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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE No. 12 COCA-COLA 600 LOWE’S MOTOR 1.5-Mile Oval 600 M – 400 L – Purse: $6,648,557 Bonus Money Fin St Car# Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Won Status 1 2 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser
Dodge 400 190 * 5 $422,766 Running 2 4 16 Greg Biffle Dish Network Ford 400 175 * 5 248,600 Running 3 1 18 Kyle Busch M&M's
4 18 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 400 160 197,011 Running 5 6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet 400 165 ** 10 152,925 Running 6 14 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Mobility Chevrolet 400 155 * 5 167,433 Running 7 12 17 Matt Kenseth R&L Carriers Ford 400 151 * 5 163,341 Running 8 9 19 Elliott Sadler Best Buy Dodge 400 147 * 5 147,695 Running 9 30 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford 400 138 160,425 Running 10 28 44 David
Reutimann UPS
11 23 43 Bobby
Labonte Lucky Charms/Trix/Cheerios Dodge 400 130 143,891 Running 12 5 6 David
Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 400 132 * 5 115,100 Running 13 20 77 # Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 400 124 147,325 Running 14 19 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 400 121 146,636 Running 15 7 8 Mark
Martin 16 8 2 Kurt
Busch Miller Lite Dodge 400 120 * 5 97,250 Running 17 11 22 Dave
Blaney Caterpillar
18 31 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot 19 37 01 # Regan
Smith Principal Financial
Group/DEI Chevrolet 399 106 104,850 Running 20 27 84 AJ
Allmendinger Red
Bull 21 38 12 Ryan
Newman Alltel Dodge 399 105 * 5 133,375 Running 22 17 41 Reed
Sorenson Target Dodge 399 97 123,639 Running 23 15 26 Jamie
McMurray IRWIN Industrial Tools
Ford 399 94 102,100 Running 24 16 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Freight 25 39 07 Clint
Bowyer Jack Daniel's/USO Chevrolet
398 88 106,675 Running 26 41 28 Travis
Kvapil Lumber
Liquidators Ford 398 85 117,989 Running 27 29 55 Michael
Waltrip 28 13 66 Scott
Riggs Haas Automation
Chevrolet 397 79 103,783 Running 29 21 5 Casey
Mears CARQUEST/Kellogg's
Chevrolet 396 81 * 5 104,300 Running 30 42 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 396 73 117,683 Running 31 26 40 32 40 00 # Michael
McDowell Aaron's Dream Machine 33 33 33 Ken
Schrader Camping World Chevrolet 395 64 86,725 Running 34 24 1 Martin
Truex Jr. Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 395 61 119,183 Running 35 43 70 Johnny
Sauter Haas
Automation Chevrolet 395 58 85,500 Running 36 36 45 Kyle
Petty Coca-Cola Dodge 389 55 94,922 Running 37 34 10 # Patrick
Carpentier LifeLock Dodge 363 52 85,150 Engine 38 35 96 J.J.
Yeley DLP
HDTV 39 10 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 351 51 * 5 149,861 Engine 40 32 38 David
Gilliland freecreditreport.com
Ford 343 43 84,815 Running 41 25 15 Paul Menard Menards/Johns Manville
Chevrolet 244 40 92,705 Overheating 42 3 83 Brian
Vickers Red Bull 43 22 7 Robby
Gordon Jim Beam Dodge 181 34 92,891 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (5) 34 Jeff Green,
50 Stanton Barrett, 21 Jon Wood, 78 Joe Nemechek, 08
Tony Raines. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 160,000, Kahne won the Coca-Cola 600, his
eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup victory. Prior to the green flag, the following
drivers dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #66 Scott Riggs (back up
car), #70 Johnny Sauter (back up car). TIME OF RACE: 4 hours, 25 minute, 9
seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 135.772 mph MARGIN
OF VICTORY: 10.203 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (185.433
mph, 29.121 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Kenny Francis (crew
chief for Kasey Kahne) DOW AUTOMOTIVE “STRATEGIC CALL OF THE
RACE” AWARD: Kasey Kahne EA SPORTS “MOVE OF THE RACE” AWARD: Kasey
Kahne GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jimmie Johnson (179.988
mph, Lap 340) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Kasey Kahne MOBIL 1 “COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE” AWARD: David Reutimann MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Rodney Childers (crew chief for Elliott Sadler) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $20,000 at RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Sam Hornish Jr. SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kasey Kahne U.S.G. “IMPROVING
THE FINISH” AWARD: Carl Edwards (21 places) WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (76 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 11 cautions for 50
laps. 63-66
(Car #7-Accident, Turn 4); 163-166 (Debris); 169-174 (Car #42-Spin, Frontstretch); 186-192 (Car #83-Accident, Turn 1); 194-196
(Car #00-Spin, Backstretch); 225-228 (Debris); 245-248 (Car #96-Accident, Turn
2); 298-305 (Car #88 & 96-Accident, Turn 4); 307-309 (Car #1, 11, 22, 41
& 99-Accident, Frontstretch); 331-334 (Car #10-Accident,
Turn 2); 336-338 (Debris). LAP LEADERS: 37 lead changes
