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Halmar Friesen Racing will make their Texas Motor Speedway debut Friday evening in the WinStarOnlineGaming.com 400. This is driver / co-owner Stewart Friesen's first trip to the "Lone Star State" and his fourth visit to a 1.5 mile track this year.

Dover Recap: Denny Hamlin finished eighth in Sunday's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway, despite battling an ill-handling #11 FedEx Express Toyota throughout the 400-lap event.

Rising star NASCAR driver Ryan Blaney has a chance to make those who attend the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Fan Appreciation Night at Sharon Speedway in Hartford, Ohio on Saturday, June 10, very happy and help get their vehicles running in top condition.

For a series that has defined itself with the "Tough Trucks" moniker, it's only fitting that a grinder throwing sparks adorns the side of the No. 99 Metabo Chevrolet Silverado of Timothy Peters in this week's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Hendrick Motorsports executive vice president and general manager Doug Duchardt will leave the organization later this summer. He will remain in his role through the end of June.

This weekend marks the second visit to Pocono Raceway for the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Last year Reed qualified 23rd and finished 33rd after his right-rear tire went down while he was running in to the top 10.

Fresh From Florida knows the way to Victory Lane with Biagi DenBeste Racing. The last time the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services campaign adorned the hood of the No. 98 Ford Mustang, Aric Almirola drove to a win at Talladega Superspeedway. With Almirola injured in a crash at Kansas Speedway, Biagi DenBeste Racing regular Casey Mears will jump behind the wheel of the No. 98 Fresh From Florida Ford Mustang this weekend at Pocono Raceway and will work to raise awareness and promote the sale of the high quality produce and seafood produced and grown in Florida.

Stenhouse Jr. will take on a new role Saturday afternoon as a pit-road reporter during the live broadcast of the NASCAR XFINITY SERIES race. The race will be called entirely by active Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers. Tune in at 1 pm ET.

KEYS TO BEING SUCCESSFUL AT POCONO: "Pocono (Raceway) is a tough place," Buescher said. "All three corners are so different, and it’s just a unique race track. It’s challenging. I love going there. We were able to pull off the win there last year and pull off a little bit of strategy and that’s always going to be a big part of Pocono and racing in general."

JONES AT POCONO RACEWAY: Erik Jones will make his first-career NASCAR Cup Series start this weekend at Pocono Raceway in the Pocono 400 on Sunday, June 11. While this will mark Jones first-career Cup Series start at “The Tricky Triangle,” he has competed at the track in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS), NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). His most recent start at the track came last season in the XFIINITY Series where he started from the pole and finished second. Jones also has a second-place finish in ARCA competition. His worst finish at the track among his five starts in the three series is 12th, earned in an ARCA race in 2014.