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Qualifying for the DRIVE4COPD 300 is complete at Daytona International Speedway. With a red flag flying only six minutes from the end of Segment 1, the TriStar Motorsports Toyota Camrys were parked on pit road and car covers were put on.

Following the first in-person meeting among the NASCAR Hall of Fame nominating committee in the hall’s history, NASCAR today announced the 20 nominees for the 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame’s sixth induction class, as well as the five nominees for the inaugural Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.

“It was quite a handful -- a lot going on. There’s not enough TV cameras or TV coverage that could cover everybody’s situation. It’s just chaos at first just sitting at the end of pit road trying to figure it all out and what was going to happen and then trying to get out there in a group and get a good enough run -- then to have the help behind you to make a big lap."

Valvoline™, a leading marketer, distributor and producer of quality branded automotive and industrial products and services, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement with JR Motorsports. The sponsorship will kick off at the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway.

As the start of the 2014 race season approaches, NASCAR announced today the lineup of 2014 Contingency Program partners for all three national series, tallying a total of 24 companies participating in the program.

American Idol Season 9 winner Lee DeWyze will perform the national anthem prior to the start of the Blue Jeans Go Green™ 200 presented by Cotton, The Fabric of Our Lives®, NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday, March 1, PIR President Bryan R. Sperber announced today.

Chevrolet unveiled today the trio of vehicles that will pace NASCAR’s opening round of events at Daytona International Speedway this weekend.

Jeffrey Earnhardt has run 27 races across four Nationwide Series seasons, but now he’s ready to take on the circuit week by week, track by track.

In 2011, Cassill rolled home third in a Nationwide Series race at DIS, one of the spotlighted venues on the 33-race Nationwide schedule.

Flex Seal, a solid partner with JD Motorsports with Gary Keller for several racing seasons, will return in 2014 to support both JDM drivers – Jeffrey Earnhardt and Landon Cassill – in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.