Harvick won three in a row at Richmond from 2005-06. Martin will not compete in Friday's race there.

Kenny Wallace will celebrate a career milestone at Richmond. Wallace will become the 17th driver to make at least 800 NASCAR starts. The veteran driver has competed in 444 Nationwide, 344 Sprint Cup and 11 Camping World Truck Series races so far.

"What really caught me off guard is that I'm 17th all-time in the history of NASCAR of starts," Wallace said. "That humbles me. It almost makes me shy, and everyone knows I'm not shy."

Last month, Martin made his 1,000th NASCAR start at Bristol, where he finished second to Kyle Busch in the Sprint Cup race.

Forty-seven teams are on the preliminary entry list for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250.

Camping World Truck Series

Copart 200 - Gateway International Raceway - Madison, IL

After running on first-time tracks the past two weeks, the Camping World Truck Series returns to a familiar oval this weekend -- Gateway International Raceway, which is located just outside St. Louis.

Ron Hornaday Jr. continues to hold a commanding lead in the points race. Hornaday finished fourth last Saturday at Iowa and stretched his lead to 225 markers over Matt Crafton, who finished sixth. No driver in the 15-year history of the series has led by more than 193 points after 17 races.

Hornaday is the defending race winner at Gateway. He led 113 of 160 laps and held off pole-sitter Dennis Setzer for his first win at the 1.25-mile track.

"Gateway is very different from other tracks we race on because of the corners," Hornaday said. "Turns one and two are tight and banked, and three and four are wide and flat."

There have been 10 different winners in 11 races at Gateway. Ted Musgrave, who is now inactive, is the only driver with multiple victories there.

Terry Cook, David Starr, Todd Bodine and Hornaday are those drivers entered in Saturday's 200-mile race that have won at Gateway.

Bodine won at Gateway in 2006, the same year he won the series title.

"You can make your truck do different things, but you've got to have everything right -- strategy and pit stops," Bodine said. "And the fewer trucks you have to pass, the better off you are."

Gateway has yet to produce a first-time race winner in the series, but Aric Almirola could very well be the driver to do it there. Almirola, who competed in Sprint Cup for Dale Earnhardt Inc. earlier this year, had a banner race last Saturday at Iowa with a second-place run in his No.15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota.

Brian Ickler, who is also seeking his first series victory, is slated to drive Ballew's No.51 Toyota, the same truck Kyle Busch has driven into Victory Lane four times this season.

Forty-one teams are on the preliminary entry list for the Copart 200.

FORMULA ONE

Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale di Monza - Monza, Italy

This weekend's Italian Grand Prix in Monza will feature a couple of driver changes. As expected, Force India released Giancarlo Fisichella last week, allowing the Roman to replace Luca Badoer at Ferrari. Badoer had substituted for the injured Felipe Massa in the last two grand prix.

"We have chosen Fisichella because we can expect him to make a valuable contribution in this final part of the season," Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali said in a team statement. "Giancarlo has shown, throughout his long career, that he is fast and competitive ,and we are therefore proud to be able to run an Italian driver in our home race."

When Massa returns to competition, which could be as early as the October 18 Brazilian Grand Prix, Fisichella will then serve as Ferrari's reserve driver.

Fisichella gave Force India its first-ever Formula One points with a second- place finish last week in the Belgian Grand Prix. He also gave the team its maiden pole position.

On Monday, the Indian team announced that 28-year-old driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will replace Fisichella, beginning at Monza. Liuzzi has 39 grand prix starts, but has not competed in F1 since he lost his ride with Toro Rosso at the conclusion of the 2007 season.

"Monza is one of the most historic races of the entire championship, and it's in Italy," said Liuzzi, who is Italian. "The vibe that is in Monza is great, and when I won there in F3000 in 2004 it was an unbelievable feeling."

Heading to Monza, Brawn GP's Jenson Button holds a 16-point lead over his teammate Rubens Barrichello in the world championship standings. Button failed to score a point for the first time this year with a disappointing 17th-place finish in Belgium. He also qualified a season-worst 14th. Button did not take a severe blow in his title bid, with Barrichello only gaining two points after his seventh-place run.

Sebastian Vettel, currently third in rankings, made some headway with his title hopes after the Red Bull Racing driver finished third in Belgium. Vettel trails Button by 19 points.

Vettel is the defending winner at Monza. Driving for Toro Rosso last year, Vettel became the youngest driver in F1 to win a grand prix at age 21. The German also gave Toro Rosso its maiden victory.

In April, Vettel gave Red Bull its inaugural victory at Shanghai, China. He also won the British Grand Prix earlier this season.