NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Most race fans don’t know this, but there’s one common trend you can find on almost every one of Elliott Sadler’s racing helmets. Throughout Sadler’s racing career he has been very open to the design on his helmets, but he has always had just one simple request. That common request is for the helmet to have some type of directional arrow pointing forward. This arrow design has a symbolic meaning to Sadler.

As the cars and drivers head to Atlanta to test, just one more comment about Daytona wouldn’t hurt, would it? Never has there been a more insane Speedweeks. We saw a period when two stars, brothers to be honest, get eliminated from competition.

David Ragan will drive No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) M&Ms Crispy Toyota. According to the team’s press release, Ragan “will pilot the No. 18 M&M's Crispy Toyota for at least the next several weeks.”

This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup, XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series travel to Atlanta Motor Speedway. Saturday features a doubleheader beginning with the XFINITY Series Hisense 250 race at 2 p.m. followed by the Camping World Truck Series Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at 5:30 p.m. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series closes out the racing weekend Sunday at 1 p.m. on FOX.

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) and Biagi-DenBenste Racing announced today they will extend their partnership to enter both Aric Almirola and Sam Hornish Jr. in three NASCAR XFINITY Series races this season. Almirola raced with the team during the season-opening XFINITY Series race at Daytona International Speedway, finishing seventh.

Harrison Rhodes has pressed the reset button for Saturday’s Hisense 250 Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

After a qualifying accident soured his Daytona International Speedway weekend, Landon Cassill looks to rebound in Saturday’s Hisense 250 Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

After a sensational start at Daytona International Speedway with a ninth-place finish, Ross Chastain is ready for Race Two Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Three new tracks headline the “Dash 4 Cash” program as it returns for the seventh consecutive year, and first as part of the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Darlington Raceway will debut as part of the program, while Indianapolis Motor Speedway will return in 2015.

Larson at Atlanta in XFINITY: Larson will make his third XFINITY Series start at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend. In two previous starts at the 1.5-mile speedway, Larson has two top-five finishes. He has an average starting position of 7.5 and average finishing position of fourth. His best start was second and his best result was third, both coming in August 2014.