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The NASCAR Nationwide Series heads to Fort Worth this week for the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge - one of three stops left on the 2011 schedule - with just 15 points separating the top two championship contenders.

Steve Wallace will pilot Rusty Wallace Racing chassis RWR-070 in Saturday afternoon's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. This is a brand new 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry that will be put through its first paces this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.

Martinsville Recap: Denny Hamlin drove the No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota to a fifth-place finish Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, leading 58 of the 500 laps en route to his fifth top-five finish of the season. With the result, Hamlin remains 11th in the Chase standings with three races remaining.

Carl Edwards on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: "I am really looking forward to returning to Texas Motor Speedway with Eddie Gossage and the guys. We won the earlier Nationwide race and we are closing in on the owners’ points lead. I love racing there and the fans are great. Our goal is to gain as many points as possible and get our Fastenal Ford Mustang in victory lane."

Jason White has 10 series starts at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS), the most starts for the driver at any track on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) circuit. So, as they say, "Everything is bigger in Texas," and White hopes to capitalize on his experience at the 1.5-mile track and bring home his first NASCAR win.

James Buescher won't have to travel far to race this weekend; the Plano, Texas-native currently resides in Katy, Texas, just outside Houston.

As the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rolls to a halt, Timothy Peters and the No. 17 Toyota Tundra team are proud of what they have accomplished thus far. With one win, seven top-five and 11 top-10 finishes, the No. 17 team can be proud that statistically this has been the best year yet.

This Week's Monster Energy Chevrolet Silverado . Ricky Carmichael will pilot chassis TMS-013 from the Turner Motorsports (TMS) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) stable in Friday night's WinStar World Casino 350K at Texas Motor Speedway.

Dodge's Kurt Busch qualified eighth and finished 14th at Martinsville. He remains eighth in the NSCS driver standings, 58 points behind the leader.

Scott Riggs is looking forward to all 200 laps of action at Texas Motor Speedway in the No. 03 McKinney Pipe and Steel Chevrolet of R3 Motorsports this Saturday afternoon.