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All-Star Race Weekend Schedule

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 19: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s for Pros Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 19, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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NASCAR returns to its backyard this weekend for All-Star Race festivities at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The Cup Series exhibition race will be preceded on Friday by a Gander Outdoors Truck Series race.

Here’s the full weekend schedule with TV and radio info:

(All times are Eastern)

Friday, May 17

7:30 a.m. - Truck Series garage opens

8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Cup garage open

9:05 - 9:55 a.m. - Truck practice (NASCAR.com, Motor Racing Network)

10:35 - 11:25 a.m. - Final Truck Series practice (NASCAR.com, MRN)

11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. - Combined All-Star and Open practice (NASCAR.com, MRN)

1:05 - 1:55 p.m. - Final practice; Open teams (NASCAR.com, MRN)

2:05 - 2:25 p.m. - Final practice; All-Star teams (NASCAR.com, MRN)

2:35 - 2:45 p.m. - Pit road speed practice (All-Star Group 1)

2:45 - 2:55 p.m. - Pit road speed practice (All-Star Group 2)

4:35 p.m. - Truck qualifying; single truck/one lap (Fox Sports 1)

5:45 p.m. - Truck driver-crew chief meeting

6 p.m. - Monster Open qualifying; single car/two rounds (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

7 p.m.- All-Star qualifying; single car/three laps/mandatory pit stop (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

8 p.m. - Truck driver introductions

8:30 p.m. - North Carolina Education Lottery 200; 134 laps/201 miles (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Saturday, May 18

2 p.m. - Cup garage opens

4 p.m. - Driver-crew chief meeting

5:30 p.m. - Monster Energy Open driver introductions

6 p.m. - Monster Energy Open; 20 laps/20 laps/10 laps (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

7:30 p.m. - All-Star Race driver introductions

8 p.m. - All-Star Race; 30 laps/20 laps/20 laps/15 laps (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)