NASCAR Cup Series

Fans at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Friday night’s Sprint Showdown and North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Camping World Truck Series Race will have the chance to meet the biggest stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series during a special Sprint All-Star autograph session at the legendary 1.5-mile superspeedway.

Showdown: “It is always interesting and a fun race and this weekend we are proud to have Freighliner and Miller on board,” Allmendinger said. “We will go out there in practice and I think it will be the same thing we have seen at a lot of these mile-and-a-half tracks. I think our first practice is around noon or so. Our first time out, there will be a ton of grip on the track and we will be flying around that place.

Jeff Gordon: Gordon took the lead with eight laps to go and held off the hard-changing Kevin Harvick to take the checkered flag at Kansas. It was Gordon’s first win this season and third career win at Kansas Speedway.

There are three major stars in NASCAR’s constellation of drivers. They are simply called Jimmie, Junior, and Jeff, and few could argue that this trio has shone the brightest. Jimmie Johnson has six championships, including five in a row.

The Colorado Freedom Memorial is proud to announce that Denver-based Furniture Row Racing will be honoring generations of Colorado’s fallen veterans when the No. 78 Chevrolet competes in the 55thAnnual Coca-Cola 600 this Memorial Day Weekend, with only the Colorado Freedom Memorial logo emblazoned on its hood.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series plays a couple of home games over the next two weeks as the series occupies Charlotte Motor Speedway. This weekend’s non-points paying All-Star Race features a qualifying race, a fan vote and a unique format to decide who walks home with $1 million.

“I’m looking forward to the All-Star race; hopefully we can continue running well on 1.5-mile tracks. Night races are always exciting and hopefully we can learn some things for the Coke 600 next weekend.”

No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brian Vickers is one of 22 drivers who will battle in Saturday’s 30th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Vickers earned his entry into the event by winning at New Hampshire in July.

Keselowski will make his sixth career start in the annual Sprint All-Star race this weekend. He made his debut in 2009, when he started 10th and finished 17th. His best result to date came in the 2012 race when he finished in second place.

The driver of the No. 17 Building for America’s Bravest Ford will try to race his way in to Saturday night’s All-Star race this Friday night in the Sprint Showdown.