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Kansas Speedway has a newly-repaved track with a change to progressive banking waiting for the NASCAR Nationwide Series upon their arrival this weekend.

Because of a change in partnership status for this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway, JD Motorsports has been forced to not enter Chrissy Wallace in the team’s No. 4 Chevrolet as originally planned.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its first and only trip of the year to the freshly resurfaced Kansas Speedway this Saturday afternoon. This will mark Buescher’s second trip to the Kansas 1.5-mile oval in 2012. In April, Buescher drove his Chevrolet Silverado into victory lane for his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) win.

DREAM NATIONWIDE SERIES SEASON CONTINUES ON: Just last weekend, Joey Logano uttered the words “if you had told me before the year, running a part-time schedule that we could win eight races, I would have probably have told you that you were crazy.”

The 2012 season has been one marked by consistency for the No. 31 BRANDT team. Heading into Kansas Speedway, the team has one win (Montreal), six top-five finishes and 17 top-10 finishes. This is the same tally the team finished the 2011 season with, meaning there is room to improve upon that mark by the conclusion of 2012. Additionally, Justin Allgaier has led 165 laps thus far in the season.

Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Kansas Speedway: “We don’t know what to expect at Kansas since the repave. I anticipate the track will be smooth and fast. We have numerous practice sessions to get a better feel of the track and get our No. 6 Sam’s Club Ford Mustang dialed in."

NASCAR has announced some changes for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS), NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) starting in 2013.

NASCAR today announced a number of competition changes for the 2013 season, highlighted by a new qualifying format in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series that places a greater emphasis on speed.

Ryan Blaney started the Dollar General 300 from the 22nd position in his final NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start with Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) this season. He quickly drove the No. 36 SealWrap Chevrolet into the top-15 and raced in the top-20 for all 300 miles. As he struggled with a tight-handling racecar he fell two laps down to the leader by the checkered flag. The No. 36 SealWrap Chevrolet finished in 14th place.

The No. 99 Zaxby's Toyota Camry, piloted by John Wes Townley, had a strong run in the early going of Saturday's Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but a delaminated tire left the team with a 32nd-place finish.