NASCAR Cup Series

Reed has two starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Chicagoland Speedway. In July 2014, Reed finished 15th after starting 14th. In the September event, he finished 24th after starting in the 21st position.

Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher will make his third NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday night. Buescher’s two starts at the track both came in 2014, where the young driver started no lower than 13th and finished no lower than 12th. Buescher’s best finish of eighth came in the spring.

In two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway in 2013 and 2014, Wallace earned finishes of 11th and sixth, respectively. In 2014, Wallace started and finished sixth, leading 10 laps.

Actor, comedian and writer David Spade, who stars in Crackle’s upcoming original movie “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser” will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 57th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday night, July 5 at Daytona International Speedway (TV – NBC; Radio – MRN Radio, SiriusXM).

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are teaming up to bring home greater awareness and access to VA benefits for our nation’s Veterans and Servicemembers. The Department of Veterans Affairs Pole Qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on Friday, September 11 will set the field for the Federated Auto Parts 400 “Last Race to Make the Chase” on Saturday, September 12.

Elliott Sadler makes his 12th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend in Joliet, IL. In Sadler’s previous 11 starts, he has one win in 2012, two top-five and six top-10 finishes at Chicagoland.

Dakoda Armstrong is ready to shine in this weekend's race at Chicagoland Speedway. With no Sprint Cup regulars on the entry list, the team hopes to take advantage of the standalone weekend and continue to make headway in the point standings. Armstrong fought through adversity last week in Michigan recovering from a pass-through penalty and gained valuable points on his competitors. Currently, Armstrong sits 13th in the XFINITY Series Championship Point Standings, 18 points outside of 12th position.

Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Chicagoland Speedway ... In 41 NASCAR XFINITY Series starts at Chicagoland Speedway, the Welcome, N.C. organization has visited Victory Lane on four occasions (Johnny Sauter - 2002, Kevin Harvick - 2005 & 2007, Elliott Sadler - 2012) and also earned back-to-back pole awards last season with Brian Scott. RCR has also accumulated 14 top-five finishes, 27 top-10 finishes, led 369 laps, completed 7969 of the 8203 they have competed (97.1 percent) with an average starting position of 9.8 and a finishing position of 9.4.

Rain. Just bloody lovely. Who, outside of California, really needed the wet stuff all that bad? When Alfred, Lord Tennyson said, “Bright and fierce and fickle is the South, And dark and true and tender is the North,” he obviously was not talking about the rains of Michigan. Those black clouds still managed to tease one driver into dreams of winning delights, just before breaking his heart.

Richard Childress Racing has made a change in crew chiefs for its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series program, effective immediately.