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Dalton Sargeant is pleased to announce that he has joined two-time and defending NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) National Champion, Lee Pulliam Performance to compete full-time for the remainder of the 2014 NWAAS Late Model season.

While much about the inaugural Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo will be all-new, there are several aspects of the show that will be very familiar to custom car and racing enthusiasts.

The penultimate race of the 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 season will take place at Ontario’s Barrie Speedway on Saturday with the Wahta Springs 300.

A bigger Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup – in both size and stature – awaits, and to help launch the brand new championship format, NASCAR announced today unprecedented media and fan activities throughout the sport’s “playoffs.”

TWO RACES, TWO WINS: The last two times 20-year-old Ryan Blaney has been on the track in a NASCAR sanctioned event, he’s finished the race in Victory Lane. Blaney won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway two weeks ago.

“We did have a strong run at Richmond earlier this year. We led quite a few laps and we had a Ford Fusion that was capable of winning. This is another one of the tracks where our results are not indicative of our performance. We need to fix that this weekend.

Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial team travel to Sadler's home state of Virginia this weekend to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event on the 3/4-mile oval track at Richmond International Raceway. In 22 Nationwide Series starts, Sadler has two top-five and nine top-10 finishes and with 77 laps lead.

“I think our FedEx team has shown over the past couple months a lot of improvement at a variety of different tracks, and we are close to hitting our stride right when the Chase is about to start. Obviously, Richmond is one of my favorite tracks to race at, and one that we have had success on in the past, but we didn’t run all that well there the last couple times.

“I think it’s going to be a battle. It’s going to be intense. It’s not just about the guys on the cusp for points, it’s about anyone that can win. The intensity is going to kick in. To be honest with you, it’s been there all year. I think that every week you show up, your goal is to win and you do everything you can to try to get that win.”

After qualifying for this weekend's race at Richmond International Raceway (RIR), the final race before The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Aric Almirola and the No. 43 team will officially make The Chase. Last weekend, the team turned their momentum around with a Top-10 finish and look to continue building momentum leading into The Chase this weekend at RIR as Almirola pilots the No. 43 Gwaltney Ford in the 400-mile event.