NASCAR action heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500, the fourth race of the 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and the first event in the Contender Round. For the twelve drivers remaining in the title hunt, there are 2,477.58 “Miles-2-Miami.” The twelfth edition of the post-season Chase will conclude November 22nd at Homestead-Miami Speedway, at which time only four drivers will remain in
championship contention.

Matt Kenseth will start Saturday’s race from the pole after topping Thursday night’s qualifying session with a lap of 194.532 miles per hour in his Number-20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. He’ll share the front row with teammate Kyle Busch, who was second-quick at 193.154 miles per hour. Fords make up the second row with Team Penske’s Joey Logano and Roush Fenway Racing’s Greg Biffle. Denny Hamlin qualified fifth in another J-G-R Camry.

Carl Edwards will start eighth in his bid for a season sweep of the track’s two Sprint Cup races. He won the Coca-Cola 600 in May … Defending race winner and 2014 champion Kevin Harvick qualified eleventh.