NASCAR O'Reilly Series

ith Eight To Go, There's Ground to Make Up - After a disappointing 32nd-place finish in Atlanta last weekend, Reed Sorenson and his Dollar General team know they have work to do in order to get back in contention in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship hunt.

Welcoming 'the Goat' back... Ricky Carmichael will return to the seat of the No. 30 Monster Energy Impala this weekend at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) for his third NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start of 2011.

Friday marks Truex's 3rd start at Richmond International Raceway in a NASCAR Nationwide Series car, and his 12th start in the Nationwide Series in 2011.

Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Richmond International Raceway: “I am looking forward to racing the No. 6 Fastenal/Honoring Our Heroes Ford Mustang in Richmond."

TREVOR BAYNE will make his 22nd start of the season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Richmond International Raceway

Carl Edwards on racing at Richmond International Raceway: "We are coming off a big Fastenal win in Atlanta . I am excited for the race on Friday night."

Richmond International Raceway (RIR), by the numbers...Leffler has 17 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at RIR with two top-five and four top-10 finishes as well as one pole to his credit (spring, 2006).

Steve Wallace will pilot Rusty Wallace Racing chassis RWR-058 in Friday night's Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway.

Roush Fenway Racing and Fastenal have announced that Carl Edwards, Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. will all race special Fastenal “Honoring Our Heroes” Ford Mustangs at Richmond International Raceway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Sept. 9.

Robert Richardson, Jr. and the No. 23 North Texas Pipe Chevrolet of R3 Motorsports survived six cautions and 197 laps of action under the lights of Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday night to earn a 26th-place finish.