NASCAR O'Reilly Series

After a week hunting in Northern Ohio, Chad Hackenbracht will venture out West, to the Valley of the Sun, for his Phoenix International Raceway debut. Hackenbracht, who has competed in six NASCAR Nationwide Series events thus far this season, will set his sights on the one-mile tri-oval in Avondale, Arizona.

Saturday's ServiceMaster 200 at Phoenix International Raceway will mark Mike Bliss' 17th NASCAR Nationwide Series start at the low banked tri-oval in Avondale, Arizona. Bliss has earned four top-10 finishes in the Nationwide Series at the 1-mile track in the Valley of the Sun. His best Nationwide Series finish at

CAMRY CHASERS: Two races remain in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup championship playoff, and Toyota driver Matt Kenseth currently trails leader Jimmie Johnson by seven points. Kyle Busch sits fourth in the standings -- 52 points behind Johnson, while Clint Bowyer is seventh -- 69 points from the leader.

Phoenix International Raceway is encouraging fans to prepare for race day traffic by arriving early and enjoying the full NASCAR experience during the AdvoCare 500 event weekend, Nov. 8-10. PIR will finish its 2013 NASCAR season with four races, culminating with the AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at 1 p.m. MST., the semifinal in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

The Valley of the Sun...The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its second and final trip of the 2013 season to the "Valley of the Sun" and Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) this weekend for the ServiceMaster 200. Nelson Piquet Jr. has one previous NNS start at the 1.0-mile oval, coming earlier this year when he brought home a top-15 finish.

The No. 11 OneMain Financial team and Elliott Sadler travel west to Phoenix International Raceway this weekend for the NASCAR Nationwide Series event. With nine Nationwide Series starts at Phoenix, Sadler scored one victory in 2012, as well as three top-five finishes. The driver also has 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at the track with one top-10 finish and 17 laps lead.

Pastrana visits Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) for his second NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at the one-mile track. Earlier this season, Pastrana qualified 12th and finished 28th at PIR.

This weekend’s ServiceMaster 200 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway is the next to last race of the 2013 season.  It not only marks Eric McClure’s 226th Nationwide Series start, but his 13th at the one-mile speedway.

Making his 17th NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Texas Motor Speedway, Mike Bliss started the Ninth Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge from the 20th position. Fighting loose conditions early on, the Tweaker Energy Shot pit crew worked hard throughout the 200 lap event, making adjustments to try and balance the No. 19 Toyota Camry. Bliss raced as high as 19th before finishing in the 23rd position.

In his third NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Texas Motor Speedway, Cole Whitt started 12th in the No. 44 Takagi Tankless Water Heaters Toyota. The Ninth Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge was just that, a challenge for Whitt as he suffered a pit road speeding penalty early on in the 200 lap event. Determined not to let the early penalty dictate his outcome, Whitt and the No. 44 crew rallied to earn their 12th top-20 finish of the season.