Kasey Kahne will make his debut in the No. 30 Rexall Chevrolet. Kahne's Turner Motorsports teammate, Reed Sorenson, has made two starts this season in the Rexall Impala with 11th and 14th-place finishes at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway, respectively.
Riding the Wave of Momentum -Reed Sorenson and the Dollar General team posted their second consecutive top-five finish over the weekend at Iowa Speedway. After leading 77 laps, the most of any driver during the event, Sorenson went on to finish fourth.
Kenseth on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “The challenge of 600 miles at Charlotte is that you need to be there the last 100 miles and not break or not wreck. Everybody’s stuff is more durable than it has ever been and there are more cars that finish these races than there ever used to be."
Pastrana-Waltrip Racing adds another talented young driver to its lineup this weekend as Cole Whitt drives the No. 99 Red Bull Toyota in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Kenseth on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “The challenge of 600 miles at Charlotte is that you need to be there the last 100 miles and not break or not wreck."
No. 00 Aaron’s/Armed Forces Foundation Toyota driver David Reutimann returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 with the same Toyota Camry that he finished third with in Saturday’s Sprint All-Star Race.
Carson Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Talladega Superspeedway.
Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 12 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang Dark Horse, comes into this weekend trailing leader Kyle Larson by 40 points for the NASCAR Cup Series championship.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, notched his third O'Reilly pole of the 2026 season, his fifth at Talladega and ninth on a superspeedway venue with a pole-winning lap at 182.626 mph in 52.435 seconds.
Austin Hill, driver of the No. 33 Camaro ZL1 and No. 21 Camaro SS for Richard Childress Racing, met with the media in advance of running double duty in the NASCAR Cup and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Talladega Superspeedway.