NASCAR O'Reilly Series

SPARTA, Ky. -- Erik Jones topped the chart in third XFINITY Series practice at Kentucky Speedway. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the third practice session with a time of 28.754 and a speed of 187.800 mph.

SPARTA, Ky. -- Erik Jones topped the chart in second XFINITY Series practice at Kentucky Speedway. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.994 and a speed of 186.245 mph.

SPARTA, Ky. -- Austin Dillon topped the chart in first XFINITY Series practice at Kentucky Speedway.

SPARTA, Ky. -- The repave wasn't the only change made to the racing surface at Kentucky Speedway. It was announced back in early-January that the 1.5-mile facility would undergo its first repave in its 17-year history. In addition, they changed the degree of the banking in turns 1 and 2, narrowed the width of the turns, improved drainage and added over three-thousand feet of SAFER barrier.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series will compete at Kentucky Speedway this weekend. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

Richard Childress Racing in the Bluegrass State ... In 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Kentucky Speedway, Richard Childress Racing holds an average starting position of 16.6 and an average finishing position of 18.4, completing 4,254 of the contested 4,272 laps (99.6 percent).

Wallace will make his third career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Kentucky Speedway on Friday evening.

Ryan Reed has competed at Kentucky Speedway four times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS). In this race last year, Reed finished 14th after starting 12th. In his last appearance at the track, he finished 25th after starting 19th and getting caught up in an early-race incident on Lap 2.

American Diabetes Association® representative and diabetes advocate Stewart Perry will ‘ride’ along with Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed during Friday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Kentucky Speedway. The Lexington, Ky., resident will have his name featured on a decal above the passenger-side window on the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford Mustang.

Let it be known that I hate restrictor plate racing. Between the XFINITY and Cup races, it was pile up after pile up. If you're a fan, you might as well save the money, go to the County Fair and go see the demolition derby.