KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How did the car feel in practice? “It felt really good. I was obviously optimistic about coming back and getting some laps in here at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Everything felt good with the No. 18 M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota Camry. "
Bubba Wallace, who is competing in his first fulltime season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, enters Sunday’s race at Iowa Speedway fourth in the series point standings. The Rookie of the Year contender comes into the weekend with some experience at the .88-mile track.
Arctic Cat, one of the most widely recognized and respected names in the snowmobile, ATV and side-by-side industry, will join Bass Pro Shops as the co-primary sponsor of Tony Stewart in the 31st annual NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Saturday night at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, was part of a press conference with sponsor Shell and Doug Rice of the Performance Racing Network. Logano spoke about the upcoming Coca-Cola 600 and whether or not he would ever be interested in running both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600.
Roush Fenway Racing returns home to Charlotte, N.C. as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) prepares for an All-Star weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, an event that Roush Fenway has won four times.
“Today was a really good day for us; we’ve really improved the Steak ‘n Shake car a lot in race trim. Most of our day was spent working on qualifying stuff. We figured out a couple of tricks there and I’m pretty comfortable with the car. Tomorrow we will work on qualifying trim all day."
“It’s all about the guys just bringing great, great trucks to the track each and every week and it starts at the top with having Junior (Carl Joiner, crew chief) leading those guys bringing these trucks to the race track and that’s it – just having a great owner and great sponsor like I’ve had for so many years with them.”
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) returns to the track this weekend in Concord, North Carolina for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200. Travis Kvapil will make his 6th NCWTS start at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Kyle Fowler will be piloting the Advance Payment Services (APS) / PowerAll No. 1 Chevrolet Silverado this Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. This will be Kyle’s 1st NCWTS start while making his 17th start in the top three NASCAR series. The No. 1 Chevrolet will also be honoring EMS Apprication Week.
All-Star Race Preview: Hamlin and the #11 FedEx team head home to Charlotte Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race. Hamlin is making his ninth All-Star Race start on Saturday night. He has two top-five finishes and five top-10 results in eight previous non-points, exhibition events, and has led 30 laps. He started 22nd and finished ninth in last year’s event. The race is made up of 2014 and 2015 Sprint Cup Series race winners, previous All-Star Race winners and Cup champions with full-time rides, totaling 17 eligible drivers this season.
The 2.5-mile superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to Ware’s best career NASCAR Cup Series finish and it’s where the driver of the No. 51 Super.com Chevrolet has led the most laps.
Heading back to where it all began, NASCAR will close out the regular season this weekend at “The World Center of Racing”, Daytona International Speedway
Austin Prock is entering this year’s 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals with more to prove than just defending his PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout title.