The NASCAR Nationwide Series heads into the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the third annual Lilly Diabetes 250. The weekend will mark stop 19 on the series schedule as the season heads into the fall portion of the season. Kyle Busch goes into the weekend as the defending race winner.
The entry list features a total of 42 drivers, which will mean two of those will be going home. A few notables entered for the race on Saturday afternoon include: Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano, Robert Richardson Jr, John Wes Townley, Paul Menard, David Starr, Jamie Dick, Chad Boat and David Ragan. Qualifying will be held on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. Et, live on Fox Sports 1 .
Due to losing an engine on lap seven last weekend at the Chicagoland Speedway, the No. 54 Toyota lost 28 points to the No. 22 Team Penske Ford in the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner’s points standings. The No. 22 will go into Indianapolis this weekend sitting only five points behind the lead. This weekend will be interesting to follow both of these drivers because they have both won this race. Joe Gibbs Racing is chasing their fifth owner championship in the series.
The third round of Dash 4 Cash takes off this weekend once again as Brian Scott looks to go two-for-two. Scott won the award last Saturday at the Chicagoland Speedway. Ty Dillon, Chase Elliott and Trevor Bayne will all join Scott in round three this Saturday. Next weekend at the Iowa Speedway will be the fourth and final race of the Dash 4 Cash program.
Two former winners of the Brickyard 400, Kevin Harvick (2003) and Paul Menard (2011) are entered into the race. Harvick will pilot the No. 5 for JR Motorsports and Menard will drive the No. 33 for Richard Childress Racing. Dakoda Armstrong will be racing for his first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 22-year-old hometown isn’t that far from the 2.5-mile track.
You can catch the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at 4:30 p.m. Et, live on ESPN. The radio coverage will be provided by the IMS Radio Network in conjuction with the Performance Racing Network.
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