NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “After a weekend off, my No. 6 team is rested and ready for the final five races. Charlotte is always special because it is in our backyard and lots of family and friends attend. We are bringing the same car we won with in Atlanta so hopefully we can get our No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford back in victory lane. ”

Two weeks ago, Joey Logano completed the season-sweep of NASCAR Nationwide Series races at Dover International Speedway, winning his seventh NNS race of the season and his 16th career NNS race taking the checkers in the OneMain Financial 200. In the process, Logano set another new record for his impressive Nationwide Series career – the highest number of laps led in a single race.

An Olympic gold medalist, a Hall of Fame quarterback and a retiring Kansas politician will all be in the spotlight on Oct. 19 and 20 as they take part in the Kansas Lottery 300 and Kansas Lottery 98.9.

Mike Wallace will reach another major milestone in this Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in his unsponsored No. 01 HELPJD01.com Chevrolet.

TaxSlayer.com, the online tax preparation service that has been a cornerstone sponsor of JR Motorsports since 2011, has renewed its partnership with the Dale Earnhardt Jr.-owned race team with a long-term sponsorship agreement, JRM general manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller announced today.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) will make its second of two trips to NASCAR’s backyard track of Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS). After a couple weeks off from the NNS, James Buescher will return behind the wheel of a pink No. 30 Great Clips / AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet Impala for Friday evening’s race under the lights. Buescher has two previous starts at the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway, where this past May, Buescher posted a solid seventh-place finish. Buescher’s career average starting position is 18.0 with his average finish bettering that at 17.3.

Kyle Busch returned to Dover (Del.) International Speedway Saturday making his 17th start as the owner-driver of his first-year No. 54 NASCAR Nationwide Series team. From a seventh-place starting spot, the Monster Energy crew and driver battled a rain worn race surface, cool track conditions and the car's loose handling, to register a fifth-place finish. The result was the team's 11th top-five grab of the season and Busch's seventh top-five finish of his career in the Nationwide Series at Dover.

NASCAR Nationwide Series points leader Elliott Sadler and his brother, motorsports analyst Hermie Sadler, joined breast cancer survivors from as far away as Ohio, to paint the start/finish line at Charlotte Motor Speedway pink in preparation for next week’s Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race.

Driving the beautiful looking Support Military Foundation No. 81 at the “Monster Mile” Saturday, Jason Bowles brought home a solid 20th place result. Bowles had a very quick race car during the late stages of the race and earned his 15th top-20 finish of the 2012 season.

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second (Paul Menard), fourth (Elliott Sadler) and 10th (Austin Dillon). Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by nine points over Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while Dillon ranks third in the standings, 25 markers behind his RCR teammate.