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  • Truex fastest in final practice

    Truex fastest in final practice

    CONCORD, N.C. — Martin Truex Jr. topped the chart in final Sprint Cup Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.972 and a speed of 186.387 mph. Kurt Busch was second in his No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with a time of 29.074 and a speed of 185.733 mph. Jimmie Johnson was third in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 29.126 and a speed of 185.401 mph. Joey Logano was fourth in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford with a time of 29.172 and a speed of 185.109mph. Greg Biffle rounded out the top-five in his No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford with a time of 29.199 and a speed of 184.938 mph.

    Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was sixth in his No. 17 RFR Ford. Casey Mears was seventh in his No. 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet. Matt Kenseth was eighth in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Paul Menard was ninth in his No. 27 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Ryan Blaney rounded out the top-10 in his No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford.

    Truex posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 182.923 mph. Johnson was second at an average speed of 182.713 mph.

    All that remains is tomorrow evening’s Coca-Cola 600 at 6:00 on FOX.

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  • Erik Jones takes the XFINITY pole at Charlotte

    Erik Jones takes the XFINITY pole at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — Erik Jones will lead the field to the green flag for this afternoon’s XFINITY Series race in the Queen City.

    The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a time of 29.261 and a speed of 184.546 mph. It’s his seventh career pole in the series and fourth of the 2016 season.

    Teammate Daniel Suárez will start second in his No. 19 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 29.273 and a speed of 184.470 mph. Denny Hamlin will start third in his No. 18 JGR Toyota after posting a time of 29.473 and a speed of 183.219 mph. Austin Dillon will start fourth in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 29.567 and a speed of 182.636 mph. Kyle Larson will round out the top-five in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 29.597 and a speed of 182.451 mph.

    Elliott Sadler will start sixth in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Joey Logano will start seventh in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Justin Allgaier will start eighth in his No. 7 JRM Chevrolet. Darrell Wallace Jr. will start ninth in his No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Ty Dillon will round out the top-10 in his No. 3 RCR Chevrolet.

    Cole Custer will start 11th in his No. 88 JRM Chevrolet. Brandon Jones will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.

    TJ Bell and Morgan Shepherd were the two drivers that failed to make the race.

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  • Kurt Busch Quickest in Second Sprint Cup Practice at Charlotte

    Kurt Busch Quickest in Second Sprint Cup Practice at Charlotte

  • Ty Dillon Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    Ty Dillon Fastest in Final XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — In case you missed it, Ty Dillon topped the chart in final XFINITY Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.778 and a speed of 181.342 mph. Daniel Suárez was second in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 29.825 and a speed of 181.056 mph. Erik Jones was third in his No. 20 JGR Toyota with a time of 29.937 and a speed of 180.379 mph. Austin Dillon was fourth in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet with a time of 29.965 and a speed of 180.210 mph. Brennan Poole rounded out the top-five in his No. 48 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.007 and a speed of 179.958 mph.

    Brendan Jones was sixth in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet. Denny Hamlin was seventh in his No. 18 JGR Toyota. Elliott Sadler was eighth in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Jeb Burton was ninth in his No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford. Kyle Larson rounded out the top-10 in his No. 42 CGR Chevrolet.

    Suárez posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 178.085 mph. Hamlin was second at an average speed of 177.253 mph. Austin Dillon was third at an average speed of 176.652 mph.

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  • Erik Jones Fastest in First XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    Erik Jones Fastest in First XFINITY Practice at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — In case you missed it, Erik Jones topped the chart in first XFINITY Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.808 and a speed of 181.159 mph. Denny Hamlin was second in his No. 18 JGR Toyota with a time of 29.903 and a speed of 180.584 mph. Ryan Blaney was third in his No. 12 Team Penske Ford with a time of 30.021 and a speed of 179.874 mph. Daniel Suárez was fourth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota with a time of 30.029 and a speed of 179.826 mph. Ty Dillon rounded out the top-five in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.089 and a speed of 179.468 mph.

    Austin Dillon was sixth in his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet. Cole Custer was seventh in his No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Kyle Larson was eighth in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Brennan Poole was ninth in his No. 48 CGR Chevrolet. Brandon Jones rounded out the top-10 in his No. 33 RCR Chevrolet.

