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Corey will be making his second career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Texas Motor Speedway. This event will be LaJoie's 14th career XFINITY series start and the eighth this season in the No. 24 Toyota.

The old saying goes “Everything’s bigger in Texas.” If that holds true than NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) driver B.J. McLeod heads to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend looking for a big performance in Saturday afternoon’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge.

Dakoda will be making his sixth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Texas Motor Speedway to go along with three previous starts in the Camping World Truck Series. Armstrong has a best XFINITY Series finish of 10th at the Fort Worth, Texas track which occurred during the 2014 season. He finished 26th in the Spring race earlier this season.

Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Texas Motor Speedway ... In 94 starts at Texas Motor Speedway dating back to 1997, RCR has recorded one win (Jeff Burton, April 2007), eight top-five and 30 top-10 finishes with drivers Burton, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green, Paul Menard and Ryan Newman.

The last two times Martin Truex Jr. competed at Texas Motor Speedway his Furniture Row Racing car was contending for the win. But in the late stages of each race he saw his chance for a Victory Lane visit slip away.

To date, Hendrick Motorsports has totals of 244 victories, 209 pole positions, 1,007 top-five finishes and 1,689 top-10 finishes in Sprint Cup competition. Its teams have led 66,159 laps since 1984.

“Certainly, our goal is to go out and win the race. That’s the only way we can ensure that we can run for a championship at Homestead. We have had some success at Texas in the past, and it’s a pretty good track for us, so hopefully we can go out there, run up front and have a chance to win at the end.

“Texas has always been pretty special to me. We made our first career Cup start here in 2010 with the Wood Brothers and we also won our first XFINITY Series race here in 2011. I really like racing here. It’s a fast, wide track that lets you run all over the place.

“I’m really looking forward to getting back in the car in Texas. Kansas didn’t go how we wanted it to and we’ve had two weeks to get ready for this weekend. We know what we need to do in order to have a chance at making it to the last round of the Chase and I know my guys on this Leidos team will give it all they have to get it done.”

"It's a long race at Texas, so we're definitely going to have to be patient and make sure to keep our No. 44 Albertsons Ford out of any carnage. I've found some success from all three series at Texas, and I'm looking forward to being back and hopefully finishing at the front after 500 miles."