SHOW #255 – Guest: Sam Hornish Jr. – We recap and compare the All Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte, Hall of Fame announcement, News Of The Week (queue the music!) Preview of the Coca-Cola 600, and Fantasy Racing. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.

(47:55 mins)

CREDITS: 

Hosts: Kerry Murphey & Toby Christie

Executive Producer: Kerry Murphey

Music: Russell Nash Radium Sound

Voice Over: Thomas Moog

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2013 charlotte all-star practice jimmie johnsonJamie McMurray won the Showdown event to advance to the All Star race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was second and also advanced, along with Danica Patrick moves on as the fan vote.

ALL STAR RACE FROM CHARLOTTE

The Busch brothers dominated this race.

SEG 1 WINNER – KURT BUSCH

SEG 2 WINNER – KYLE BUSCH

SEG 3 WINNER – KYLE BUSCH

SEG 4 WINNER – KURT BUSCH

Continue reading “2013 NASCAR All Star Race Results – Jimmie Johnson Goes Back To Back”

bruton_smithMay 17, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

CONCORD, N.C.—Kyle Busch calls it a 300-to-1 shot.

Jimmie Johnson, on the other hand, doesn’t discount the prospect of winning Bruton’s Big Bonus nearly that much.

Track owner Bruton Smith, chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc., has offered a $1-million bonus to any driver who can win all five segments of Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That’s in addition to the $1-million top prize already on the line for the winner of the non-points NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Continue reading “Column: Is winning Bruton Smith’s $1-million bonus a realistic possibility?”

cup_points51613Big reality—The Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway will go about 90 laps 135 miles in five segments on the 1.5-mile track this Saturday night in Concord, N.C. and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points lead will not change.

by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com

The popular fan friendly and fan-influenced All-Star race is not a NSCS point race at all. It’s a race for bragging rights and maybe $1 million dollars in prize money. This event is a prelude show for NASCAR’s longest race, the Coke 600 the following week.

As most of the NASCAR drivers have homes in the Charlotte area both races allow them the luxury of local travel distances and the comfort of sleeping in their own beds for two weeks.

The All-Star race also helps drivers and teams to gain data on CMS for the long Coke 600.

Continue reading “FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Leaders With Jimmie Johnson Won’t Lose Points In Charlotte”