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& Blake Koch grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida, just one-and-a half hours north of Homestead-Miami Speedway. & &
& All of Blakes friends and family will be on hand this weekend to cheer him on in his quest to become 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year. This past weekend in Phoenix, he matched his best qualifying result of his career (13th) for second consecutive week. During the race he was running in the top-20 all day long and recorded his career best finish on an oval with a 14th place result.-MacDonald Motorsports& Nov. 14 - 9:42 p.m. ET&
& Jimmie Johnson has made 10 Sprint Cup Series starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he has four top-five and seven top-10 finishes. & &
& It is one of only five tracks on which the Sprint Cup Series competes that Johnson hasn't collected a win. The others are Chicago, Kentucky, Watkins Glen and Michigan. Johnson has completed 94.7% (2532 of 2675) of competition laps at the 1.5-mile track and has led 72. He has an average start and finish of 18 and 11.6.-GMR Marketing& Nov. 14 - 9:35 p.m. ET&
& Not only will James Buescher compete in Fridays NASCAR Camping World Truck Series finale, but the 21-year-old will also drive the No. 32 Dollar General Chevrolet Impala in Saturdays Ford 300. & &
& This will be the Texas drivers 11th NASCAR Nationwide Series start in 2011. Buescher remains mathematically eligible to win the 2011 Camping World Truck Series title. The team is only 28 markers out of the championship point lead heading into the series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.-Turner Motorsports& Nov. 14 - 9:30 p.m. ET&
& Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team head to Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend for the final race of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. & &
& Going into the season's end, the No. 2 team has collected 12 top-five and 23 top-10 finishes, along with 174 led laps. He also earned a career-high five pole awards.-Kevin Harvick Inc.& Nov. 14 - 9:25 p.m. ET&
& Justin Allgaier and the No. 31 BRANDT team headed to the Arizona desert this past weekend for the running of the WYPALL 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. & &
& After 200 laps on the new surface, Allgaier brought home a ninth-place finish and solidly took over third-place in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship point standings.-Turner Motorsports& Nov. 14 - 9:23 p.m. ET&
& Just as the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. team started the season, they'll end the season with driver Clint Bowyer behind the wheel of the Rheem Chevrolet Impala this Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. & &
& In nine starts with the Camping World Truck Series team, the Sprint Cup regular has collected one pole (Daytona International Speedway in February), four top-five and six top-10 finishes with 144 laps led.-Kevin Harvick Inc.& Nov. 14 - 9:20 p.m. ET&
& Last season Miguel Paludo earned his first top-10 finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway finishing ninth in the season finale. & &
& Paludo completed each of the 134 laps in the event, while preparing for his first full season in the Truck Series in 2011. Paludo finds himself 17th in points, but only nine points away from a top-15 finish.-Red Horse Racing& Nov. 14 - 9:16 p.m. ET&
& Timothy Peters is currently 21 points ahead of sixth position in the point standings.& &
& In this weekend's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway Peters must finish 17th or better regardless of what the sixth place competitor does to hold onto the fifth position in the point standings. If Peters is able to accomplish this goal, he will record his highest points finish to date in his young Truck Series career.-Red Horse Racing& Nov. 14 - 9:07 p.m. ET&
