Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway

No. 20 Toyota Certified Collision Center GR Supra News and Notes: 

• TRUEX AT BRISTOL: Ryan Truex and the No. 20 Toyota Certified Collision Center GR Supra crew head to Bristol this weekend for the Food City 300. Truex has four prior NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the high-banked, half-mile short track, which includes, two top-10s and an average finish of 15.5. Truex has a best finish of 10^th at Bristol which he scored twice, with one in 2012 and the second coming in 2018.  
• LAST TIME OUT: Truex’s last start at Atlanta has its ups and downs. After starting seventh, Truex got in the wall early and fell out of the front-running pack for most of the race. Despite the setback, Truex slowly worked his way back through the field and managed to sneak back into the top-10 to come home with a 10^th place finish on the day.
• 100 CAREER STARTS: Ryan Truex will make his 100^th NASCAR Xfinity Series start this weekend in Bristol. Thirteen years after making his first NXS start back in 2011, Truex will finally make the milestone start in his tenth start of the 2024 season.
• ON THE PITBOX: Rookie crew chief Tyler Allen is off to a strong start to his crew chief career as he has already scored five wins with four different drivers. Allen has been at JGR since 2015, most recently as the lead engineer on Christopher Bell’s No. 20, led by Adam Stevens, a position he has held since 2021. He also worked under Stevens as the lead engineer on the No. 18 from 2019-2020. In 2017, Allen made his move to the Cup Series on the No. 18 as a race engineer, a position he held for two years. His first position at JGR came in 2015 as he was hired to be the race engineer on the No. 54 NASCAR Xfinity Series car with Kyle Busch. Allen won the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series championship and 25 races across his seven years in JGR’s Cup shop, as well as 19 Xfinity races during his time in the series.
• JGR AT BRISTOL: Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) drivers have combined for 115 starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, highlighted by 13 trips to victory lane. Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Erik Jones, Ryan Preece, and Christopher Bell have all taken JGR entries to victory lane at the famous short track. Cumulatively, JGR has scored 38 top-fives, 59 top-10s, and have led 3,430 laps at Bristol.
• FOLLOW ALONG: Follow along for updates and a behind-the-scenes look at Truex’s 2024 season. 

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• RACE INFO: Coverage of this weekend’s Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday, September 20^th, at 7:30 p.m. ET on The CW, PRN Radio, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Ryan Truex, Driver of the No. 20 Toyota Certified Collision Center GR Supra: 

“It has been six years since your last Xfinity Series start at Bristol. What role does that play in your mindset and preparation going into this season?”

“It feels like every few starts I run into a track that I haven’t raced at in years, so at this point I’d say I’m used to it. It doesn’t really change my mindset, but I definitely savor those first few laps in practice to get my mental layout of the track dialed in. Bristol is a lot of fun and I’m excited to get back out there with my guys in our Toyota Certified Collision Center GR Supra.”

Ryan Truex’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats at Bristol Motor Speedway

Ryan Truex’s 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats

Ryan Truex’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Career Stats

About Joe Gibbs Racing:

Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is one of the premier organizations in NASCAR with four NASCAR Cup Series teams, four NASCAR Xfinity Series teams, an ARCA Series team, and a driver development program. JGR is based in Huntersville, N.C., and owned by 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Joe Gibbs, who also earned his place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was named as one of the NFL’s top 10 coaches of all-time with a winning career that included three Super Bowl Championships as head coach of the Washington franchise. JGR has competed in NASCAR since 1992, capturing more than 400 wins over that span. No team has more combined wins across the sport’s three national series in the history of NASCAR. In addition, JGR has won five Cup Series championships along with four Xfinity Series driver championships and six Xfinity Series owner’s championships. The organization also has captured four Daytona 500 titles, considered to be NASCAR’s premier event each season.

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