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Trevor Bayne - Roush Fenway Racing-6-NNS

Eddy Wood hope for clear skies this week so his family team can reach a milestone 1,400 Sprint Cup starts, dating back to Glen Wood’s first appearance in NASCAR’s elite division, at Martinsville Speedway on May 17, 1953, driving a 1953 Lincoln.

If it rains and qualifying is cancelled, the team would miss the race. Competing on a limited schedule, they made fewer attempts to qualify for races this season than the other teams not otherwise locked into the starting field. Charlotte would appropriate, as the team got its first superspeedway victory there in the 1960 National 400 with Speedy Thompson at the wheel. Crew chief Donnie Wingo also is hoping the weather works out in the team’s favor, as he and driver Trevor Bayne are looking forward to getting the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion back into Sprint Cup action.-Wood Brothers Racing
May 22 - 11:15 PM
Alex Bowman - RAB Racing-99-NNS

Alex Bowman is teaming with Microsoft Corp. for the NASCAR Nationwide Series History 300 on May 25 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Since its premiere at Daytona, Toyota teams - including RAB Racing - have been utilizing its line-of-business Windows 8 Trackside app to enhance their performance on and off the racetrack. Developed by Toyota Racing Development (TRD) and running on the Surface Pro, RAB Racing is able to monitor real-time performance data, conveniently and portably.-RAB Racing
May 22 - 11:05 PM
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - Roush Fenway Racing-17

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got his first Sprint Cup start at Charlotte in 2011 in the famed No. 21 finishing an impressive 11th-place.

The two-time Nationwide champion earned one of the two transfer spots in the Sprint Showdown to qualify for his first All-Star race last weekend. He finished 16th in the 90-lap showdown. The Car: Chassis RK-827 is the same chassis that the No.17 team ran in Texas cutting a left rear tire early in the race resulting in a 40th-place finish.-Roush Fenway Racing
May 22 - 10:59 PM
Bobby Labonte - JTG Daugherty Racing-47

Bobby Labonte's first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career win occurred during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 28, 1995.

His second win at Charlotte, took place on October 8, 2000. He has six runner-up finishes. In 40 starts at the 1.5-mile home track, he has two victories, three poles, 12 top-five and 17 top-10 finishes and has led 807 laps. His average start is 15.675 and his average finish is 15.500.-JTG Daugherty Racing
May 22 - 10:57 PM
Juan Pablo Montoya - Earnhardt Ganassi Racing-42

In his previous 12 starts at Charlotte, Juan Pablo Montoya has led five laps and earned one top-10.

His best start and finish came in 2009 when he started ninth and came to the checkered in eighth. The driver of the No. 42 Chevrolet has an average starting position of 26.2 and an average finishing position of 23.8 at the 1.5-mile oval. At intermediate tracks (tracks greater than one mile, but less than two miles), Montoya has 110 starts with two pole awards, nine top-five finishes, 18 top-10 finishes and leading 348 laps.-Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
May 22 - 10:52 PM
Jamie McMurray - Earnhardt Ganassi Racing-1

Jamie McMurray returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway, the site of his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) victory, where he has made 21 starts in NSCS competition.

In those 21 starts, the driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet SS has accumulated two wins (2002, 2010), five top-five, eight top-10 finishes and led 238 laps. He has an average start and finish position of 23.1 and 17.6, respectively. His best start at the 1.5-mile oval was fifth in 2002. At intermediate tracks (tracks greater than one mile, but less than two miles), McMurray has 183 starts, collecting two victories (Charlotte: 2002, 2010), 20 top-five finishes, 48 top-10 finishes and leading 843 laps.-Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
May 22 - 10:50 PM
Kyle Larson - Turner Scott Motorsports-32-NNS

Kyle Larson has never made a lap at the 1.5-mile quad oval Charlotte Motor Speedway, but he'll have plenty of time to learn before taking the green flag.

The weekend begins with a four-hour test session on Wednesday, followed by two additional practices on Thursday afternoon. Previous Race Recap... Larson brought home a top-10 finish at Darlington Raceway, his fourth of the 2013 season.-Turner Scott Motorsports
May 22 - 10:47 PM
Justin Allgaier - Turner Scott Motorsports-31-NNS

Justin Allgaier has nine previous starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including his NNS debut, with a best finish of third.

Darlington Recap...Allgaier qualified fifth at Darlington Raceway in the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro. He was the highest qualifying Chevrolet in the 40-car NNS field. After spending most of Friday night in the top-10 at Darlington Raceway, Allgaier brought his car home in the 10th position. With the 10th-place finish, Allgaier is currently fourth in the NNS Driver Point Standings.-Turner Scott Motorsports
May 22 - 10:44 PM
Nelson Piquet Jr. - Turner Scott Motorsports-30-NNS

Nelson Piquet Jr. will make his first career NNS start at CMS on Saturday afternoon, having only previously raced at the 1.5-mile track in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

This Week's Camaro...The No. 30 WORX team will have chassis TSM-319 for this Saturday afternoon's race at CMS. TSM-319 was previously used by Piquet Jr. at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, where he earned finishes of 16th and 18th, respectively.-Turner Scott Motorsports
May 22 - 10:32 PM
Greg Biffle - Roush Fenway Racing-16

Greg Biffle has 20 starts in the Cup series at Charlotte, but a win has eluded him.

He has finished in the top-five five times and has eight top-10 finishes. The Car: Chassis RK-849 was brand new when it hit the track in Texas and went on to earn Biffle’s one top-five finish so far this season. The No. 16 is part of a three-car tribute with the No. 17 and No. 99 to honor military service men and women this Memorial Day weekend.-Roush Fenway Racing
May 22 - 10:28 PM
Carl Edwards - Roush Fenway Racing-99

Carl Edwards enters the Coca-Cola 600 second in the series points’ standings and will return to Charlotte for his 17th Sprint Cup career start.

