Category: Charlotte

MotorSportsNews.Net posts about the Charlotte Motor Speedway, one of the race tracks used in NASCAR Cup Series, XFINITY Series, and Gander Trucks series

No. 14 PEAK Coolant and Antifreeze Racing: Clint Bowyer Charlotte 500k Race Report

Mike

Penalties Slow No. 14 PEAK Coolant & Antifreeze Mustang   Date: May 28, 2020 Event: Alsco Uniforms 500k (Round 8 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Format: 208 laps, broken into three stages (55 laps/60 laps/93 laps) Start/Finish: 39th/16th (Running, completed 208 of 208 laps) Point Standing:14th with 192 points, 139 out of first   Race Winner:      Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 1 Winner:  Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 2 Winner:  Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)   Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-55): ● Clint Bowyer started…

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No. 10 Smithfield Ford Racing: Aric Almirola Charlotte II Race Report

Mike

Smithfield Ford Driver Endures Handling Issues After Starting in the Rear   Date: May 28, 2020 Event: Alsco Uniforms 500k (Round 8 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Format: 208 laps, broken into three stages (55 laps/60 laps/93 laps) Start/Finish: 6th/20th (Running, completed 208 of 208 laps) Point Standing: 9th (225 points, 106 out of first)   Race Winner: Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 1 Winner: Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 2 Winner: Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)   Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-55): ●  Aric Almirola started sixth and finished 16th.…

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Kevin Harvick Alsco Uniforms 500k Race Report from Charlotte

Mike

Busch Light Ford Mustang Driver Still First in NASCAR Cup Point Standings Date: May 28, 2020 Event: Alsco Uniforms 500k (Round 8 of 36) Series: NASCAR Cup Series Location: Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval) Format: 208 laps, broken into three stages (55 laps/60 laps/93 laps) Start/Finish: 16th/10th (Running, completed 208 of 208 laps) Point Standing: 1st (331 points, 14 ahead of Joey Logano)   Race Winner: Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet) Stage 1 Winner: Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford) Stage 2 Winner: Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)   Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-55): ●  Kevin Harvick…

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John Hunter Nemechek Earns “Rookie of the Race” Title at Charlotte

Mike

 ‌  ‌  ‌ Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway, 1.5 Mile Oval Race: 8 of 38 Event: Alsco Uniforms 500 (312 miles, 208 laps) John Hunter Nemechek No. 38 Scag Power Equipment Ford Mustang Started: 5th Finished: 13th Stage One: 24th Stage Two: 8th Stage Three: 13th A top-20 finish in Sunday’s race and an invert to start Thursday’s event saw John Hunter Nemechek take the green flag in 5th place for the “Alsco Uniforms 500.” Not long after, he radioed an issue with a part coming loose on his No. 38 Scag Power Equipment Ford Mustang. He…

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Michael McDowell Post Race Report: Charlotte – Alsco Uniforms 500

Mike

Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway, 1.5 Mile Oval Race: 8 of 38 Event: Alsco Uniforms 500 (312 miles, 208 laps) Michael McDowell No. 34 CarParts.com Ford Mustang Started: 3rd Finished: 25th Stage One: 13th Stage Two: 25th Stage Three: 25th Michael McDowell and his No. 34 CarParts.com Ford Mustang took Thursday’s rain delayed “Alsco Uniforms 500” from the 3rd position. The CarParts.com Ford ran strong inside of the top-10 for nearly all of Stage 1 before McDowell noted that his race car began to tighten up on entry into the corners. McDowell would go on…

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Buescher Comes Home 22nd at Charlotte

Mike

CONCORD, N.C. (May 28, 2020) – After earning a valuable stage point by finishing 10th in the first stage of racing Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Chris Buescher and the No. 17 Fastenal team battled a tight handling car to a 22nd -place finish in the second race at the 1.5-mile track this week.    The team got off to a fast start, rolling off the grid 11th and holding position through the first caution of the race on lap one. At lap 29, another caution flag flew for lightning in the area and the team came down pit road for a 75-minute red flag delay. When the caution flag was displayed again, the No. 17 team…

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Newman Finishes 17th Thursday at Charlotte

Mike

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 28, 2020) – Track position proved to be the key to the race, as Ryan Newman drove his No. 6 Roush Performance Ford to a 17th -place finish in Thursday night’s 208-lap race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.   Originally scheduled to be run on Wednesday, Newman started 27th based off his finish in Sunday’s Coke 600. The 310-mile event was again affected by weather just after the green flag dropped, causing an hour-plus lightning and rain delay.   With a competition caution at lap 20, Newman was 24th and reporting the…

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Roush Fenway Weekly Advance | Charlotte II

Mike

Roush Fenway Weekly Advance | Charlotte II The NASCAR Cup Series hits the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway for its second event in four days with a shorter, 310.6-mile event under the lights. After Chris Buescher’s top-10 finish in Sunday’s Coke 600, Jack Roush has 80 top-10 runs at the oval at CMS all-time, the fourth-most of any track on the circuit for the NASCAR Hall of Fame owner.   Charlotte Motor Speedway (1.5-Mile) Alsco Uniforms 500 Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | 8 p.m. ET FS1, PRN, SiriusXM Channel 90 Ryan…

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Ryan Newman | Charlotte II Advance

Mike

NASCAR Returns to Action NASCAR continues its return to racing Wednesday with the fourth Cup Series event in a 10-day span as Charlotte Motor Speedway hosts its second consecutive race – this time a condensed, 310.6-mile shootout. From Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 to Wednesday, cars will turn nearly 1000 miles this week alone as the series is slated for its eighth points race overall of 2020, and fourth in the return of the sport. Following Wednesday’s race, the NCS will then hit five different tracks from May 31 – June 21…

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