NASCAR O'Reilly Series

I had hoped to announce the NASCAR Ron Thornton series, but I came up about $200 million short. Instead, the former Busch series and soon to be former Nationwide series shall be the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the next 10 years. Oh, so close.

ELLIOTT SADLER, No. 11 OneMain Financial Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How special is this race track to you? "Richmond is always special to me -- this is home for me. It was neat waking up this morning in my own bed and cooking breakfast with the family in our own house and just getting in the car and driving over here."

Aric Almirola will pilot the Biagi-DenBeste No. 98 Ford Mustang in the Nationwide Series races at Chicagoland Speedway September 13 and Dover International Speedway September 27.

Hermie Sadler is back behind the wheel of the No. 19 VA Lottery Camry this weekend at Richmond International Raceway. Sadler has 16 previous starts at RIR, with an average start of 19.5 and an average finishing position of 20.1. After finishing 24th at Bristol Motor Speedway, Sadler is ready to get back behind the wheel this weekend at a track where he has seen success.

Will Kimmel is back behind the wheel of the No. 44 Ingersoll Randy Camry this weekend at Richmond International Raceway. This will be Kimmel's first career start at the .75-mile track. Earlier this season, Kimmel was behind the wheel at Phoenix International Raceway and Bristol Motor Speedway where he posted 33rd and 22nd place finishes.

Colgate will serve as the primary sponsor on Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro for the next two NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) races at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) and Chicagoland Speedway.

Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) marks Chris Buescher’s third start at the track. In his previous two starts, Buescher finished 17th (2011) and seventh (2014).

NASCAR and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) announced today a historic agreement that will make Comcast’s XFINITY brand the title sponsor of what is now known as the NASCAR Nationwide Series through 2024. The 10-year term matches the longest single agreement around title sponsorship of any NASCAR national series in history, and is the longest entitlement sponsorship agreement in this series’ history.

Jeff Green will pilot the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® Camry this weekend for his 4th scheduled race of the 2014 season. His final race in the No. 14 Camry will be on Saturday, September 27 at Dover Int'l Speedway. In 2013, Green piloted the No. 14 Camry during the spring event at RIR and scored a 22nd-place finish for the team.

TWO RACES, TWO WINS: The last two times 20-year-old Ryan Blaney has been on the track in a NASCAR sanctioned event, he’s finished the race in Victory Lane. Blaney won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway two weeks ago.