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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has many passions, from sporting his Nationwide championship belt buckle from last year to racing hard in his No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford against the likes of Elliott Sadler and Austin Dillon for the points lead in this year’s Nationwide season.

"As everyone knows, this is one of my favorite places to be. It's my home track, probably an hour-and-a-half from where I grew up. I always grew up coming and watching races here, watching my brother race here and watched him win his first Cup race and everything."

Turner Motorsports announced today it will field four NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) entries in the upcoming race at Road America. Brazilian drivers Nelson Piquet Jr. and Miguel Paludo will join full-time NNS championship competitor Justin Allgaier (No. 31) and No. 38 driver Brad Sweet in the June 23rd race at the 4.048-mile road course in Elkhart Lake, Wis.

MAKE Motorsports is excited to announced their new partnership with XTREME Pong Sports Basketpong. Basketpong is beginning their partnership this weekend at the 5-Hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway. This partnership is expected to be an extended one throughout the rest of the season.

Ford will team with Ford Dealers in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana to support Kentucky Speedway’s race day traffic management for five 2012 NASCAR events including the Sprint Cup Series “Quaker State 400” by sponsoring 170 new acres of free parking east of the 107,000-capacity venue.

In a sport that’s constantly changing, one thing’s starting to remain the same. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is dominating the Nationwide Series.

Michael Annett on Going to Dover: “I really like going to Dover, I run good at short tracks and Dover is a fast little one-mile track, so it fits my racing style. We were happy with our car at Bristol, and Bristol is like Dover on steroids, so I’m looking forward to taking that same car to Dover this weekend."

In an effort to create additional awareness for autism, the No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford will be one of 17 Nationwide Series cars sporting the Autism Speaks ‘Puzzle Piece’ logo during this Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series 200-mile race this weekend at Dover International Speedway.

Truex underwent an emergency appendectomy after feeling severe discomfort in the early morning hours of Tuesday May 22. Doctors operated on Truex, removing his appendix that afternoon after determining that surgery was needed.

With Denny Hamlin’s top-five finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway last weekend, the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing team retook the championship lead in the NASCAR Nationwide Series Owner’s Championship standings.