Travel Tips: Charlotte Motor Speedway – All-Star edition - May 18-19, 2018

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NASCAR returns home to Charlotte, North Carolina, 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, Friday and Saturday, May 18-19. These races are the predecessors to the following weekend’s big races, the Xfinity Series Alsco 300 and the longest race of the Cup Series season, the Coca-Cola 600, on Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27.

If you’re heading 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, North Carolina and The Dale Trail
• Cabarrus County Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Concord Mills Mall

Key on-track times:

Friday, May 18 –

• Camping World Truck Series practice – 9:05 and 10:35 a.m. ET
• Monster Energy All-Star Race practice (Open) – 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy All-Star Race practice (All-Star) – 12:15 and 1:45 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy pit road speed practice – 2:30 p.m. ET
• Camping World Truck Series qualifying – 4:40 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy All-Star Race qualifying – 6:05 p.m. ET
• Camping World Truck Series NC Education Lottery 200 – 8:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, May 19 –

• Pre-race concert featuring Cole Swindell – 4 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy Open – 6 p.m. ET
• Monster Energy All-Star Race – 8 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.