{"id":10334,"date":"2013-10-10T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T14:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2013-10-12T23:07:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T03:07:44","slug":"nascar-at-charlotte-2013-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/10\/nascar-at-charlotte-2013-weekend-schedule-start-time-practice-qualifying-tv-and-weather-info\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR at Charlotte 2013: Weekend Schedule, Start Time, Practice, Qualifying, TV and Weather Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10336\" style=\"width: 663px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10336   \" alt=\"Streeter Lecka\/Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/10\/bankofamerica.jpg\" width=\"663\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/10\/bankofamerica.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/10\/bankofamerica-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Streeter Lecka\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>NASCAR<\/b> heads to <strong>Charlotte Motor Speedway<\/strong> in <strong>Concord, NC\u00a0<\/strong>this weekend. Both the<strong>\u00a0Nationwide<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Sprint Cup Series\u00a0<\/strong>will be racing at the <strong>1.5 mile track.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>Nationwide Series<\/strong>\u00a0will run the <strong>Dollar General 300<\/strong>\u00a0on Friday \u2014 while the<strong>\u00a0Sprint Cup<\/strong>\u00a0teams hit the track on Saturday night for the <strong>Bank of America 500.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Camping World Truck Series is off this weekend, they return at Talladega next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth race of the\u00a0<strong>Sprint Cup Series Chase<\/strong>,\u00a0where twelve drivers battle to become this years champion. Matt Kenseth is still the points leader after winning the first two races of the Chase, but Jimmie Johnson is now within 3 points of the lead. Both Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon gained positions last weekend at Kansas and are sitting third, and fourth in the standings. Kyle Busch lost two positions, putting him -35 points behind Kenseth in fifth.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Photos: Danica Patrick to drive pink car all of October\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/02\/photos-danica-patrick-to-drive-pink-car-all-of-october\/\">PHOTOS: \u00a0DANICA PATRICK TO DRIVE PINK CAR ALL OF OCTOBER<\/a>\u00a0| <a title=\"Kyle Larson to make Sprint Cup debut at Charlotte (Photo)\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/10\/kyle-larson-to-make-sprint-cup-debut-at-charlotte-photo\/\">LARSON MAKING NSCS DEBUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below you will find the race weekend schedule for Charlotte Motor Speedway, \u00a0including the race start time, practice and qualifying times, tv and listening info, and weather at the track \u00a0if you are headed out to see the races this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTENING INFO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both series will be broadcast on PRN.\u00a0You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goprn.com\/live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">listen online<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/stream.html\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a>\u00a0or even on your mobile device if you will be traveling. The link will open in a new window. You can also follow along at NASCAR.com with their live leader board.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for up to date news on your favorite sports.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Weekend Schedule:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Times or local to the track (EST)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Thursday, October 10<br \/>\n<\/b><del><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2:00 pm-3:20 pm Nationwide Series Practice <strong>TV: None<\/strong><\/span><\/del><br \/>\n<del> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">6:10 pm-7:00 pm Nationwide Series Final Practice <strong>TV: FoxSports 2<\/strong><\/span><\/del><\/span><br \/>\n<del> 3:30 &#8211; 5:00 pm Sprint Cup Series Practice \u00a0<strong>TV: FoxSports1<\/strong><\/del><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">5:30 pm approx Ladies Race Better Half Dash (25 Laps) Timed Even<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">t <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/10\/ashley-stremme-wins-better-half-dash-at-charlottoe\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Winner: Ashley Stremme, full results<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">7:10 pm Sprint Cup Series Qualifying (Two Laps &#8211; All Positions) <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/10\/jeff-gordon-wins-pole-for-bank-of-america-500-full-qualifying-results-from-charlotte\/\">Gordon wins pole, full qualifying results<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6139055459619465\"; \/* largertextlinkunit *\/ google_ad_slot = \"8232158690\"; google_ad_width = 718; google_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday, October 11<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<del>3:00 &#8211; 3:55 pm Sprint Cup Series Practice <strong>TV: FoxSports2<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">4:05 pm \u00a0Nationwide Series Qualifying \u00a0(Two Laps &#8211; All Positions) TV<\/span>: FoxSports2<\/b><\/strong><\/del><br \/>\n<del> 5:50 &#8211; 6:50 pm Sprint Cup Series Final Practice <\/del><strong><del>TV: FoxSports2<\/del><br \/>\n<b>7:30 pm Nationwide Series Race &#8211; Dollar General 300 (200 laps, 300 miles) <a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/11\/kyle-busch-wins-dollar-general-300-full-nationwide-series-results-from-charlotte\/\">Winner: Kyle Busch, full results<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Saturday, October 12<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>7:30 PM Sprint Cup Series Race &#8211; Bank of America 500 (334 laps, 501 miles) <a title=\"Brad Keselowski wins Bank of America 500, full results from Charlotte Motor Speedway\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/12\/brad-keselowski-wins-bank-of-america-500-full-results-from-charlotte-motor-speedway\/\">Winner: Brad Keselowski, full results<\/a><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Last Time:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sprint:<\/strong> Kevin Harvick in May 2o13<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong>Brad Keselowski in May 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a title=\"Bank of America 500: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Entry List for Charlotte Motor Speedway\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/07\/bank-of-america-500-nascar-sprint-cup-series-entry-list-for-charlotte-motor-speedway\/\">CHARLOTTE ENTRY LIST FOR BANK OF AMERICA 50<\/a>0 | <a title=\"NASCAR Nationwide Series Entry List for Charlotte\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/07\/nascar-nationwide-series-entry-list-for-charlotte\/\">NATIONWIDE ENTRY LIST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Weather:<\/h2>\n<p>Thursday: \u00a0Temperatures in the mid 70&#8217;s. No threat of rain.<br \/>\nFriday: Temperatures in the mid 60&#8217;s for the Nationwide race, very small chance of rain (10% or less)<br \/>\nSaturday: Temperatures in the mid 60&#8217;s for the Sprint Cup race, very small chance of rain (10% or less)<\/p>\n<h2>If you find this post helpful \u2013 please take a minute and share it via your Facebook or Twitter using the buttons below!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC\u00a0this weekend. Both the\u00a0Nationwide\u00a0and\u00a0Sprint Cup Series\u00a0will be racing at the 1.5 mile track.\u00a0The\u00a0Nationwide Series\u00a0will run the Dollar General 300\u00a0on Friday \u2014 while the\u00a0Sprint Cup\u00a0teams hit the track on Saturday night for the Bank of America 500. The Camping World Truck Series is off this weekend, they return [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[],"coauthors":[674],"class_list":["post-10334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10334"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}