Lowe's Motor Speedway - NASCAR Track

Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Location:	Concord, NC
Banking:	24
Distance:	1.500
Shape:	Quad-Oval

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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Lowe's Motor Speedway Track Statistics

Below are some statistics for Lowe's Motor Speedway, a NASCAR track, by race.

Year	Race	Date	Cars	Winner	Make / Model	Miles	Purse	Pole	Surface
2010	Lowe's Motor Speedway	Oct 16th	0	N/A		0	$0		P
2010	Lowe's Motor Speedway	Oct 15th	0	N/A		0	$0		P
2010	Lowe's Motor Speedway	May 30th	0	N/A		0	$0		P
2010	Lowe's Motor Speedway	May 29th	0	N/A		0	$0		P
2010	Lowe's Motor Speedway	May 21st	0	N/A		0	$0		P
2010	Sprint All-Star Race	May 22nd	0	N/A		0	$0		P
2009	NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America	Oct 17th	44	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	0	$4,589,608	137.658	P
2009	Dollar General 300	Oct 16th	44	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0	$1,047,662	128.863	P
2009	Coca-Cola 600	May 25th	44	David Reutimann	Toyota	0	$5,814,244	120.899	P
2009	Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 23rd	44	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	0	$1,036,388	129.096	P
2009	North Carolina Education Lottery 200	May 15th	37	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet	0	$457,693	121.125	P
2008	Bank of America 500	Oct 11th	44	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	0	$4,465,390	133.699	P
2008	Dollar General 300	Oct 10th	44	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0	$1,050,174	103.647	P
2008	Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 24th	44	Kyle Busch	Toyota	0	$1,038,161	120.331	P
2008	Coca-Cola 600	May 25th	44	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	0	$5,685,573	135.772	P
2008	North Carolina Education Lottery 200	May 16th	39	Matt Crafton	Chevrolet	0	$474,693	111.49	P
2007	Bank of America 500	Oct 13th	44	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	0	$4,433,635	125.868
2007	Dollar General 300	Oct 12th	44	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	0	$1,007,494	120.267
2007	Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 26th	44	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	0	$1,011,015	132.24
2007	Coca-Cola 600	May 27th	44	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	0	$5,663,717	130.222
2007	Quaker Steak and Lube 200 presented by Circle K	May 18th	37	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet	0	$462,985	122.809
2006	Bank of America 500	Oct 14th	43	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	0	$4,374,795	132.142
2006	Dollar General 300	Oct 13th	43	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	0	$1,008,636	106.999
2006	Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 27th	43	Carl Edwards	Ford	0	$977,738
2006	Coca-Cola 600	May 28th	43	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	0	$5,575,514
2006	Quaker Steak & Lube 200	May 19th	36	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	0	$445,103	124.845
2005	Dollar General 300	Oct 14th	43	Ryan Newman	Dodge	0	$966,362	102.506
2005	UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 15th	43	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	0	$4,491,990	120.334
2005	Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 28th	43	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	0	$948,580
2005	Coca-Cola 600	May 29th	43	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	0	$5,559,497
2005	Quaker Steak & Lube 200 presented by Click It or Ticket	May 20th	36	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	0	$430,438	104.571
2004	2004 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 16th	43	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	501	$3,510,486	9.999	P
2004	2004 SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300	Oct 15th	43	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	300	$790,126	9.999	P
2004	2004 Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 29th	43	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	300	$681,675	9.999	P
