NASCAR O'Reilly Series

This weekend's race marks the return of Ryan Truex to the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Richmond International Raceway (RIR) will be the site of the first of three scheduled starts of the 2015 season for the young New Jersey driver. It's also the site of his first start for Biagi DenBeste Racing.

Reed has competed at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) five times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. He made his first career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at the track in 2013, earning a 16th-place finish. His best career finish at the track came in September 2013 when he finished ninth. In his last appearance at the track in April, Reed finished 21st.

American Diabetes Association® Youth Ambassador Eli Hopkins will ride along with Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed during Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). The West Point, Va. native will have his name featured on a decal above the passenger-side window on the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Ford Mustang for the second time this season.

Ford Performance is bringing back the successful Ford Nation Sweepstakes for 2015 in which one fan will win a new 2015 Mustang GT.

Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Richmond International Raceway ... Richard Childress has nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories as a car owner at Richmond International Raceway - five with Dale Earnhardt, three with Kevin Harvick and one with Clint Bowyer.

This Week's Shore Lodge Chevrolet SS at Richmond International Raceway ... Brian Scott is scheduled to pilot chassis No. 461 in Saturday Night's Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway. This Chevrolet SS is a new chassis to the No. 33 fleet and made its debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July.

Elliott Sadler will make his 25th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at his home track this Friday night in Richmond, Va. at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). In Sadler’s previous 24 NXS starts at RIR, he’s recorded two top-five and 10 top-10 finishes. Earlier this year, Sadler started 17th and finished 16th.

Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association team finished 23rd on Saturday at Darlington Raceway after blowing a right-front tire with under 15 laps to go in the race.

Roush Fenway Racing’s Elliott Sadler finished 11th during Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Darlington Raceway. Sadler got off to a slow start when his morning had a quick speed bump in NXS qualifying.

The tricky old Darlington Raceway has a well-deserved reputation of being the “Track Too Tough To Tame” but rookie Ryan Blaney and his No. 21 Snap-on Ford team are doing a commendable job of figuring it out.