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Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In 160 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing teams have earned eight points-paying victories (four wins with Dale Earnhardt, one with Jeff Burton, two with Kevin Harvick and one with Austin Dillon) and four All-Star race victories (three with Earnhardt and one with Harvick), giving RCR 12 total Cup Series checkered flags at the Concord, N.C.-based track. RCR boasts 23 top-five and 52 top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile track. Childress, a former driver on NASCAR's senior circuit, contributed two of those top-10 finishes from 1978 to 1979. The Welcome, N.C. organization has led a combined 1,156 laps at the Charlotte facility.

Patrick County, Virginia, has produced its share of heroes over the years. Some, like the Wood Brothers, came to fame through their success in automobile racing, where the family team still fields the No. 21 Menards/Knauf Ford Fusion driven by Paul Menard.

Majeski on Charlotte “I am very excited to be racing at Charlotte for the first time. It is in everyone’s back yard and everyone wants to win. It’s one of the toughest 1.5-mile tracks on the schedule, so it was big for me to have been able to test there."

It Only Takes One (Lap) - Austin Dillon picked up his first career win in the Coca-Cola 600 last year, leading only two laps. Among them, the most important one: the last lap.

Matt Kenseth will make his 38th overall start at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend, and 17th start in the Coca-Cola 600. In 37 races, the 2003 NASCAR Champion has two wins, 12 top-five and 20 top-10 results.

Toyota Gives Thanks This Memorial Day Weekend… Toyota will feature several military activations at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend in conjunction with the launch of this year’s NASCAR Salutes program. Five Tundras will be custom wrapped to showcase the five military branches and will act as additional grand marshal vehicles for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race with an attending general from each military branch driving them on the track. In addition, the names of six fallen military members will be highlighted on the windshield banners of the Camry pace cars and grand marshal Highlander vehicles. Prior to the race, 40 active military members will be paired with a driver during driver introductions with a magnet displayed on each ride-along Tundra with their name, rank and branch. Active and former military members will also receive admission to Toyota Owners Hub where they’ll receive refreshments, free giveaways and access to driver appearances.

NASCAR® and Rev Racing today announced 13 college athletes from across the country who will compete as tire changers, carriers and jackmen in the third annual NASCAR Drive for Diversity National Pit Crew Combine in Concord, N.C., on Friday, May 25.

Did you know Joe Lee Johnson, driving a Chevrolet Impala, won the inaugural World 600 on June 19, 1960? Chevrolet has won the NASCAR Cup Series’ longest race with multiple models including Monte Carlo, Lumina, Monte Carlo SS, and most recently the Chevy SS.

In a patriotic pre-race Salute to the Troops like no other on Memorial Day weekend, Charlotte Motor Speedway will incorporate troops from all five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces amid a remarkable display of star power and firepower prior to Sunday’s 59th running of the Coca-Cola 600.

Chase Elliott on racing at Charlotte: “It has been kind of an up-and-down place. We have had some really good cars there and some not-so-good days, too. I haven’t really felt like I have hit on any magic there, but it’s been a fun place to go and I don’t have anything against it.”