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Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Chicagoland Speedway: “I really enjoy racing at Chicagoland. The track is rough which I like. Our 1.5-mile track program has been stout this year. Earlier this year, we sat on the pole and finished second. After leading 135 laps, we felt like we let that race slip away so we are looking to redeem ourselves this weekend. We currently sit one point out of the lead in the championship battle so we need a strong finish in our No. 6 Blue Bird Ford.”

Ben Reynolds descends upon Newton, Iowa this week as he and his Reynolds Racing team prepare for their second run at the American Ethanol 200 on Saturday, September 15. Qualifying for the race begins at 6:00 p.m. EDT, with the race following at 8:00 p.m. The American Ethanol 200 will be televised on SPEED.

Carl Edwards on racing at Chicagoland Speedway: “We are going to Chicago to win the race. We have nothing to lose. We almost had nothing to lose at Richmond, but now we really have nothing to lose. We are going to go out and just enjoy these last 10 races for what they are. It’s a chance to go have fun, to try things we’ve been wanting to try all year that we want to try for next year and just try to get victories. I wish so bad this was the first race of our 2012 championship, but really it’s the first race of our 2013 championship run. We’re just getting a head start on these guys and that’s how we have to look at it.”

Kenny Wallace will pilot RAB Racing with Brack Maggard chassis No. 40 in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.. Built new for 2011, Wallace last piloted this Toyota Camry to a 36th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway last August. Misfortune struck the veteran driver halfway through the 250-lap contest when, while running in the third position, he experienced a tire failure that eliminated him from competition prematurely. Since then, this Toyota Camry has been converted from its original configuration to a downforce machine.

John Wes Townley will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 47 in Saturday's American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway. This is the same Zaxby's Tundra that Townley raced to a 20th-place finish at Rockingham Speedway in April.

Richard Childress is tied for second place for number of car owner victories at Chicagoland Speedway with two wins out of the 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. Kevin Harvick scored back-to-back wins for RCR in the 2001 and 2002 Tropicana 400. In 35 starts at the 1.5-mile suburban Chicago tri-oval, Richard Childress Racing teams have combined for eight top-five and 17 top-10 finishes with ten different drivers including Dave Blaney, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Robby Gordon, Jeff Green, Harvick, Casey Mears, Paul Menard, Steve Park and Mike Skinner.

Multi-platinum country music quartet Lonestar will give a free concert for race fans on Sunday, Sept. 30 at 11:30 a.m. in Victory Plaza, presented by AAA. The band will then head inside the track where they’ll perform the National Anthem prior to the “AAA 400” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Nelson Piquet Jr. made his second start at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and after starting fifth, the Brazilian native went on to capture his ninth top-10 of the season.The No. 30 truck battled in the top-five throughout the night before tight conditions relegated Piquet Jr. to an eighth-place finish.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship contender Kevin Harvick welcomes 15 children from the George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club in Joliet, Ill., to the final "Kevin's Krew" event of the year Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway.

Nikon Metrology Inc. and Penske Racing today jointly announced a multi-year partnership agreement that makes Nikon Metrology the Official Supplier of Dimensional Metrology Products and Services to Penske Racing.