This Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 will mark McMurray’s 450th start in NSCS competition. Charlotte Motor Speedway is of significant importance to the career of McMurray. The Joplin, MO native set the record for the fewest amount of starts before a first NSCS victory when he won the 2002 Bank of America 500 in just his second career start.
To honor military service members and their families on Memorial Weekend, all NSCS car windshields will display names of service men and women instead of the driver's name. The No. 51 Chevy will carry the name of United States Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam K. Ginett. Tech. Sgt. Ginett was killed by an IED blast in January of 2010.
Roush Fenway Racing returns home to Charlotte, N.C. as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) prepares for the 56th running of the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest race of the season.
Back-to-Back Short Tracks...The Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series calendar, is next on the docket for Michael Annett and his No. 46 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet team. Annett will take to the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway this Sunday evening fresh off of a 23rd-place finish at Kansas Speedway, another 1.5-mile track, two weeks ago. Annett is in search of his 13th top-25 finish in the last two years at tracks 1.5 miles or larger.
Larson enters Saturday’s race as the defending XFINITY Series spring race winner at Charlotte Motor Speedway after earning his second-career victory there last May. In four previous starts at the 1.5-mile speedway, Larson has an average starting position of 8.8, an average finishing position of 5.8 and has led 99 laps. His best start was third last year. Larson has made three XFINITY Series starts in the ENEOS Chevrolet Camaro in 2015 (Daytona, Atlanta and Auto Club), finishing in the top 10 each time out.
After a disappointing finish last week in Iowa, Ross Chastain hopes to get back on track in Saturday’s Hisense 300 Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Roush Fenway Racing will provide an inside look at its May 21 Fan Day Festivities by utilizing the Periscope live-streaming video app. Broadcasts will include interviews with Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series drivers, as well as a live look at the festivities during the event and a Q&A session with the RFR team.
This Week's Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota at Charlotte Motor Speedway: JJ Yeley will pilot Chassis No. 221 in the Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This car is newly rebuilt in the JGL Racing stable and features a brand new body on this No. 28 Toyota. This is the first race of the 2015 season for this chassis.
Pocono Raceway, in partnership with Man Cave Health, will once again bring its impactful men’s health initiative to fans during the June 12-14 NASCAR race weekend.
In 16 previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Michigan International Speedway (MIS), Spire Motorsports has two top-10 finishes with a best result of seventh earned by Zane Smith in 2024.
Layne Riggs, driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford F-150, is the hottest driver on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit after registering his second straight victory last weekend in Nashville.