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TRAVIS PASTRANA, No. 99 Boost Mobile Toyota Camry, RAB Racing What has it been like to work with Matt Crafton as you learn more about NASCAR? "It's really awesome for testing because someone can say, 'Oh, it's about three-quarters throttle, you have to give some out at about 80 percent, or ease the throttle out or ease the brakes out.'

As the Sprint Cup Series get a week off to prepare for Indianapolis, the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. 43 teams completed the first practice session on Saturday.

Max Q Motorsports (MQM) Owner Larry Gunselman announced today that MQM and Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) have formed a technical alliance. J.J. Yeley will be the driver of the MQM No. 37 entry effective immediately.

For the third time in as many years, Mike Wallace and the No. 01 Chevrolet team will have Gerber Collision & Glass as a marketing partner for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. This year, they return to being the team’s primary partner.

Danica may not compete in the IZOD IndyCar Series anymore but she still has a shot to win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this year. On July 28th the Nationwide series will take to the famous 2.5 mile track for the first time in history with the running of the Indy 250.

NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series will be taking this weekend off. That means it's a golden opportunity for the NASCAR Nationwide Series to rise and shine to a well deserved center stage status by racing on a Sunday in the STP 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet-Illinois.

Since the last time NASCAR visited the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York there’s been some significant changes around the track. During the off-season the track completed the installation of new grandstands in several locations around the track.

“Chicago is another track I really enjoy going to during our summer swing. It’s a fun 1.5-mile speedway. It’s got a lot of character, so the racing always seems to be exciting. We get another shot to qualify for the Dash 4 Cash program this weekend, so that’s our goal. I want to be racing for that $100,000 bonus again in Indy next week.

This Sunday's STP 300 marks the first time Truex will step behind the wheel consecutive weeks in 2012. The 20-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver has two prior starts at the mile and half speedway. He boasts a strong average starting position of 6.5, and has never qualified outside the top 10.

Tundra driver Todd Bodine will make his 200th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) start on Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway. When Bodine takes the green flag at Chicagoland, he will become the first driver in NASCAR history to record 200 starts in each of NASCAR's three national touring series, and will have 766 combined starts, which places him 20th in the NASCAR record book.