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In a joint effort between Michael Shank Racing, Ford Racing and Continental Tire, the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona championship team with Colin Braun behind the wheel will aim to set a new track record at the “World Center of Speed” Wednesday (Oct. 9) by eclipsing the 210.364 mph lap laid down Feb. 9, 1987, by NASCAR champion Bill Elliott, who pushed his Ford Thunderbird to the top of the speed charts in qualifying for the Daytona 500.

James Buescher and his Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM) team will make the short trek over to Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) for their second consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start. Regrouped from last week, Buescher looks to continue his success at the 1.5-mile oval. The last time Buescher competed in a NNS car at CMS, he made his way up from a mid-pack starting spot to earn a top-10 finish.

Coming Home...The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its second and final trip of the 2013 season to Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) this weekend for the Dollar General 300. Nelson Piquet Jr. will make his second career NNS start at the 1.5-mile oval on Friday night, having previously finished 16th in the first race of the 2013 season held at CMS in May.

Phoenix Racing today named Jimmy Elledge as its interim crew chief for the remainder of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The move reunites Elledge with Justin Allgaier who will be in the No. 51 Chevrolet 2 out of the last 6 races.

Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial prepare for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. With 13 Nationwide Series starts at the track, Sadler has one pole award, four top-five and five top-10 finishes. He also has NASCAR Sprint Cup Series experience at Charlotte with 25 starts, one pole award, one top-five and three top-10 finishes, as well as 196 laps led. He made one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start in 2010, where he started fourth, finished fifth and led 31 laps.

Richard Childress Racing has hired veteran Nick Harrison to crew chief the team's No. 33 Chevrolet entry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

David Gilliland talks regularly about the progress his team has made at mile-and-a-half tracks. The numbers back him up.

Unlike some other tracks the Sprint Cup Series has visited this season, Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway shouldn't produce too many surprises for NASCAR's Generation-6 car. No. 34 Taco Bell Ford driver David Ragan says his team has run enough laps on the 1.5-mile track this season that his team should have plenty of notes to prepare for Saturday night's Bank of America 500.

Thinking pink in honor of breast cancer awareness, the No. 36 United Mining Chevrolet has turned a beautiful shade of pink in support of breast cancer awareness month.

Travis Pastrana visits Charlotte Motor Speedway for the third time in his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) career. In 2011 he finished 24th and earlier this season he finished 33rd.