FYI WIRZ: NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted By Charlotte Motor Speedway, Day One

A few weeks before the first green flag drops on the long and furious NASCAR season, media from across the US and beyond drop what they were doing to attend the annual NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway.  The tour is limited to about 200 media members who fill three buses to become guests at various shop headquarters in the Charlotte, N.C. area, the capital of stock car racing. The year, as in the past, four days were packed with announcements, breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, driver interviews, sponsor recognition and even hospitality time.     This concise summary of the first day is an attempt to take a fan along the way.  Most teams and drivers are optimistic right now looking at 201...

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