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Travis Pastrana will make his second start at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) this weekend. Earlier this season, Pastrana qualified 21st at the 1.5-mile track and worked his way into the top-15 before the team was forced to visit the garage for gear repairs, finishing 33rd.

In 74 starts at Texas Motor Speedway dating back to 1997, RCR has recorded one win (Jeff Burton, April 2007), eight top-five and 28 top-10 finishes with drivers Burton, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green and Paul Menard. Prior to TMS's inaugural season in 1997, Richard Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, earned a pair of top-10 finishes at the now defunct Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas.

Following two off weekends in the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule, Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial travel south to Texas Motor Speedway for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300. Sadler has 11 Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, notching two pole awards, three top-five and five top-10 finishes. He also has experience at Texas in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with 18 starts, one win (2004), one pole award, one top-five and three top-10 finishes. Sadler made one appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2010 where he started second and finished fifth.

Microsoft will re-join RAB Racing with primary Windows & Surface branding on the No. 99 Toyota Camry driven by Alex Bowman at Texas MotorSpeedway on Saturday, November 2nd. Texas Motor Speedway is a special track for RAB Racing and Bowman, home of their first NASCAR pole position in April of 2013.

Goody’s®, the brand known for its fast-acting headache relief, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., the driver known for his speed on and off the NASCAR track, are joining forces for a nationwide search to find Dale Jr.’s fastest fan.

Start and Park will never be for the famed Wood Brothers team, they plan on running the same amount of races as they have this year. Daytona 500 champ Trevor Bayne has been piloting the No. 21 Ford for the team in 12-events throughout the 2013 year. That plans to be the same for 2014.

NASCAR announced today that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive concussion prevention and management program for all of its national series drivers.

Canadian based Admiraal Racing driver, Kelly Admiraal, will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Phoenix International Raceway for the Nov. 9th ServiceMaster 200. Admiraal will drive the no. 56 entry for the newly formed team, Kapusta Racing, with primary sponsorship from Western Camp Services.

NASCAR today announced the 2014 schedule for the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the 33rd season of racing for the second-most popular motorsports series in the United States. Next year’s schedule once again features a variety of tracks that will challenge drivers, many of whom are quickly transforming into up-and-coming national series stars.

Brendan Gaughan will compete full time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series during the 2014 season in Richard Childress Racing's No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro.