Johnny Sauter's got enough road-racing experience in NASCAR's national series to give him a lot of enthusiasm for Sunday's first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series road race in 13 years, the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
Coming off of a top-15 finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, Cole Whitt will be back behind the wheel of the No. 44 Takagi Tankless Water Heaters Toyota for this weekend's Great Clips / Grit Chips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Matt Crafton hasn't road-raced in more than 13 years -- the time frame in which the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series last raced on a road course -- but Crafton and his No. 88 Ideal Door / Menards Toyota team feel they're ready for Sunday's Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.
Georgia On My Mind...The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its first and only trip of the 2013 season to Hampton, Ga. and Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) Saturday night for the Great Clips/Grit Chips 300. Nelson Piquet Jr. will make his first NNS start at AMS this weekend, but is no stranger to the 1.54-mile oval. Piquet Jr. has two starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at AMS with one top-10 finish.
In 15 starts at the 1.54-mile Atlanta track, Edwards has three wins, eight top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. His average start is 10.3, and his average finish is 15.1. Edwards has completed 93.5% of laps attempted at Atlanta.
Stenhouse Jr. on racing at Atlanta: “Atlanta is one of my favorite tracks on the circuit. It’s an older track that is rough but fast. The rough tracks suit my driving style because of my dirt racing background. Last year we won the Nationwide race which was a big win for us."
No. 15 RK Motors Toyota Camry driver Clint Bowyer heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway for this weekend’s 500-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Bowyer secured his second consecutive Chase berth with Michael Waltrip Racing at Bristol last weekend.
Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 team have turned a corner in the past three races posting two top-10 finishes and winning a pole. The team has shown plenty of speed this year and now have the results to show for it. Ambrose and the DEWALT team will ride their momentum into the Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway and hope to celebrate Ambrose's 37th birthday in Victory Lane.
Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial team head to the "Peach State" to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Sadler has seven Nationwide Series starts at the 1.45-mile track, with one top-five and four top-10 finishes, with a best finish of fourth in 2012. The driver also has 24 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with three top-10 finishes and 18 laps led.
The 25-year-old Green from Concord, North Carolina, is set to become the 10th competitor to pilot Spire Motorsports' No. 77 Chevrolet entry throughout the 2026 Truck Series season and for his series' debut at Talladega Superspeedway on October 23.
The 36-year-old Ellis from Torrance, California, is Alpha Prime Racing's first full-time competitor signed for the 2027 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season.
In 150 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Phoenix Raceway, Richard Childress Racing has scored six victories, led by Kevin Harvick with four wins (including a sweep of both races in 2006 plus fall races in 2012 and 2013).
Ryan Ellis was announced as Young’s Motorsports’ full-time driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series as the organization enters its third season of competition.
