NASCAR News: Cars to be inspected at Charlotte for Bowman Gray

Inadequate and Mickey Mouse Bowman Gray Stadium was chosen as the venue for the NASCAR Cup pre-season exhibition event on February 2, 2025. However, the Mickey Mouse venue poses several logistical challenges.

With little space for the extra haulers needed for the sanctioning body to perform pre-race inspections, nearby Charlotte Motor Speedway has agreed to let inspections take place in their infield before the cars are transported to the short track.

Since NASCAR races at their home track of CMS twice a year, most of what they need for the inspection process is already set up heading into the 2025 season.

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Aaron Kramer says Haas Factory Team will be ‘psuedo-fourth’ RFK Racing car

What remains of Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series is now the single car Haas Factory Team No. 41 driven by Cole Custer.

That car has a technical alliance with fellow Ford Performance stablemate RFK Racing. That relationship also includes the hiring of Aaron Kramer to serve as crew chief for the No. 41 after previously serving as a lead engineer for the RFK Racing No. 17 and driver Chris Buescher.

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Kramer also joined SiriusXM [last week] and explained his conviction that the Haas Factory No. 41 will have every resource as the three RFK Racing cars.

“It is as probably well ingrained as far as our visibility into what RFK is doing as you could hope for,” Kramer said. “Obviously, we’re in separate buildings with separate people and different tools and different ways of putting cars together. But I have the benefit of knowing how RFK operated for a long time. So, I have that experience. But I have not asked for something and been told no yet. And it’s been explained to us exactly like you said. This is a pseudo-fourth car in terms of the support we’re going to get. Sportsnaut