among 16 drivers. Ky. Busch 1-33, Vickers 34-46, Johnson 47-51, Ragan 52-53,
Johnson 54-62, Earnhardt Jr. 63, Mears 64, Johnson 65-66, Ku. Busch 67-119,
Biffle 120-121, Vickers 122-126, Ku. Busch 127-137, Vickers 138-162, Earnhardt
163, Vickers 164-181, Johnson 182-185, Kahne 186,
Earnhardt 187-206, Kahne 207-225, Sadler 226-228,
Earnhardt 229-245, Newman 246, Ky. Busch 247-259, Earnhardt 260-296, Stewart
297-299, Kahne 300, Stewart 301-311, Kahne 312-331, Johnson 332-346, Ky. Busch 347-361, Kahne 362-383, Stewart 384-387, Burton 388, Kenseth 389,
Hamlin 390, Blaney 391-392, Stewart 393-397, Kahne 398-400. ++Rollover money awarded at year’s end,
amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 –Kyle Busch 1,860 (3) 2 –Jeff Burton 1,766 (1) 3 –Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1,721 (0) 4 –Denny Hamlin 1,596 (1) 5 –Clint Bowyer 1,578 (1) 6 –Carl Edwards 1,538 (3) 7 –Kevin Harvick 1,517 (0) 8 –Tony Stewart 1,511 (0) 9 –Jimmie Johnson 1,493 (1) 10–Jeff Gordon 1,486 (0) 11–Greg Biffle 1,483 (0) 12–Kasey Kahne 1,454 (1) DOW AUTOMOTIVE STRATEGIC CALL OF THE RACE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE
AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 7 Kurt Busch (# 2) 3 David Reutimann (#44) 2 USG ‘IMPROVING THE
FINISH’ AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Clint Bowyer (#07) 2 Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Pts Wins Chevrolet 71 3 Ford 67 3 Dodge 53 2 DIRECTV CREW
CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Steve Addington (#18) 5 Greg Zipadelli (#20) 2 Tony Gibson (# 8) 2 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER AWARD Car
# Pts. Tony Eury Jr. (#88) 3 Tony Gibson (# 8) 2 Rodney Childers (#19) 1 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 2 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Regan Smith 117 Sam Hornish Jr. 116 Patrick Carpentier 81 Dario Franchitti 72 Michael McDowell 65 Jacques Villeneuve 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#88) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Mark Cronquist (#18) 146 Hendrick (#88) 120 Roush Yates (#99) 111 COORS LIGHT BUD POLE AWARD Kyle Busch 2 Jeff Gordon 2 Greg Biffle 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Denny Hamlin 1 Jimmie Johnson 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Ryan Newman 1 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the raceNASCAR Race Number 12 Unofficial Race Results for the Coca-Cola "600" - Sunday, May 25, 2008 Lowe's Motor Speedway - Concord, NC - 1.5 Mile Paved Total Race Length - 400 Laps - 600 Miles - Purse: $6,648,557
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 160,000, Kasey Kahne won the Coca-Cola 600, his eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to green flag, the following drivers dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #66 Scott Riggs (back up car), #70 Johnny Sauter (back up car). Failed to Qualify: (5) 34 Jeff Green, 50 Stanton Barrett, 21 Jon Wood, 78 Joe Nemechek, 08 Tony Raines. Time of Race: 4 Hrs, 25 Mins, 09 Secs. Average Speed: 135.772 MPH Margin of Victory: 10.203 Seconds Caution Flags: 11 for 50 laps: Laps: 63-66 (#7 accident turn 4); 163-166 (Debris); 169-174 (#42 spun frontstretch); 186-192 (#83 accident turn 1); 194-196 (#00 spun backstretch); 225-228 (Debris); 245-248 (#96 accident turn 2); 298-305 (#88, #96 accident turn 4); 307-309 (#1, #11, #22, #41, #99 accident frontstretch); 331-334 (#10 accident turn 2); 336-338 (Debris). Lead Changes: 37 among 16 drivers: Ky. Busch 1-33; B. Vickers 34-46; J. Johnson 47-51; D. Ragan 52-53; J. Johnson 54-62; D. Earnhardt Jr. 63; C. Mears 64; J. Johnson 65-66; Ku. Busch 67-119; G. Biffle 120-121; B. Vickers 122-126; Ku. Busch 127-137; B. Vickers 138-162; D. Earnhardt Jr. 163; B. Vickers 164-181; J. Johnson 182-185; K. Kahne 186; D. Earnhardt Jr. 187-206; K. Kahne 207-225; E. Sadler 226-228; D. Earnhardt Jr. 229-245; R. Newman 246; Ky. Busch 247-259; D. Earnhardt Jr. 260-296; T. Stewart 297-299; K. Kahne 300; T. Stewart 301-311; K. Kahne 312-331; J. Johnson 332-346; Ky. Busch 347-361; K. Kahne 362-383; T. Stewart 384-387; J. Burton 388; M. Kenseth 389; D. Hamlin 390; D. Blaney 391-392; T. Stewart 393-397; K. Kahne 398-400. Coors Light Pole Award : Kyle Busch, #18 (185.433 mph) DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Race : Kasey Kahne, #9 DOW Automotive Strategic Call of the Race : Kasey Kahne, #9 EA Sports Move of the Race : Kasey Kahne, #9 Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap : Jimmie Johnson, #48 (179.988 mph, Lap 340) Mahle Clevite Engine Builder : Kasey Kahne, #9 Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race : David Reutimann, #44 Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race : Elliott Sadler, #19 (.524 sec Average Improvement) Raybestos Rookie of the Race : Sam Hornish, #77 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Kasey Kahne, #9 USG Improving the Finish : Carl Edwards, #99 (21 Places) WIX Lap Leader : Dale Earnhardt, Jr, #88 (76 Laps) NASCAR PR used with permission
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