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David Gravel will sit out the upcoming West Coast Swing for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series, which will encompass nine races in 10 nights in Washington, Oregon and California, as he continues to recuperate from a bout of mononucleosis and a double ear infection.

Just six months ago rookie driver Justin Boston was optimistically preparing for his first full season racing stock cars and his highly anticipated debut in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards which in his case happened to be the biggest stage in motorsports; Daytona International Speedway.

Reliable Heating and Air powered by Trane will be aboard the No. 19 of Mike Bliss for Saturday night's Great Clips / Grit Chips 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The number one HVAC service in Atlanta will serve as the primary sponsor for the Nationwide Series veteran as he makes his eighth start at Atlanta.

Tristan Vautier has certainly made himself at home on the Streets of Baltimore.

Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton and their ThorSport Racing teams sparingly used 4.5 hours of practice Friday for the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and ended the day definitely knowing one thing: They needed more speed.

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway and discussed the first practice session, the addition of Kurt Busch to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014 and other topics.

New Thunder Ring Track Record: A new track record was set Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway on the quarter-mile Thunder Ring during qualifying for Tim Smith’s CLIMAX Moonshine Sprint Car Shootout.

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing - How do you feel entering the Atlanta race weekend? "Obviously, I'll start off with the wrist and what happened at Bristol (Motor Speedway). It was obviously unfortunate for something like that to happen this time of year with the position we're in and where we are at in points and trying to make the Chase and the Wild Card situation and all that, but I feel good that we're able to come here and race and do the best job we can do. "

CHIP GANASSI, OWNER EARNHARDT GANASSI RACING WITH FELIX SABATES, MET WITH MEDIA TO ANNOUNCE THAT KYLE LARSON WILL DRIVE THE NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET IN 2014. JOHN OLGUIN, VP OF COMMUNICATIONS WAS THE MODERATOR.

LINE-X, the country’s leading vehicle bedliner company, will ride along with JD Motorsports with Gary Keller driver Landon Cassill for this weekend’s Great Clips/Grit Chips 300 Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.