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August 17, 2015

Weekly NASCAR.com preview: Aug. 17-Aug. 23


See what’s coming this week to NASCAR.com

Here’s what you’ll see on NASCAR.com this week:

MONDAY: NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O’Donnell looks back at Michigan’s high-drag package and the confiscation of the No. 2 and 22 splitters … Preview Tuesday’s Danica Patrick announcement … The Rundown will recap how every driver in the field fared, 1-43.

TUESDAY: Stewart-Haas Racing and Danica Patrick will have an announcement, and you can watch the live stream here … Friends and fans will say goodbye to Buddy Baker, and senior writer Kenny Bruce will attend the memorial … This week’s Power Rankings presented by Outback are back with Matt Kenseth potentially capitalizing on his third win of the season … @nascarcasm will have his winner’s Facebook page … Hear the best from in-car radio synched with video on “Scanner Sounds” … The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is on track for practice at 2 p.m. ET from Bristol Motor Speedway.

WEDNESDAY: New paint schemes will be on display at Bristol, and we’ll have them all in Paint Scheme Preview, including the return of Jeff Gordon‘s rainbow paint scheme … High 5 presents the best NASCAR content from around the web … The “Who said it” quiz returns as we pit NASCAR drivers vs. U.S. presidents on Bill Clinton’s birthday … The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series roars to life in the rare mid-week race, and we’ll have the live leaderboard and more.

THURSDAY: Driver Reports highlights the 16 drivers currently on the Chase Grid, and how they fare at Bristol … For #TBT, we’ll look at Jeff Gordon‘s best paint schemes and celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt rattling Terry Labonte‘s cage … The FedEx Preview Show gets you ready for 500 laps under the lights at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile.

FRIDAY: The XFINITY Series gets on track at 9 a.m. ET, and the Sprint Cup Series takes to the concrete at 11:30 a.m. ET, and we’ll have full coverage from a busy day at the track … 8 Tweets You Might Have Missed highlights the best from social media over the past week.

Also coming this week: @nascarcasm will highlight “corrections” that his editors have made to his pieces and he’ll have a flowchart to let you know if you are Paul Menard, who turns 35 on Friday.