NASCAR Cup Series

Roush Fenway Racing returns to Concord, N.C. for homecoming weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) prepares to race at home for the second time in the 2017 MENCS season at Charlotte Motor Speedway. A Roush Fenway Ford has visited victory lane at Charlotte on 20 different occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

Following last Sunday’s race in Dover, Martin Truex Jr. said, “I am looking forward to the next round of the playoffs and feel good about where this Furniture Row Racing team is at right now.”

With the first NASCAR Playoffs hurdle cleared – transferring to Round 2 – Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team embark on the second leg of the championship journey, which begins Sunday with the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Erik Jones views his last race at Charlotte Motor Speedway as a major step forward in his 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season and the driver of the No. 77 5-hour ENERGY Toyota sees Sunday’s Bank of America 500 as another opportunity to progress.

The Round of 12 begins this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway with four Ford drivers from different organizations still in the championship hunt. Ryan Blaney (Wood Brother Racing), Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing), Brad Keselowski (Team Penske), and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing) remain in contention. Here’s a look at where each stands going into Sunday’s event and how Ford has fared in this annual race.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will join Brad Paisley at Paisley’s JR Nation Appreci88ion concert presented by Wrangler and Nationwide on Saturday night at zMAX Dragway; The concert is FREE to ticketholders for Sunday’s Bank of America 500

Dover Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 35th in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway after brushing the wall on lap 374 of the 400-lap race following a broken axle on the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota.

That's why Elliott is taking time out from his run at a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship Thursday to visit via Skype with sports marketing students at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Given the current landscape of sports in the United States, there are two questions that remain unanswered. One, will there be an NFL team that finally signs Colin Kaepernick? And two, will there be a NASCAR team that finally gives Bubba Wallace a chance to be a regular in the Monster Series?

Hendrick Motorsports' 19 wins at Charlotte are tied with Dover International Speedway for second for the organization's most at a track, behind only Martinsville Speedway with 24 wins. The Charlotte victories have come via seven different drivers -- Johnson (eight), Gordon (five), Darrell Waltrip (two), Ken Schrader, Terry Labonte, Casey Mears and Kahne.