NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Rookie driver Tanner Berryhill will pilot SR² Motorsports No. 24 New Gulf Resources Chevrolet Impala in next Friday’s Nationwide Series 250 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway. Joining New Gulf Resources is Excel Therapy Specialists, AmeriCashAdvance.com, Dillon Manufacturing, and Crown Plaza Richmond West.

At Texas Motor Speedway, Michael Annett scored his second top-10 and fifth top-15 finish in just six races with his new team, Richard Petty Motorsports. And with that good run, he officially moved up two spots to fifth in the Nationwide Series point standings.

NASCAR today issued a ‘White Paper’ detailing the various programs that have made NASCAR a leader in green initiatives across all sports. The data in “The Sports Leader in Sustainability”* illustrates the steps NASCAR has taken in educating fans, reducing the sport’s environmental impact, and validating green technologies – both on and off the track.

Officials from U.S. Cellular and Iowa Speedway have come to an agreement on extending the track’s annual late summer NASCAR Nationwide Series event sponsorship, the U.S. Cellular 250.

By the end of last year, the opportunity to run a half dozen Nationwide races during the 2012 season began to take shape and running those races will likely play a big factor in what becomes of Ryan Blaney's racing career.

The No. 09 Grime Boss Toyota Camry, piloted by Ryan Truex in his debut with RAB Racing, had a strong run in the early going of Friday night's O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, but an engine failure left the team with a 32nd-place finish.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won for the second time in 2012 on Friday night in Texas but in doing so he had to overcome everything Friday the 13th could throw at him.

Roush Fenway’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off Sprint Cup veterans Denny Hamlin and Paul Menard to post Roush Fenway’s 17th NASCAR winat Texas Motor Speedway in Friday night’s Nationwide Series event.