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Ross Chastain rolls into Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend for the second race of the Xfinity Series season following a fine start last week at Daytona International Speedway.

Officials from B.J. McLeod Motorsports (BJMM) announced today the return of Triple R Containers as the primary marketing partner for Jeff Green in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Rinnai 250 at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway.

JR Motorsports announced today that Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a longtime partner and the team’s official paint supplier, will join William Byron and the No. 9 team as primary partner in 15 NASCAR Xfinity Series events in each of the next two seasons. The multi-year agreement will see Byron debut the No. 9 Axalta Chevrolet Camaro at Phoenix Raceway (March 18).

Ryan Reed has three starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) with finishes of 18th in 2014, 16th in 2015 and 15th in 2016.

Wallace will make his third career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon.

Veteran NASCAR driver Scott Lagasse Jr. will join Richard Childress Racing's 2017 driver lineup to pilot the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for four races. Lagasse Jr., 36, of St. Augustine, Florida, will race under the RCR banner at Iowa Speedway on June 25, Road America, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The 59th running of the Daytona 500, with first-time winner, Kurt Busch, included eight cautions for 40 laps and saw only 15 drivers complete all 200 laps. Was this typical restrictor-plate racing or a result of the new race format that NASCAR implemented this season?

In a race that evolved dramatically from early attrition into stunning door-to-door competition, Ryan Reed won the PowerShares QQQ 300, the high-intensity season-opener for the NASCAR XFINITY Series on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

TAKE US THROUGH THE FINAL LAPS: “Oh man, Herm, my spotter, he is as good as it gets, particularly at a restrictor plate race. He was my eyes and ears. I have studied so much of this and for every right move I made tonight I’ve made a wrong move.

Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Leidos Ford Mustang, was collected in a multi-car incident just shy of the completion of the first stage in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Daytona International Speedway, ending the Roush Fenway Racing driver’s afternoon prematurely.