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Keep tabs on this weekend’s national series activity

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series head to Daytona International Speedway this week while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has off. Here’s more info on how you can follow along all weekend.

RACES

Sprint Cup Series: Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola (Sunday, July 5, 7:45 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM)
XFINITY Series: Subway Firecracker 250 (Saturday, July 4, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, MRN, SiriusXM)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

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RACE DAY

• NSCS leaderboard
• NXS leaderboard
• NSCS Lap-by-Lap
• NXS Lap-by-Lap
• NSCS live standings

PRODUCTS

• RaceBuddy: Starting this weekend through the remainder of the season, NASCAR RaceBuddy will feature two (2) alternate live action camera angles, along with up to six (6) in-car cameras with different driver selections each race and four (4) for XFINITY races.
• RaceView: Watch virtual video of cars on track and listen to the scanner.
• RaceView Mobile: On your phone? Try RaceView here.
• Scanner: In-car audio only.
• Mobile Apps: Follow the leaderboards live from your device.

NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA

Web stream: NBC Sports Live Extra
Mobile app: iOS/Android

NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs will provide racing fans with unparalleled interactive digital access to every NASCAR Sprint Cup series race, including exclusive camera angles, custom diver information, and insider track information.

•  Multi-view options that bring fans inside the race, combining NBC Sports Group’s race simulcast and alternative camera angles, ranging from in-car views to various key track locations. For the Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on July 5, one specialty camera will offer an innovative speed shot from Turn 4, capturing the cars as they speed by.

• Dedicated full-view, on-board alternate cameras.

• Additional features on the desktop/laptop experience, bringing fans comprehensive race-day information to their fingertips, including:

        • Driver updates, cup standings, and biographies

        • Track infographics with key facts and history

NBC Sports Live Extra will stream NASCAR coverage on NBC and NBCSN via "TV Everywhere", giving consumers additional value to for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store and Apple TV. For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra.

FANTASY

• NASCAR Fantasy Live: Set your lineups, check your progress
• Streak to the Finish: Play in all three national series

LIVE INTERVIEWS

PressPass: Watch exclusive post-race interviews.

Stay tuned to NASCAR.com throughout the weekend for the latest news.

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Driver of the No. 7 Chevrolet is currently in first season with team

Alex Bowman will be back with Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 7 Chevrolet for the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season after the team exercised its option on the 22-year-old driver.

The organization confirmed the decision in a Tuesday afternoon press release.

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"We’ve got some great things happening right now and the most important part of all our plans was signing Alex as early as possible," team owner Tommy Baldwin said in a release. "Now we can continue to focus on the rest of the parts and pieces needed to continue our forward progress."

Bowman is in his first season with TBR and his second full-time season in the series. Bowman has competed in 15 races this season and is currently 33rd in the point standings. His best finish this season is a 16th-place result in the May race at Talladega Superspeedway.

"I’m excited for all the things Tommy and the team have in the works and knowing that I will be a part of that for the next year is a good feeling," Bowman said. "This has been a good year for us and I am confident in what we can continue to do this season and next."

This weekend’s Coke Zero 400 (Sunday, 7:45 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM) is a return to the place where Bowman recorded his best career finish in the Sprint Cup Series. Last season, while driving for BK Racing, Bowman finished 13th in the rain-shortened event.

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Iconic No. 24 car returns for four-time champion’s final full-time season

BUY: Gordon gear, die-casts
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The rainbow paint scheme will run again, Jeff Gordon confirmed on Tuesday morning in New York City.

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The four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Jeff Gordon, unveiled his rainbow scheme on sponsor Axalta’s Twitter handle and the Tuesday edition of "CBS This Morning," driving down West 57th Street in Manhattan. Gordon will drive the car in the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (August 22, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, PRN, SiriusXM).

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"It’s such an iconic paint scheme," Gordon said Tuesday morning. He went on to say that the fans’ support of the brightly colored scheme made it possible for the No. 24 team to roll it out again.

