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“Charlotte has been one of my favorite places to race at since I’ve been running stock cars. You can run a lot of different lines there and it’s probably the smoothest of the mile-and-a-half tracks. We ran really well there last year. Our pit crew is so much better this year."

NASCAR announced today the 2013 class of inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The five-person class, which will be officially inducted in a ceremony on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., consists of Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas, Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood.

Annett has six career starts in the Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway Annett enters this weekend’s event in sixth-place in the Nationwide point standings Annett’s best finish (13th) at the 1.5-mile superspeedway came in 2009

Stock car racing veterans Mike Greci and Scott Zipadelli serve as an integral part of No. 99 Boost Mobile Toyota driver Travis Pastrana’s introduction to NASCAR.

Kahne is no stranger to Charlotte Motor Speedway's victory lane... In 18 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS), Kahne has one win and one pole to his credit in addition to four top-10 finishes with 140 laps led.

The No. 31 BRANDT team had a good showing at the short track in central Iowa over the weekend. Justin Allgaier started from the fifth position and after leading three laps and running in the top-five for the majority of the 250-lap event, brought home a sixth-place result.

Buescher has been busy in the first quarter of the NASCAR season. He has competed in every NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race scoring one victory (Kansas Speedway) and three top-three finishes behind the wheel of his No. 31 Silverado.

Growing up just miles away from the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kyle Fowler developed a love for car racing. Fowler, now a 19 year old from Symrna, has grown to become a major prospect in the eyes of one small car operation.

NASCAR has penalized the No. 2 team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series as a result of rule infractions discovered during post-race inspection Sunday at Iowa Speedway.

Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway: “We are coming off a big win at Iowa so we will carry that momentum with us into Charlotte. Every driver wants to win at Charlotte in front of their family and friends."