NASCAR Cup Series

Sometimes I like surprises. You tune in a race hoping to be entertained, but not always expecting it. Kansas turned out to be that kind of race.

WINNER, WINNER: While Keselowski has yet to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS), he does own two career victories (2010 and 2012) in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the 1.5-mile oval.

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to today's NASCAR Cam teleconference with Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet for Stewart‑Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Newman is 12th in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings with one win and 14 top‑10 finishes. He returns to Charlotte Motor Saturday on Saturday night, where he has a career‑best nine poles.

From rookies without a lap on the track to tried and true veterans, 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers spent 10 hours testing at Martinsville Speedway Tuesday in preparation for the Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 Powered by Kroger on October 27.

Kurt Busch, Furniture Row Racing NASCAR driver, will conduct a public autograph session in Charlotte, Saturday, Oct 12 from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. EDT.

Biffle has 21 starts in the Cup series at Charlotte, but a win has eluded him. He has finished in the top-five five times and has eight top-10 finishes.

Edwards enters the Bank of America 500 eleventh in the series points’ standings and will return to Charlotte Motor Speedway for his 18th Sprint Cup career start. In his previous starts, Edwards has five top-five and ten top-10 finishes. His average start is 17.9 and average finish is 11.9.

Stenhouse Jr. got his first Sprint Cup start at Charlotte in 2011 in the famed No. 21 finishing an impressive 11th-place.

Bobby Labonte returns to the No. 47 SCOTT® Products Toyota Camry at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Bank of America 500 Saturday night.

No.15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota driver Clint Bowyer attended an event last August at Charlotte Motor Speedway to announce that tight rope walker Nik Wallenda would walk from the top of the grandstand to victory lane on a quarter inch steel cable.