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Vanilla Ice will be the Honorary Pace Car Driver for the June 10, 2012 Pocono 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. Vanilla Ice, whose 1991 hit "Ice Ice Baby" was the first rap single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, will soon be seen in the upcoming Sony Pictures release, That's My Boy, in theaters June 15.

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver, Steve Arpin will re-join Venturini Motorsports for three ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards events in 2012. Starting this weekend in the Akona 200 presented by Federated Car Care, Arpin will return to familiar territory as the ARCA series makes its first ever visit to Elko Speedway which is located outside Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon helped DuPont unveil a new 20th Anniversary paint scheme on his No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet this morning at the headquarters of DuPont Performance Coatings during the 2012 DuPont NASCAR Day celebration.

Turner Motorsports announced today it will field four NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) entries in the upcoming race at Road America. Brazilian drivers Nelson Piquet Jr. and Miguel Paludo will join full-time NNS championship competitor Justin Allgaier (No. 31) and No. 38 driver Brad Sweet in the June 23rd race at the 4.048-mile road course in Elkhart Lake, Wis.

For the third year in a row, the Ontario Honda Dealers Association (OHDA) will pay the cost of admission for fans to enjoy the speed and spectacle of the Honda Indy Toronto on Friday, July 6. With generous support from fans, Honda Canada and the OHDA have raised more than $200,000 for Make-A-Wish® during the previous two seasons, helping to make the wishes of children who are living with a life-threatening medical condition come true.

Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Toyota Tundra, makes his twelfth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Dover International Speedway on Friday, June 1st, for ThorSport Racing. With six top ten finishes and his best finish of third in 2011 for Crafton, currently eleventh in driver points, he feels as ready as he'll ever be to take on the "Monster Mile."

2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte has enjoyed an illustrious career in NASCAR since his very first Sprint Cup Series start at Dover International Speedway on June 3, 1991.

Regan Smith and Furniture Row Racing have a renewed spirit due to recent performances in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

For the second straight year, Dover International Speedway, FedEx Corp. and Autism Speaks have teamed up for the spring race weekend at the Monster Mile to bring fans the June 3 “FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Denny Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota, will also show his support throughout the weekend.

MAKE Motorsports is excited to announced their new partnership with XTREME Pong Sports Basketpong. Basketpong is beginning their partnership this weekend at the 5-Hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway. This partnership is expected to be an extended one throughout the rest of the season.