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AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval and discussed the on-track incident in the first practice session, what portions of the Roval are the hardest, his thoughts on Daniel Hemric, and many other topics. Full transcript:

MARTIN TRUEX JR, No. 78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - How wild was first practice today at the Roval? “It wasn’t that bad actually. We only made three laps. The car is in one piece. We knocked zero fenders off. We destroyed zero splitters. It was pretty uneventful. It was good. There’s definitely a lot of chance for it to get crazy."

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – DID YOU HAVE ANY HOT WHEELS MEMORIES? “Yeah, Kyle Petty drove the Hot Wheels car for a little while. I remember I had a diecast of that one that I played with, and I think they used to make some NASCAR stuff other than Kyle’s car. Every kid enjoys Hot Wheels. I didn’t know it was the 50th anniversary though. That’s a pretty cool fact to know, but every kid is into them."

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will be in action at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off. The Monster Energy Series heads to the final race of the Round of 16 in the NASCAR Playoffs, while the Xfinity Series Playoffs continues the Round of 12. Check out the full schedule below, which is subject to change.

JTG Daugherty Racing announced today a new driver to their two-car lineup, signing 27-year-old Ryan Preece in a multi-year contract. Preece will join JTG Daugherty Racing for his first full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season starting in the 2019 DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway driving the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The announcement featured Tad Geschickter, JTG Daugherty Racing Co-Owner, Ernie Cope, Competition Director, and Ryan Preece. Full Transcript:

Ford Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Aric Almirola all came into the Charlotte Motor Speedway infield media center on Friday morning to talk about their respective positions in the Playoff standings and Sunday’s debut race on the Roval. Here are transcripts from each Q&A session with the media.

JTG Daugherty Racing announced today a new driver to their two-car lineup, signing 27-year-old Ryan Preece in a multi-year contract. Preece will join JTG Daugherty Racing for his first full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season starting in the 2019 DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway driving the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

One of the best known names in motorsports, Darrell Waltrip, a three time NASCAR Cup Series champion and member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame plus a Fox TV personality will be a headliner at the Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2019 Race Car & Trade Show presented by Sunoco and distributed by Insinger Performance. The three day show, now in its 34th consecutive year, will take place January 18-20, 2019 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.

For most Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams, the Charlotte, North Carolina area is where they call home. Teams race and test at Charlotte Motor Speedway with ease, knowing exactly what they are getting themselves into, having been there for many years. This weekend, however, NASCAR's top teams will battle at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a different fashion: taking on the "roval". The roval is a 17-turn, 2.28 mile race course which utilizes portions of the familiar NASCAR oval and also the infield road course. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America Roval 400 will be 109 laps, 248.52 miles, and will prove to be a test of both car and driver.

2XU, the world’s most technical sportswear company, has joined 12-time NASCAR Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports as the team’s Official Performance Apparel Partner through the 2021 racing season.