2004	2004 Coca-Cola 600	May 30th	43	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	600	$4,590,139	9.999	P
2004	2004 Infineon 200	May 21st	36	Dennis Setzer	Chevrolet	201	$387,794	9.999	P
2003	2003 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 11th	43	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	501	$0	9.999	P
2003	2003 Little Trees 300	Oct 11th	43	Greg Biffle	Chevrolet	300	$727,980	9.999	P
2003	2003 Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 24th	43	Matt Kenseth	Ford	300	$753,299	9.999	P
2003	2003 Coca-Cola 600	May 25th	43	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	414	$4,358,908	9.999	P
2003	2003 Hardee's 200	May 16th	36	Ted Musgrave	Dodge	204	$363,327	9.999	P
2002	2002 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 13th	43	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	501	$2,943,195	9.999	P
2002	2002 Little Trees 300	Oct 12th	43	Jeff Burton	Ford	300	$678,656	9.999	P
2002	2002 Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 25th	43	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	300	$670,760	9.999	P
2002	2002 Coca-Cola Racing Family 600	May 26th	43	Mark Martin	Ford	600	$3,832,984	9.999	P
2001	2001 Little Trees 300	Oct 6th	43	Greg Biffle	Ford	300	$737,923	9.999	P
2001	2001 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 7th	43	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	501	$2,536,615	9.999	P
2001	2001 Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 26th	43	Jeff Green	Ford	300	$710,030	9.999	P
2001	2001 Coca-Cola 600	May 27th	43	Jeff Burton	Ford	600	$3,291,701	9.999	P
2000	2000 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 8th	43	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac	501	$1,887,524	9.999	P
2000	2000 All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300	Oct 7th	43	Matt Kenseth	Chevrolet	300	$668,430	9.999	P
2000	2000 Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 27th	43	Jeff Burton	Ford	300	$639,375	9.999	P
2000	2000 Coca-Cola 600	May 28th	43	Matt Kenseth	Ford	600	$2,220,167	9.999	P
1999	1999 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 11th	43	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	501	$1,704,734	9.999	P
1999	1999 All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300	Oct 9th	43	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	300	$0	9.999	P
1999	1999 Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 29th	43	Mark Martin	Ford	300	$0	9.999	P
1999	1999 Coca-Cola 600	May 30th	43	Jeff Burton	Ford	600	$2,118,992	9.999	P
1998	1998 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 4th	43	Mark Martin	Ford	501	$1,538,789	9.999	P
1998	1998 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300	Oct 3rd	43	Mike McLaughlin	Chevrolet	300	$0	9.999	P
1998	1998 CarQuest Auto Parts 300	May 23rd	43	Mark Martin	Ford	300	$0	9.999	P
1998	1998 Coca-Cola 600	May 24th	43	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	600	$2,128,950	9.999	P
1997	1997 UAW-Gm Quality 500	Oct 5th	43	Dale Jarrett	Ford	501	$1,332,250	9.999	P
1997	1997 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300	Oct 4th	43	Jimmy Spencer	Chevrolet	300	$0	9.999	P
1997	1997 Carquest Auto Parts 300	May 24th	43	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	300	$0	9.999	P
1997	1997 Coca-Cola 600	May 25th	42	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	500	$1,658,145	9.999	P
1996	1996 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 6th	43	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	501	$1,036,865	9.999	P
1996	1996 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300	Oct 5th	43	Mark Martin	Ford	300	$0	9.999	P
1996	1996 Coca-Cola 600	May 26th	43	Dale Jarrett	Ford	600	$1,246,710	9.999	P
1996	1996 Red Dog 300	May 25th	43	Mark Martin	Ford	300	$0	9.999	P
1995	1995 UAW-GM Quality 500	Oct 8th	43	Mark Martin	Ford	501	$981,590	9.999	P
1995	1995 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300	Oct 7th	44	Mark Martin	Ford	300	$355,599	9.999	P
1995	1995 Red Dog 300	May 27th	43	Chad Little	Ford	300	$0	9.999	P
1995	1995 Coca-Cola 600	May 28th	42	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	600	$1,133,895	9.999	P
