NASCAR Track News

The TUMS Fast Relief 500 is less than two weeks away, but there are still plenty of options available to make sure you take in all the action of the seventh race of in the Chase for the Sprint Cup on October 28 at Martinsville Speedway.

The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) will be the title sponsor Kentucky Speedway’s UNOH 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event though 2015 under the terms of an extended corporate partnership.

Greg Biffle set a new Charlotte Motor Speedway record en route to his 12TH career pole position during Thursday’s Bojangles’ Pole Night. Biffle sped around the 1.5-mile superspeedway in 27.877 seconds (193.708 mph) to earn the top starting spot for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500, the only night race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

As a race driver, Cale Gale knows it is best to come close, but not touch the curbs at Martinsville Speedway. Thursday he got closer than he’s ever been to those infamous curbs and he was smiling the entire time.

The Bank of America 500 weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway opened with breaking news Thursday morning when Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced he will not drive in Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Regan Smith will replace Earnhardt in the No. 88 AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet as NASCAR’s most popular driver recovers from multiple concussions.

Race fans young and old can listen to a “Turtle Powered” family broadcast of the Bank of America 500 from Charlotte Motor Speedway beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13. A team of prominent NASCAR broadcasters will share the announcing duties with their sons and daughters for a one-of-a-kind production that families are sure to enjoy.

Fans from around the globe will converge on Charlotte Motor Speedway this week for an exciting week of racing, culminating Saturday with the 53rd running of the Bank of America 500.

Television personality Mike Rowe will attend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, October 13, 2012 and help Caterpillar shine a light on the importance of skilled trades. Rowe will welcome the winners of the Caterpillar "Your Company Name on the No. 31 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Car" promotion.

An Olympic gold medalist, a Hall of Fame quarterback and a retiring Kansas politician will all be in the spotlight on Oct. 19 and 20 as they take part in the Kansas Lottery 300 and Kansas Lottery 98.9.

As Charlotte Motor Speedway begins final preparations for a thrilling Bank of America 500 race week, officials have added even more star power to a weekend headlined by Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, singer/actress Victoria Justice, country rockers Big & Rich, world-famous tightrope walker Nik Wallenda and NASCAR’s best drivers.