NASCAR Cup Series

Kyle Busch topped the charts in the final practice session. The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest with a time of 28.518 and a speed of 189.354 mph.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How was the car in practice? “I think we were okay. You look at fast lap time and it wasn’t a fast lap time, but I had cars all stuck in front of me just the way we pulled out on the race track so we didn’t get a fast lap."

Kurt Busch led the way during the second practice session at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The driver of the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Chevrolet posted a lap of 28.606 and a speed of 188.772 mph to top the charts in the second Sprint Cup Series practice.

TrueTimber® and Earnhardt Outdoors announced today that NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. will become the face of TrueTimber Camo, a product innovator of realistic camouflage patterns that offers better concealment and versatility in the outdoors. The landmark deal for Earnhardt Jr. includes an investment for an equity partnership in TrueTimber with partners Rusty Sellars, the founder, and Johnny Morris of Bass Pro Shops.

Today on the Sirius XM program "Tradin' Paint," NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France joined Jim Noble and Danny "Chocolate" Myers to discuss the concerns Jack Roush brought up about moving to a franchise ownership model.

The motto for the 24 team in the Challenger Round struck me as simply "survive and advance." While he had a dominant car at Chicagoland, he was a 10th-place car at best in Loudon and Dover. Now that Gordon has moved on to the Contender Round, he'll find the track lineup of Charlotte, Kansas and Talladega to his advantage.

Matt Kenseth has given notice that he is the man to beat when the Chase goes under the lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway. With a speed of 194.532 mph, Kenseth put his Toyota on the pole for Saturday night.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How strong was the qualifying lap in the final round? “It was a heck of a lap and I knew it had a lot of speed."

Kurt Busch posted the sixth fastest speed in his No. 41 State Water Heater Chevrolet SS in the final of three rounds of knockout style-qualifying for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “It’s a lot of fun qualifying here at Charlotte. You’re just on the gas so much and there’s so much grip when the sun goes down that you don’t really fall off in speed with the different runs for some reason, so it’s a lot of fun driving the Shell/Pennzoil Ford."