Lead Lap's NASCAR News » Great Clips http://lead-lap.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:54:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 JR Motorsports Announces Schedule Change http://lead-lap.com/2013/03/11/jr-motorsports-announces-schedule-change/ http://lead-lap.com/2013/03/11/jr-motorsports-announces-schedule-change/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:59:33 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.com/?p=9240 JR Motorsports announced changes to the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedules for Dale Earnhardt Jr and Kasey Kahne.

Earnhardt was originally schedule to run the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in May. Earnhardt Jr will now compete in the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Sept. Kahne will, in turn, run at Talladega instead of Chicagoland. Both will run Chevys with sponsorship from Great Clips.

Earnhardt Jr said:

Kasey and I were chatting about our Nationwide Series schedules, and I was looking for more track time at a place like Chicago. Kasey mentioned how he would love a shot at winning at Talladega. Fortunately we have a partner like Great Clips that was willing to work with us. One of our 2013 goals at JR Motorsports is to be a better asset to Hendrick Motorsports. For me personally, this scheduling change helps us do just that.

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]]> http://lead-lap.com/2013/03/11/jr-motorsports-announces-schedule-change/feed/ 0 Kahne To Drive For JR Motorsports In N’Wide In 2013 http://lead-lap.com/2013/01/02/kahne-to-drive-for-jr-motorsports-in-nwide-in-2013/ http://lead-lap.com/2013/01/02/kahne-to-drive-for-jr-motorsports-in-nwide-in-2013/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:15:55 +0000 Michael J Smith http://lead-lap.com/?p=9036 Kasey Kahne during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 23, 2012 in Fontana, California.JR Motorsports announced that Kasey Kahne will drive the No. 5 Great Clips Chevy for several races in the Nationwide Series in 2013. Brad Sweet will also drive the No. 5 car. Great Clips has signed on to sponsor the No. 5 car for 28 races next season. For 27 of those, Great Clips will appear on the No. 5 car.

They will also sponsor the No. 88 Chevy for one race with Dale Earnhardt Jr behind the wheel. Earnhardt Jr is set to drive four N’Wide races this season.

With this news comes a shuffling of numbers, with Regan Smith being assigned the No. 7 Chevy, which he will pilot for the full season with crew chief Greg Ives atop the pit box.

Team general manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller said:

The last three months have been critical for the direction of JR Motorsports and the commitment we’ve made, and this partnership with Great Clips is a major step in the right direction. To sign a 28-race sponsor while adding Kasey Kahne and Brad Sweet to our line-up is quite extraordinary. Our goal is still to run two full-time teams, and this helps us greatly to achieve that.

Update: JR Motorsports has hired Mike Bumgarner to serve as crew chief for the No. 5 Nationwide Series team and drivers Kasey Kahne and Brad Sweet.

Bumgarner has spend the last 18 years with Hendrick Motorsports. In 2007, he served as crew chief for Kyle Busch in the N’wide Series, where they racked up four wins, 14 top 5s, and 16 top 10s.

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