they return to being the team’s primary partner.

With 44 Chicagoland repair center and nearly 200 locations in North America, Gerber is the largest provider of collision repair services in North America. And, they will once again let the motorsports world know that they support NASCAR with their backing of JD Motorsports w/ Gary Keller this Sunday.

The company will also be an associate partner on the No. 4 Chevrolet of Wallace’s teammate, Danny Efland, for the weekend.

“We have enjoyed the relationship we’ve developed with Mike and Johnny Davis (owner) through the years,” said Jim Maliszewski, Director – Program Management and Centralized Support of Gerber Collision & Glass. “NASCAR is very popular with our customers and employees, so we’re excited about helping bring Mike back to Chicagoland Speedway and helping the #01 team get a great finish”.

Mike Wallace Info

• ^ This will be NNS career start No. 434 for the four-time race winner
• ^ This will be his 18^th start of the 2012 season
• ^ During that span, he’s completed 2,784 of 3,019 laps contested (92.2 percent) leading four races
• ^ Wallace has five top 15 finishes in the last seven races
• ^ He has 10 previous starts at Chicagoland Speedway
• ^ Through those starts, he’s completed 1,761 of 2,003 laps contested; leading 19 circuits around the 1.5-mile oval
• ^ His best start was 17^th in 2008, and best finish was 14^th in 2002
• ^ He has seven top-20 and two top-15 finishes in the Windy City

Tune in for the Win

There will be two practice sessions on Saturday, both on ESPN2, with the first taking place from Noon to 1:30 p.m. ET and the second from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. With their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series brethren off this weekend, the Sunday racing afternoon belongs to the NNS teams. Qualifying is 11:30 a.m. and race action starts at 3 p.m. on ESPN TV. You can hear all 200 laps of action on MRN Radio and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90, as well.

Mike Wallace Quotes

“It’s great to once again have Jim and everyone from Gerber Collision & Glass on board for this weekend. We’ve really gotten to know them pretty well in the last three years and they’re awesome to work with and we appreciate their support.

“We are coming off a decent run at Daytona, minus the bad finish, and are really proud of what did at New Hampshire last week, too. This track of Chicagoland isn’t much different than the other 1.5-mile ovals we run.

“You just have to get dialed in on the practice sessions on Saturday. For qualifying, you need to have a great lap so you can start closer to the front then just work your pit strategy to get that great finish.

“A lot of the things we’ve been trying lately seem to be clicking. I have to give Johnny (Davis), Gary Keller, Newt Moore (crew chief) and the entire team credit for their hard work. I just hope it pays off for the Gerber Collision & Glass folks and the team.”

About Gerber Collision & Glass

Gerber Collision & Glass operates 149 collision repair centers in fourteen states under the names Gerber Collision & Glass, True2Form Collision & Glass, Master Collision Repair and Pearl Auto Body and provides quality collision repair and auto glass repair and replacement.

Source: Packman PR for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller, Press Release