NASCAR O'Reilly Series

The St. Louis driver will return to the super-fast track this weekend for Saturday’s Great Clips/Grit Chips 300 Nationwide Series race in the GK Services 01 Chevrolet fielded by JD Motorsports with Gary Keller.

Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 41 in Saturday's Great Clips-Grit Chips 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

RAB Racing and the No. 29 American Ethanol Toyota Camry with driver Kenny Wallace showed Friday night in the Food City 250 they never give up in adverse situations. Wallace, making his 897th career NASCAR start, was penalized by NASCAR for changing lanes before crossing the start/finish line on a restart half way through the event.

RAB Racing and the No. 99 ToyotaCare Camry driven by Alex Bowman came into "Thunder Valley" poised to continue their top 15 finishing streak, and march up the driver and owner point standings. A fast car in the opening laps of the Food City 250 proved the team had the speed to contend, but an ignition box failure dashed any hopes for a good finish.

Coming off of a top-15 finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, Cole Whitt will be back behind the wheel of the No. 44 Takagi Tankless Water Heaters Toyota for this weekend's Great Clips / Grit Chips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Georgia On My Mind...The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its first and only trip of the 2013 season to Hampton, Ga. and Atlanta Motor Speedway (AMS) Saturday night for the Great Clips/Grit Chips 300. Nelson Piquet Jr. will make his first NNS start at AMS this weekend, but is no stranger to the 1.54-mile oval. Piquet Jr. has two starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at AMS with one top-10 finish.

Elliott Sadler and the No. 11 OneMain Financial team head to the "Peach State" to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Sadler has seven Nationwide Series starts at the 1.45-mile track, with one top-five and four top-10 finishes, with a best finish of fourth in 2012. The driver also has 24 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with three top-10 finishes and 18 laps led.

Tied for 22nd in Owners’ Standings…After posting a 16th-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway, the No. 14 Hefty®/Reynolds® team jumped three positions to 22nd in the NASCAR Owner Standings. They are currently tied with the No. 87 team.

Chris Buescher will make his first NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend behind the wheel of the No. 16 Ford Mustang.

Travis Pastrana has one previous start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Last season he started 16th and ran strong, leading his first laps in NASCAR competition, but finished 26th after contact with the wall, with 26 laps remaining.