NNS: Bires, Hermie Sadler Enter RIR Nationwide Race

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NNS: Bires, Hermie Sadler Enter RIR Nationwide Race

Kelly Bires returns to the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Richmond, driving for Braun Racing...

SceneDaily.com | Posted April 27, 2010 Charlotte, NC

Kelly Bires was recently let go by JR Motorsports.(Photo: LAT Photographic)

Just two weeks after his release from JR Motorsports, Kelly Bires is back in a Nationwide Series car. Bires will drive the No. 10 car for Braun Racing in the Bubba Burger 250 on Friday at Richmond International Raceway.

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Another intriguing entry among the 45 listed for the race is Hermie Sadler, who will drive the No. 09 RAB Racing car at his home track.

Both Bires and Sadler are in cars that are among the top 30 and locked into the field.

Among the entries are 15 drivers planning on doing double-duty this weekend in both Sprint Cup and Nationwide: Matt Kenseth (replacing Colin Braun in the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing car), Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing), Joey Logano (JGR), Clint Bowyer (Richard Childress Racing), Brad Keselowski (Penske Racing), Greg Biffle (Baker Curb Racing), Reed Sorenson (Braun Racing), Kevin Harvick (Kevin Harvick Inc.), Tony Raines (TriStar Motorsports), Carl Edwards (RFR), Michael McDowell (MacDonald Motorsports), Joe Nemechek (Nemco Motorsports), Jamie McMurray (JR Motorsports), David Gilliland (D’Hondt Humphrey Motorsports) and Paul Menard (RFR).

Among other notable entries of cars that haven’t used the same driver all season are Steve Arpin in the No. 7 JR Motorsports car and Coleman Pressley in the R3 Motorsports car.

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