The Nationwide Series will join Sprint Cup this weekend at Watkins Glen International.

This will be the second of three road course races for Nationwide this year. Carl Edwards won the inaugural event at the Road America road course in Wisconsin two months ago. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal is scheduled for August 29.

Cellular 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway.

Busch claimed his ninth Nationwide victory of the season after leading 209 of 250 laps at the short 0.875-mile oval. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is one win away from tying the series record for most victories in a season with 10, a record he shares with Sam Ard.

Bayne's qualifying lap of 133.266 m.p.h. not only made him the first driver in 18 years to score three consecutive Nationwide poles, but he also became the youngest driver to do it at age 19. Jeff Gordon last accomplished the feat in the series in 1992.

Kyle Busch, who is one of eight drivers attempting the Pocono/Iowa combo this weekend, grabbed the outside pole after posting a lap of 133.007 m.p.h.

While the Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series run at Pocono Raceway, the Nationwide Series competes at Iowa Speedway. It's the second time NASCAR's second-tier series races at the 0.875-mile oval.

Eight drivers -- Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Paul Menard, Michael McDowell, Joe Nemechek and Reed Sorenson -- will do the Pocono/Iowa combo this weekend.

An incident involving Joe Nemechek in the closing laps set up the two-lap overtime finish.

Edwards made several attempts to pass Busch, but raced him cleanly on the short 0.686-mile oval.

Bayne turned a lap of 110.117 m.p.h. around the short 0.686-mile oval for his third career pole in the series. His first pole came one year ago at ORP.

Last Saturday at Gateway International Raceway, Bayne started on the pole and drove to a third-place finish in his No.99 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing.

While battling for the lead during the last lap in last Saturday's Nationwide Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 race at Gateway International Raceway, Edwards nudged Keselowski and spun him into the front stretch wall as they were heading out of the final turn.

Edwards won at Gateway for the third time, while Keselowski slid across the finish line in 14th-place before Shelby Howard plowed into him, causing another spin around.

While the Sprint Cup Series competes at the "big" track in Indianapolis, the Nationwide Series will race down the road at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Nationwide teams have been running at the 0.686-mile track each year since the inception of the series in 1982.

Obviously, there has been a lot of hype surrounding the latest on-track altercation between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski. While battling for the lead during the last lap in last Saturday's Nationwide race at Gateway International Raceway, Edwards nudged Keselowski and spun him into the frontstretch wall as they were heading out of the final turn.

Keselowski bumped Edwards for the lead in turn one, but Edwards got payback coming out of turn four, where he nudged Keselowski from behind and sent him hard into the wall along the frontstretch, triggering a multi-car crash.

A multi-car crash in the closing laps setup a green-white-checkered finish. Keselowski held the lead for the final restart, but Edwards made several attempts to pass him in the final two laps before bumping him out of the way.

Both drivers have had previous on-track altercations, particularly in March when Edwards intentionally bumped Keselowski from behind and sent him flying upside down into the frontstretch wall during the closing laps of the Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta.

Bayne posted a lap of 133.567 m.p.h. around the 1.25-mile track for his second career Nationwide pole.

His first pole came one year ago at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. The series competes at ORP next weekend.

The Nationwide Series rolls into the "Gateway to the West" for the start of the second half of the 2010 season.

With 18 of 35 races completed, Brad Keselowski heads to Gateway International Raceway, located just outside of St. Louis, with a commanding 227-point lead over Carl Edwards.

Despite leading a race-high 110 laps, Busch had to overcome a penalty for speeding on pit road early in the 300-mile race. Busch ran eighth after his penalty, but reclaimed the lead shortly after a restart on lap 81.

Joey Logano passed his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and took the lead for the first time just after a restart with 53 laps remaining.

Harvick posted a lap of 177.696 m.p.h. around the one-and-a-half-mile oval for his second pole of the season and the 21st of his Nationwide Series career. He is the only driver with multiple Nationwide victories at Chicagoland, winning here in 2005 and '07.

