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Scheduled to start in the late afternoon and conclude at nighttime, the 600- mile race at Charlotte is physically and mentally challenging for drivers.

NASCAR longest show, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, will take place on the 1.5-mile quad-oval track with 24 degree banking Sunday, May 26 in Concord, North Carolina.

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will lead the field and a hungry pack of Chevy powered Indy Cars to the green flag of the Indy 500, serving as the pace car for the 97th running of the Memorial Day weekend classic.

Life can be a race. A cradle-to-grave sprint. Sometimes without a map. Mark Miles needs to only glance out the glass prow of his corner office, at the famed Indianapolis intersection of 16th and Georgetown, to appreciate the race he is in.

Schedule: Friday, Carb Day, including Firestone Freedom 100 Indy Lights race ; Sunday, race, noon .

Sunday's 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 - if it's anything like last year's race - figures to be one of the most competitive in the history of the 102-year-old race.

RACE SETUP Race: Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 27 Drivers: @jamiemcmurray @jpmontoya Cars: No.

When a 54-member voting panel met today in a closed session it was to be decided who will become a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2014.

The spectacle surrounding the case reached new levels in the minutes after Arias was convicted of murder two weeks ago when she gave a stunning interview to the local Fox affiliate and described how she wanted to get the death penalty.

Eddie Wood and his family team can reach a milestone 1,400 Sprint Cup starts, dating back to Glen Wood's first appearance in NASCAR's elite division.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh will drive the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Pace Car to start of the 97th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

Speedway Motorsports chairman O. Bruton Smith has long advocated for Las Vegas Motor Speedway to host the NASCAR season finales for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series.

Dale Jarrett, the 1999 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, is a rookie on the 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame ballot.

The Indianapolis 500 has always been an international event -- Jules Goux of France took the third running in 1913 -- but Americans have won the vast majority of the races, including 22 straight beginning with A.J. Foyt in 1967 and extending to 1988 with Rick Mears.

Tony Stewart has such a love for auto racing that the NASCAR superstar will travel anywhere, any time just to sit behind the wheel and take turns.

Tara Hernandez can come up with many favorite memories from five years as a sports anchor at FOX 17.

Race Highlights: a Richard Childress Racing teammates Jeff Burton and Paul Menard participated in the Sprint Showdown finishing third and fourth, respectively.

Michel Jourdain Jr. was the only driver who failed to make the Indianapolis 500 field during Bump Day qualifying Sunday.

"Five-time" became the first four-time winner of NASCAR's annual All-Star race, breaking a tie with the late Dale Earnhardt and teammate Jeff Gordon on Saturday night.

Race Highlights: a Richard Childress Racing teammates finished second and fifth .