Running his final full-time season in NASCAR’s premier series, Gordon sits 11th in the standings and would make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup based on points, but he continues to seek his first win of the season to all but lock his place in NASCAR’s playoffs as he attempts to win his fifth title.

According to HendrickMotorsports.com, Gordon drove the rainbow Chevrolet from his very first start in 1992 through the 2000 season. Take a look at his success with the car by the numbers as compiled by the team.

1: Rookie of the Year trophy

1: All-Star Race victory

3: Cup Series championships

17: Different tracks where Gordon earned at least one win in the rainbow scheme

33: Pole positions earned

52: Trips to Victory Lane

129: Top-five finishes

166: Top-10s recorded

10,708: Total laps led

1,000,000: Dollars earned for winning the Daytona 500, Charlotte 600 and Southern 500 in 1997.

With the scheme revealed, we’re less than two months until the #Rainbow24 returns to the track one final time. Take a 360-degree view of the special paint job.

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Busch needs to finish top 30 in points to make the 16-driver postseason

RELATED: What Busch needs to make the Chase

SONOMA, Calif. – Kyle Busch made it into the winner’s circle here Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, clearing the second of three hurdles that have faced the Joe Gibbs driver with mended extremities and championship aspirations.
 
NASCAR officials gave Busch a pass on the first when they shouldered the blame for his own driving error earlier this season at Daytona.

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The requirement that a driver attempt all 26 races leading up to the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup was waived. The 11 races he missed due to a broken right leg and left foot have been forgiven if not forgotten.
 
The sanctioning body didn’t have to take into consideration the second qualifier – winning a points race. Busch, in just his fifth start of the season, needed no help there.
 
He became the 11th driver to win this season when he captured the Toyota/Save Mart 350, driving away from his older brother and a handful of others over the final five laps in his No. 18 Toyota.
 
Unlike the previous 10 winners, however, Busch still has work to do. And the third and final hurdle might be the most difficult of all to overcome.
 
To qualify for the Chase, Busch also has to be in the top 30 in driver points. With 10 races remaining before the Chase field is set, he’ll need an average finish of no worse than 14th, based on current standings, to make it.
 
In the five races he’s run since his return, his average finish has been 20th.
 
"Certainly it’s feasible," Busch said after his latest victory, the 30th of his career. "There’s no reason why it shouldn’t be.
 
"This team is good enough to be that way, and I should be good enough to be that way.
 
"I certainly put us in a hole bigger than it should have been at Dover and at Michigan. Those were entirely my fault … and I’ve got to be better than that. We can’t have any more of those."

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At Dover, he finished 36th after a crash and at Michigan he ended up last in the 43-car field, also after a crash.
 
When he hasn’t wrecked, he’s been 11th, ninth and now first.
 
Busch sits 37th as the series gets ready to head back to Daytona, site of his accident earlier this year. He trails 30th-place Cole Whitt by 136.
 
His return to the winner’s circle didn’t go unnoticed by his fellow drivers, who understand how tough the road has been for the 30-year-old.
 
"It’s a great story and he’s quite a fighter and quite a competitor," said four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon. "And I’m proud of him for how he’s handled this whole situation and the team as well in being patient.
 
"That’s a great win for him. I know it means a lot."
 
Clearing that final hurdle, though, is going to take a lot more, and would mean a lot more.
 
Busch has qualified for the Chase seven times in 10 seasons. Getting there has seldom been the issue in the past.
 
"It’s not going to happen in one week," said Busch. "That’s not how this business ever works. You’ve certainly got to play it out all the way through. That’s one of the things that maybe I haven’t been so good at over the years."

RELATED: Victory Lane 1-on-1 with crew chief Adam Stevens
 
In his 11th full season, Busch hasn’t found himself outside the top 30 in points very often – only three times during his career in fact. And all three came as a result of slow starts at the beginning of a season – as a rookie in ’05, again in ’09 and most recently in ’13.
 
