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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will be in action at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off. The Monster Energy Series heads to the final race of the Round of 16 in the NASCAR Playoffs, while the Xfinity Series Playoffs continues the Round of 12. Check out the full schedule below, which is subject to change.

News and notes: After a mechanical issue last weekend in Richmond, Boyd is ready to test his skills at the first annual running of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. Boyd will sport special colors on his Grunt Style Chevy this weekend with pink- camouflage in support of breast cancer survivor Liz Alarik. “I honestly have no idea what to expect this weekend. I don't think anyone does,” says Boyd. "It's just so different than anything I've ever raced on. I think the key is going to be just racing the track. If we can do that, I think we have an opportunity to bring home a really good result."

Elliott Sadler sits fifth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff standings with two events before the cutoff for the Round of 8. Currently, the Virginia native is 39 points outside of the lead and 16 points above the cutline.

Majeski on the Roval - “I don’t think anyone really knows what to expect. Judging by the test I think it’s going to be at matter of survival and I think everyone is going in with that mentality. It will be interesting to see how it plays out."

Gallagher and the No. 23 team will utilize chassis no. 214. This chassis has been raced twice this year at Watkins Glen International by A.J. Allmendinger (start: 4th/finish: 2nd) and at Road America by NASCAR Hall of Famer, Bill Elliott (Start: 23rd/Finish: 20th).

Today, during an episode of its popular JRM360 video series, JR Motorsports announced the addition of Noah Gragson to the team’s NASCAR Xfinity Series stable of drivers for 2019. Gragson has been tabbed in a multi-year deal that places him behind the wheel of JRM’s No. 1 Chevrolet in full-time pursuit of a series championship next season.

Richard Childress Racing's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In 165 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing teams have earned eight points-paying victories (four wins with Dale Earnhardt, one with Jeff Burton, two with Kevin Harvick and one with Austin Dillon) and four All-Star race victories (three with Earnhardt and one with Harvick), giving RCR 12 total Cup Series checkered flags at the Concord, N.C.-based track. RCR boasts 23 top-five and 52 top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile track. Childress, a former driver on NASCAR's senior circuit, contributed two of those top-10 finishes from 1978 to 1979. The Welcome, N.C. organization has led a combined 1,156 laps at the Charlotte facility.

Reed on The Roval “I think right now my mindset is survive. I don’t know what to expect. I watched the Cup cars when they were out there. I think there is an opportunity to be a really fast car and I think we are going to have really good equipment, but it is so easy to step over that line and wreck because the track is going to be so tricky."

Camry driver Christopher Bell was victorious in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) race at Richmond Raceway on Friday night.

Ryan Reed, No. 16 Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang - Finished 10th “Obviously our practice sessions weren’t very good and then for the first round of qualifying I thought we were better than the second round and it turns out one of the track bar bolts came loose. So we had to start in the back because we had to fix that before the race. We fought all night. The balance was up and down. There were points where we felt real good. We got a good break there on the second to last restart and got some good track position and held on to it right there. We definitely recovered and got the car better but we need to bring more speed. I think a top-10 makes us somewhat of a contender but if we are going to make any kind of a deep run we need to do better than that.”