NASCAR Cup Series

This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the XFINITY Series will compete at Charlotte Motor Speedway while the Camping World Truck Series is off.

I get it. Racing cars can be dangerous. We have lost people in NASCAR, and one sad day, despite all the advances that have been made regarding safety, we just may lose somebody else. I hope not, but that is the reality we must face. All we can do is greatly reduce the odds.

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET PLAID CHEVROLET SS, joined Team Chevy and a group of breast cancer survivors at Martinsville Speedway today to ‘Paint the Curb Pink’. Following are some comments on the event and a few quotes on his thoughts on returning to Martinsville Speedway in a few weeks for the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the last Saturday night race of the 2015 season. It’s a race that everyone wants to win with Charlotte serving as the home for nearly all of NASCAR’s race teams.

Roush Fenway Racing returns to Concord, N.C. as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) prepares to race at home for the second time in the 2015 NSCS 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.

The penalty rundown is light this week with a P2 penalty being handed to the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team. All that resulted from it was Cole Pearn being placed on probation until Dec. 31.

This weekend, Lowes Foods will make its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut as a primary sponsor at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway with Sam Hornish Jr. and the No. 9 Ford team. Both the team and sponsor will be competing under the lights at their home track.

Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Smithfield Ford team continue to prove consistency. Last weekend's Top-Five finish was the team's third Top-Five this season and second in the last four races.

Brett Moffitt | No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford "I'm looking forward to getting back to another mile-and-a-half. We definitely haven't been to too many of them lately in this last stretch of the season."

Dover Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 18th in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, advancing to the Contender Round of the Chase playoffs after four drivers were eliminated following the 400-lap event at the “Monster Mile.”