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Sunday will be a full day of racing from Indiana to North Carolina, but more excitement will come from the Indianapolis 500 than the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The greatest All-Star event in sports takes place Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway as NASCAR’s best go at it with the vigor and intensity that other sports All-Star events could only dream of. Even though NASCAR’s event is a non-point exhibition event like all the other sports, the major difference between them all is that NASCAR and it’s sponsors delivers a total purse of over $2.9 million dollars with the winning driver collecting a cool $1 million.
Some of the biggest names in Supercross and Motocross motorcycle racing history have taken up new racing specialities.
CONCORD, N.C. — Denny Hamlin came to Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday as one of NASCAR’s hottest drivers and guaranteed the first pit stall for the All-Star race.