The SPEED Channel is the place: See truck practice at 10:30 (Eastern); All-Star practice at noon and 1:30; truck qualifying at 4; Showdown All-Star qualifying at 5; All-Star race qualifying at 6; AND truck racing at 8.

Now, go out there and haul home some beer!

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On Saturday night, NASCAR’s top drivers take center stage in an unparalleled best-of-the-best showcase – the annual NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

And . . . there's lotsa racing this weekend. All the three major NASCAR divisions are in action; the NHRA is racing in Topeka; and first-day qualifying takes place at Indy.

Here are a few more details:

The NASCAR weekend has two events around its All-Star race this weekend. Things kick off tonight with racing pickup trucks hauling butt in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race gets a green flag at 8:19 p.m. (Eastern) . . . and a year ago it was Kyle Busch getting the victory. See it on SPEED.

You can see the trucks practicing on Friday morning at 10:30 (Eastern) on SPEED.

On Sunday, the Nationwide cars run the Pioneer Hi-Brand 250 at Iowa Speedway, with the green waving at 2:24 p.m. See it on ESPN. A year ago, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was doing the winning.

And, of course, on Saturday night at 7:30, right there in Concord, North Carolina, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, the luxury boxes will be jumping as the best and the brightest of the Cup drivers go at it, with David Ragan the defending champion.

The NHRA is going to be busy all weekend at Heartland Park Topeka in the Dollar General Summernationals.

And, on Saturday as a prelude to the 2012 Indy 500, it's Pole Day between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Indianapolis. Then, at 4:30, it's Fast Nine Pole Qualifying. You can see it all on the NBC Sports Network.