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David Gravel has visited quite a few new tracks this year as he has competed full-time with the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, and while he has gotten up to speed pretty quick at most of those facilities, it’s always a little bit of an advantage for him to race at venues that he has turned numerous laps at in the past.

After the frenetic pace of races the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series saw recently during the West Coast Swing, just eight races left in the 2013 campaign. Kraig Kinser looks to finish the season on a strong note and is seeking to break into the top-10 in the series standings.

In July two cars tangled sending the No. 17 Best Buy Ford into the outside wall, Stenhouse battled back to salvage a 34th-place finish in the Camping World RV 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

In 18 NSCS starts at NHMS, Edwards has achieved two top-five and four top-10 finishes. Edwards’ best finish at Loudon is second place, captured in July of 2006.

Though Chase driver Kurt Busch is enjoying a successful season with the single-car Furniture Row Racing team, the former NASCAR champion says there’s still a void with nine races remaining in the 2013 Sprint Cup Series schedule.

Homestead-Miami Speedway today announced several unique ticket packages for Ford Championship Weekend, which will return to South Florida for the 12th consecutive year November 15-17, 2013. Track President Matthew Becherer made the announcement.

NASCAR and Nationwide Insurance have finalized a new agreement to extend Nationwide’s position as the official auto, home, life and business insurance partner of NASCAR through 2017. As part of the new contract, Nationwide Insurance also will become the presenting sponsor of the Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award.

Points Positions Following Chicagoland…After posting a 25th-place finish in his first race back since Watkins Glen, Eric McClure was able maintain the 19th position in the NASCAR Driver Standings. His team was also able to keep the 22nd position in NASCAR Owner Standings.

Gary McLean (No.8 McLean Industrial Design) bounced back from a rough outing last Sunday to earn a win on night one of the 2013 Rick Woolner Memorial Saturday night at Varney Speedway Motorplex.

Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 42 in Saturday's Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway. This chassis last saw action at Chicagoland Speedway this past weekend where Bowman started last and drove his way to an 11th place finish. Earlier this season, Alex piloted this chassis to the top of the pylon in qualifying to earn the pole at Texas Motor Speedway. At Kentucky Speedway in June, Bowman finished 10th with this chassis.