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The Tale of the Turtles 400 is scheduled to begin on Sunday, September 17 at 3 pm, ET. Live coverage can be found on NBCSN, MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Chicagoland Speedway and discussed the importance of his win at Chicagoland in 2005, his goals for the remainder of the season, if there is a disparity among the manufacturers and many other topics.

Earlier this week, Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion, learned he would not return to drive the 43 car in 2018 and his sponsor, Smithfield was also leaving Richard Petty Motorsports following the conclusion of this season. Almirola spoke to media members about this week’s news following Cup practice at Chicagoland Speedway Friday.

Darrell Wallace Jr., driver of the No. 98 Nickelodeon Green Slime Ford Mustang, hits the track at Chicagoland Speedway Saturday. Wallace discussed his future, his time in the 43 Cup car and more.

JR Motorsports announced today the addition of Tyler Reddick to the team’s NASCAR Xfinity Series program in a multi-year agreement that begins with the 2018 season opener. The 21-year-old Reddick will pilot JRM’s fourth full-time entry in pursuit of the NXS championship next season.

Michael McDowell is looking to make a statement at Chicagoland Speedway for the first race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) playoffs.

As Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team heads to Chicagoland Speedway to kick off their first-ever appearance in NASCAR’s playoffs, team co-owner Eddie Wood is hoping for a strong run over the final 10 races. But foremost on his mind at this point is that he’s simply glad to be among the elite 16 teams that will begin the run to the championship.

Hamlin notched his first career win at the 1.5-mile oval in Joliet, IL, in 2015 and has scored a total of five top-10 finishes in 11 starts at the Windy City track, including a sixth-place finish during last year’s visit to Chicagoland. Hamlin is in the NASCAR Playoffs for the 11th time in his 12th full season driving the No. 11 machine.

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Playoff Media Day. Full Transcript: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHANCES IN THE PLAYOFFS: “I think our chances are solid. We have nothing to lose in my mindset in where we are at as far as the points go. Last year we made some noise and made it to the second round, and missed the third round by one point. I kicked myself over that point but I learned from it experience-wise. I know how aggressive I need to be in those first couple of races to put ourselves in a little better position for the third race. They are three-race seasons and you have to take them as that and get as much as you can out of them.”

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was made available to the media during NASCAR’s Playoff Media Day: DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What’s your impressions about the whole pit crew change with Kyle Busch and Daniel Suárez? “No, our pit crew's pretty good and solid. I think you always try to put the best people out there that you possibly can. I think that the 18 is a good pit crew, but I think they struggled with consistency like the 19 has had, so they made a change for that reason.”