Charlotte Motor Speedway Tag

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season includes a number of firsts for rookie Kaz Grala. Grala earned his first career win at Daytona International Speedway as well as the pole position. His win and pole also made series history as he became the youngest pole sitter and race winner at Daytona. Grala also made his first career start on a 1.5-mile track at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This weekend, Grala will make his first start on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile layout with a newRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Through the first 11 weeks of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the trend has been for each race to feature three stages, with the first two stages making up about half of the race and then the final stage to the finish. But things will be a bit different when the series rolls into Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600 as NASCAR announced on Monday that the longest race of the season will now feature four stages instead of the normal three. Instead ofRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time Cale Conley competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series was Kansas in 2015 for Tri-Star Motorsports. Unfortunately for Conley, sponsorship money dried up with three races left in the season. Now he has a new opportunity thanks to JGL Racing’s “Young Guns” program. Conley joins previously announced Scott Lagasse Jr., Corey LaJoie, Drew Herring, Jeb Burton and Dylan Lupton as members of JGL Racing’s “Young Guns” program. The first scheduled race for Conley is in the No. 24 Toyota Camry in the Hisense 300Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer In 2016, Matt DiBenedetto just missed earning a spot in the NASCAR All-Star race after running a social media campaign that even included changing his name on the car to ‘DiBurrito.’ This year, DiBenedetto will once again have a social media presence as he will represent Reddit on the Go Fas Racing No. 32 Ford Fusion. DiBenedetto has been an active Reddit user, participating in ‘Ask Me Anything’ question and answer sessions, and recently explained the fun he has had on Reddit. “I’ve really gotten toRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor For the first time since 2015, X-Games and action sports star Travis Pastrana will be returning to the cockpit of a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series vehicle. On Monday, Niece Motorsports announced that Pastrana will join the team for a select number of events in 2017, beginning with the September 30th race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Pastrana will also test the team’s No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 2, the team noted in their release. “I love NASCAR, and LasRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer After signing with Richard Childress Racing for nine NASCAR Xfinity Series races, Ben Kennedy continues to add to his 2017 schedule. Kennedy’s former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team, GMS Racing, has signed the 25-year-old driver to a 12-race schedule, bringing Kennedy’s schedule up to 21 races. Kennedy will be behind the wheel of the No. 96 Chevrolet Camaro, joining teammate Spencer Gallagher. On top of the pit box for Kennedy will be Jeff Stankiewicz, who served as crew chief for his first start withRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor With the 2017 running of the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race just weeks away, NASCAR and Charlotte Motor Speedway gathered on Tuesday afternoon to unveil the format for this year’s race, which differs a bit from years past. This year, the race will consist of 70 laps, broken down into four stages, with the first three stages running 20 laps each and a final 10 lap dash for the $1 million prize. Winners of the first three stages will automatically advance to the final stageRead More

By Beth Lunkenheimer, NASCAR Contributor Dale Earnhardt Jr. just completed his 600th career start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series last weekend at Auto Club Speedway. During that time, the 42-year-old has 26 career victories, including two Daytona 500 wins. Oh, and that doesn’t include that he is also a 14-time Most Popular Driver. “I just wanted to drive. I wanted to race cars for a living. I wanted to do it well enough to be able to afford to make a living doing it,” Earnhardt said. “I didn’tRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor With Stewart-Haas Racing making the move over to Ford for the 2017 season, the organization will also be expanding into the NASCAR Xfinity Series for the first time with one full-time car for Cole Custer and now will also have a part-time entry in the series as well. Kevin Harvick, who has run in the Xfinity Series on a part-time basis since moving up to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 16 years ago, will be back behind the wheel in NASCAR’s second tier series forRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer As the Round of 12 began at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the 12 remaining Chasers all entered with an equal amount of points after the points reset. One of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers still in the Chase for the Championship is Kurt Busch. Busch looked like his Bank of America 500 would have promising results after being 10th on the speed charts in the only practice. Qualifying was more disappointing as Busch ended up putting his No. 41 Haas Automation / Monster Energy ChervoletRead More