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The Bluegrass State...The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its second and final trip of the 2013 season to the Bluegrass State and Kentucky Speedway this weekend for the Kentucky 300.

KENTUCKY-BOUND: Johanna Long and the No. 70 Foretravel Motorcoach ML Motorsports team will head to the Bluegrass State this weekend for the second time this season to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway. The team will transport chassis No. 65 which was utilized in the July race at Chicagoland Speedway where Long finished 20th.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series will be in the spotlight this weekend at Kentucky Speedway in more ways than one. Not only will the field take the checkered flag under the lights on Saturday night, but they will be the main attraction as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Loudon.

Travis Pastrana makes his second NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Kentucky Speedway this weekend. In his last visit to the 1.5-mile track, Pastrana had one of his strongest runs of the season, before rain shortened the race, ultimately leaving the No. 60 in 15th.

After a wild and controversial weekend for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series at Richmond and for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in Iowa, all three series meet back up for another tripleheader weekend in Chicago as we’re getting down to 10 races or less in the championship race for each series.

To generate excitement for the launch of the new Hefty® Ultimate™ with ARM & HAMMER™ odor control trash bags, Eric McClure’s Toyota Camry will take on a different look for the last eight NASCAR Nationwide Series races in 2013. The base of the car will sport the Hefty® Ultimate™ silver color, featuring blue and orange highlights. The Hefty® and Reynolds® brand logos will occupy the quarter and TV panels respectively.

Jeb Burton will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) debut in the No. 34 Arrowhead Camaro at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday, September 21. The driver of the No. 4 Arrowhead Chevrolet Silverado for Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM) is currently competing for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) championship.

Ingersoll Rand, a global leader in air compressors, tools fluid management andmaterial handling equipment, will serve as primary sponsor on the No. 44 Toyota Camry of Chad Hackenbracht for this Saturday's Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.

This weekend Trevor Bayne and the No.6 Ford EcoBoost team return to Chicagoland Speedway for the second time in the Nationwide Series this season.

McClure Cleared to Race Chicagoland Speedway: After a four week hiatus, Eric McClure will return to the seat of his No 14 Camry for Saturday’s running of the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. He was sidelined with acute renal failure after the Watkins Glen race weekend in early August.