Kurt Busch stays on a hot roll: fastest in Saturday morning Sprint Cup practice in Fontana

By Jerry BonkowskiMar 21, 2015, 12:56 PM EDT

Kurt Busch’s hot weekend continued in the first of two practice sessions Saturday morning at Auto Club Speedway.

Busch, who will start from the pole in Sunday’s Auto Club 400, covered the two-mile fast track in Fontana, Calif., with a best lap of 187.115 mph.

Busch’s Chevrolet was practically in another zip code, nearly 3 mph faster than Jimmie Johnson, whose Chevy was second fastest at 184.247 mph. David Ragan was third at 184.237 mph in a Toyota.

There will be one more Sprint Cup practice this afternoon.

Here’s the speed chart from Saturday morning’s practice:

1 Kurt Busch … 187.115 mph … 33 laps
2 Jimmie Johnson … 184.247 … 39 laps
3 David Ragan … 184.237 … 27 laps
4 Ryan Newman … 183.969 … 30 laps
5 Brian Scott … 183.960 … 23 laps
6 Martin Truex Jr. … 183.814 … 29 laps
7 Brad Keselowski … 183.594 … 35 laps
8 AJ Allmendinger … 183.510 … 31 laps
9 Kevin Harvick … 183.416 … 14 laps
10 Casey Mears … 183.351 … 22 laps
11 Kyle Larson … 183.351 … 30 laps
12 Kasey Kahne … 183.187 … 30 laps
13 Tony Stewart … 183.080 … 36 laps
14 Joey Logano … 182.801 … 32 laps
15 Clint Bowyer … 182.648 … 25 laps
16 Denny Hamlin … 182.639 … 38 laps
17 Greg Biffle … 182.560 … 25 laps
18 Matt Kenseth … 182.551 … 32 laps
19 Jeff Gordon … 182.223 … 38 laps
20 Carl Edwards … 181.997 … 24 laps
21 Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 181.974 … 26 laps
22 Jamie McMurray … 181.846 … 46 laps
23 Paul Menard … 181.639 … 27 laps
24 Aric Almirola … 181.484 … 27 laps
25 Danica Patrick … 181.337 … 26 laps
26 Auston Dillon … 181.328 … 37 laps
27 Justin Allgaier … 181.255 … 25 laps
28 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 180.895 … 21 laps
29 Brett Moffitt … 180.623 … 24 laps
30 Trevor Bayne … 180.027 … 17 laps
31 Chris Buescher … 179.462 … 27 laps
32 Alex Bowman … 179.310 … 19 laps
33 Landon Cassill … 178.727 … 19 laps
34 Sam Hornish Jr. … 178.700 … 23 laps
35 Cole Whitt … 178.169 … 13 laps
36 Michael Annett … 178.002 … 18 laps
37 Josh Wise … 177.839 … 11 laps
38 Matt DiBenedetto … 177.349 … 25 laps
39 JJ Yeley … 176.800 … 20 laps
40 David Gilliland … 176.574 … 9 laps
41 Mike Bliss … 176.164 … 15 laps
42 Jeb Burton … 175.708 … 17 laps
43 Brendan Gaughan … 174.419 … 9 laps

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Monday Charlotte Cup race: Start time, TV info, weather

By Mike HembreeMay 29, 2023, 10:50 AM EDT

After two days of soaking rains, the longest race on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is set for a 3 p.m. ET start Monday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The 600-mile marathon was scheduled for a 6:21 p.m. start Sunday, but persistent rain forced a postponement to Memorial Day.

A look at the Monday Cup schedule:

Details for Monday’s Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway

(All times Eastern)

START: The command to start engines will be given at 3:12 p.m. by USO official Barry Morris and retired drivers Jeff Burton, Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte. … The green flag is scheduled to be waved at 3:23 p.m.

PRERACE: Driver introductions are scheduled at 2:30 p.m. … The invocation will be given by retired Air Force Master Sergeant Monty Self at 3 p.m. … The national anthem will be performed by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Elizabeth Marino at 3:04 p.m.

DISTANCE: The race is 400 laps (600 miles) on the 1.5-mile track.

STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 100. Stage 2 ends at Lap 200. Stage 3 ends at Lap 300.

STARTING LINEUP: Charlotte Cup starting lineup

TV/RADIO: Fox will broadcast the race at 3 p.m. … Performance Racing Network coverage begins at 3 p.m. and can be heard on goprn.com. … SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the PRN broadcast.

STREAMING: Foxsports.com

FORECAST: Weather Underground — The forecast calls for overcast skies with a high of 71. There is a 15% chance of rain at the start of the race.

LAST TIME: Denny Hamlin won last year’s 600 as the race was extended to two overtimes, making it the longest race in distance in Cup history.

Monday Charlotte Xfinity race: Start time, TV info, weather

By Mike HembreeMay 29, 2023, 10:02 AM EDT

Charlotte Motor Speedway’s rescheduled NASCAR Xfinity Series race is set for an 11 a.m. start Monday.

The race originally was scheduled Saturday, but was postponed by weather to noon Monday. After Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 Cup Series race also was postponed to Monday, the Xfinity Series race was moved to an 11 a.m. start.

A look at the Monday Xfinity schedule:

Details for Monday’s Xfinity race at Charlotte Motor Speedway

(All times Eastern)

START: The command to start engines will be given at 11:01 a.m. by representatives of race sponsor Alsco Uniforms … The green flag is scheduled to be waved at 11:12 a.m.

PRERACE: Xfinity garage opened at 8 a.m.

DISTANCE: The race is 200 laps (300 miles) on the 1.5-mile track.

STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 45. Stage 2 ends at Lap 90.

STARTING LINEUP: Charlotte Xfinity starting lineup (Justin Haley will replace Kyle Busch in the No. 10 Kaulig Racing car).

TV/RADIO: FS1 will broadcast the race at 11 a.m. … Performance Racing Network coverage begins at 11 a.m. and can be heard on goprn.com. … SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the PRN broadcast.

STREAMING: Foxsports.com

FORECAST: Weather Underground — The forecast calls for overcast skies with a high of 71. There is a 15% chance of rain at the start of the race.

LAST TIME: Josh Berry won last May’s Xfinity race. Ty Gibbs was second and Sam Mayer third.

Justin Haley replaces Kyle Busch in Kaulig car for Xfinity race

By Mike HembreeMay 29, 2023, 7:54 AM EDT

Justin Haley will drive Kaulig Racing’s No. 10 car in Monday morning’s scheduled NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Haley replaces Cup Series regular Kyle Busch, who was scheduled to drive for Kaulig in the 300-miler. The race was postponed from Saturday to Monday because of weather, giving NASCAR a 900-mile doubleheader at the track.

Busch decided to concentrate on the Coca-Cola 600 Cup race, scheduled for a 3 p.m. start.

Haley also will race in the 600.

Ty Gibbs is scheduled to run in both races.

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