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Brad Sweet will return to the seat of the No. 38 Great Clips machine this weekend for the NASCAR Nationwide Series' (NNS) first of two stops at Iowa Speedway. This event will mark the Grass Valley, Calif.-native's third NNS start of the season after proving impressive in his first race at Auto Club Speedway where he brought home a sixth-place finish.

Denny Hamlin finished second in Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, leading four times for 56 laps to take the checkered flag behind winner Jimmie Johnson.

Soon after Regan Smith took the checkered flag to win the 2011 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway one of the first thoughts that came to his mind was that he had just qualified for the prestigious Sprint All-Star Race.

“Charlotte is unique for a mile-and-a-half. It’s definitely shaped differently than other mile-and-a-halfs that we go to. It has a little bit different pavement construction and those two things kind of add to the racing you see. Last year we had an OK race."

Fresh off tying his career-best finish (15th) in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway earlier this month, Buster Graham and Team BCR Racing turn their attention towards Sunday’s Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care at Toledo Speedway looking for more.

After digesting two new racetracks to his ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards resume this year, Charles “CJ” Evans Jr. returns to familiar territory at Toledo Speedway for Sunday’s running of the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care.

Brandon Kidd, a well-known figure on the DIRTcar Crate Late Model (DCCLM) tour will take a brief hiatus from slinging on the dirt and return to the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards in Sunday’s Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care at Toledo Speedway.

Brentwood, Tennessee native Mason Mingus conquered his first meeting of the year with Salem (Ind.) Speedway last month with a top-10 finish in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.

While Joey Logano will be looking to race his way into the NASCAR Sprint All Star Race on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he also knows he’ll have his legions of fans to once again help him out if needed. The top-two finishers of the Sprint Showdown will automatically move into the Sprint All Star Race.

Since the 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February, the Josh Williams Motorsports (JWM) team has shown massive improvement.