Well, I mean, every race is important, obviously. But I think for this round, Talladega being the third race is really like on everybody's mind. It's like Charlotte, Kansas, all right, what can we do to hopefully win, if not be in a really comfortable position going to Talladega.
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth were made available to the media at Contender Chase Media Day in Charlotte:
Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In 148 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing teams have earned seven points-paying victories (four wins with Dale Earnhardt, one with Jeff Burton and two with Kevin Harvick) and four All-Star race victories (three with Earnhardt and one with Harvick), giving RCR 11 total Sprint Cup Series checkered flags at the Concord, N.C.-based track. RCR boasts 21 top-five and 47 top-10 finishes on the 1.5-mile surface.
Bubba Wallace will make his second start at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the NASCAR XFINITY Series this Friday evening. In his previous start which came earlier this season, Wallace started second and finished fifth.
Greg Biffle honored his second cousin, Private Dean VanDyke, whose name was displayed across the windshield of the No. 16 Ford with a second-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600. Biffle was a constant figure in the top 10 for the longest race of the year and in the end was able to stretch fuel mileage to earn his best finish of the season in what was also his 450th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start.
Justin Allgaier will be making his fourth start at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) this weekend. In his previous three starts at the 1.5-mile track, Allgaier has a best finish of 15th. In his other two starts, he finished multiple laps down after an accident, and a mechanical failure. Even though HScott Motorsports is located in Spartanburg, S.C., CMS is considered its home track.
Sister companies Hendrick Motorsports and Hendrick Automotive Group have partnered for a four-race sponsorship built around the Hendrick Ride Along Sweepstakes. The program started at Darlington Sept. 4-6 and will continue through this weekend's Oct. 10 event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski both participated in Chase Media Day at the NASCAR Hall of Fame as the Contender Round in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup begins this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Following are transcripts from their respective Q&A sessions with members of the print media.
Stenhouse Jr. has seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 23.4 and average finishing position of 22.9.
Ryan Ellis was announced as Young’s Motorsports’ full-time driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series as the organization enters its third season of competition.
With Nafy, an AI music generator that runs online, a crew member with a laptop can type a description of a sound, pick a vocal style and hear a full track built around it within minutes.
