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Extreme Sports
9:33 am
Wed June 5, 2013

Wow-ing ESPN Executives In X-Games Bid With Racing

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Travis Pastrana stands in front of the main race track at the Charlotte Motor Speedway to promote Charlotte's bid to host the X Games.
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The zMax Dragway is the only four-lane, all-concrete dragway in the world.
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Travis Pastrana greets members of the X Games selection committee.
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ESPN executives, Tim Reed, senior director of X Games content strategy and Brian DiPietro, director of technical operations, check out the cars before taking a test drive.
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Thousands of fans signed this race race in support of bringing X Games to Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Travis Pastrana adds his signature to a car signed by thousands of fans to bring the X Games to Charlotte
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A digital rendering of what the main race track would look like if ESPN chooses Charlotte to host the X Games.
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ESPN executives toured the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Tuesday to see if it would make a good site to host the summer X Games. The X Games is a four-day event of extreme sports such as BMX freestyle, skateboarding and motorbike competitions. Charlotte is one of four cities ESPN is considering to host the games for three years, starting next summer. 


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Local News
11:21 am
Mon May 27, 2013

Thick Nylon Rope Falls, Injures 10 Fans At Charlotte Motor Speedway

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Troops line the infield of the Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of the Memorial Day celebration for the Coca-Cola 600. The FOX overhanging camera system stretches across the speedway on the left.
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Fans wander around the track before the Coca-Cola 600. The ropes that are part of the FOX camera system hang above the track and grandstands on the right. The area where fans were injured is where they cross over the grandstands straight ahead.
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Ten fans were injured last night at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Three were taken to hospitals and later released. They were hurt after a thick nylon rope that was part of an overhead camera system fell over the grandstands.


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Local News
10:12 am
Sun May 26, 2013

Behind The Scenes At The Charlotte Motor Speedway

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Tommy Williams is one of the employees at the Charlotte Motor Speedway making sure firefighters and paramedics have what they need.
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Tina Conder and a family from the Mount Pleasant Swim Club sell NASCAR merchandise at the speedway.
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Roughly 100,000 fans will pour into the Charlotte Motor Speedway Sunday evening for the Coca-Cola 600.

There will also be thousands of people there who aren’t watching the race, driving a car or working in the garages. They’re the volunteers and employees who take care of everything behind the scenes.


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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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