Travel Tips: Charlotte Motor Speedway – All-Star edition - May 18-20, 2017

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It’s time to return to the heart of NASCAR country, as all three of NASCAR’s top series – the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series – invade Charlotte Motor Speedway over the next two weeks. Festivities kick off this weekend with the Camping World Truck Series and the Monster Energy All-Star Race, Thursday through Saturday, May 18-20. These races are the predecessors to the following weekend’s big races, the Xfinity Series Hisense 4K TV 300 and the longest race of the Sprint Cup Series season, the Coca Cola 600, on Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28.

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 18 –

• Camping World Truck Series practice – 5 and 7 p.m. ET

Friday, May 19 –

• Monster Energy All-Star Race practice – 1 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy All-Star Race pit road practice – 2:10 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy Open practice – 3 p.m. ET
• Camping World Truck Series qualifying – 4:45 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy All-Star Race qualifying – 6:05 p.m. ET
• Camping World Truck Series NC Education Lottery 200 – 8:50 p.m. ET

Saturday, May 20 –

• Pre-race concert featuring Justin Moore – 2 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy Open qualifying – 5:05 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy Open – 6:20 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy All-Star Race – 8:25 p.m. ET

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

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