NASCAR Cup Series

After one of the toughest outings in recent history, Roush Fenway hopes to rebound this week at the friendly confines of Charlotte Motor Speedway. They will look to do it at a track where Roush Fenway has won seven times in the Sprint Cup Series and 10 times on the Nationwide Side.

With the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams racing close to home this weekend, Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 9 Budweiser Ford, will be logging miles on the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as off the track, through the streets of Uptown Charlotte, N.C.

We learned that with the palm trees lining the track and the mountains in the background, it can be a picturesque place to watch a race.

During the course of the previous NASCAR weekend at the Auto Club Speedway. We watched "Smoke" elevate his championship status and we watched the status of other championship efforts go up in smoke.

The fourth-annual Jimmie Johnson Foundation Golf Tournament and Dinner Auction, which took place Oct. 5-6 at the Grand Del Mar in San Diego, raised more than $525,000, the fourth-consecutive year that the charity has surpassed the half-million dollar mark.

Carl Edwards on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “We went into California thinking that would be the race that could put us near the points lead, but we had trouble with a part in the distributor."

Kenseth on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “Track position has been really important at Charlotte since the introduction of this car with the spoiler."

No. 56 NAPA Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

Biffle on Charlotte: “Well, we’re going to just go out and do our best the rest of the season pretty much like we have all year."

Ragan on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “I’m looking forward to running the United Way paint scheme this weekend in the only night race in the Chase."