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Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team head to Phoenix Raceway with the momentum that comes with having fast cars for the first three races of the 2017 season.

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Regarded as one of the most talented up-and-coming drivers in motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing developmental driver Ty Majeski will make his NASCAR debut in the NASCAR XFINITY Series race on June 24 at Iowa Speedway. Majeski boasts ARCA Midwest Tour Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and was one of 11 drivers named to the NASCAR Next 2016-17 class. iRacing.com, the world’s premier online racing game/simulation, will serve as the primary partner on Majeski’s Ford for the race.

The second race of NASCAR’s three-week western swing takes place Sunday afternoon at Phoenix International Raceway, a place where Joey Logano took the checkered flag in November and advanced to the championship final the following week at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Here’s a look at Ford’s history at the one-mile facility.

Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion, has had great success at Phoenix International Raceway, having won eight times in his career. He’s been most dominant over the last five years, having won six of the last nine Monster Energy Cup Series races at the facility, including four straight at one point. Crew chief Rodney Childers spoke about the team’s two-day organizational test session at PIR last month, and his hopes for this weekend.

“I am really pumped to be returning to Phoenix in the (NASCAR) XFINITY Series. It's exciting to compete at a track that you have experience at. Phoenix is very challenging. Turn three especially. It offers a lot of opportunities for errors. You have to be very patient getting back to the gas because of how turn 4 is laid out. I am really hoping for a strong finish and a good points weekend."

Wise Health System has signed a multi-year agreement with Texas Motor Speedway to serve as the entitlement sponsor for April's NASCAR XFINITY Series race and as the speedway's official healthcare provider.

Fans who want an up-close, ultra-convenient day parking spot which will allow them a shorter, quicker entry to the grandstands for Talladega Superspeedway’s Sparks Energy 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series and GEICO 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series events, May 6-7, now have a great opportunity with the track’s new Parking Upgrade options.

Phoenix Raceway is encouraging fans to come out early and enjoy the full NASCAR experience during the Camping World 500 event weekend, March 17-19. In addition to the Camping World 500 on Sunday, March 19 at 12:30 p.m. (local), the race weekend at Phoenix Raceway will include the DC Solar 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race on Saturday, March 18 at 1:30 p.m. and Gatorade Pole Day on Friday, March 17 featuring Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying.

A strong on-track performance by Erik Jones and the No. 77 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry was overshadowed by a tough afternoon on pit road, forcing the Furniture Row Racing team to settle for a still respectable 15th-place finish in the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.