NASCAR O'Reilly Series

The NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to Chicagoland Speedway this weekend for its second race of the season. This will mark McClure's 248th-career start and his 11th at the 1.5-mile speedway. McClure came home with a 25th-place finish earlier this season and his best finish of 18th came in 2011.

For the seventh time this season, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Reed has a special guest riding along with him during Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Chicagoland Speedway. The No. 16 American Diabetes Association Drive to Stop DiabetesSM presented by Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang will carry Rachel Janovsky’s name above the passenger side window.

Ryan Reed will make his second NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. In his first start, coming earlier this season, Reed started 14th and finished 15th. Reed also has one start in the ARCA Racing Series at Chicagoland Speedway, coming in 2012, where he started fourth and finished fifth.

Will Kimmel is back behind the wheel of the No. 44 Camry this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. This will be the first track where Kimmel has turned, and even led, laps before; with four starts in the ARCA Racing Series. After his 25th place finish last weekend in Richmond, VA, Kimmel is looking forward to running 300 laps on Saturday afternoon.

After his 20th place finish last weekend at Richmond International Raceway, Mike Bliss is ready to return to Chicagoland Speedway this weekend. With 12 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile speedway, Bliss has an average starting position of 16.8 and an average finishing position of 17.0. Bliss has turned over 2,000 laps at the speedway and is ready to turn 300 more laps Saturday afternoon.

Aric Almirola will kick off the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with double duty, running the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races at Chicagoland Speedway. Saturday, Almirola will make his first start in the Nationwide Series since 2013 with a goal of getting race practice before Sunday's Sprint Cup race.

Trevor Bayne makes his eighth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday afternoon. In seven previous starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Bayne has recorded two top-five and three top-10 finishes, including a second-place finish after leading 14 laps in the July 19 event.

Dakoda Armstrong and the No. 43 WinField team are coming off of their best effort of the season after finishing seventh in Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Armstrong's career-best Nationwide finish came just three weeks after his first Top-10 finish of 2014 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Tweaker Energy Shots is back on board the No. 19 Camry this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Tweaker and Circle K have teamed up once again to serve as the primary sponsor for Mike Bliss's Camry. This is the second time this season that Tweaker and Circle K have adorned the hood of the No. 19 Camry.

BACK-TO-BACK WEEKENDS: For only the second time this year, Ryan Blaney will compete in back-to-back NASCAR Nationwide Series events for Team Penske. After finishing fourth last weekend at Richmond International Raceway, Blaney will again be behind the wheel of the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.