NASCAR Cup Series

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.

No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine driver Brian Vickers has a busy schedule in the days leading up to Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 Ford Fusion, has had one eventful experience in his rookie season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The two-time Nationwide Series champion has found out that great success in that series does not translate to instant success on the Cup side. Stenhouse caught up with Ford Racing to discuss his rookie season, including the frustrations, disappointments and positive things he has experienced.

Phoenix Racing today named Jimmy Elledge as its interim crew chief for the remainder of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The move reunites Elledge with Justin Allgaier who will be in the No. 51 Chevrolet 2 out of the last 6 races.

Unlike some other tracks the Sprint Cup Series has visited this season, Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway shouldn't produce too many surprises for NASCAR's Generation-6 car. No. 34 Taco Bell Ford driver David Ragan says his team has run enough laps on the 1.5-mile track this season that his team should have plenty of notes to prepare for Saturday night's Bank of America 500.