Charlotte Motor Speedway Tag

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 was as much about Tyler Reddick’s heroic drive into the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs as it was about Kyle Larson’s continued domination of elimination races. As Larson cruised to his second Playoff victory this season—and his second in an elimination race—Reddick charged forward from 26th after a Lap 84 restart and clawed his way to 11th—good enough to knock two-time series champion Joey Logano out of the Playoffs by eight points. Logano’sRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor CONCORD, N.C. – Survive and advance. Tyler Reddick’s run through the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs nearly went up in smoke, but the regular season champion was not going to go down without a fight. After starting on the outside pole, the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota went on to win the first stage, but after finding himself mired back in traffic after pitting at the end of the stage, things were about to take a drastic turn. Heading into notorious Turn 7 onRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor CONCORD, N.C. – Coming into Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the four drivers below the cut line in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs stood as Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric, and Chase Briscoe.  Some were within striking distance in the points, while the others were in must-win territory, but when all was said and done, it appeared that those were the four that would be axed from title contention. That is until post-race inspection took place and Alex Bowman’s No.Read More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor CONCORD, N.C. – Game on. Seven spots in the next round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs are still up for grabs in Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the second elimination race of the postseason. When the checkered flag flies, four drivers will be going home with their title hopes having gone up in smoke. As it sits, William Byron is the lone driver that has already punched his ticket to the Round of 8 on points. Behind him, there areRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor CONCORD, N.C. – Sometimes it’s just not meant to be. Parker Kligerman came into Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL in must-win territory to punch his ticket into the next round of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs and for a split-second, it looked like he had pulled it off. Until he hadn’t. Pitting for fresh tires inside of 15 laps to go in regulation, Kligerman made the drive of a lifetime, clawing his way forward on a restart with 11Read More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—As Sam Mayer celebrated his drama-filled victory in Saturday’s Drive for the Cure 250 Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Parker Kligerman watched a replay of the whisker-close circumstance that knocked him out of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs. In overtime, Mayer passed Kligerman in Turn 7 of the 2.280-mile, 17-turn circuit and pulled away to claim the victory that propelled him into the Playoffs’ Round of 8. But Mayer’s win was devastationRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor CONCORD, N.C. – A clean sweep. Shane van Gisbergen lived up to expectations Saturday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, sweeping the pole positions for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Cup Series races on the 2.28-mile, 17-turn road course. Piloting his No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet around the course in one minute, 22.704 seconds, the New Zealander jumped to the top of the board, but would have to wait out the threat from Tyler Reddick, who made a run at the top spot, butRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor CONCORD, N.C. – The Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs comes down to this. There are numerous adjectives that can be used to describe this weekend’s race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course: unpredictable, volatile, treacherous, chaotic, etc. One thing is for sure, Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 is going to be a hell of a ride, with four drivers getting cut from the Cup Series Playoffs when the checkered flag waves. In an effort to spice things up back inRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service What if?… That’s the question that will continue to haunt us after a long day of auto racing on Memorial Day weekend. What if Mother Nature hadn’t intervened, delaying the start of the Indianapolis 500 and shortening the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night? A weather system that battered the Midwest forced Hendrick Motorsports to change plans that had been in the works for a full year. Delayed from the planned 12:45 p.m. start, the green flag at the Indy 500 flew nearly four hoursRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. – A lightning delay that turned into a heavy rainstorm made a winner of Christopher Bell in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Not that Bell didn’t deserve the victory in the rain-shortened race, which NASCAR was forced to call after 249 of 400 laps were complete. The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota started third, led a race-high 90 laps and won the second stage of the 14th NASCAR Cup Series race of the season. The decisiveRead More