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Friday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway marks the third start at the .53-mile short track for Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher. In his previous two starts at the track, the rookie of the year contender started no lower than 13th, with a best finish of seventh in last season’s spring race.

Ryan Reed travels to Bristol Motor Speedway for the third time in his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) career. In his two previous starts at the .53-mile track, Reed has finished 26th and 31st, respectively.

After taking a one-week hiatus, Eric McClure returns to Nationwide Series competition at his hometown track, Bristol Motor Speedway, on Fridaynight. This race will be his 16th event at the "World's Fastest Half-Mile" and his best finish of 21st came during the spring event in 2013. Earlier this year, the team struggled with the car's handling at BMS and, as a result, they posted a 27th-place finish.

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

Milka Duno’s first NASCAR Nationwide Series race will be Friday, August 22 in the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This will mark the first time in NASCAR history that a Hispanic female driver will compete in a NASCAR national series race in the United States. Duno will compete in RAB Racing’s No. 29 Toyota Camry.

JR Motorsports announced today that it will pull from within to fill its impending crew chief vacancy, as Ernie Cope will transition from the No. 5 team to Chase Elliott’s No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS team at the conclusion of this season.

Mike Bliss qualified 20th for his 700th career NASCAR start. Early into the race Bliss was working his way through the field and gaining positions each lap. By lap 16, Bliss was scored in the 14th position and reporting that his Camry was losing side and rear grip. With 65 laps to go, the No. 19 TriStar Motorsports Camry was running 11th and when the caution came out he reported his Camry was turning nicely.

Having not raced the Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® car since June, Jeff Green headed to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to compete in Saturday's Second Annual Nationwide Children's Hospital 200, his third of five scheduled races in the No. 14 Camry this season. Qualifying 17th, the former series champion ran in the top-15 most of the 90-lap event and was scored in the second position with 20 laps remaining when the throttle hung open on the car sending it head-on into the tire barrier.

Making his first start at the 13-turn, 2.25-mile road course, After placing outside the top-15 in two of the practice sessions on Friday afternoon, James Buescher turned up the wick during qualifying and placed the No. 99 Toyota Care / Rheem Camry in the 11th start spot for the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series made its third and final road-course stop of the 2014 season this weekend at the famed 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200. Dylan Kwasniewski and his No. 42 up & up™ by Target team looked for a solid road-course finish after bad luck halted their strong run last weekend at Watkins Glen.