Points leader Brad Keselowski will start on the outside pole with a qualifying lap of 177.509 m.p.h. Trevor Bayne qualified third, followed by Carl Edwards and Joey Logano, who is the defending race winner. Keselowski currently holds a 277-point advantage over Edwards.

Danica Patrick once again will get plenty of attention in NASCAR this week. Not only is Patrick making her fifth Nationwide Series start, but she's also competing in her home state of Illinois.

Chicagoland Speedway is located almost 120 miles southeast of Patrick's hometown of Roscoe, IL.

continued the Earnhardt family tradition of winning at Daytona International Speedway, as he drove his father's famous No.3 Chevrolet into victory lane after taking Friday's Subway Jalapeno 250, which marked the debut race of the new Nationwide Series car.

Earnhardt Jr.

Keselowski, the current points leader, turned a lap of 183.031 m.p.h. around the 2.5-mile superspeedway in his sporty looking Dodge Challenger for his fourth pole of the season and the seventh of his Nationwide career. He also won the pole for last week's race at New Hampshire.

"It's just a great car," Keselowski said. "Even the backup car was good enough to be on the front row. It's just an awesome team, and it's really coming together great. It was a solid run, and I cant' think of any better place to start than the front row." Keselowski's teammate, Park Kligerman, qualified second after posting a lap of 182.242 m.p.h.

After three-plus years of design, testing and back-and-forth discussion with teams about the proper rollout time, the new Nationwide Series car will make its debut on Friday at Daytona International Speedway.

Ford will showcase its popular Mustang.

Busch, who also won at New Hampshire one year ago, led 126 of 200 laps, but had to hold off a hard-charging Brad Keselowski in the closing laps for his sixth win of the season and the 36th of his Nationwide career, which placed him in a tie with Kevin Harvick for second on the series' all-time race winners list. Mark Martin holds the record with 48 wins.

There had been 23 different winners in as many Nationwide races at New Hampshire before Busch snapped the streak. Busch has now led 8,117 laps in 186 career Nationwide starts.

Keselowski, who currently holds a 237-point lead over Edwards, turned a lap of 129.657 m.p.h. around the flat 1.058-mile oval for his third pole of the season and the sixth of his Nationwide career.

"This is a great start, but we still have a long way to go, even just today," Keselowski said. "This is a tough race. Having a good car like we have today hopefully should get us to that next level." Keselowski will attempt to become the 24th different winner in as many Nationwide races at New Hampshire.

During an interview with Sirius NASCAR Radio earlier in the day, LaJoie, a two-time Nationwide driver champion, admitted to smoking marijuana once following the May 30 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. On June 11, LaJoie was found to have violated NASCAR's substance abuse policy after he took a random drug test in order to become a spotter for Gibbs' team.

"I screwed up," LaJoie told Sirius Speedway host Dave Moody during the interview.

She's back.

After a four-month hiatus, Danica Patrick returns to the Nationwide Series this weekend at New Hampshire.

Edwards dominated the race by leading 35 of 50 laps, but had to overcome several late-race cautions for the win. He drove past Jacques Villeneuve and took the lead for good after a restart with nine laps to go. A caution for an incident involving Stanton Barrett set up a three-lap shootout around the long 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course to the finish.

Villeneuve ran second to Edwards until the Canadian road-course expert suffered engine failure on the final lap. Ron Fellows, also from Canada, took over second, but finished 4.3 seconds behind Edwards.

Edwards, currently second in points, recorded a lap of 108.076 m.p.h. around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course for his third pole of the season and the 21st of his Nationwide career.

Jacques Villeneuve will start alongside Edwards on the front row after turning a lap of 107.735 m.p.h. Villeneuve, a road-racing expert, is driving the No.32 Toyota for Braun Racing.

The Nationwide Series will compete at the Road America road course in Elkhart, WI for the first time this weekend. At a distance of 4.048 miles, Road America becomes the longest track on any of NASCAR's three national touring series.

Saturday's race at Road America replaces The Milwaukee Mile on the Nationwide schedule.