    Suárez posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 175.708 mph. Austin Dillon was second at an average speed of 173.709 mph. Ryan Reed, who posted the 20th fastest single-lap time in his No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, was third at an average speed of 172.642 mph.

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  • Kurt Busch Fastest in First Practice at Charlotte

    Kurt Busch Fastest in First Practice at Charlotte

    CONCORD, N.C. — Kurt Busch topped the chart in the first Sprint Cup Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.002 and a speed of 192.843 mph followed by Jimmie Johnson who was second in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 28.235 and a speed of 191.252 mph. Carl Edwards was third fastest in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 28.266 and a speed of 191.042 mph. Kevin Harvick was fourth in his No. 4 SHR Chevrolet with a time of 28.306 and a speed of 190.772 mph while Kyle Larson rounded out the top-five in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet with a time of 28.310 and a speed of 190.745 mph.

    Joey Logano was sixth quickest in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Martin Truex Jr. was seventh in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was eighth in his No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Jamie McMurray was ninth in his No. 1 CGR Chevrolet and Kyle Busch rounded out the top-10 in his No. 18 JGR Toyota.

    Kyle Busch also posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 185.465 mph.

    The next time the Sprint Cup cars are on track will be tonight at 7:15 p.m. ET for three rounds of qualifying.

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  • Changes Coming to Aero Package for Michigan and Kentucky

    Changes Coming to Aero Package for Michigan and Kentucky

    CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR will test changes for the 2017 aero package in two races this season in their continuing effort to remove downforce from the cars and improve competition.

    NASCAR announced Thursday that modifications to the aerodynamic package will be implemented for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway and the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. These are designed to further reduce the amount of downforce the cars generate and lead to more improvement in the on-track product across the board in the Sprint Cup Series.

    “I think we look at it as a never-ending journey; if we can improve we’re going to do that,” Steve O’Donnell, executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said of continuing to make adjustments. “We wanted to go the direction of low downforce, see how that worked, not kind of go all the way in and hope that we are directionally right. And we are seeing that play out. We’ve seen some great racing at the beginning of the year.

    “But we also knew that we had some more levers that we could pull if the direction kind of proved out, so we’ve tried some of those things. We’ve tested it and what we’ve also wanted to do is lower some of the corner speeds to allow for even more passing. That was one of the areas where we’ve seen minimal change, but there are some levers we can pull to really drive that down.”

    The changes include reducing the spoiler size from 3.5 to 2.5 inches, a two-inch reduction of the splitter and resizing the deck fin.

    These are in addition to the changes already implemented in the past few weeks such as welding the truck arm mounts and reducing the number of brake fans the cars can run.

    “We have worked collectively on some directions we want to go in, but to do that right we think the final step is to let that play out on one or two tracks,” O’Donnell said. “And these are the two — Kentucky and Michigan — that we’ve played out and let the teams concentrate really on what they’ve done to prepare for the year. We think that’s manageable and that’ll give us enough data to look at for 2017.”

    This follows a trend NASCAR started last year where they tested the lower-downforce package currently being used at Kentucky and Darlington Raceway. Both races received rave reviews from drivers, media and fans.

  • Keselowski Fastest in Final Practice

    Keselowski Fastest in Final Practice

    CONCORD, N.C. — Brad Keselowski topped the chart in the final Sprint Cup Series practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.121 and a speed of 192.027 mph followed by Carl Edwards who was second in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 28.121 and a speed of 192.027 mph. Denny Hamlin was third in his No. 11 JGR Toyota with a time of 28.139 and a speed of 191.904 mph. Kurt Busch was fourth in his No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with a time of 28.155 and a speed of 191.795 mph while Joey Logano rounded out the top-five in his No. 22 Penske Ford with a time of 28.169 and a speed of 191.700 mph.

    Jimmie Johnson was sixth in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Kevin Harvick was seventh in his No. 4 SHR Chevrolet. Martin Truex Jr. was eighth in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota. Kyle Busch was ninth in his No. 18 JGR Toyota. Matt Kenseth rounded out the top-10 in his No. 20 JGR Toyota.

