Joe Gibbs Racing is looking to become the first team to win four consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Michigan. Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez and Denny Hamlin have hoisted the last three trophies, but Busch is the only one of the three entered this weekend.
Christopher Bell and Brandon Jones are hoping to join that elite JGR club. And should the team win, it would become the all-time winningest Xfinity team at Michigan – breaking a tie with Roush Fenway Racing (five wins).
The odds certainly seem to favor the opportunity. Busch is a two-time race winner and has an amazing track record at Michigan with nine top fives and an average finish of 4.0 in 10 starts. His lone finish outside the top five was 14th in 2006. In six of those 10 races at Michigan, he has finished third or better.
This will be Bell’s Xfinity Series debut at Michigan but he has a runner-up finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the track. Jones has two top-10 finishes in two Xfinity starts here.
Source: Holly Cain | NASCAR Wire Service
