SCOTT READY TO TANGO IN TEXAS; IDAHO NATIVE LOOKS TO REGAIN GROUND IN NCWTS POINTS CHASE
MOORESVILLE, NC (November 3, 2009) -- After several weeks of
frustrating finishes brought on by every conceivable misfortune known to
man Brian Scott and his Xpress Motorsports team are looking to regain
their magic in this Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Winstar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. Scott is looking to
climb back into the top five in NCWTS points after falling victim to a
multi-truck crash not of his making at Talladega.
"We've just been snakebit these last few weeks," Scott says.
"No matter what we do it hasn't worked in our favor. Whatever we
need to do to change our luck I am willing to do. Voodoo, witchcraft,
wizardry whatever it takes."
Scott has had an impressive season with a win at Dover, second place
finishes at Memphis and Nashville, 7 top-five finishes and 12 top-10
finishes in 22 starts. A solid run or perhaps a win in the Lone Star
state would add some icing on the cake and help the 21-year-old Boise, ID
native gain back some off those much needed points.
"Everybody on this Albertson's Toyota Tundra crew is looking
forward to going to Texas," Scott said. "I feel really good
there, I am really comfortable running at Texas. It is a very fast
racetrack, one of the fastest mile and half racetracks we go to. It has a
couple of grooves of racing and it always provides a really exciting
truck race there because of all the room you have to race. The outside
groove will be critical once again, you can keep your momentum up and not
get bogged down. You can manipulate the person on the inside of you by
taking the right side air off. It is a better position to be in. That
suits my style, I like the outside line. Hopefully we can take advantage
of that."
Scott's crew chief Jeff Hensley has an impressive record at Texas
Motor Speedway but it has been close but no cigar for the Horsepasture,
VA native. He has yet to capture that elusive win on the 1.5 mile oval.
"I like Texas Motor Speedway a lot," Hensley said. "It is a
very challenging track with really fast corner speeds. I have never won
there, I've finished second there four times and I have always wanted
that cowboy hat. I have never finished out of the top 10 there but one
time. We were fortunate enough to have won the pole there four or five
times there in the past. It is by far my favorite race track. I love that
place. Brian has done a really good job there both times I have been
there with him so I like our chances this weekend."
Chassis for Texas Motor Speedway: Xpress Motorsports will bring chassis
number 52 to the Winstar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. This
Triad Racing Technologies chassis finished second at Homestead in the
2008 season finale with Scott at the helm and finished third at Kansas
earlier this season. It was run at Kentucky Speedway where Scott
qualified second, led for 29 laps before blowing a right front tire and
crashing hard into the outside retaining wall. Despite the heavy damage
Scott rallied to finish 6th in that event. Its most recent voyage came at
Chicagoland Speedway where it found hard contact with the turn four wall.
The chassis was subject to extensive repairs before being prepared for
Texas Motor Speedway.
-credit: xm
