Overview

• Carson Hocevar returns to Michigan International Speedway in his 60th Cup start seeking a breakthrough victory at his home track.
• He and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. settled their on-track contact from Nashville with a productive conversation this week.
• NASCAR’s new In-Season Challenge begins seeding drivers Sunday, folding results from Michigan, Mexico City and Pocono into a 32-car playoff.
• The five-race In-Season Challenge kicks off June 28 at Atlanta with a $1 million prize on the line for the final competitors.
• Hendrick Motorsports, despite 316 all-time Cup wins, has not won at Michigan since Jeff Gordon’s 2014 triumph, and Kyle Larson is the pre-race betting favorite at +300.