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CONCORD, N.C. -- In case you missed it, Erik Jones topped the chart in first XFINITY Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.808 and a speed of 181.159 mph.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the XFINITY Series will compete at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. The Camping World Truck Series is off. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

Dakoda will be making his sixth career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Charlotte Motor Speedway to go along with two prior starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Wallace will make his third career NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon.

Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In 151 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing teams have earned seven points-paying victories (four wins with Dale Earnhardt, one with Jeff Burton and two with Kevin Harvick) and four All-Star race victories (three with Earnhardt and one with Harvick), giving RCR 11 total Sprint Cup Series checkered flags at the Concord, N.C.-based track. RCR boasts 21 top-five and 48 top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile track.

Reed has competed at Charlotte Motor Speedway five times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, never finishing outside of the top 15. In 2015, Reed took home 12th- and 11th-place finishes in the spring and fall races, respectively.

Jeb Burton may have only raced five times total at Charlotte Motor Speedway in his professional racing career, but the No. 43 Rocky Ridge Trucks team is ready to bring a top performance to the home crowd this weekend, as the XFINITY Series returns.

From Charlotte to New York City, and from Quebec to Israel, the 11 drivers who were announced as the 2016-17 NASCAR Next class today are primed for a successful and impactful future in NASCAR. This is the sixth edition of NASCAR Next, an industry-wide initiative designed to spotlight to best and brightest rising young stars in racing.

Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 10 Days of NASCAR Thunder provides more excitement than any part of the NASCAR schedule, and this year fans have more reason than ever to visit the iconic 1.5-mile superspeedway to get ready for two exhilarating back-to-back weekends of knock-down, drag-it-out racing action.

“I think with my experience in the Cup Series for the last two years, these nine races, I have to go win some. I have to prove that I should be here and I think winning means that.”