LAS VEGAS, NV – With the lights of Las Vegas shimmering in the distance, Canada’s DJ Kennington hopes he can deal his way into a top 10 position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series point standings. Las Vegas Motors Speedway is the next stop for the St. Thomas Ontario driver this weekend. Kennington currently sits 12th in points after finishing 16th and 24th at the Daytona and California races. “I think we have come out of the box pretty strong this year,” says the St. Thomas, Ontario driver, “we have had two pretty good runs. I am hoping we can get the No. 81 Dodge into the top 10 this weekend at Vegas.” Last year, in his first ever visit to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Kennington finished 29th after qualifying his race car in 34th. “There is still a bit of a learning curve running these big tracks,” adds Kennington, “but we are starting to see results from what we learned last season. We’re heading in the right direction that’s for sure.” Veteran NASCAR racer Michael Waltrip sits just 6 points ahead of Kennington in the Nationwide Series point standings. Kennington is only 18 points back of being in the top 10. “Last year at this time we were sitting 27th in the standings.” After the Las Vegas race, Kennington and his Northern Provincial Pipelines Ltd sponsored team and the rest of the Nationwide Series competitors, have almost one complete month off, after four consecutive weekends of racing.

SAM’S TOWN 300 (200 laps/300 miles)
> Friday, February 27th
Canada’s DJ Kennington was 31st fastest out of 47 cars in practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

> Saturday, February 28th
DJ Kennington qualified 25th Saturday afternoon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

UPDATE – Not a good afternoon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Sams Town 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race. DJ Kennington crashed on lap 89 of the 300 lap race. Kennington was credited with a 33rd place finish.