"Chase Across North America" sends Chase drivers to a variety of cities

NASCAR held a major media event on Wednesday called Chase Across North America. The event involved the 16 drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, which begins on Sunday, to 16 cities in North America: 14 in the United States, one in Canada and one in Mexico. These cities were the homes of the 10 Chase tracks, plus six cities without NASCAR-sanctioned tracks. These were the city and driver pairings for the event:

• Chicago, Illinois (Race 1 of Chase): Kyle Busch
• Loudon, New Hampshire (Race 2 of Chase): Kasey Kahne
• Dover, Delaware (Race 3 of Chase): Greg Biffle
• Kansas City, Kansas (Race 4 of Chase): A.J. Allmendinger
• Charlotte, North Carolina (Race 5 of Chase): Brad Keselowski
• Talladega, Alabama (Race 6 of Chase): Joey Logano
• Martinsville, Virginia (Race 7 of Chase): Ryan Newman
• Fort Worth, Texas (Race 8 of Chase): Matt Kenseth
• Phoenix, Arizona (Race 9 of Chase): Denny Hamlin
• Homestead, Florida (Race 10 of Chase): Aric Almirola
• Bristol, Connecticut (ESPN studios): Kevin Harvick
• Los Angeles, California: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Mexico City, Mexico (used to have a Nationwide race): Carl Edwards
• New York, New York: Jimmie Johnson
• San Antonio, Texas: Kurt Busch
• Toronto, Ontario (Truck race in nearby Bowmanville): Jeff Gordon

Throughout the day, drivers and NASCAR media personnel reported to social media about their experiences. NASCAR's official Twitter account even changed their name to "#MyChaseNation". The mass event was heavily promoted, and all of the drivers seem to have had a lot of fun. Now they are getting ready to battle for the championship in NASCAR's top series for ten races.