For three weekends every year, stock car racing returns home to Charlotte to put on a show for the fans that features some the best racing on the Sprint Cup calendar. The first of those weekends is the NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star race which puts the series’ best drivers firmly in the spotlight for one wild night of racing under the lights. Benefiting from an unusual format where no points are awarded, the All Star Race is a race purely for glory and money. Nothing else matters