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Travis Pastrana will make his first start at Watkins Glen International this weekend in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS). This is his second road course race in the NNS, having finished 16th at Road America earlier this season.

Brad Keselowski won the 5th Annual U.S. Cellular 250 for his 23rd victory in 198 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts. Keselowski led the last 35 laps en route for his third victory of the season.

After a weekend of racing at the Brickyard for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series and a Wednesday night of dirt racing at Eldora for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, all three series head off to new destinations this week with the Sprint Cup Series and Camping World Truck Series heading to Pocono and the Nationwide Series heading back to Iowa Speedway for the second time this season.

FOX Sports and NASCAR solidified their future together last October when they announced a multi-platform, multi-series media rights agreement through 2022. Today, less than 10 months later, the two organizations announced they have extended that agreement, which begins in 2015 and runs through 2024.

Fastenal, the longtime sponsor of Carl Edwards in the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion, will adorn the hood of both NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide cars this weekend. Fastenal will return to the track at Pocono Raceway with Edwards as the primary partner, while Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne will run the No. 6 Fastenal Mustang at the US Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway.

Ron Fellows, the accomplished sports car and road racer, will drive for JR Motorsports in the Aug. 17 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. General manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller made the announcement today.

Wallace will pilot RAB Racing chassis No. 40 in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race. This chassis last saw action at Iowa Speedway in June, when Wallace piloted this Toyota Camry to a 13th-place finish.

RAB Racing with Brack Maggard and driver Kenny Wallace will make their fourth start together of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide season on Saturday August 3rd at Iowa Speedway. Wallace will be behind the wheel of the No. 29 U.S. Cellular Toyota Camry, for the U.S. Celullar 250, a veteran of the .875-mile oval, he boasts three top-10 finishes and a near perfect lap completion record (99.8%) at the track including a 13th place finish last June.

Trevor Bayne’s No. 6 Pillow Pets Mustang was one of the fastest on the track last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. As part of the famed weekend and the regaled Pillow Pets ‘invasion’ of Indy, the team has launched “Code: TBAYNE6”; a program that allows fans to receive $6 off any purchase of a Pillow Pet at www.pillowpets.com.

25th in Owners’ Standings…Over-heating issues plagued Eric McClure and the Hefty®/Reynolds® team last weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, relegating them to a 31st-place finish. As a result, the team slipped two spots to 25th in the NASCAR Owner Standings.