In his previous starts, Edwards has five top-five and ten top-10 finishes. His average start is 18.2 and average finish is 12.0. According to NASCAR’s Loop Statistics compiled over the last 16 races, Edwards has turned 118 of the track’s fastest laps, made 632 quality passes (sixth most) and has a driver rating seventh best among active drivers. The No. 99 Blue Team will roll out RK – 821 which ran last weekend at the All- Star race, where Edwards started from the pole.-Roush Fenway Racing
May 22 - 10:26 PM
Elliott Sadler - Joe Gibbs Racing-11-NNS

Elliott Sadler has 12 Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile Charlotte track, with one pole award, four top-five and five top-10 finishes, as well as 16 laps led.

The veteran driver also has NASCAR Sprint Cup Series experience at the track with 25 starts, one pole award, one top-five and three top-10 finishes, as well as 192 laps led. He made one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start in 2010, where he start fourth, finished fifth and led 31 laps.-Drivers Choice Marketing
May 22 - 10:21 PM
Kyle Busch - Joe Gibbs Racing-18

Sprint Cup regular Kyle Busch had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the first practice for the Nationwide Series History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

His average of 175.485 mph in the No. 54 was best of the seven cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 3 Austin Dillon (175.428 mph), No. 12 Sam Hornish Jr. (175.282), No. 22 Joey Logano (174.987), No. 32 Kyle Larson (174.351), No. 18 Matt Kenseth (173.990) and No. 77 Parker Kligerman (173.879) are the rest on this list.
May 22 - 10:11 PM
Joey Logano - Penske Racing-22

Sprint Cup regular Joey Logano led the first practice session for the Nationwide Series History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

His lap of 178.247 mph in the No. 22 Ford Mustang was quickest of the 43 cars out on the track for this session. No. 99 Alex Bowman, No. 54 Kyle Busch, No. 18 Matt Kenseth and No. 6 Trevor Bayne were the rest of the top five on the speed chart. Matt Dibenedetto in the No. 37 was the slowest.
May 22 - 10:08 PM
David Ragan - Front Row Motorsports-34

David Ragan cites the Coca-Cola 600 right up there with the rest of NASCAR's historic races: the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400 and the Southern 500.

Only the 600-miler is an even greater test of the endurance of both the driver and the car. "Half-way into the Coca-Cola 600, you're 300 miles in. And in a typical race you don't have much longer to go. In fact, that's about the standard distance of a Nationwide race. But in the 600, they tell you you're just half-way and you've got to do 300 miles all over again. So, it is a long night."-Breaking Limits
May 21 - 9:43 PM
Josh Wise - Front Row Motorsports-35

Josh Wise will run his first Coca-Cola 600 this Memorial Day weekend and has been preparing both physically and mentally.

Wise is a triathlete, with both Half Iron Man and Full Iron Man competitions on his schedule this year. He says his physical conditioning has him ready to run the extra mileage in Sunday night's Cup race. He's preparing mentally with racing simulators, video and a little help from his teammates.-Breaking Limits
May 21 - 9:39 PM
David Gilliland - Front Row Motorsports-38

The annual Coca-Cola 600 is one of David Gilliland's favorite races; it's also among the most challenging.

Gilliland has 13 career starts at the 1.5-mile oval. His best finish came last fall when he finished 23rd at the October Sprint Cup event. He says adjustability is the key to making it through Sunday night's 600-mile event - being ready to adapt the car to the changing conditions over the course of the night. Gilliland also points to the importance of not losing focus and making mistakes during the extra 100 miles of the marathon race.-Breaking Limits
May 21 - 9:36 PM
Timmy Hill - FAS Lane Racing-32

Timmy Hill, the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year, has five previous NASCAR starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as a start last weekend in the Sprint Showdown.

Said Hill: "Charlotte is one of the few tracks that I have already had Sprint Cup experience at along with it being my favorite 1.5-mile track. My debut with FAS Lane Racing came in the fall race at Charlotte last year. This will be my first 600 mile race so patience and focus will be keys for me throughout the night."-Integrity Sports Marketing
May 21 - 9:30 PM
Kyle Busch - Joe Gibbs Racing-18

The Coca-Cola 600 will mark Kyle Busch’s 19th points-paying Sprint Cup start at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

He has eight top-fives, 11 top-10s, and has led a total of 793 laps in the 18 Cup starts at Charlotte. His average Charlotte finish is 15.3. Busch will look to add to his impressive list of "doubles" this weekend at Charlotte as he has captured both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races on the same weekend eight times – twice this season. Both of Busch’s Sprint Cup wins this season – Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. in March and Texas in April – were preceded by a Nationwide Series win the day before. Busch is competing in both series again this weekend at Charlotte.-True Speed Communication
May 21 - 9:24 PM
Kenny Wallace - RAB Racing-29-NNS

Charlotte Motor Speedway will see a familiar face Saturday for the History 300, as Kenny Wallace climbs back behind the wheel of the No. 29 RAB Racing ToyotaCare Camry.

Wallace has notched seven laps led, seven top-10, and 20 top-20 finishes in a span of 22 years racing at Charlotte. He will pilot RAB Racing chassis No. 40 in Saturday's NNS race. This chassis last saw action at Richmond in April, when Alex Bowman piloted this Toyota Camry to a 27th-place finish.-RAB Racing
May 21 - 9:15 PM

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