Torrential downpours and heavy rain forced NASCAR to postpone the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and reschedule it for tomorrow (Sunday, October 11) at 12:30 p.m., ET. Charlotte is the fourth race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship and the first event in the Challenger Round.
Austin Dillon completed the season sweep at Charlotte Motor Speedway by winning the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, backing up his win at CMS in May. Ty Dillon finished sixth, Brian Scott was 13th and Brendan Gaughan 15th.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Elliott Sadler finished 10th in his special pink No. 1 OneMain Financial Ford Mustang on Friday night in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS).
Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon took advantage of a clash between then race leader Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne to win the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and complete the season sweep of NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association team finished 11th on Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway after starting in the same position.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher had a fast Zest Ford Mustang in Friday evening’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, coming home with a seventh-place finish. The top-10 finish was Buescher’s 19th of the season, and keeps him in the lead of the driver point standings.
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford Mustang, utilized a three-wide move on a late-race restart to record an eighth-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The finish marked Wallace’s eighth consecutive top-10 finish at 1.5 mile tracks, dating back to Las Vegas in March.
CHRIS BUESCHER – No. 60 Zest Ford Mustang – “The good thing is we gained a couple points, so there is that. Our guys have done a really nice job and this is by far the best car I’ve had here at Charlotte, so I’m really proud of that. Our Zest Mustang had a lot of speed."
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How was the car in practice? “I think we were okay. You look at fast lap time and it wasn’t a fast lap time, but I had cars all stuck in front of me just the way we pulled out on the race track so we didn’t get a fast lap."
The intensity continues to build during NHRA’s 75th anniversary season at the 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, which takes place July 24-26 at Pacific Raceways.
NASCAR Cup Series drivers share their expectations for the inaugural Window World 450, the first 450-lap Cup Series race in North Wilkesboro Speedway history
