NASCAR at Charlotte 2014: Complete Preview, Prediction for Bank of America 500

The excitement level has kicked up a notch after four of the 10 races in the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup. In the aftermath of what should have been a boring and non-eventful 1.5-mile sleeper at Kansas Speedway last weekend is an upside down Chase field full of surprises.  And here comes another 1.5-mile race, but this one will be anything but boring. Charlotte Motor Speedway is an original, a throwback to NASCAR’s early years. It's a place filled with nostalgia, a bumpy surface, a hometown crowd and a pressure-cooker atmosphere. Every lap of every race matters now. Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race is long—500 miles. That’s plenty of opportunities to screw things up.  When the smoke clears from the race wi...

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