None of the three instances were lasting; by the third race of the year he was inside the top 30 on each occasion.
 
The points deficit is a bit steeper this time around and the margin of error much smaller. But, as he said, a chance still exists.
 
"Ten weeks is a long time, so we’ve just got to do our job … we can’t screw up," Busch said. "I can’t screw up and Adam (Stevens, crew chief) has got to be smart on the box as well, make some good calls.
 
"We made some really good ones (at Sonoma), so there’s no reason why we can’t put ourselves in a good position to win some more."
 
Do that, of course, and his Chase eligibility will no longer be in doubt.

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JimmieJohnson
Hendrick Motorsports
Johnson led the most laps at Sonoma (45) but faded after the final restart for a sixth-place finish. Where he isn’t fading, however, is these Power Rankings, where he holds strong on top.
No second-guessing for Johnson
After Sunday, Harvick now has 2015 top-five finishes at 0.75, 1.0, 1.5, 2.5-mile tracks and a road course. The man does not seem to have a weakness in his arsenal.
If there was ever a time Kurt Busch would be happy with a second-place finish, it’s seeing his brother finish just ahead of him in a monumental comeback from injury. A bump here doesn’t hurt, either.
Kurt happy for little bro
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DaleEarnhardt Jr.
Hendrick Motorsports
Logano comes off a solid road course finish (not typically his strong suit) in third place overall in points and as the reigning Daytona 500 winner as the series heads south for the Coke Zero 400. Things are going just swell for Mr. 22.
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BradKeselowski
Team Penske
While his run-in with David Ragan that left him with a next-to-last-place finish may not have been his fault, the other 2015 heavyweights performed well and finished high in the running order and Truex suffers because of it.
Don’t look now but after Sonoma, Junior has finished in the top 10 at a road course two years in a row for the first time in over a decade (Watkins Glen, 2003-04).
Junior explains proposal
At Sonoma, Keselowski couldn’t build off the Michigan momentum he created with a sixth-place finish and has now finished outside the top 10 in six of his last nine overall starts.
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DennyHamlin
-1
Joe Gibbs Racing
Looking ahead to Daytona, McMurray’s DIS stats are, to put it bluntly, weird. In 25 races, he’s started in the top 10 just three times, the last of which was 2006 – yet he has two wins that came in two starts outside the top 10.
Kenseth didn’t disappoint at Sonoma – but mainly because he wasn’t expected to perform well, given his history. His Daytona history is much more favorable, so look for the talented plate racer to rebound this weekend.
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KyleBusch
5
Joe Gibbs Racing
With another solid finish, all that’s missing from Kasey Kahne’s 2015 resume is that all-elusive win. Perhaps he can find that missing piece this weekend and break his 23-race dry streak at Daytona.
Hamlin has finished higher than 10th just once over the past six races and finds himself mired in 13th-place. If it weren’t for the Martinsville win, we’d have serious questions about Hamlin’s season.
Perhaps the only story that could’ve topped Kyle Busch’s victory at Sonoma would’ve been a win by Gordon in his final start at his home track, but it didn’t happen.
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ClintBowyer
Stewart-Haas Racing
Emotional Sonoma race for Gordon
Any questions? As long as he finds his way into the top 30 in points, Kyle Busch will be racing for his first Sprint Cup Series title yet again this fall.
Kyle comes on strong, wins Sonoma
Menard couldn’t match a career-best fifth-place Sonoma finish earned in 2014, but the improvement from a starting position of 32nd to a finish of 13th ain’t too shabby, either.
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DanicaPatrick
Stewart-Haas Racing
Carl, we hardly knew ye. After it appeared he’d righted the ship with a Charlotte win, he’s yet to finish in the top 10 since despite an average start of 7.0 in four races.
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Full field analysis of all 43 cars in the Toyota/Save Mart 350

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1. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing.  Busch, running on fresh tires, chased down Jimmie Johnson in the final five laps to earn his first victory of the 2015 season and become Chase eligible, assuming he finishes the regular season in the top 30 in points. | WATCH: Pit strategy critical to win

2. Kurt Busch, No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. The outside pole sitter followed his little brother across the finish line for the first time in a Cup race. | MORE: Brotherly 1-2 finish a ‘special moment’

3. Clint Bowyer, No. 15 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing.  Bowyer, the fastest driver in the first practice session, hit pit road under caution with 11 laps to go to get fresh tires for the final restart.

