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On the heels of a successful partial season in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards which included four top-10 finishes, Codie Rohrbaugh and his Grant County Mulch Racing (GCMR) team turn their concentration towards the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) and Friday night’s JAG Metals 350.

Turn5 (T5), headquarters to AmericanMuscle, ExtremeTerrain and AmericanTrucks.com, celebrated the grand opening of its Lenexa, Kansas Fulfillment Center with T5 founders Steve and Andrew Voudouris’ uncle Caesar Millas doing the ribbon cutting honors.  Kansas Governor, Jeff Colyer, Lenexa Mayor, Michael Boehm as well as local business leaders and community officials joined the Turn5 team to celebrate the new warehouse opening.

Roush Fenway Racing heads back to the second largest state in the country this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) tackle the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. A Roush Fenway Ford has been the “Lone star” in victory lane 18 times across the three major touring series.

Richard Childress Racing will welcome current championship contender Tyler Reddick to its 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series program. The Corning, California native is a two-time winner in the series and holds the closest margin of victory (0.0004 seconds) in NASCAR history with his 2018 win at Daytona International Speedway.

News and notes: The NASCAR Xfinity Series will return to racing action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway after enjoying their final off-week of the 2018 season. With only three races remaining, Spencer Boyd and his Grunt Style Gladiators are ready to close out their rookie campaign strong, starting in Texas. “I can't believe it's already that time of year,” says Boyd. “The season has just flown by. It feels like yesterday when we were getting ready to head to Daytona! I've learned so much this year and now my focus is just to finish as strong as I possibly can. We ran well at Texas earlier this year, so I'm looking forward to duplicating our performance there."

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will head to Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth, Texas) this weekend with three races remaining in the 2018 season. DGR-Crosley will field two trucks in the JAG Metals 350 for team owners, David Gilliland and Bo LeMastus. Gilliland will pilot the No. 17 Toyota Tundra, while LeMastus will be back behind the wheel of the No. 54 Crosley Brands Toyota.

Fontaine on Racing at Texas: “I like Texas,” said Fontaine. “Even though the pavement is still relatively new, and the groove isn’t very wide, the Truck Series puts on a good show and I don’t expect any different on Friday night.

After claiming his 14th top five of the season at Kansas, Elliott Sadler takes over the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff standings lead following a 10-point penalty to the No. 21.

Self on Racing at Texas: “I always look forward to coming back to Texas,” said Self. “The race will be action packed and I’m really upbeat about the strength of my Niece Motorsports team right now. Whether it’s a short track, a speedway or a superspeedway, we seem to have a lot of momentum and that’s a good trait to have heading to one of my favorite places of the season.”

Chastain on Racing at Texas: “I’m excited to get to Texas,” said Chastain. “This is obviously an extremely special track for our team owner Al Niece, and I’m hopeful that we can put on a great performance for him at his home track. The team has been working really hard on this truck, and I know we’ll have a great piece for the race.”