NASCAR O'Reilly Series

One week ago at Richmond International Raceway, Nationwide drivers Nelson Piquet Jr and Brian Scott battled hard in the closing laps. Beating and banging for position late in the race is common place on NASCAR’s short tracks and is one of the reasons these tracks are so popular.

Travis Pastrana earned his first career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) pole for Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) Friday at Talladega Superspeedway, with a lap of 176.5 mph. This is the first NNS pole for car owner Jack Roush at Talladega.

Travis Pastrana, driver of the No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, captured the Coors Light Pole Award for the 22nd annual Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Talladega Superspeedway.

ELLIOTT SADLER, No. 11 OneMain Financial Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 7th - How was your qualifying effort? "Well, I think it's a great effort by our OneMain Financial Toyota team and we're best in class with the Toyotas right now, so it shows how much hard work my guys put into this car."

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – HOW WAS YOUR QUALIFYING LAP? “There’s not much as a driver you can do here, but the car drove all right. We were trying to max out our temps as much as we can to try to make the most power we can get. I think we all thought we were gonna qualify a little bit better than that, but we’ll see what that puts us.”

With sponsors hard to find and the rough state of the economy, Robby Benton had to do what he had to do to keep his team his float.

After a crazy weekend for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the short track of Richmond International Raceway, both series pack up and move on to the biggest, fastest track on the circuit for some restrictor plate racing at Talladega Superspeedway.

Aaron’s, Inc., a lease-to-own retailer specializing in the sales and lease ownership of residential furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, will sponsor the Aaron’s Dream Weekend at Talladega Superspeedway for the 12th year, May 3-5.

RICHMOND RECAP: Toyota served as the title sponsor for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) races last weekend at Virginia's Richmond International Raceway.

After coming off a solid run at Richmond International Raceway, Long and Team 70 are eager to continue their momentum this Saturday, May 4 at Talladega Superspeedway. The Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race can be seen and heard live at 3:00 pm ET on ABC Sports, Sirius Channel 90 and MRN Radio.