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Ron Beauchamp Jr. closed out the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season with a hard-fought race narrowly missing out on a top-ten finish at the Kawartha Speedway in the Pinty’s 250.

In spite of being forced to take a provisional starting position and a few other speed bumps during the final round of the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season, Jarrad Whissell was proud of his #44 SMS Equipment/Komatsu Chevrolet’s team in the Pinty’s 250 at the Kawartha Speedway. The team showed grit and determination throughout the final event.

There is not a dirt track on the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series schedule that Tracy Hines has been more prolific at than the famed Eldora Speedway. The native of New Castle, Ind., continued his proficiency in a sprint car at the half-mile during the 4-Crown Nationals on Saturday, Sept. 22, earning his second win of the season at Eldora and the ninth of his career at the Ohio oval aboard a sprinter.

THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today's NASCAR teleconference with Dale Earnhardt, Jr., driver of the No. 88 National Guard Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.

Mother Nature tried her best to derail the World of Outlaws this past weekend, as she was victorious at Eldora Speedway on Friday and did all she could to disrupt Saturday night’s event at Lernerville Speedway, but track and series officials persevered and despite a three-hour rain-delay the program was completed in its entirety, and for Kraig Kinser a ninth-place showing, marked his second Top-10 finish of the week.

Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Dover International Speedway: “Dover is one track that really suits my driving style. The track is fast but also very challenging. The turns are unique because of the way you drive up out of them. I am running double-duty this weekend so that is going to be a lot of fun. Rancher’s Reserve/Safeway will be on our No. 6 Ford for both races. The championship battle is very tight so we need a strong finish at Dover this weekend.”

Landon Cassill, driver of the No. 83 Burger King/Dr Pepper Toyota, has some unfinished business at Dover International Speedway. After a promising start in June's event at the one-mile, concrete oval, Cassill was involved in a wreck on Lap 9 and unable to return to competition.

As the football and baseball seasons heat up so does the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entering the one-mile high-banked Dover International Speedway oval for the AAA 400, where a mere 45 points separate the top-12 championship contenders

The third NSCS event in Kentucky Speedway history will be the 17th of 36 championship races and one of six that make up the Turner Network Television (TNT) NASCAR Summer Series. The Quaker State 400 also will be broadcast on Performance Racing Network (PRN) radio and Sirius XM 90.

With the Fall season officially started on the calendar, that’s the one thing the No. 01 Chevrolet team of Mike Wallace doesn’t want to do in the Driver’s Standings on the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule.