NASCAR O'Reilly Series

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.

After announcing the end of his career a year ago, Patrick Carpentier will come out of retirement to contend the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the circuit Gilles Villeneuve on August 18th.

From her background to her mindset, she knows the ups and downs of the sport, especially when she runs for ML Motorsports, who is currently seeking sponsorship. She doesn’t expect anyone to pull aside and let her pass by. It’s all about focus and the future.

The old saying that nothing replaces hard word was very true for Mike Wallace and the No. 01 Team Fox Charity Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports with Gary Keller.

Brad Keselowski (No. 22 Snap-on Dodge Challenger) Winner HOW TOUGH WAS IT OUT THERE TODAY? "It was hot but it's not supposed to be easy. What a great day for this team. A great car. We went to Richmond and struggled with this team really bad."

RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford Mustang – “It was a good points day, but we wanted to win that $100,000. We got our Cargill Beef Mustang back in the top five, which is important for us. We’ve got to keep that going for us throughout the rest of the year, but that was a tough race.”

Brad Keselowski, in the No. 22 Snap -On Penske Dodge, sat on the pole, led the most laps and took the checkered flag, as well as the American flag, right to Victory Lane.

Camry driver Ryan Truex (10th) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway one-mile oval.