Dale Earnhardt Jr. would have loved to have won Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star race and the million dollars that went with it. But after putting on a strong performance from the Sprint Showdown to the main event, he’s anticipating a bigger night when the points are on the line next Sunday.
For Justin Lofton and Brad Keselowski it all came down to restarts. That’s what would decide who was going to win the North Carolina Education 200 at Charlotte on Friday night, two late restarts that changed the night for both of them.
As the checkered flag flew on the 2012 Sprint All-Star Race, people immediately began to talk. How can the All-Star Race reward $1 million to a driver who ran the majority of the race in the back of the pack, riding around trying to avoid trouble?
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Second annual Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race Sunday afternoon. Stenhouse won in convincing fashion, with a 1.465 second margin of victory.
Why it is that NASCAR feels it has to tweak the All-Star race. Consider this. The All Star Game, the mid-summer classic plays nine innings and all rules apply. The NBA All Star event follows the rules and the NFL late season All Star game still plays four quarters and follows the rules.
Defending series champion Scott Steckly is beginning his defence of the championship in the right fashion as he leads practice for the Vortex Brake Pads 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. He led with a lap time of one minute and 24 seconds.
The stars have come home to Charlotte for this weekend's NASCAR Sprint All Star Race, and this year brings new drivers, a new format, but the same old distinction. A million dollars rides on the driver able to cross the finish line first following 90 or so laps at The Beast of the Southeast.
The 2026 Daytona 500 champion from Corning, California, was awarded the pole position for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 event at Charlotte due to rain canceling Saturday's qualifying session.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse, has one career NASCAR Cup Series victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway with that coming in the Bank of America 500 in 2015.
Joe Gibbs Racing owner and founder Joe Gibbs was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Charlotte Motor Speedway.
