NASCAR O'Reilly Series

It’s another showdown between the rising stars and seasoned veterans of the NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR’s seven touring series, as voting for the Most Popular Driver Awards begins today, Thursday, October 9.

This weekend the action continues at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Nationwide Series Drive for the Cure 300 Friday evening and the Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 Saturday night. This is the second event of the three-race Contender Round for the Sprint Cup drivers as the top 12 battle for a win to guarantee their spot in the upcoming Eliminator Round.

Landon Cassill will be looking for a return to the top 15 in Friday night’s Drive for the Cure 300 Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Jeffrey Earnhardt returns this weekend to the track – Charlotte Motor Speedway – where his grandfather (Dale Earnhardt Sr.) made his Sprint Cup debut.

On the eve of American Diabetes Month® and World Diabetes Day in November, Lilly Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association have announced a multi-year renewal of their successful Drive to Stop DiabetesSM NASCAR program with Roush Fenway Racing and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) driver Ryan Reed.

JR Motorsports announced today a multi-year sponsorship extension with Pinnacle Foods Inc. that will start with four NASCAR XFINITY Series races in 2015 with drivers Kasey Kahne and Kevin Harvick.

CAMRY CHASERS CONTEND: All three Toyota Camry drivers are in the top-10 in points and within 20 points of the leader as race two of the 'Contender' round of this year's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) championship playoff rolls into Charlotte -- Kyle Busch (second-place, -6 points), Denny Hamlin (fifth, -11) and Matt Kenseth (seventh, -17). After Charlotte, the series will head to the high banks of Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway before another four drivers will be eliminated from moving on to the third round of the championship playoffs.

James Carter Racing announced today that Unlimited Possibilities (UP) will serve as an associate marketing partner for Friday night’s Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

"There is no doubt, racing in Charlotte always feels special. Most of the race shops are in area, so there is a lot of extra excitement with so many family and friends at the race. This weekend is also special because I'll be racing a pink Toyota in honor of breast cancer awareness in honor of my mom, and everyone who has battled the disease.

Roush Fenway Racing drivers Trevor Bayne, Chris Buescher and Ryan Reed are scheduled to visit the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday, October 8, as a lead in to the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) event at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway on October 10. The trio will answer fan questions, sign autographs and race simulators against members and guests of the HOF.