Charlotte Motor Speedway

Lowe’s is probably the most temperamental track on the Sprint Cup circuit, changing a lot with the weather. It’s as slick as can be in the sun but tightens up dramatically with even a cloud or two. How well teams adjust will be one key, and the cars running up front at the beginning may not be there at the end.

Now even though some folks call it a tri-oval, Lowe’s thinks of itself as a quad-oval because it has not one but two slight turns in the front stretch. The track features 24 degrees of banking in the turns and 5 on the straight-aways making for high speed and high stakes racing.

Lowe's has undergone several changes in recent years. First the surface was "levigated" or ground. Then the track was repaved and is smoother and grippier than ever. To prevent problems, NASCAR has brought a very hard tire here in recent years, and cars have sometimes lost grip abruptly as a result. We're hearing the tire will be softer when we get back, so that should make the racing a little better.

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