NASCAR Cup Series

Regan Smith has a message for race fans about the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

Welcome to today's NASCAR teleconference with Jamie McMurray driver of the No. #1 Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevrolet for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. McMurray, a two-time race winner at Charlotte Motor Speedway, is celebrating the 10th anniversary season of his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series which came at Charlotte on October 13, 2002.

No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota driver Clint Bowyer spent Tuesday afternoon in Salisbury, N.C. at Toyota Racing Development attending the unveiling of the 2013 Toyota Camry that will race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starting in February’s Daytona 500.

No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. understands the importance of this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. His team, led by crew chief Chad Johnston, is tied for fifth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings. Every point is crucial when contending for the NAPA team’s first berth into the Chase.

Even after Dale Beatty lost both of his legs in combat, he refused to let his injuries keep him from serving his country.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD – AN AMERICAN SALUTE/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET – 3rd IN STANDINGS: “I think the (NASCAR Sprint) All-Star Race showed what we are capable of doing for the 600. We are bringing the same car, and we have a couple of ideas on how to make the car even faster -- especially for qualifying -- that I hope will work out.”

RCR at Charlotte ... In 125 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing teams have earned six points-paying victories.

Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevrolet team return to Charlotte Motor Speedway for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race as defending champions of the Memorial Day Weekend Coca-Cola 600.

Dodge’s most recent win at the 1.5-mile track was two years ago in the Coca-Cola 600. Kurt Busch led 252 of the 400 laps en route to the win.