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Truck teams set to test at Charlotte

UPDATE: The test has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 24 due to poor weather expected on the 17th...
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‘600 Ale’ Soars onto Store Shelves

The first officially licensed beer in Charlotte Motor Speedway history is ready to zoom into homes and provide race fans with 'A Taste of the Race. Cans of '600 Ale - an American Ale first produced by Cabarrus Brewing Company - will hit Charlotte-area store shelves...
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XFINITY and Truck teams to test at Charlotte

Original post 4/27/2017 An all-star cast of drivers will take to Charlotte Motor Speedway for NASCAR Test Fest on May 2 in a fan-friendly shakedown of NASCAR XFINITY and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series machines before the 10 Days of NASCAR Thunder May 19-28...
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Get well Charlie Rabb

Charlie Rabb, a part-time media relations assistant at Charlotte Motor Speedway, is recovering from a mild stroke suffered Saturday night(2-21). He plans to be back in duty in time for May's Coca-Cola 600 activities at CMS.(SpeedNet)(2-27-98)...
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Indianapolis to replace Charlotte in IROC

As reported here a week ago: "The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will replace Charlotte Motor Speedway in next year's four-race International Race of...
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No IRCO at Charlotte

"Charlotte Motor Speedway will not be part of the 1998 International Race of Champions(IROC) series. The series, matching drivers from various racing circuits in identical cars, has raced at CMS on the Friday night before The Winston the past two years. Next year's...
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Convertible series at Charlotte?

Finally an official story: "Charlotte Motor Speedway has taken the first step, studying whether it would be possible to start a series for racing convertibles. Two-time defending Grand National series champion Randy LaJoie turned about 20 laps on Charlotte's 1.5-mile...
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Record week for Charlotte

With more than 200,000 people passing through the gates of Charlotte Motor Speedway during UAW-GM Quality 500 and All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300 week, Speedway Motorsports, Inc. recorded a record fall NASCAR event week.(PRNewswire)(thanks Phatman)(10-18-97)...
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TV blackout in Charlotte

"BLACKOUT ON: Today's TBS telecast of the All Pro 300 will be blacked out on cable systems within a 35-mile radius of CMS. Tickets in all price ranges remain and will be on sale today. Some tickets also remain for Sunday's UAW-GM 500, and that blackout is still in ...
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Charlotte press conferences

There was a little blurb in today's Charlotte Observer about the schedule at CMS for today. It included this little nugget: "...News conferences concerning sponsorships for Terry Labonte and Jimmy Spencer are also scheduled..."(Observer)(10-1-97)...