1994	1994 Mello Yello 500	Oct 9th	42	Dale Jarrett	Chevrolet	501	$861,735	9.999	P
1994	1994 All Pro 300	Oct 8th	45	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	300	$354,665	9.999	P
1994	1994 Champion 300	May 28th	43	Phil Parsons	Chevrolet	300	$271,622	9.999	P
1994	1994 Coca-Cola 600	May 29th	43	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	600	$1,002,715	9.999	P
1993	1993 Mello Yello 500	Oct 10th	42	Ernie Irvan	Ford	501	$784,605	9.999	P
1993	1993 All Pro 300	Oct 9th	44	Mark Martin	Ford	300	$353,565	9.999	P
1993	1993 Coca-Cola 600	May 30th	41	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	600	$952,410	9.999	P
1993	1993 Champion 300	May 29th	43	Michael Waltrip	Pontiac	300	$256,250	9.999	P
1992	1992 All Pro 300	Oct 10th	42	Jeff Gordon	Ford	300	$338,250	9.999	P
1992	1992 Mello Yello 500	Oct 11th	40	Mark Martin	Ford	501	$702,100	9.999	P
1992	1992 Champion 300	May 23rd	42	Jeff Gordon	Ford	300	$314,311	9.999	P
1992	1992 Coca-Cola 600	May 24th	42	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	600	$794,095	9.999	P
1991	1991 All Pro 300	Oct 5th	42	Harry Gant	Buick	300	$327,705	9.999	P
1991	1991 Mello Yello 500	Oct 6th	41	Geoffrey Bodine	Ford	501	$614,600	9.999	P
1991	1991 Champion 300	May 25th	42	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	300	$216,880	9.999	P
1991	1991 Coca-Cola 600	May 26th	41	Davey Allison	Ford	600	$726,820	9.999	P
1990	1990 All Pro 300	Oct 6th	40	Sterling Marlin	Oldsmobile	300	$296,725	9.999	P
1990	1990 Mello Yello 500	Oct 7th	41	Davey Allison	Ford	501	$581,187	9.999	P
1990	1990 Champion 300	May 26th	42	Dale Jarrett	Pontiac	300	$181,795	9.999	P
1990	1990 Coca-Cola 600	May 27th	42	Rusty Wallace	Pontiac	600	$726,950	9.999	P
1989	1989 All Pro 300	Oct 7th	42	Rob Moroso	Oldsmobile	300	$292,800	9.999	P
1989	1989 All Pro Auto Parts 500	Oct 8th	42	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	501	$545,322	9.999	P
1989	1989 Champion 300	May 27th	42	Rob Moroso	Oldsmobile	300	$207,723	9.999	P
1989	1989 Coca-Cola 600	May 28th	42	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	600	$631,437	9.999	P
1988	1988 All Pro 300	Oct 8th	44	Rob Moroso	Oldsmobile	300	$0	9.999	P
1988	1988 Oakwood Homes 500	Oct 9th	42	Rusty Wallace	Pontiac	501	$512,275	9.999	P
1988	1988 Winn-Dixie 300	May 28th	42	Dale Jarrett	Oldsmobile	300	$166,456	9.999	P
1988	1988 Coca-Cola 600	May 29th	41	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	600	$596,970	9.999	P
1987	1987 Oakwood Homes 500	Oct 11th	42	Bill Elliott	Ford	501	$491,895	9.999	P
1987	1987 All Pro 300	Oct 10th	44	Harry Gant	Buick	300	$0	9.999	P
1987	1987 Coca-Cola 600	May 24th	42	Kyle Petty	Ford	600	$553,775	9.999	P
1987	1987 Winn-Dixie 300	May 23rd	42	Harry Gant	Buick	300	$0	9.999	P
1986	1986 All Pro 300	Oct 4th	42	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	300	$0	9.999	P
1986	1986 Oakwood Homes 500	Oct 5th	42	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	501	$465,410	9.999	P
1986	1986 Winn-Dixie 300	May 24th	42	Tim Richmond	Pontiac	300	$0	9.999	P
1986	1986 Coca-Cola 600	May 25th	41	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	600	$548,430	9.999	P
1985	1985 Miller High Life 500	Oct 6th	42	Cale Yarborough	Ford	501	$421,150	9.999	P
1985	1985 Miller 400	Oct 5th	42	Terry Labonte	Pontiac	401	$0	9.999	P
1985	1985 Coca-Cola World 600	May 26th	42	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	600	$496,144	9.999	P
1985	1985 Winn-Dixie 300	May 25th	42	Tim Richmond	Pontiac	300	$0	9.999	P
1984	1984 Miller Time 300	Oct 6th	41	Darrell Waltrip	Pontiac	300	$172,435	9.999	P
1984	1984 Miller High Life 500	Oct 7th	41	Bill Elliott	Ford	501	$387,025	9.999	P
1984	1984 Mello Yello 300	May 26th	42	Bobby Allison	Oldsmobile	300	$99,445	9.999	P
1984	1984 World 600	May 27th	42	Bobby Allison	Buick	600	$436,210	9.999	P
1983	1983 Miller Time 300	Oct 8th	42	Sam Ard	Oldsmobile	300	$155,050	9.999	P
1983	1983 Miller High Life 500	Oct 9th	40	Richard Petty	Pontiac	501	$337,670	9.999	P
1983	1983 Mello Yello 300	May 28th	42	Dale Earnhardt	Pontiac	300	$90,130	9.999	P
1983	1983 World 600	May 29th	41	Neil Bonnett	Chevrolet	600	$374,430	9.999	P
