To eat or not to eat, that is the question for a number of these drivers as they prepare to face 600 miles in extremely hot temperatures on Sunday night. As the media lines up to eat their pre-race meal, it gets you thinking: What about the drivers? Do they do anything special when it comes to eating or hydration?
05/24/2012 10:24 PM
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Aric Almirola took the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 with a lap of 192.940 mph Thursday night, giving Richard Petty Motorsports a front-row sweep at Charlotte Motor Speedway for NASCAR's longest race. Teammate Marcus Ambrose was second at 191.598 in qualifying for the Sunday night race.
05/24/2012 10:19 PM
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News 14 Carolina's Mike Solarte is joined by one guy that will find himself quite busy this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600 – SPEED Network's John Roberts.
05/23/2012 10:00 PM
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Sprint Cup champion Rusty Wallace heads the group of five picked for the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Owner Leonard Wood and drivers Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas and Buck Baker joined Wallace in the hall's fourth class.
Updated 05/23/2012 09:07 PM
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News 14 Carolina's Mike Solarte catches up with NASCAR driver Kyle Busch ahead of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
05/22/2012 09:51 PM
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Michael Waltrip makes impromptu suggestions for changes to All Star race.
05/22/2012 05:51 PM
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It didn't take teams very long to figure out their best shot at winning the All-Star race would be in the first 20 laps. What few predicted, though, was the new format would encourage drivers to take it easy for portions of Saturday night's $1 million race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
05/21/2012 07:57 AM
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Jimmie Johnson won his third All-Star race on Saturday night by pulling away over the 10-lap sprint to the $1 million prize. Johnson joins Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon as the only three-time winner in All-Star race history. His other victories were in 2003 and 2006.
Updated 05/20/2012 10:58 AM
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It's been four years since Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been in Victory Lane in the Sprint Cup circuit, but NASCAR's most popular driver isn't easing up just because it's All-Star weekend. News 14 Carolina's J.B. Ricks has the story.
05/18/2012 10:00 PM
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For the third year in a row, Kyle Busch sits atop the pole going into the NASCAR All-Star Race on Saturday. News 14 Carolina's Mike Solarte has the rundown.
05/18/2012 10:00 PM
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