NASCAR O'Reilly Series

On Wednesday, Spencer Gallagher was reinstated by NASCAR and is eligible to compete once again in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Two months ago, he was indefinitely suspended for violating the substance abuse policy.

BRANDON JONES, No. 19 Comcast/NBC Universal Salute To Service Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Could you please explain what's going on with the whole Salute to Service program that you're associated with this weekend? "Yeah, well, obviously it's July 4th, you know, the whole week and the weekend."

Richard Childress Racing at Daytona International Speedway ... Dating back to 1976, Richard Childress Racing has won 11 poles and collected six points-paying victories at the most-storied race track on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series circuit. RCR owns three Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt - 1998, Kevin Harvick - 2007, Austin Dillon - 2018), three Coke Zero 400 trophies (Earnhardt - 1990, 1993 and Harvick - 2010) and 14 qualifying races, including 10-consecutive victories with Earnhardt (1990 - 1999). In addition, RCR has earned the Advance Auto Parts Clash a total of eight times, with drivers Harvick (2009, 2010, 2013) and Earnhardt (1986, '88, '91, '93, and '95).

Cindric at Daytona “I’m excited to be back in the No. 60 this weekend. Daytona hasn’t been my friend in a stock car, but I have had some good runs there in other series. I’m hoping to change that this weekend and complete all the laps and be in contention at the end. Roush Fenway always has good Superpseedway cars so I’m excited to get to the track and see what we can do this weekend in our Odyssey Batteries Ford Mustang.”

Ryan Reed has nine starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), having earned two wins, four top-five and five top-10 finishes.

News and notes:  Spencer Boyd and his Grunt Style Chevrolet Camaro Team will head back to the beach for the series annual Fourth of July race. Boyd may be bringing back the same car as he ran in the season opener, but with a totally different look.

Elliott will utilize chassis no. 211 this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The No. 23 team has raced this chassis two previous times in 2018 (Daytona and Talladega), collecting a sixth-place finish at Daytona, as well as a win with Spencer Gallagher at Talladega Super Speedway.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be in action for a holiday weekend at Daytona International Speedway this week. Check out the full schedule below, subject to change.

This past weekend at Chicagoland saw the most thrilling last-lap battle for a win of the season. And now we head back to Daytona, where the history of the July Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race is worthy of its own highlight reel (Saturday, July 7 at 7 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Prior to arriving at Daytona International Speedway for Friday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, driver Ryan Reed visited Crayola Experience in Orlando on Tuesday as part of media activities promoting the 100-lap, 250-mile race.