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Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial team travel back to Joliet, IL, this weekend to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Chicagoland Speedway. In ten Nationwide Series starts at the track, Sadler has one win in 2012, earned two top-five and five top-10 finishes with 152 laps led. In addition, the veteran driver has 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Chicago.

Chris Buescher will make his second NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Chicagoland Speedway this Saturday. In his previous start at the track, coming earlier this season, Buescher started 13th and finished eighth.

David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford, comments on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:"The track in Chicago is starting to wear in and be really fun. It reminds me a lot of Atlanta. The surface is really worn out, tires are worn out. You've got fast laps for a few laps, but then the track kind of comes back to you. It's a great area -- there's a lot of race fans in the Chicago area."

Ray Black Jr. will make his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start on Friday in the Lucas Oil 225 as he takes the wheel of the No. 08 ScubaLife/NASE Worldwide Silverado for SS Green Light Racing at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads to the Windy City for some Friday night racing under the lights at Chicagoland Speedway. Chicagoland was one of the five tracks Ben Kennedy made a NCWTS start at in 2013. In last year's event, Kennedy earned a 12th-place starting spot before bringing his Chevrolet Silverado home in the 16th position.

"I'm looking forward to heading to Chicagoland Speedway and getting back on an oval. It's always good when you can go back to a track you've raced at before, because it eliminates the learning curve you have anytime you go somewhere new. I really enjoyed racing at this track last year and we're bringing a brand-new truck with us.

Red Horse Racing announced today that they will display a special decal on the Nos. 17 and 77 Toyota Tundras at the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events at Chicagoland Speedway (Sept. 12), New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Sept. 20) and Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Sept. 27) in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Germán Quiroga pilots the No. 77 Toyota Tundra and was the first Mexican driver to compete full time in any of NASCAR's national touring series.

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field was officially set following Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTM regular season finale at Richmond International Raceway®. Now, until 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 14, sports fans can log on to NASCAR.com/Grid to predict how they think the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will transpire by filling out the PERFECT CHASE GRID CHALLENGE.

“We’re heading to Chicago to start the Chase. We had a good test there. We ran fifth in Atlanta a couple weeks ago, so hopefully it’s a good race. It’s gonna be crazy. We’ve got three races to seal our chances to win the Chase.

There is no other NASCAR Sprint Cup organization on a faster rise than Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) in the past two seasons. RPM collected their 11th Top-10 finish, and second consecutive, of the season Saturday night at the Richmond International Raceway. Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Gwaltney Ford team finished 10th in Saturday's 400-mile event.