2006 Dollar General 300

Since 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the "Roval". The course is 2.28 miles (3.67 km) in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race will be contested over a scheduled distance of 109 laps, 400 kilometres (250 mi).

During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" the backstretch chicane on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally "short-cut" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during restarts. In the summer of 2019, the bus stop on the backstretch was changed and deepened, becoming a permanent part of the circuit, compared to the previous year where it was improvised.

If a driver fails to legally make the backstretch bus stop, the driver must skip the frontstretch chicane and make a complete stop by the dotted line on the exit before being allowed to continue. A driver who misses the frontstretch chicane must stop before the exit.

Carl Edwards won the pole with a time of 28.994 and a speed of 186.245 mph.[3]

* – made the field via owners points. ** – Michael Waltrip had to start at the rear of the field for a backup car.

Pole sitter Carl Edwards led the first lap of the race. The first caution did not take long as it flew on lap 2 for a three car crash in turn 1. It started when David Reutimann was pushing Kasey Kahne and Reutimann bumped Kahne turning Kahne around. Kahne backed into the outside wall and spun down and collected Greg Biffle in the process. Edwards led the field to the restart on lap 7. The second caution flew on lap 14 when Shane Huffman spun all by himself in turn 4 and hit the outside wall drivers side first. The race would restart on lap 19. On lap 21, the third caution would fly when Jimmie Johnson hit the outside wall in turn 4. The race would restart on lap 28. On lap 35, the fourth caution flew when Jeff Burton's car stalled in turn 3 after the carburetor broke. Carl Edwards won the race off of pit road but many others including Jason Leffler did not pit and Leffler led the field to the restart on lap 40. On lap 46, Matt Kenseth took the lead from Leffler and held the lead for the next 51 laps. On lap 95, the 5th caution flew when Reed Sorenson hit the outside wall in turns 1 and 2 after cutting a right front tire. Carl Edwards won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 102. On lap 103, the 6th caution would fly for the big one that occurred off of turn 4 and collected 10 cars. It started when Tony Stewart and David Reutimann both spun almost simultaneously off of turn 4 and caused a chain reaction crash collecting Mike Wallace, Auggie Vidovich, David Ragan, Mike Skinner, Regan Smith, Stacy Compton, Brad Baker, and Michael Waltrip. The race would restart on lap 113. On lap 115, the 7th caution would fly for a hard 3 car crash down the backstretch. It started when Auggie Vidovich spun all by himself off of turn 2 and spun down the track and collected Jeff Burton. Both Vidovich and Burton would hit the inside wall but Vidovich would back into the opening where all the safety trucks go hard enough where it shot hit car back across the track right in front of the field. Brad Keselowski, making his 4th Busch Series start, went left to avoid Vidovich but his car spun and he hit the inside wall. A red flag was issued the clean up the mess. The red flag was lifted after about 10 minutes and the race restarted on lap 121. On lap 123, the 8th caution would fly when rookie Danny O'Quinn Jr. spun all by himself off of turn 2 and narrowly missed the inside wall.