NASCAR veteran Dave Blaney will be back in the driver’s seat next week at Atlanta Motor Speedway, taking the wheel of the No. 38 A&W All American Food Ford for Front Row Motorsports. Blaney will practice and attempt to qualify the car for the Emory Healthcare 500, a race that the No. 38 team must make on speed. The team intends to run the entire race. Blaney has 350 starts in his 13-year ... more.

The No. 9 Budweiser Ford Fusion will sport a different look at Atlanta Motor Speedway when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to the track next weekend. Valvoline, the most trusted brand of motor oil in the garage, will have its colors featured on the usually all-red Ford Racing machine. Valvoline has been a rich part of not only NASCAR history but American auto racing since the very first ra... more.

Has it really been one year? It seems like it was only a few weeks ago when Victor Gonzalez Jr. climbed aboard the #05 Day Racing entry and raced in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. However, the record books show that August 30, 2009 was the day that Victor Gonzalez Jr. became the first Puerto Rican driver to compete in the NASCAR Nationwide S... more.

Justin Marks will make his seventh career NASCAR Nationwide Series start and first of 2010, driving the No. 43 Future Electronics Ford Fusion for Baker Curb Racing in the NAPA 200.  Marks has qualified in the top 15 in each of his two  previous starts at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, including a Nationwide Series-best starting spot of seventh in the 2009 NAPA 200.  Marks will be pulling double-dut... more.

Ranger stats-Led 10 laps and finished third in the NASCAR Nationwide Series 2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge (8/30/09) Won the NASCAR Canadian Tires Series 2008 NAPA 100  (8/2/08) Started third and finished second in the NCTS 2009 NAPA Autopro 100 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (8/30/09) Started 15th and finished 28th in the NNS 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge (8/2/08)... more.

In 2008, he started the No. 32 Toyota from the fifth position at the 2.71-mile (4.361 km) road course. After leading the race and while running fourth, he was collected in a crash on the final lap of the rain-shortened event. He was credited with a 16th-place finish. He returned last year with the No. 32 team, starting from the sixth position and logging his NASCAR career-best finish of fourth. ... more.

Winning his third consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International earlier this month has Marcos Ambrose craving a win at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in his second Nationwide start this season.   Ambrose has come close three times at the road course, finishing seventh, third and second respectively, with each finish coming in dramatic fashion.   “It’s frustratin... more.

No. 00 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Patrick Carpentier returns to  the NASCAR Nationwide Series with Michael Waltrip Racing Saturday at his home track of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. The 39-year-old is sure to be one of the race favorites on Sunday. He won the pole and led 14 laps in his series debut in the 2007 Montreal race. In just three races at the 2.71-mile road course, he has... more.

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, by the numbers… In three NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at the Montreal-based road course,  Leffler has one top-10 finish.  In the rain-soaked 2008 event, he laid down a seventh-place finish after starting 14th.  Leffler’s road course stats… Despite his nickname (“Lefturn”), Leffler has had some impressive runs at tracks that have right-handed turns as ... more.

No. 00 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Ryan Truex continues in his chase for the K&N Pro Series East championship  Saturday evening at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, GA. The 18-year-old Mayetta, N.J. native has three races left to achieve his back-to-back championship quest as well as his attempt to secure Michael Waltrip Racing’s second championship. Truex will transition back to ... more.

BV: “Most of you know about the blood clots I had, the pulmonary embolisms, the clot in my left leg and clots in the lungs. During that process, I also had a clot that went to my left finger. The only way for a clot to get there from where they were created was through my heart from the right atrium to the left atrium. It’s called a PFO (Patent foramen ovale). It’s a hole between the two atr... more.

Tayler Malsam Back in the Driver’s Seat of the No. 10 in Montreal… After having a weekend off while the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) was in Bristol, Malsam is back as driver of the No. 10 Iron Horse Jeans Toyota at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The No. 10 is Riding Bristol Momentum… In Bristol, Jason Leffler wheeled the No. 10 to an impressive second-place finish, the team’s best of the... more.

Scott will make his third NASCAR Nationwide Series road course start - Scott has finished 13th in both of his previous road course starts (Road America, Watkins Glen) with Braun Racing chassis No. 31. - Scott currently leads Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings by 16 points (195-179) over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - Scott leads all other rookies in laps completed. (93.6%) - This weekend�... more.

Randy LaJoie has been re-instated by NASCAR for competition following completion of a NASCAR-approved treatment program and the satisfactory fulfillment of all requirements for reinstatement. "I am thankful to NASCAR for reinstating me for competition, and grateful to my friends and family who supported me through this time," said Randy LaJoie, who was suspended on June 22, 2010, for violation ... more.

Matt Kenseth is set to make his third Nationwide Series start this season for Roush Fenway Racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway driving the No. 16 World Financial Group (WFG) Ford. The Atlanta-based WFG began their partnership with Roush Fenway Racing in 2004 and they are making their first on-track appearance since winning with Carl Edwards at Phoenix International Raceway in 2008. World Financial... more.