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 4. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Harvick bounced back from an early pit miscue to earn his fourth top-five at Sonoma.

5. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford, Team Penske.  Logano slipped by a slowing competitor to hit pit road at just the right time on Lap 66 and held on for his ninth top-five this season. 

6. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson led a race-high 45 laps and initially paced the field on the final restart before being overwhelmed by competitors who took fresh tires during the previous stop. | MORE: No second-guessing for Johnson

7. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports.  Earnhardt rallied from his 20th starting spot to crack the top 10 by Lap 20 and earned his 10th top-10 of the year.

8. Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Kahne overcame an early vibration and picked up four spots on pit road with 10 laps to go.

9. Ryan Newman, No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Newman claimed his seventh top-10 at Sonoma after avoiding a wreck on Lap 78.

10. Sam Hornish Jr., No. 9 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports.  Hornish’s team addressed an early brake issue and he went on to earn his second top-10 of the season.

11. Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Chevrolet. Chip Ganassi Racing. McMurray was running 16th within the first five laps when he reported a serious vibration, the result of a delaminated left-rear.

12. Tony Stewart, No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. “I’m loose because I’m getting hit,” radioed Stewart, who struggled to make up ground after the final restart.

13. Paul Menard, No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Menard started from the rear after an engine change and worked with his team all race long to find grip.

14. Aric Almirola, No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. The late-race decision to stop for tires didn’t hurt Almirola, who earned his first top-15 at a road course.

15. Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing.  The Elk Grove, California, native lost one spot after pitting for fresh tires during the final caution period of the race.

16. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. It was a disappointing day for the sport’s winningest road course driver and nearby Vallejo native who made a late-race setup change to match his teammates Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. | MORE: Gordon reflects on final race at Sonoma

17. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Dillon slipped by a wrecking David Gilliland on Lap 22 and continued to climb through the field as his team helped him get more forward drive and side bite.

18. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. A loose right-rear wheel prompted Hamlin to make an unscheduled pit stop while running in the top 20 on Lap 17.

19. Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Ford, Team Penske. Keselowski started 10th for the first time at Sonoma, but couldn’t rally after getting loose and slipping in Turn 7 on Lap 43.

20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse lined up fourth for the final restart after staying out, but couldn’t hold off the teams on fresher tires.

21. Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth was running 17th when he shredded his left-rear tire on Lap 45 and limped his way to pit road.

22. Cole Whitt, No. 35 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Whitt followed up his best Sonoma start with his best Sonoma finish.

23. Trevor Bayne, No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Bayne, a Sonoma newcomer, returned to the lead lap after getting the Lucky Dog pass on the final caution period.

24. Danica Patrick, No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Patrick spun with seven laps to go and slipped from 22nd.

25. Alex Kennedy, No. 33 Chevrolet, Circle Sport. In his third Sonoma start, Kennedy stayed out of trouble on the way to his best finish at the California road course.

26. Boris Said, No. 32 Ford, Go FAS Racing. The road course ringer bounced around the middle of the field all day for the No. 32 team.

27. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing.  Biffle lined up 17th for the final restart but had to return to pit road for right-side tires after contact flattened his right-front.

28. Josh Wise, No. 98 Ford, Phil Parsons Racing. In his fourth Sonoma start, Wise claimed his best finish at the road course.

29. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 83 Toyota, BK Racing.  The Sonoma newbie was trying to get into his pit stall during the final caution period when he was weirdly turned around by one of the track sweepers. | MORE: Learn more about the incident

30. Justin Marks, No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. The Rocklin, California, native earned his best Sonoma start in just his second career Cup outing.

31. Alex Bowman, No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing. A tight-handling condition turned into a tire concern for Bowman, who made an unscheduled green-flag stop at Lap 18.

32. Jeb Burton, No. 26 Toyota, BK Racing. It was an educational day for the rookie, who improved his position after rolling off the grid 43rd.

33. Michael Annett, No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Annett started from the rear of the field after making an engine change and worked on the handling of his car en route to his best Sonoma finish.

34. Michael McDowell, No. 95 Ford, Leavine Family Racing. McDowell spun off-course in Turn 7 during the final three laps, but saved his car to keep the caution flag from coming out.

35. Justin Allgaier, No. 51 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Allgaier’s best career Sonoma start was dampened around Lap 65 when he ran out of fuel.

36. Landon Cassill, No. 40 Chevrolet, Hillman Smith Motorsports. Cassill was awarded the Lucky Dog pass during the second caution period, but struggled to keep pace around Sonoma’s tight turns.

37. AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG Daugherty Racing. The pole winner was running eighth on Lap 52 when he radioed his team about an engine issue. "Don’t worry about (lap) times. We ain’t going to make it much longer. … I have no speed." | For more in-car audio, sign up for Scanner today

38. Casey Mears, No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing. Mears was sidelined by a broken rear axle housing while running 15th on Lap 99. | WATCH: See what happened to Mears

39. David Ragan, No. 55 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing. Ragan was trying to keep Carl Edwards from winning seventh when Edwards lost control and hit Ragan, wrecking both competitors. | WATCH: Tough day for Ragan

40. Carl Edwards, No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Edwards was battling for seventh place when he hopped over the bumps and into the side of David Ragan, sending both competitors into the Turn 8 tire barrier. | MORE: Edwards tears up car in wreck with Ragan

41. J.J. Yeley, No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing.  Yeley, in his seventh Sonoma start, spun exiting Turn 10 to bring out the caution flag on Lap 74.

42. Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Chevrolet, Furniture Row Racing.  Truex’s string of top-10s came to a halt after contact from David Ragan sent him spinning into the Turn 8 tire barrier on Lap 29. | MORE: Truex not happy with Ragan

43. David Gilliland, No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. After lining up 28th, Gilliland sustained a flat left-front tire and spun in Turn 10 on Lap 22.

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‘Two of the biggest names in Hollywood’ to develop scripted drama

RELATED: Roma Downey, Mark Burnett Q&A at Martinsville

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 29, 2015) — Roma Downey and Mark Burnett have joined forces in a deal with NASCAR® to develop a scripted television drama based on the legendary racing world. The series will weave exciting dramatic stories within the backdrop of this beloved sports franchise.

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"We have wanted to develop an original, scripted drama inside our sport for some time, but have been waiting to find the right partner," said Zane Stoddard, NASCAR vice president of entertainment marketing and content development. "Mark and Roma are two of the biggest, most well-respected names in Hollywood. They share our vision for this project and we are very excited to collaborate with them on the show."

"From the first time we got to attend NASCAR, we fell in love with their racing world. The teams, the drivers, the fans, it’s an electric atmosphere and is quintessentially American," said executive producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett.  "Now to be able to partner with NASCAR, Brian France and Zane Stoddard is a dream come true."

Burnett and Downey will serve as executive producers of the NASCAR series, along with Zane Stoddard.

Through 14 regular season races in 2015, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™ broadcasts draw an average of 6.5 million viewers per event. Moreover, NASCAR delivers programming to dedicated viewers worldwide in more than 175 countries and territories in over 25 languages each week. 

Based in Los Angeles, NASCAR’s Entertainment Marketing and Content Development division develops and produces quality television, film and digital projects on behalf of the sport. The Entertainment Marketing and Content Development division seeks to access a younger and more diverse audience through the development of original content, the integration of NASCAR drivers into existing programming, and talent acquisition for races and industry events.