    Keselowski posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 189.349 mph. Johnson was second at an average speed of 189.181 mph. Harvick was third at an average speed of 188.958 mph.

  • Tonight’s Race Events Postponed to Saturday

    Tonight’s Race Events Postponed to Saturday

    • Due to inclement weather, all Friday action for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 and the Sprint Showdown has been postponed to Saturday
    • The Sprint Showdown will begin at 11 a.m. with the field set by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series owners points; The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. with the qualifying order determined by Thursday practice speeds
    • Friday tickets will be honored for Saturday’s Sprint Showdown and North Carolina Education Lottery 200; Fans who wish to stay for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race activities can purchase those tickets at the ticket office or any ticket gate

    CONCORD, N.C. (May 20, 2016) – A day-long slate of inclement weather didn’t dampen the fun for race fans who partied in the rain on Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but showers pushed back the exciting Sprint Showdown and the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 to a Saturday showcase of races that will conclude at night with the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, the biggest all-star event in sports.

    The Sprint Showdown will begin at 11 a.m. with Chase Elliott leading the field to green after the lineup was set by Sprint Cup Series owner points. The green flag for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will drop at 12:30 p.m., with William Byron on the pole after the field was set from speeds in Thursday’s practice session.

    The following is a schedule of events for Saturday’s thrilling on-track action:

    8:45 a.m.             Gate 5A opens

    9:30 a.m.             NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race practice

    10a.m.                  All Gates Open

    10:05 a.m.           NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race pit road practice

    11 a.m.                 Sprint Showdown (50 laps)

    12:30 p.m.           North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (134 laps)

    3 p.m.                   Gates re-open

    3:15 p.m.             Andy Grammer All-Star Race concert presented by Rayovac

    (Will take place at Turn 1 Fan Zone overlook)

    7 p.m.                  NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race qualifying

    9 p.m.                  NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (113 laps)

    TICKETS:
    Fans who have purchased tickets to the Sprint Showdown and the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will be admitted on Saturday, provided they show their tickets at the gate. Grandstands will be cleared following the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 to allow admittance to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. Fans with only Friday tickets who wish to stay for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race can purchase those tickets at the speedway ticket office or at any ticket gate.

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  • Blaney: ‘You’re just going for a million dollars’

    Blaney: ‘You’re just going for a million dollars’

    CONCORD, N.C. — Ryan Blaney says it’s better that NASCAR would test new aero rules in an exhibition race because the drivers are, “just going for a million dollars.”

    During his media availability at Charlotte Motor Speedway earlier today, the driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford was asked how the results of testing changes to the aero package would turn out in a non-points race versus a points race as NASCAR did last season at Kentucky Speedway and Darlington Raceway.

    “I think the reason why NASCAR wanted to do it in this race rather than a points race like we did last year was to just try it out and really kind of throw the teams a curveball when it doesn’t really have any points implications,” Blaney said. “You’re just going for one million dollars. I’m not saying you’re just going for one million dollars, it’s one million dollars, but I think it’s just better than throwing it out there in a points race. I don’t want to say it’s a test session, but it’s almost that way being a non-points race and everything like that.”

    NASCAR announced changes to the aero package for the All-Star Race. The changes include a reduction in the number of brake cooling fans cars can use, welding the trailing arm of the rear toe and setting the rear toe to zero at the start of the race.

    The brake cooling fan reduction is in response to teams using fans not to cool the brakes, but to suck air from the bottom of the car to increase downforce. The rear toe has been set to zero to reduce the amount of side force the cars generate. It’s only in place for this race.

    The welding of the trailing arm, however, will continue for the remainder of the season.

    “I think NASCAR is always trying to make improvements to racing, and they did that this year with the aero package, and I think they’re gonna do it this week with less skew package and the new rules package,” Blaney added. “The main point is just trying to slow these cars down in the middle of the corner. That makes for better passing, it makes more mechanical grip. You’re always gonna be relying on aero – always. I don’t care if you’re going 70 miles an hour, you’re always gonna have aero troubles and it’s not gonna be as good behind a car. But the more that we can do to try to put more mechanical grip in it and make aero not as big of an issue, the better it’s gonna be.”

    NASCAR has not announced whether the other two changes made will be used again next season.