{"id":5241,"date":"2012-12-06T12:50:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=5241"},"modified":"2012-12-06T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:55:08","slug":"brian-scott-to-drive-no-2-richard-childress-racing-chevy-in-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2012\/12\/06\/brian-scott-to-drive-no-2-richard-childress-racing-chevy-in-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Scott to drive No.2 Richard Childress Racing Chevy in Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5242\" title=\"brianscott\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2012\/12\/brianscott.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2012\/12\/brianscott.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2012\/12\/brianscott-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Childress Racing has signed Brian Scott to a multi-year contract to drive the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro next season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.<\/p>\n<p>Shore Lodge returns to sponsor Scott in 2013. They sponsored Scott in seven races in 2010 and acted as primary sponsor in 2011 while he was driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are thrilled to continue our support of Brian as he embarks on yet another successful year of racing,\u201d said Dan Scott, general manager of Shore Lodge<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elliott Sadler was the previous driver of the No.2 Chevy. In 20120 he finished second in the points. Sadler has now moved on to Joe Gibbs Racing to drive the No.11 Toyota.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Gould, will be the crew chief for Scott&#8217;s\u00a0 No.2 Chevy. Gould has previous experience as car chief for the No. 2 team in 2012 and also served as a car chief in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with RCR.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I am thrilled to have this opportunity to drive the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing in the Nationwide Series,\u201d said Scott. \u201cRCR has proven over the past 13 years that it can build and prepare winning cars in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and has for a variety of drivers. I just want to be the next name on that list. RCR has a rich tradition of winning races and championships at the highest level of our sport and I am excited about being a part of an organization, like theirs, that is committed to winning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur goals for 2013 are going to be set at a high level and we are going to do everything within our power to achieve those goals. On a personal level I think I am going to fit in really well. Richard Childress and a lot of the people affiliated with RCR are avid outdoorsmen and that matches my background as well.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>In two seasons with JGR, Scott\u00a0 had 18 top tens, 4 top fives and one pole. His best finish was a pair of third place finishes at Chicagoland in 2011 and Dover in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian is a strong young talent and we look forward to him, Phil and the entire No. 2 Shore Lodge team adding their part to RCR\u2019s history of success in the NASCAR Nationwide Series,\u201d said Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that Brian is an avid outdoorsman only makes it an even better fit. We\u2019re also proud to welcome Shore Lodge to our family of partners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Scott family knows what it takes to create a tradition of excellence so we look forward to making our program a success both on the track and off.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Childress Racing has signed Brian Scott to a multi-year contract to drive the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro next season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Shore Lodge returns to sponsor Scott in 2013. They sponsored Scott in seven races in 2010 and acted as primary sponsor in 2011 while he was driving for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[102],"coauthors":[674],"class_list":["post-5241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-brian-scott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5241"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}