NASCAR O'Reilly Series

After a 16th place finish last weekend in the "American Heartland", Mike Bliss and the No. 19 TriStar Motorsports Camry are ready to take on the meandering 11-turn road course in Watkins Glen, New York. With seven previous NNS starts at the 3.4-mile course, Bliss has an average starting position of 24.1 and an average finishing position of 23.0. After his 10th place finish at Road America in June, Bliss is ready to battle the left and right turns at Watkins Glen International.

The No. 23 team that competes in the NASCAR Nationwide Series has been penalized for a rules infraction that occurred during practice Aug. 1 at Iowa Speedway.

Trevor Bayne makes his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon. In three previous starts at the 2.450-mile road course, Bayne has recorded two top-10 finishes.

This weekend Roush Fenway Racing rookie Ryan Reed visits Watkins Glen, which is the second road course of the season for the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS). This is Reed’s first start at the 2.45-mile course.

“We had a really great car at Road America earlier this year, so I’m excited to bring that same car back to the track. It’s really cool to have Cheez-It on our Mustang, especially since this is such a big race weekend for Kellogg’s. I know we’ll have a strong car, hopefully we can play the road course strategy right and end up in victory lane.”

Hitting The Road...James Buescher will make his second start at the 11-turn, 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International (WGI) road course on Saturday afternoon. Buescher's first and only start at WGI came back during the 2011 season when he started in the 10th position and went on to finish in 17th. In the only road course race of the 2014 season, Buescher brought the No. 99 Rheem Toyota Camry home just outside the top-15 in the 17th-place.

In an effort to gain valuable track time in his first visit to Watkins Glen International, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Reed will pull double duty competing in both the K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) races.

Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial team travel to New York this weekend to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event on the 11-turn road course at Watkins Glen International. In five Nationwide Series starts at the track, Sadler has one top-five and two top-10 finishes. In addition, the veteran driver has 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Watkins Glen, with one top-10 finish.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series will head to a road course this weekend for the second time this season. Even though Dakoda Armstrong scored a 25th-place finish in the first road course event of the season at Road America, he's optimistic for a solid finish this weekend at Watkins Glen International.

After qualifying 21st for the US Cellular 250, Mike Bliss was ready to buckle into the No. 19 TriStar Motorsports Camry and run the 250-mile race. 31 laps into the race, Bliss had advanced three positions and was scored in the 18th position. When the first caution flag was shown, Bliss was looking for adjustments, so the No. 19 crew put four fresh tires on, added Sunoco Racing fuel, a track bar adjustment and an air pressure adjustment.