 

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Rick Gdovic unsure when team will run under new banner

The assets of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race team Viva Motorsports have been purchased by Brandon Gdovic‘s dad, Rick Gdovic, he told the Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia.

Rick Gdovic told the newspaper he purchased all of Viva’s stock-car racing assets last week and the team, under the Precision Performance Motorsports banner, will race out of Viva’s former shop in China Grove, North Carolina.

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The organization raced in the first 13 races of the season with Brandon Gdovic making two starts for the Jamie Dick-owned organization. His best finish was a 26th-place effort at Texas Motor Speedway in April.

Two weeks ago, after the Michigan race weekend, Viva Motorsports announced it was ceasing operations. Dick (five races) and Jeffrey Earnhardt (six races) also made starts for the team this year. At the time, a team release said that the assets had been purchased and the No. 55 car would appear in a handful of races.

Rick Gdovic told the newspaper that his son will be one of the drivers for the team and that they hope to run selected races over the course of the rest of 2015 with an eye on running the bulk of the 2016 schedule if additional sponsorship and drivers can be secured. The team will be sponsored by Pronius, American Messaging, WindStax and Gdovic’s own business, ComServe Verizon Wireless.

"We are excited about the purchase of Viva’s operation," Gdovic said. "They have continued to build race assets and a reputation over the past few years.

"We plan to continue their drive to become a top-level XFINITY Series operation that offers great value for our sponsorship partners, and another step up the ladder for our driver development program."

The purchase includes 12 cars as well as race engines, shop, office equipment and a hauler. The China Grove shop will also house the K&N Pro Series East cars of Gray Gaulding, who is part of PPM’s team in that series.

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See what’s coming this week to NASCAR.com

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

MONDAY: Zack Albert follows up on Jeff Gordon‘s final Sprint Cup race as a driver at his home track, Sonoma Raceway. … Find out everything you need to know about NBC’s NASCAR coverage as the network returns to racing this weekend at Daytona … @nascarcasm shares fake photo captions from the weekend that was at Sonoma Raceway.

TUESDAY: Kyle Busch won his way into a provisional Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup berth on Sunday, and senior writer Kenny Bruce has reaction from the driver and his team on how they plan to crack the top 30 in points. … Power Rankings is back after a weekend off. … @nascarcasm has Busch’s Facebook page.

WEDNESDAY: It’s 10 races until the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, and Kathy Sheldon and Jessica Ruffin debate whether Jimmie Johnson or Kevin Harvick is the favorite to win the 2015 title. … Check out the Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series patriotic paint schemes that will be on track this Fourth of July weekend. …The Dirty Air podcast makes its debut. … Senior writer Kenny Bruce gets you caught up on all competition aspects of the sport with his weekly Tech Talk story as NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O’Donnell weighs in on Sonoma weekend on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

THURSDAY: Driver Reports welcomes Kyle Busch to the fold. Senior writer Holly Cain tells you want to expect at Daytona this weekend as it stages a race in the middle of DAYTONA Rising, the reimagining of an American icon … Take a #TBT look at NBC’s first race and Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s first Daytona Sprint Cup win in 2001. … "From the Vault" looks back as Jeff Gordon beats Dale Earnhardt for his first restrictor plate win 20 years ago at Daytona.

FRIDAY: The Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series have two practices apiece, starting at 2 p.m. ET. … We’ll also have eight of the best tweets that you may have missed from the previous week. … Mobil 1 presents GarageCam, which takes you inside the Sprint Cup and XFINITY garages.

Also coming this week: Patriotism is on parade and see the best photos in our special gallery.  … Coors Light Pole Qualifying for the Sprint Cup Series is on Saturday afternoon. Get the live leaderboard at 4:35 p.m. ET and follow Sunday’s race on NBC with a live leaderboard, RaceBuddy and RaceView.