NASCAR O'Reilly Series

This Week’s Hefty® Reynolds Wrap® Camry … Crew Chief Wes Ward has chosen chassis No. 12 out of the TriStar Motorsports stable for this weekend’s running of the STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Fourth in Nationwide Series driver standings, 32 points behind leader Elliott Sadler. Has five consecutive top-10 finishes and six top-10s in last seven starts.

Crew Chief Mike Greci knows the key to Travis Pastrana’s success in the No. 99 Boost Mobile Toyota in Sunday’s NASCAR Nationwide race at Chicagoland Speedway will be all about one thing—tires.

Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Chicagoland Speedway: “Chicagoland is a great track. I really enjoy racing there. The track is rough which I like. Our 1.5-mile track program has been stout this year."

In 21 previous Nationwide Series appearances at Chicagoland Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has three wins at the 1.5-mile track, with Kevin Harvick in 2007 and 2005 and Johnny Sauter in 2002.

Kenny Wallace will pilot RAB Racing with Brack Maggard chassis No. 42 in Sunday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. This Toyota Camry made its 2012 debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March, where Kenny Wallace started 18th and finished 11th.

Justin Allgaier and the BRANDT Racing team traveled north to the "Magic Mile," riding the momentum from a string of consistent finishes. The weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway proved to be no different. After starting 13th, Allgaier never left the top-10 throughout the 200-lap event and took the checkered flag in the eighth spot.

Jason Bowles and the American Majority No. 81 Toyota team head to the windy city this weekend for a rare Sunday race. The STP 300 from Chicagoland Speedway will fill the void of a Sprint Cup Series race this weekend, running Sunday afternoon.

Penske Racing announced today that third-generation race car driver Ryan Blaney has joined the organization and he will compete in the No. 22 Dodge in selected NASCAR Nationwide Series events over the balance of the 2012 season.

13 seconds. That is the average time it takes for a NASCAR pit crew to change all four-tires and fuel the car. One second lost in the pits results in positions lost on the track. That is the pressure that guys like WSC graduates and former football players Drew Molacek and Mark Janssen face each time their car comes in for a pit stop.