NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

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Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Preview

Saturday May 16th at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Saturday May 16th at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Next Race: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

The Place: Charlotte Motor Speedway

The Date: Saturday, May 16

The Time: 7 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX Sports 1, 7 p.m. (ET)

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90

Distance: 25 laps / 25 laps / 25 laps / 25 laps / 10 laps

Mega Star: Johnson Tries To Increase All-Star Wins Record

Jimmie Johnson does something in NASCAR’s all-star event that athlete’s in most other sports don’t.

He shows up.

In 13 Sprint All-Star race starts, Johnson owns a record four wins. He also ranks first among active drivers in average finish (6.2), average running position (6.9), number of fastest laps led (219). Continue reading

Biffle, Bowyer, Patrick take different routes into Sprint All-Star Race

First Round winner Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 Ortho Ford, Sprint Fan Vote winner Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 Mobil 1/Aspen Dental Chevrolet, and Second Round winner Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 Cherry 5-Hour Energy/Special Operations Warrior Foundation Toyota, pose in Victory lane after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 15, 2015 Photo - Nick Laham/Getty Images
First Round winner Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 Ortho Ford, Sprint Fan Vote winner Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 Mobil 1/Aspen Dental Chevrolet, and Second Round winner Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 Cherry 5-Hour Energy/Special Operations Warrior Foundation Toyota, pose in Victory lane after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 15, 2015 Photo – Nick Laham/Getty Images

Greg Biffle led every lap of the caution-free first 20-lap segment of Friday night’s Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Clint Bowyer needed an early caution in the second segment to confirm crew chief Brian Pattie’s four-tire call.

Though they arrived at the finish line through different routes, Biffle and Bowyer earned the two transfer spots into Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and will compete for the million-dollar top prize.

Ninth-place finisher Danica Patrick also made the field for NASCAR’s glamour non-points race at the 1.5-mile speedway, as the first multiple winner of the Sprint Fan Vote. Continue reading

History of All-Star Race

Photo - Getty Images
Photo – Getty Images

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star race will again head to Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend for what is the 31st running of the event. The All-Star race is at Charlotte every year, except the 1986 running which was held at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The annual All-Star race is an event that gives fans a quality race with a fan vote and has become a fan-favorite year in and year out.

Throughout the years we have seen multiples formats as NASCAR strives to make the race more compelling for fans. Those formats include. Continue reading

Fan4Racing with Catchfence NASCAR Weekend Preview – Thursday, May 14, 2015

Hey race fans, catch our NASCAR Weekend Preview with host Sharon Burton from Fan4Racing, co-host Chris Knight from Catchfence and Fan4Racing writer, Zach Roethlisberger.

We’re chatting about all the hottest topics and what fans can expect at the track over the upcoming weekend of racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway with the Camping World Truck Series on Friday, The Sprint Cup Showdown and All-Star Race on Saturday. Also the K&N East Meets West Combo race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday and the XFINITY Series and ARCA Racing Series at Iowa Speedway on Sunday. When possible, we’ll bring  guests from around the NASCAR world to give their perspective too.

This is an interactive show, so give us a call at 714-202-9918 to join the conversation or tweet us your questions/comments during the LIVE broadcast @Fan4RacingSite @Knighter01  and @ZRothlisberger

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Our show begins at 8:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 14, 2015

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