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Rheem announced today the sponsorship of Ron Hornaday for two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races in 2014. Rheem will be the primary sponsor for the four-time NASCAR champion for the Sept. 27 race in Las Vegas and Oct. 31 race in Texas.

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced today the No. 9 team will move forward with a new driver in 2015. Marcos Ambrose, who has been with RPM since 2011, has informed the organization that he will return to his native home of Australia in 2015. This was a personal decision by Ambrose.

Richard Petty Motorsports announced today that Marcos Ambrose will not return to pilot the No. 9 Ford Fusion following the 2014 season. Ambrose spoke with media members after the morning practice session Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway to address the announcement and discuss his future plans.

CSC Racing Products Inc. was officially the first company to secure a booth for the inaugural Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo. The show takes place March 13, 14 & 15, 2015 at Toronto’s International Centre.

Coming off his first ARCA Racing Series win at Pocono Raceway, Justin Allison will test at Kentucky Speedway on September 16. Allison, who will be driving the No. 88 HAVACOSALES.COM Ford Fusion for Team BCR Racing, will make his first laps around the track during the open test in preparation for Friday’sZLOOP 150 at Kentucky Speedway.

Qualifying for Sunday’s MyAFibStory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway was rained out Friday. Carl Edwards became the highest qualifying Ford based on practice speeds and will roll of third to start Sunday’s race. Full starting positions are listed below with Carl Edwards comments.

Rain forced the cancellation of NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway, and the field will be set by the results of today’s first practice for the MyAFibStory.Com 400 on Sunday. Ryan Newman, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS, earned a front row starting position by virtue of posting the second fastest time in the 90 minute practice session earlier in the afternoon.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What was your team’s strategy to be quickest in practice at Chicagoland on Friday? “Practice for us went pretty well."

Eckrich continued to celebrate its 120th anniversary on Friday by honoring a special military veteran and his family in a way only Eckrich can. surprised the family today with the gift of a brand new 2014 Ford Fusion and free groceries for a year at Jewel-Osco. The gifts were the culmination of an once-in-a-lifetime morning for the Goss family.

DARIAN GRUBB, crew chief, No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What did you work on while you were away from the race track? “Same thing we work on every week. Just working hard in the shop, working with the guys, everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing did a great job. The entire FedEx Toyota group did a great job at the race track, too. Still fighting hard every week.”