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Heading into the last race before The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup begins, Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 DEWALT Ford team should not be overlooked. Ambrose and the team have two Top-Five finishes at short tracks this year, and Ambrose has finished in the Top-Five before at Richmond. The team is more than capable of grabbing the last spot with a win this weekend.

Trevor Bayne makes his eighth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway on Friday night. In seven previous starts at the .750-mile oval, Bayne has recorded two top-five finishes and three top-10s, with a best finish of third in this event in 2010.

Turner Scott Motorsports announced today that it has taken the regrettable but necessary steps to layoff 18 employees company-wide as a result of ending operations of the No. 30 NCWTS team and in order to remain competitive throughout the remainder of the 2014 season.

Short Track Fun...James Buescher and the No. 99 Ruud Toyota Camry team return to Richmond International Raceway looking to repeat the performance from earlier this season. During the first race at the 0.75-mile D-shaped oval, Buescher and the No. 99 Ruud team captured their first top-10 of the season. Buescher has five previous starts at Richmond and is looking to capture his second career top-10 at the Virginia track.

This Week's American Ethanol Chevrolet at Richmond International Raceway ... Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 477 in the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway. This is the same Chevrolet SS that Dillon raced to a 14th-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July.

Edwards stayed in the Top-10 for 240 laps of the 335 lap overtime race, 51 of them in the top-five. He survived nine cautions while fighting a tight condition in his car the entire race. He was able to capture a hard fought fifth place finish when the checkered flag flew after two great restarts in the wild scramble at the end of the race.

Dakoda Armstrong made his first-ever start at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway this past April and has been ready to come back ever since. While the team posted a 17th-place finish in Armstrong's debut at the .75-mile track, the finish doesn't tell the whole story. In fact, the No. 43 WinField Ford was fast enough to gain a lap back on its own after a tire had gone down in the first half of the race.

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DID YOU KNOW? … Two father-son duos have won NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Richmond International Raceway in a Ford. Bobby and Davey Allison won two times each while Ned (1) and Dale Jarrett (2) combined to win on three occasions.

“It’s the last race for us to make the Chase so we have to go for the win. Richmond is typical short track racing which is always a lot of fun. It is important to have a car that turns in the center with good drive off. I’m really looking forward to Saturday night’s race at Richmond and hopefully we can get our Fifth Third Bank Ford into victory lane and a Chase spot.”