SM Staff

Kevin Harvick’s stride will set in this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS). Harvick started on the pole and dominated last weekend at Kansas Speedway, setting Harvick as a legitimate contender to steal the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) championship.

Driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, Kyle Busch, wins his ninth NASCAR Nationwide Series pole award this season at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch is no stranger to doing well in the Nationwide Series with ten wins this season, including eighteen top-5 and nineteen top-10 finishes leading a total of 4,027 laps.

After a late crash in the Hollywood Casino 400 last week at Kansas Speedway that landed Busch a 34th place finish and caused him to drop two spots in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, Busch comes to Charlotte Motor Speedway on a mission.

As the green flag falls Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway there are only six races left in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. Not only will the Bank of America 500 be a vital race to the thirteen drivers in contention for the championship, but it will be a monumental race in the NASCAR careers of Kyle Larson and Brain Scott, who will be making their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debuts.

NASCAR’s ten time most popular driver celebrated his 39th birthday Thursday, and will be making his 500th Sprint Cup Series start under the lights Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

From weather and tires to a fire off track that was smoky enough to cause a caution, here is what else was surprising and...

Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) can't catch a break in 2013. The highlight of their season in the NSCS has been Clint Bowyer backing up what he did in 2012 by finding his way in the Chase. Anyhow, the future is looking dimmer and dimmer as the day’s pass for MWR due to lack of crew chiefs and sponsorship.

Following scary incident on the final lap of the Grand Prix of Houston, Dario Franchitti would suffer injuries.

Kevin Harvick swept the weekend at Kansas Speedway and won the caution filled Hollywood Casino 400 from the pole. The victory was Harvick's 22nd career victory and his third victory in 2013. This is his first victory at Kansas Speedway.

Kansas Speedway is certainly one of the cookie-cutter races that the Chase schedule has to offer. The variable 17 to 20 degrees of banking in the corners plus the 10 degrees on the frontstretch leaves much to be desired for those looking for an exciting Sunday afternoon of racing.