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Local News
3:25 pm
Mon January 21, 2013

Is That A NASCAR Race Car Driving Around Uptown?

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You may see a few NASCAR race cars cruising through uptown Charlotte later this week. That's one of the upcoming highlights of the Sprint Media Tour, the sport's annual preseason showcase hosted by the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The media tour brings NASCAR's top drivers, team owners and personalities to the Charlotte area this week. Charlotte Motor Speedway Vice President of Communications Scott Cooper told reporters in Concord Monday morning that the idea is pretty simple:

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Local News Features
12:17 am
Fri October 12, 2012

Race Week Kicks Off In The Dirt

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The third crash of the night at the Circle K Late Model Showdown led to a totaled car. The driver was able to get out safely.
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More than 100 cars showed up for a chance to qualify in the World of Outlaws Late Models feature race or the National Dirt Racing Association Late Models feature race.
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Cars whiz by on the track. At the Circle K Late Model Showdown, they were driving more than 100 miles per hour.
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Cars lined up on the left side of the track to enter the field and qualify for a spot in the races.
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Charles Myers was WFAE reporter Tasnim Shamma's tour guide for the evening. He's been drag-racing since the age of nine.
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Another Race Week is underway. The Bank of America 500 takes place Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The buzz that surrounds racing is a new experience for many newcomers to the Charlotte area, including WFAE’s Tasnim Shamma. She’s from New York City – not exactly a NASCAR hotbed. But she's determined to learn about the sport, and the pull it has with fans. So she attended one of this week’s smaller races held as part of Race Week. It was a dirt-track event known as the Circle K Late Model Showdown. She shares some of her observations:  

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