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With the Sprint Cup Series drivers and teams enjoying their final off weekend of the year before beginning the grueling 17 race stretch to end the year and the Camping World Truck Series drivers gearing up for their dirt racing debut at Eldora next week, the Nationwide Series takes center stage this weekend in Chicago.

Richard Childress Racing (RCR) announced today that NASCAR Drive for Diversity driver (#NASCARD4D) and NASCAR Next member Ryan Gifford will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut at Iowa Speedway in the No. 33 Menards/Rheem Chevrolet.

Alex Bowman will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 42 in Sunday's STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. This chassis last saw action at Kentucky Speedway last month, when Bowman piloted this Toyota Camry to a 10th-place finish. Additionally, this chassis won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway in April.

Chad Hackenbracht made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in Saturday's CNBC Prime's The Profit 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Although, Hackenbracht admitted he had "never laid eyes on the place", he had a solid outing in The Granite State after qualifying 19th and running in the top-25 while driving the No. 44 Tastee Apple, Inc. Toyota Camry for TriStar Motorsports.

Heading into New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Mike Bliss knew the challenges of racing around the flat one-mile track. What has historically been a tough track to pass presented another issue for Bliss as he battled a tight handling condition with his No. 19 Toyota Camry.

While his partnership with NASCAR has been profitable for Marcus Lemonis, the CEO of Camping World, he is leveraging that relationship in a whole...

Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, was giving thanks in Victory Lane to everyone from his higher power, lovely wife and probably his gas man for helping him survive three green-white-checkered restarts to score the Nationwide Series win in the CNBC Prime’s The Profit 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Camry driver Kyle Busch won Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS).

MICHAEL ANNETT, No. 43 Pilot Travel Centers Ford Mustang (Finished 5th) – “This was a great run for Richard Petty Motorsports. We came back at Charlotte after the injury and just had the worst racing luck I’ve had since I’ve been in the Nationwide Series. We haven’t been getting the finishes that we deserve. Finally nothing stupid happened and we kept our nose clean and brought home a top-five and now we are eligible for the Dash for Cash at Chicago next week.”