Nationwide Series Driver Focus — Jason Keller Looks to Lowe’s for Redemption
By Bram • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Nationwide Series, Notes, Your Series. Your Driver.
Jason Keller
No. 11 America’s Incredible Pizza Company Racing Chevrolet
CARQUEST Auto Parts 300
Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
Saturday, May 24, 2008
JASON KELLER/ CJM RACING TEAM FAST FACTS:
• The team posted their highest finish of the season two weeks ago at Darlington Raceway where they garnered their first top-10 finish of the season (7th)
• Lowe’s Motor Speedway holds a special place for driver Jason Keller. In the fall race just last year, Keller broke Tommy Houston’s all-time start record of 417 at the mile-and-a-half facility
• The America’s Incredible Pizza Company Race Team tested at Lowe’s last week. The No. 11 team posted the fourth quickest time in the final day of testing
• Keller is hoping to redeem himself from last year’s 34th place finish at Lowe’s. The No. 11 was caught up in a mid-race accident sending the team to the garage for the remainder of the event
• Keller has 27 starts at Lowe’s; including two top-five and seven top-10 finishes
• He currently averages a starting position of 26th and a finishing position of 20th and has run 4,705 laps around the speedway
• In 434 career starts; Keller has 10 wins, 81 top-five and 163 top-10 finishes. He currently holds the all-time career start record and winning’s in the NASCAR Nationwide Series
• The America’s Incredible Pizza Company Racing Team will be running chassis #08 at Lowe’s; #08 has run at California (14th), Nashville (18th) and Darlington (7th) this season
• The CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 will be broadcast live on ESPN2 Saturday, May 24th at 7:00 PM (EST)
• 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
JASON KELLER @ LOWE’S MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
SERIES STARTS WINS TOP-5’s TOP-10’s BEST START BEST FINISH
NNS 27 0 2 7 4th (2001) 2nd (2001)
FIVE MOST RECENT LOWE’S NNS STARTS:
DATE START FINISH STATUS EARNINGS
11/12/07 36 34 Accident $20,182
11/14/05 34 18 Running $20,195
05/28/05 36 23 Running $19,015
10/15/04 19 30 Running $22,385
05/29/04 31 31 Running $22,900
KELLER’S THOUGHTS ON THE SEASON THUS FAR:
“Morale is much higher these days. We finally got our first top-10 of the season at Darlington and that gives us that extra incentive we needed. It was beginning to feel like the odds were stacked against us every weekend and now I hope our luck is changing for the better.”
KELLER’S THOUGHTS ON LOWE’S MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
“We took two cars out to Lowe’s Motor Speedway to test last week and I think we have got one of them dialed in pretty good. Lowe’s has always been one of those tracks that has gotten away from me but we’ve made great strides in our mile-and-a-half program in the last year so I’m hoping the on-track results will improve this weekend.”
