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Watkins Glen International is proud to announce that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will return to Western New York for the Cheez-It™ 355 on Sunday, August 7, 2016.

Take a look through history and you’ll see that everything has a way of becoming popular again – Star Wars, bell bottoms, muscle cars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, tie-dye, penny loafers. For more than 40 years NASCAR fans packed into Richmond International Raceway for Sunday races, and after almost two decades of hosting all night races, day racing returns to Richmond in April 2016.

Richard Childress Racing has assigned industry veteran and longtime RCR crew chief Gil Martin as its Competition Director for the NASCAR XFINITY Series, effective immediately.

In Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Busch brushed aside a pit road speeding penalty, a hole in the nose of his No. 54 Toyota, a pit stop that dropped him to seventh for the penultimate restart, an unwelcome green-white-checkered-flag restart and a teammate who had the fastest car for much of the afternoon.

Camry driver Kyle Busch was victorious in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Kansas Speedway.

Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford Mustang, earned an 11th-place finish on Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Kansas Speedway.

CHRIS BUESCHER – No. 60 AdvoCare Ford Mustang – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A TOP-6 RUN HERE? “It definitely helps. This is a place where we’ve had speed several times and I just haven’t been able to get it done. It’s kind of like Darlington.

Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 60 AdvoCare Ford Mustang, leads the NASCAR XFINITY Series point standings by 26 points over second-place Chase Elliott going into this weekend’s race. Buescher spoke about his position prior to practice at Kansas Speedway.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the XFINITY Series travel to Kansas Speedway this weekend while the Camping World Truck Series is off. All of the on-track action will be broadcast on NBC Sports Live Extra. Please see the full schedule below.

Here's the weekend lineup for the NASCAR weekend at Kansas. The Sprint Cup Series hits the track first on Friday at 1:00 p.m. on NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra. The Sprint Cup practice sessions can also be heard on MRN.