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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.

After primary driver Eric McClure decided to sit out the ninth annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge due to medical reasons, Jeff Green was appointed to the driver's seat of the No. 14 Hefty® Ultimate™ Camry. The former NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion earned a 27th place finish in Saturday afternoon's 300-mile Nationwide Series event at Texas Motor Speedway after starting from the 34th position.

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – YOUR CAR LOOKED STRONG OUT THERE TODAY. TALK ABOUT YOUR RUN. “It was strong. Our Discount Tire Ford Mustang from the get-go just took off fast and it looked like it was going to be a classic battle between the 54 and us. That probably would have ended in a good or bad way. Obviously it didn’t shake out that way."

Brad Keselowski, the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion moonlighting in the Nationwide Series, won for the sixth time in his last eight NNS starts with a victory Saturday in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway.

Brad Keselowski would take the lead with 15 laps to go and never looked back as he held off Denny Hamlin to grab the win at Texas Motor Speedway.