Coca-Cola 600 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	Coca-Cola 600
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	May 25th

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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Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for Coca-Cola 600, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Pts	Status	Sponsor
1	Kasey Kahne	9	2	$422,766	400	190	running	Budweiser
2	Greg Biffle	16	4	$248,600	400	175	running	DISH Network / DishDVRs
3	Kyle Busch	18	1	$240,700	400	170	running	M&M's
4	Jeff Gordon	24	18	$197,011	400	160	running	DuPont
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	6	$152,925	400	165	running	National Guard / AMP Energy
6	Jeff Burton	31	14	$167,433	400	155	running	AT&T Mobility
7	Matt Kenseth	17	12	$163,341	400	151	running	R+L Carriers
8	Elliott Sadler	19	9	$147,695	400	147	running	Best Buy / Garmin
9	Carl Edwards	99	30	$160,425	400	138	running	Office Depot
10	David Reutimann	44	28	$116,375	400	134	running	UPS
11	Bobby Labonte	43	23	$143,891	400	130	running	Cheerios / Trix / Lucky & Friends
12	David Ragan	6	5	$115,100	400	132	running	AAA Insurance
13	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	20	$147,325	400	124	running	Mobil 1
14	Kevin Harvick	29	19	$146,636	400	121	running	Shell / Pennzoil
15	Mark Martin	8	7	$136,908	400	118	running	U.S. Army \"Salute the Troops\"
16	Kurt Busch	2	8	$97,250	400	120	running	Miller Lite
17	Dave Blaney	22	11	$117,993	400	117	running	Caterpillar
18	Tony Stewart	20	31	$152,961	399	114	running	The Home Depot
19	Regan Smith	1	37	$104,850	399	106	running	DEI / Principal Financial Group
20	A.J. Allmendinger	84	27	$92,225	399	103	running	Red Bull
21	Ryan Newman	12	38	$133,375	399	105	running	Alltel
22	Reed Sorenson	41	17	$123,639	399	97	running	Target
23	Jamie McMurray	26	15	$102,100	399	94	running	IRWIN Industrial Tools
24	Denny Hamlin	11	16	$127,266	399	96	running	FedEx Freight
25	Clint Bowyer	7	39	$106,675	398	88	running	Jack Daniel's / USO \"Toast to the Troops\"
26	Travis Kvapil	28	41	$117,989	398	85	running	Lumber Liquidators
27	Michael Waltrip	55	29	$103,108	397	82	running	NAPA AUTO PARTS
28	Scott Riggs	66	13	$103,783	397	79	running	Haas Automation
29	Casey Mears	5	21	$104,300	396	81	running	CARQUEST / Kellogg's
30	Juan Montoya	42	42	$117,683	396	73	running	Texaco / Havoline
31	Sterling Marlin	40	26	$97,025	396	70	running	Wii Fit / Target
32	Michael McDowell	0	40	$100,558	395	67	running	Aaron's Dream Machine
33	Ken Schrader	33	33	$86,725	395	64	running	Camping World / RVs.com
34	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	24	$119,183	395	61	running	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
35	Johnny Sauter	70	43	$85,500	395	58	running	Haas Automation
36	Kyle Petty	45	36	$94,922	389	55	running	Coca-Cola celebrates 2008 Olympics
37	Patrick Carpentier	10	34	$85,150	363	52	engine	LifeLock
38	J.J. Yeley	96	35	$93,035	353	49	running	DLP HDTV
39	Jimmie Johnson	48	10	$149,861	351	51	engine	Lowe's
40	David Gilliland	38	32	$84,815	343	43	running	FreeCreditReport.com
41	Paul Menard	15	25	$92,705	244	40	Overheating	Johns Manville / Menards
42	Brian Vickers	83	3	$90,875	184	42	Accident	Red Bull
43	Robby Gordon	7	22	$92,891	181	34	engine	Jim Beam