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Roush Fenway Racing rookie Ryan Reed visited Chicagoland Speedway for the first time Saturday for a race under the lights. The rookie had a strong car with competitive lap times for the entirety of the race, but untimely cautions left the American Diabetes Association Drive to Stop DiabetesSM presented by Lilly Diabetes team with a 15th-place finish. The finish is Reed’s eighth top-15 finish of the season.

Chris Buescher headed to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time in his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) career this Saturday. After qualifying in 13th the No.60 Ford EcoBoost Mustang started off slightly loose but tightened up as the race went on and gained significant speed throughout the day.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No.6 AdvoCare Ford Mustang recorded his second runner-up result of the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season on Saturday evening at Chicagoland Speedway, coming home in second.

Cassill has raced eight times at the Chicagoland oval – four in Sprint Cup and four in Nationwide. He finished 10th in the 2008 Nationwide race, his top run at the 1.5-mile track. “I like Chicagoland,” Cassill said. “It’s a fast track but one you can get around well with the right setup. I always anticipate doing well there. We’re looking to get back in the points top 10.”

Earnhardt is running his first full season in the series, and Saturday’s 200-lapper will be his initial race at the 1.5-mile track.The JD Motorsports with Gary Keller team and Earnhardt will be sponsored by S&R Environmental, based in Troy, Ill., in Saturday’s race.

This weekend we move from the "Granite State" to the "Windy City" of Chicago, Illinois for the Enjoyillinois.com 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. This 1.5-mile, D-shaped oval speedway is the largest sports facility in Illinois. The NASCAR Nationwide Series will race at the speedway, under the lights on Saturday, July 19th.

Saturday night's 300-mile race atChicagoland Speedway will mark Eric McClure's 242nd-career Nationwide Series start and his 11th at the 1.5-mile speedway. In 10 starts, all of which have come under the Hefty®/Reynolds Wrap® banner, McClure has completed 91.5% of the total laps run and has an average finish of 27.8. His track-best finish of 18th came in 2011.

Ryan Blaney has made six previous NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts with Team Penske in the 2014 season. In his six starts, Blaney has scored top-10 finishes in five races including a fourth-place result at Bristol and a fifith-place effort at Kentucky. This season, Blaney had led a total of 82 laps, including 80 laps at Iowa Speedway, where he finished a season-best second place.

.James Buescher comes to Chicagoland Speedway with one previous NASCAR Nationwide Series start under his belt. That start came in 2012 when Buescher secured a 15th-place finish. Buescher has five NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval. In those five starts Buescher has one win, and two-top-10s.

Starting from the ninth-spot the No.60 EcoBoost Ford Mustang fell a lap down early, but benefited from the “lucky dog” when a caution came out on lap 106. This yellow would mark the second and final stop of the day for Buescher as the team filled their machine with as much fuel as possible. After another caution on lap 139, Crew Chief Scott Graves instructed the Roush Fenway Driver to stay out in an attempt to make it to the end on fuel.