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Taylor Ferns had never raced a full-bodied stock car on a one-mile dirt oval prior to this past weekend, and in fact, she had only raced once on that type of track, with that coming in a Silver Crown machine back in May. The 17-year-old didn’t let that slow her down, as she earned a pair of top-10 finishes at the historic one-mile dirt oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds last weekend.

The 2013 edition of the Gerdau Ameristeel Northern Tour in North Dakota and Minnesota was pretty good to Kraig Kinser. In four starts, he finished sixth or better three times and had an average finish of seventh. The third-generation driver wrapped up the four race mini-series on Sunday, Aug. 18 at Nodak Speedway in Minot, N.D., with a sixth-place showing in the Mesilla Valley Transportation/Casey’s General Store/King Racing Products Maxim.

Justin Demelo (No.82 EMCO Waterworks) did everything right at Delaware Speedway on Saturday afternoon, including leading all 50 laps, to finally earn a win with the OSCAAR Modified tour at his home track.

RAB Racing and the No. 99 Children's Hospital Toyota Camry driven by Alex Bowman came into the inaugural Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with two objectives, keep it on the race track, and finish the race. In just his third NASCAR Nationwide start, Bowman did just that and finished in the 11th position.

The High Banks...The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its second trip of the 2013 season to Bristol, Tenn. and the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) Friday night for the Food City 250. Nelson Piquet Jr. will make his third career NNS start at BMS. He finished 34th at the first race of the season held at the 0.533-mile track after an accident left him and the No. 30 team unable to finish the race.

Montoya to Receive an Award: The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced the 26th Hispanic Heritage Awards Honorees, which will be celebrated on Sept. 5 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The driver of the No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS, Juan Pablo Montoya, will be one of the select few honored at the awards ceremony for his career in sports. The awards, which celebrate Hispanic cultural pride, contributions, and accomplishments, will be broadcast on MundoFOX, Sunday, Sept. 15, at 6:00 p.m. EST/PST.

For the 13th race of the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season, Ron Hornaday and the No. 9 Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff team will unload at a track where Hornaday is no stranger to success, Bristol Motor Speedway.

RAB Racing with Brack Maggard, and driver Kenny Wallace are proud to announce today a partnership with American Ethanol for Wallace's 897th NASCAR start at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, August 23rd. This will mark the first NASCAR Nationwide Series race in 2013 that American Ethanol will be the primary sponsor on the No. 29 of Kenny Wallace.

No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry driver Clint Bowyer heads to Bristol Motor Speedway for this weekend’s 500-lap NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a 113 point lead over 11th place in the championship standings with three races remaining before the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

After two straight race weeks on road courses, the Nationwide Series returns to the more familiar landscape of a tight, high-banked oval – in this case, Bristol Motor Speedway – this week.