This weekend the NASCAR Nationwide Series will go racing in the Midwest at the Chicagoland Speedway for the fourth-annual EnjoyIllinois.com 300. Saturday night’s event will mark race 17 of the 33 scheduled for 2014. Joey Logano, which isn’t enetered to run Saturday, is the defending race winner.
The entry list features 40 different drivers, which means no one will be going home because the series only fields 40 cars. Several of these drivers include: Kasey Kahne, Blake Koch, Erik Jones, Ryan Blaney, Richard Harriman, John Wes Townley, Cale Conley, David Starr, Ryan Ellis, Sam Hornish Jr, Jamie Dick, Chad Boat and Mike Harmon. Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson and Landon Cassill will be the only three cup drivers who will be going for the win as this is a stand-alone event.
Regan Smith is the only qualifier for the Dash-4-Cash who made the first round last weekend at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Smith won the first round last weekend, earning him an extra $100,000. If he goes on and wins the next three rounds, and then pull off the win at the Iowa Speedway, Nationwide Insurance will give him an extra $600,000. This all will total out to be one million dollars. The other three contenders for Chicagoland Speedway include: Chris Buescher, Brian Scott and Elliott Sadler.
Erik Jones will be making his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut Saturday behind the wheel of the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. The 18-year-old will join Sam Hornish Jr. and Elliott Sadler this weekend with the team. Hornish and Jones comes into this weekend as one of the favorites to score the win at the Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. Hornish has four starts this season behind the wheel of the No. 54.
You can watch the NASCAR Nationwide Series race live on ESPN2 at 8:00 p.m. Et. You can listen to live radio coverage of the event on the Motor Racing Network, which will also start at 8:00 p.m.
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