NASCAR Cup Series

Only five days remain until the 52nd running of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Here are several Coca-Cola 600 news items that will help race fans coming to the event this Sunday, May 29, get the most out of their race experience.

Dodge has eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 600-mile wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway: Buddy Baker (3), Richard Petty (2), Kasey Kahne (2) and Kurt Busch (1).

This Saturday, the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing gift shop will be open from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. This will give race fans the opportunity to not only support their favorite EGR drivers, but can also walk out onto the viewing deck and look out onto the shop floor.

ALBA COLON, NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES PROGRAM MANAGER, GM RACING: "We always look forward to Memorial Day weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Some memories for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver are unforgettable, such as, their first career victory.

No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS driver Martin Truex Jr. returns to points racing when the longest race of the year, the Coca-Cola 600, gets underway Sunday afternoon at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

EXPRESS NOTES: All-Star Race Recap: Denny Hamlin and the FedEx Racing team finished seventh in last Saturday’s Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Biffle on the Coke 600: "It takes a lot of patience. It's such a long race and it requires a totally different mind set. It's kind of like two races."

Kenseth on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “The challenge of 600 miles at Charlotte is that you need to be there the last 100 miles and not break or not wreck. Everybody’s stuff is more durable than it has ever been and there are more cars that finish these races than there ever used to be."

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan became the first sitting U.S. President to attend a NASCAR race.