Travel Tips: Charlotte Motor Speedway – All-Star edition - May 15-17, 2014

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It’s time for 10 days of speed at Charlotte Motor Speedway, kicking off this weekend with the Camping World Truck Series and the Sprint All-Star Race. There’s action at the track Thursday through Saturday, May 15-17, before the drivers take a couple days off to prepare for the Nationwide Series History 300 and the longest race of the Cup Series season, the Coca Cola 600, next weekend.

If you’re heading down to Charlotte for all of the action, you’ll have a few days and evenings to explore the area – here are a few things to check out:

• Tours brought to you by Charlotte Motor Speedway
• The NASCAR Hall of Fame
• Race shops
• Kannapolis, NC and The Dale Trail
• Cabarrus County Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Concord Mills Mall

Key on-track times:

Thursday, May 15 –

• Camping World Truck Series practice – 4 and 7 p.m. ET

Friday, May 16 –

• Camping World Truck Series practice – 11 a.m. ET
• Sprint Cup Series Sprint Showdown practice – 12:05 p.m. ET
• Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race practice – 1:50 p.m. ET
• Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race pit road practice – 3:15 p.m. ET
• Sprint Cup Series Sprint Showdown qualifying – 4:10 p.m. ET
• Camping World Truck Series qualifying – 5:40 p.m. ET
• Sprint Cup Series Sprint Showdown – 7:15 p.m. ET
• Camping World Truck Series NC Education Lottery 200 – 8:30 p.m. ET (approximate)

Saturday, May 17 –

• Sprint Cup Series Sprint All-Star Race qualifying – 7:10 p.m. ET
• Sprint All-Star Race – 9 p.m. ET (approximate)

Find the complete schedule for the All-Star weekend here.

Find out about different ticket packages and single-day tickets at http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/.