John Hunter Nemechek and GMS Racing will utilize chassis no. 216 this weekend at Richmond Raceway. This chassis has been ran five times this season by Nemechek at ISM Raceway (start: 13th/finish: 9th), Spring- Richmond Raceway (start: 11th/finish: 7th), Spring – Iowa Speedway (start: 6th/finish: 8th), Fall – Iowa Speedway (start: 14th/finish: 3rd) and at Bristol Motor Speedway (start: 9th/finish: 3rd).- Friday’s race in Richmond marks the first race in the Round of 12 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. Nemechek is currently scored 12th with 2,000 points. This is both Nemechek and GMS Racing’s first NXS Playoff berth.- Nemechek will represent a new sponsor, Safeway East, in Friday night’s race at Richmond Raceway. Safeway East is a division of Albertsons Corporate and is made up of about 100 stores located in Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia and the Delaware area. |