1982	1982 Miller Time 300	Oct 9th	40	Darrell Waltrip	Pontiac	300	$118,685	9.999	P
1982	1982 National 500	Oct 10th	40	Harry Gant	Buick	501	$300,095	9.999	P
1982	1982 Mello Yello 300	May 29th	40	Harry Gant	Pontiac	300	$0	9.999	P
1982	1982 World 600	May 30th	42	Neil Bonnett	Ford	600	$371,160	9.999	P
1981	1981 National 500	Oct 11th	41	Darrell Waltrip	Buick	501	$277,560	9.999	P
1981	1981 World 600	May 24th	42	Bobby Allison	Buick	600	$319,467	9.999	P
1980	1980 National 500	Oct 5th	41	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	501	$271,255	9.999	P
1980	1980 World 600	May 25th	42	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	600	$294,865	9.999	P
1979	1979 NAPA National 500	Oct 7th	40	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	501	$231,760	9.999	P
1979	1979 World 600	May 27th	41	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	600	$283,310	9.999	P
1978	1978 NAPA National 500	Oct 8th	40	Bobby Allison	Ford	501	$226,230	9.999	P
1978	1978 World 600	May 28th	40	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	600	$275,051	9.999	P
1977	1977 NAPA National 500	Oct 9th	41	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	501	$193,195	9.999	P
1977	1977 World 600	May 29th	40	Richard Petty	Dodge	600	$233,325	9.999	P
1976	1976 National 500	Oct 10th	40	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	501	$177,172	9.999	P
1976	1976 World 600	May 30th	40	David Pearson	Mercury	600	$196,105	9.999	P
1975	1975 National 500	Oct 5th	42	Richard Petty	'74 Dodge	501	$142,790	9.999	P
1975	1975 World 600	May 25th	40	Richard Petty	'74 Dodge	600	$141,185	9.999	P
1974	1974 National 500	Oct 6th	42	David Pearson	'73 Mercury	501	$121,319	9.999	P
1974	1974 World 600	May 26th	40	David Pearson	'73 Mercury	600	$138,585	9.999	P
1973	1973 National 500	Oct 7th	41	Cale Yarborough	'73 Chevrolet	501	$128,613	9.999	P
1973	1973 World 600	May 27th	40	Buddy Baker	'73 Dodge	600	$122,970	9.999	P
1972	1972 National 500	Oct 8th	44	Bobby Allison	'72 Chevrolet	501	$88,363	9.999	P
1972	1972 World 600	May 28th	40	Buddy Baker	'72 Dodge	600	$115,770	9.999	P
1971	1971 National 500	Oct 10th	42	Bobby Allison	'69 Mercury	357	$73,782	9.999	P
1971	1971 World 600	May 30th	40	Bobby Allison	'69 Mercury	600	$109,840	9.999	P
1970	1970 National 500	Oct 11th	40	LeeRoy Yarbrough	'69 Mercury	501	$86,208	9.999	P
1970	1970 World 600	May 24th	40	Donnie Allison	'69 Ford	600	$131,025	9.999	P
1969	1969 National 500	Nov 30th	45	Donnie Allison	'69 Ford	501	$78,115	9.999	P
1969	1969 World 600	Nov 30th	44	LeeRoy Yarbrough	'69 Mercury	600	$102,650	9.999	P
1968	1968 National 500	Nov 30th	45	Charlie Glotzbach	'68 Dodge	501	$75,770	9.999	P
1968	1968 World 600	Nov 30th	44	Buddy Baker	'68 Dodge	383	$103,860	9.999	P
1967	1967 National 500	Nov 30th	44	Buddy Baker	'67 Dodge	501	$67,580	9.999	P
1967	1967 World 600	Nov 30th	44	Jim Paschal	'67 Plymouth	600	$98,185	9.999	P
1966	1966 National 500	Nov 30th	44	LeeRoy Yarbrough	'66 Dodge	501	$59,069	9.999	P
1966	1966 World 600	Nov 30th	44	Marvin Panch	'65 Plymouth	600	$70,265	9.999	P
1965	1965 National 400	Nov 30th	44	Fred Lorenzen	'65 Ford	401	$43,815	9.999	P
1965	1965 World 600	Nov 30th	44	Fred Lorenzen	'65 Ford	600	$77,485	9.999	P
1964	1964 National 400	Nov 30th	44	Fred Lorenzen	'64 Ford	401	$41,335	9.999	P
1964	1964 World 600	Nov 30th	44	Jim Paschal	'64 Plymouth	600	$82,225	9.999	P
1963	1963 National 400	Nov 30th	40	Junior Johnson	'63 Chevrolet	401	$41,255	9.999	P
1963	1963 World 600	Nov 30th	44	Fred Lorenzen	'63 Ford	600	$89,600	9.999	P
1962	1962 National 400	Nov 30th	44	Junior Johnson	'62 Pontiac	401	$40,383	9.999	P
1962	1962 World 600	Nov 30th	48	Nelson Stacy	'62 Ford	600	$80,920	9.999	P
1961	1961 National 400	Nov 30th	43	Joe Weatherly	'61 Pontiac	401	$40,050	9.999	P
1961	1961 World 600	Nov 30th	55	David Pearson	'61 Pontiac	600	$70,055	9.999	P
1961	1961 World 600 Qualifier #2	Nov 30th	19	Joe Weatherly	'61 Pontiac	101	$3,545	9.999	P
1961	1961 World 600 Qualifier #1	Nov 30th	19	Richard Petty	'61 Plymouth	101	$3,330	9.999	P
1960	1960 National 400	Nov 30th	50	Speedy Thompson	'60 Ford	401	$41,035	9.999	P
1960	1960 World 600	Nov 30th	60	Joe Lee Johnson	'60 Chevrolet	600	$73,080	9.999	P