NASCAR Cup Series

Up first, the co-owner of Richard Petty Motorsports was watching his 9th grade son playing with 12 graders in an AAU basketball game that was tied with five seconds left. The young man took the inbounds pass, faked left and went right.

Roush Fenway Racing will host its annual spring fan day at its headquarters in Concord, N.C. on Thursday, May 25. The event is open to the public and will feature autograph sessions with each of Roush Fenway’s drivers.

Regan Smith will be filling in this weekend as driver of the No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion for the injured Aric Alimrola. Smith spoke to the media this afternoon about the opportunity. REGAN SMITH – No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion – WHEN DID YOU GET THE CALL? “Roughly Wednesday morning, right around there. It was something like that. I didn’t know much until then. Obviously, I knew that he was hurt, but didn’t know to what extreme or anything like that."

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO MILITARY CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed coming to Charlotte Motor Speedway as a kid, running double duty, his team’s performance thus far, the Rookie of the Year points battle and many other topics.

Furniture Row Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. was made available to the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway: MARTIN TRUEX JR, No. 78 5-Hour Energy Extra Strength Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Talk a little bit about your week, finally getting a win in Kansas and your outlook for the All‑Star Race this weekend. “Yeah, it was definitely a great week."

Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion, was involved in a multi-car accident last weekend at Kansas Speedway in which he suffered a compression fracture of his T5 vertebra. Almirola held a press conference today at Charlotte Motor Speedway to update his progress. Regan Smith will fill-in for Almirola this weekend.

Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) driver Aric Almirola, who suffered an acute compression fracture to his T5 Vertebra after a multi-car accident at Kansas Speedway last Saturday night, will be forced to miss races in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series during his recovery. The standard healing time for the injury is eight to 12 weeks. Regan Smith will drive the No. 43 Ford this weekend in the Monster Energy Open.

Maaco, North America’s No. 1 Bodyshop and a member of the Charlotte-headquartered Driven Brands family, will make its debut in the NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway this May.

Racing is a team sport, so to celebrate the launch of new M&M’S® Caramel Chocolate Candies, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series® Champion Kyle Busch has recruited an all-star team to “unsquare” the ride-along and try M&M’S newest flavor, M&M’S Caramel. In the new video series “Riding with Kyle Busch,” Kyle puts wife Samantha, country music superstar Jake Owen, pro football player Greg Olsen and fellow Joe Gibbs Racing driver Daniel Suarez in the passenger seat to talk about fatherhood, car repair and everything in between.

Erik Jones and the No. 77 Furniture Row Racing Toyota team look to create some fireworks of their own Saturday night during the NASCAR All-Star event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.