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The following is a statement from Dale Earnhardt Jr., founder and owner of JR Motorsports, regarding the departure of crew chief Tony Eury Jr.: “Unfortunately Tony Jr. is no longer with the company. I had hoped he would be here for a long time, but as we’ve discussed the direction of JR Motorsports moving forward, it was clear our differences in ideas were too vast to overcome."

Kyle Busch piloted the No. 54 Monster Energy Camry to a second-place finish at Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway in Joliet Saturday afternoon, collecting his fifth top-10 finish on the 1.5-mile oval across nine starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. It was Busch’s 16th time piloting his own Toyota in NASCAR’s second series, resulting in the company’s 15th top-10 and 10th top-five finish of their inaugural season.

He may have just graduated from Duke, but the young racer from New Jersey, Paulie Harraka, is now going back to school, this time under the tutelage of veteran driver Ted Musgrave.

Sadler is in the second position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, nine points behind leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while Dillon ranks third in the standings, trailing the leader by 34 points.

Mike Wallace and the No. 01 G&K Services Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports w/Gary Keller had their own race within a race in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Chicagoland Speedway.

As the laps dwindled down in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, teams and fans alike were brought to the attention of suspicious radio communication between Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Richard-Childress Racing Chevrolet, and crew chief Danny Stockman.

Joey Logano qualified his No. 18 Dollar General Toyota on the pole for Saturday afternoon’s Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. It was Logano’s fourth pole of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season and the 20th pole of his Nationwide Series career.

Race Summary: Michael Annett started the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway from the eighth position, his best starting position this season. At the drop of the green flag Annett slipped back a few positions and immediately communicated to crew chief Philippe Lopez that his Pilot Flying J Ford was loose.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR nationwide Series (NNS) Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. This was his fifth win this season and the seventh of his career.

RICKY STENHOUSE JR., No. 6 Blue Bird Ford Mustang – TALK ABOUT YOUR WIN HERE TODAY. “We felt like we had a great race car in practice. We started the race and were a little tighter than we thought we would be."