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After a two-race absence, Robert Richardson, Jr. is ready to return to his No. 23 North Texas Pipe Dodge of R3 Motorsports for Sunday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway.

Iowa Speedway announced today that grandstand tickets for the Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 presented by Pioneer NASCAR Nationwide Series Race are sold out!

Michael Waltrip Racing and Pastrana Waltrip Racing hold their annual Fan Fest 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25 at MWR headquarters in Cornelius, N.C.

Aric Almirola, No. 88 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame Chevrolet "Anytime you're able to run door-to-door with your competitors, it's fun."

Pastrana-Waltrip Racing and NAPA announced today that Canadian driver Patrick Carpentier will race the No. 99 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota in the NAPA AUTO PARTS 200 presented by Dodge, NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal on Aug. 20.

Carl Edwards on racing at Iowa Speedway: "The race track is just north of where I live. I have a lot of friends in the Des Moines area."

Leffler has an average finishing position of 3.0 at Iowa Speedway, making it his best track statistics-wise. In his two starts at the .875-mile-track

Spirits High After "Monster Mile" Finish -Reed Sorenson posted a third-place finish last weekend at Dover International Speedway, his highest of the 2011 season.

DeLana Harvick, co-owner of Kevin Harvick, Inc., was recently recognized as an extraordinary businesswoman and for her outstanding contributions to her profession by The Business Journal at their 12th annual Women in Business Awards ceremony.

After rewriting the NASCAR history books last year, the Cope Twins - Angela and Amber - plan to add another chapter by becoming the first twins to compete in a NASCAR Nationwide Series race - on Sunday, May 22, at Iowa Speedway.