Official Release

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S PATRIOTIC CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed his outlook for this weekend’s 600 mile race, his thoughts on having a full-time traveling safety team and many other topics.

Verizon IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe has been transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit at IU Health Methodist Hospital as the Canadian continues to make substantial improvement following surgery on May 18 for injuries to his pelvic area and upper left thigh.

The last time Tony Kanaan figured he had seen this many children was on a visit to Disneyland.

JGL Racing is proud to announce Kyle Fowler will pilot the team's No. 26 PowerAll Toyota for the running of the Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway this Saturday. This will mark Fowler's 16th career start in the NASCAR XFINITY Series but the first with JGL Racing.

NASCAR announced today the inductees who will comprise the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016. The five-person group – the seventh in NASCAR Hall of Fame history – consists of Jerry Cook, Bobby Isaac, Terry Labonte, O. Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner. In addition, NASCAR announced that Harold Brasington won the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. Next year’s Induction Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, broadcast on NBCSN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, live from Charlotte, N.C.

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.