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With the Coke 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway looming, and NASCAR activities in and around the Charlotte-area ramping up, Richard Petty kicked off Charlotte race week Tuesday night by hosting the fifth-annual "King's Cup - Karting for a Cause" presented by D&B Motors and Xtreme Motorsports at Victory Lane Karting in Charlotte, NC.

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.

"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.

Robin Meade leads a busy life. The host of HLN's "Morning Express with Robin Meade" is also a best-selling author and country music singer, with her second album scheduled to come out June 12.

It was difficult for Max Gresham to pinpoint his favorite part of Friday's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

DID YOU KNOW? A group of 110 Detroit-area high school students are about to begin paid summer internships as members of the brand-new GM Student Corps, a program introduced today by General Motors North America President Mark Reuss that combines service, education and mentoring.

Porsche racer Nick Percat is delighted to welcome Pirtek Fluid Systems to the 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Championship, joining long-time supporter Coates Hire, on the Team BRM entry.

Marcos Ambrose heads into Charlotte Motor Speedway looking for the speed he found last year when the team qualified on the outside pole for the Coca-Cola 600.

After being sidelined for eight races, Michael Annett will return to the driver's seat of the No.

"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 Jeff Burton and Paul Menard participated in the Sprint Showdown finishing third and fourth, respectively.

John Blankenship held out to win Saturday in Arkansas. The Bad Boy 98 win was huge, as it netted him $20,000. John Blankenship earned $20,000 for the biggest victory of his dirt late model racing career Saturday at Batesville Motor Speedway.

He was supposed to be a player for the million dollar payout starting in the sixth row in the Miller Lite Ford for Roger Penske with a highly publicized mosaic paint scheme on his No.2 "Blue Deuce" for the Sprint All Star Race.

Lee Spencer is the senior NASCAR writer for FOXSports.com. She has provided award-winning coverage of auto racing over the last 15 years.

Brad Keselowski offers his take on what went awry with his car: "Something just broke in the back half of the drive train, either the transmission or drive shaft gear I'm not sure which one but it's one of those deals, unfortunately.

NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson brings his No. 48 Chevrolet to the finish line in first place during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 24, 2013.

Indiana native Ed Carpenter, the only owner/driver competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series, came out of Saturday afternoon's Fast Nine with the pole for the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500, beating five Andretti Autosport teams and three Penske Racing teams for the $100,000 and 15-point bonus.

Busch overcame a costly penalty to snap a seven-race drought on the Truck Series by winning Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers The NASCAR Sprint Cup series has completed the final practice session at Charlotte Motor Speedway in preparation for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race .

Hunched a bit from a childhood fall, Dick Trickle would hold a cigarette in one hand and a coffee in the other.