NASCAR O'Reilly Series

With the Fall season officially started on the calendar, that’s the one thing the No. 01 Chevrolet team of Mike Wallace doesn’t want to do in the Driver’s Standings on the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule.

Truex Looks to Slay The Monster... Truex will step back behind the wheel of the No. 99 SeaWatch International/Grime Boss Camry this weekend at Dover International Speedway for the running of the OneMain Financial 200. In his last visit to the Monster Mile, Truex had what seemed to be a perfect weekend on tap.

WELCOME BACK SPORT CLIPS: Sport Clips, a national sport-themed hair-care franchise for men and boys founded in 1993 with nearly 1,000 stores nationwide, will make its final appearance of 2012 with the Joe Gibbs Racing Nationwide Series program on Saturday afternoon with Joey Logano and the No. 18 Toyota. Sport Clips, who has a rich history with Joe Gibbs Racing, has sponsored Logano’s JGR teammate Denny Hamlin in five Nationwide Series races this season – Texas, Darlington, Charlotte, Indianapolis and Richmond. In those three races, Hamlin has brought home finishes of fourth, second, second, fourth and fourth respectively. In Logano’s one other Sport Clips race this season, he brought the No. 20 Sport Clips Toyota home to a fifth-place finish at Daytona in the summer event at the track. Sport Clips also sponsored Hamlin in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at Darlington, where he finished second, and Atlanta, where he picked up his fourth Sprint Cup win of the season. Sport Clips also sponsored up-and-coming JGR driver Drew Herring at Kentucky Speedway last weekend, where Herring finished fourth.

RCR has earned four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins at Dover International Speedway, most recently in September 2006 when Jeff Burton drove the No. 31 Chevrolet to Victory Lane in the Dover 400. Three additional victories came with Dale Earnhardt behind the wheel, winning both events at the "Monster Mile" in 1989 as well as the spring race in 1993. RCR has earned one pole award, 23 top-five and 49 top-10 finishes in 132 combined starts at the high-banked, one-mile oval. Childress, a former driver in NASCAR's top division, contributed three of those top 10s from 1976-1980.

The Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 NASCAR Nationwide Series team returned to Kentucky Speedway in Sparta Saturday with hopes of improving one spot on the second-place finish they accomplished in their first “Bluegrass State” event. A strong run by Monster Energy athlete Kurt Busch led the team to believe a victory was possible, until mechanical failure sidelined their goal.

The No. 99 Penserra Securities/ Allegiant Air Toyota Camry, piloted by Alex Bowman, had a strong run in the early going of Saturday's Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway, but a part failure left the team with a 25th-place finish.

The Support Military Foundation will debut its colors and promote its site, Supportmilitary.org, for the OneMain Financial 200 this weekend at Dover International Speedway. Jason Bowles will pilot the No. 81 Dodge for MacDonald Motorsports around Dover’s Monster Mile.

Jason Bowles and his MacDonald Motorsports team were in need of a strong finish, and that is exactly what they got Saturday afternoon in the Kentucky 300. With new partner Thrush & Son Complete Home Improvement and HI-Technologies on the No. 81, Bowles recovered from a pit road penalty to register a 16th place finish.

Race Summary: Michael Annett started the Kentucky 300 at Kentucky Speedway from the fifth spot – his best start of the season. With a fourth-place finish earned at the 1.5-mile oval earlier in the year, Annett and his Pilot Flying J team had the notes and the track record to aim for another top-five run.

Mike Wallace and his www.HELPJD01.com No. 01 Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports w/Gary Keller left Kentucky Speedway after Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race with commendable results. His teammate, Danny Efland in the No. 4 Tradebank Chevrolet, experienced mechanical gremlins under the hood to shorten his day on the 1.5-mile track.