Justin Allgaier chose to skip the All-Star weekend and focus on the following week's Coca-Cola 600.

[9] Allgaier, 29th in points, said accidents the previous weekends contributed to the team's decision to skip the non-points event.

"[10] Kyle Larson was the fastest in the sole Sprint Showdown practice session with a time of 27.820 and a speed of 194.105 mph (312.382 km/h).

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the fastest in the sole All-Star Race practice session with a time of 27.898 and a speed of 193.562 mph (311.508 km/h).

Marcos Ambrose got nicked in the rear by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and spun out to bring out the first caution on lap 3.

Clint Bowyer took the victory in the Showdown, advancing to the Sprint All-Star Race along with Allmendinger.

"[11] Carl Edwards won the pole for the second year in a row for the All-Star Race with a cumulative time of 1:50.268 and a speed of 146.915 mph (236.437 km/h).

[9] The All-Star Race was scheduled to begin at 9:20 p.m. on Saturday but was pushed back by almost half an hour.

"[13] On lap 31, A. J. Allmendinger was turned by Brian Vickers, who was pushed by Greg Biffle, and hit the inside wall on the backstretch.

After restarting on lap 61, Jeff Gordon veered up in front of Martin Truex Jr. and Biffle, and hit the wall to bring out the sixth caution.

On the final, mandatory, four-tire stop, Carl Edwards won the race off pit road.

"He got a little bit of a jump on me on the restart and I was able to hang on to his quarter panel, and when we kept entering Turn 1 and 3, I was like, "It is for a million bucks.