NASCAR Cup Series

They thought Talladega was a wild card. Boy, something tells me that Charlotte’s Roval is going to test them like never before. This one makes the World 600 nothing more than a nice test, a rest in some ways, before the storm coming their way on Sunday.

With the experience that comes from 427 career starts and 12 full seasons on NASCAR’s elite Monster Energy Cup Series, Paul Menard generally has a good idea what’s ahead of him when he heads to a race track.

Ready to Roval: The Series makes their first-ever visit to the 17-turn Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway this Sunday, Sept. 30, for the first cut-off race in the 2018 Playoffs. In 26 Cup Series road course starts between Sonoma and Watkins Glen, Hamlin has collected one win, six top-five and 11 top-10 finishes, notching four of those top-five finishes in his last six starts over the last three seasons. At the traditional Charlotte Motor Speedway oval, Hamlin has made 26 starts and earned nine top-five finishes, including five in his last six starts at the 1.5-mile speedway.

AmericanMuscle’s Hot Lap series is a monthly video installment featuring some of the most popular topics in the Ford Mustang landscape. This month’s AM Hot Lap features a tour of AWE Tuning to witness how AWE builds the highest quality Mustang exhausts on the market.

Chevrolet has won seven inaugural races at the current 24 tracks on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS). When it comes to new venues, Chevrolet drivers and teams adapt quickly and over the years have been the best at tackling new challenges, winning more inaugural races at the current tracks on the Cup Series docket than any other manufacturer. Chevrolet drivers and teams won inaugural events at Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval), Chicagoland Speedway, Watkins Glen and Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Grunt Style No. 76 Camaro will carry the name Liz Alarik on its passenger door at the Drive for the Cure 200 as the NASCAR Xfinity Series makes history as the first NASCAR race at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s road course. Elizabeth Alarik is a breast cancer survivor and wife of Grunt Style CEO, Daniel Alarik.

Chase Elliott on racing to advance in the playoffs at Charlotte: “Yeah, it’s not the ideal situation, for sure. I think that survival will be key there and hoping that you can just not crash by yourself. I mean, heck, I spun out a couple of times by myself and a lot of guys have gone off track not even racing anybody. Just lining up and getting in line and making laps and trying to be solid. I don’t know, we will see where we stack up pace-wise when we get there and then we can adjust how we want to approach the race.”

“AJ Allmendinger has been a valuable asset to the growth of our company, and we are grateful for his professionalism with our brands and the passion he has shown for this race team over the years,” Tad Geschickter said.

With just eight races left in the 2018 season, the NASCAR circuit makes a stop just down the road at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. However, it’s not the normal fall trip to the 1.5-mile track that drivers and teams are preparing for. This weekend, the 2.28-mile ROVAL makes its debut, bringing plenty of unknowns and excitement for both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS). RFR has a combined nine road course wins in the two series, looking to conquer the one in its own backyard this weekend.

The menacing adjectives were flowing last weekend at Richmond Raceway when playoff drivers were asked about this Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the Roval – the new road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway.