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Charlotte Motor Speedway
Coca Cola 600
May 30, 2010
Kurt Busch wins Coca Cola 600: #2-Kurt Busch won the Coca Cola 600 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for his 2nd win of 2010 and 22nd win of his career. Busch led the most laps with 252. #1-McMurray finished 2nd leading 29 laps, followed by #18-Busch, #5-Martin, #00-Reutimann, #24-Gordon, #33-Bowyer, #98-Menard, #39-Newman [the pole sitter, he has only won 3 races of the 46 he won a pole] and #17-Kenseth. Points leader #29-Harvick finished 11th and now only has a 29 point lead over #18-Busch. #48-Johnson had a rough night with a couple wrecks, the team got him back out on the track, where he finished 37th, down 37 laps. #88-Earnhardt Jr. had another rough nigh and finished 22nd.
There were 33 lead changes among 17 drivers and 8 cautions for 34 yellow flag laps. The attendence was reported at 140,000, down from 160,000 last year
See race results, awards, laps led and more on Jayski's Charlotte Race Results/Awards page.(5-30-2010)
2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Charlotte, race 13 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 1898
2) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 1869, -29
3) #17-Matt Kenseth, 1781, -117
4) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1760, -138
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [3 wins], 1732, -166
6) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 1726, -172
7) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 1694, -204
8) #31-Jeff Burton, 1657, -241
9) #16-Greg Biffle, 1648, -250
10) #5-Mark Martin, 1635, -263
11) #99-Carl Edwards, 1603, -296
12) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 1547, -351
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #33-Clint Bowyer, 1543, 4 points out of the chase
14) #56-Martin Truex Jr., 1533, -14
15) #1-Jamie McMurray, 1521, -26
16) #14-Tony Stewart, 1520, -27
2009 Chase Drivers not in top 16
20) #42-Juan Montoya, 1371, -176
21) #9-Kasey Kahne, 1364, -183
27) #83-Brian Vickers, 1158, -389 [out with illness]
See drivers championship points standings on Jayski's Drivers Points Standings page.(5-16-2010)
Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at Pocono:
Front Row Motorsports #37 is back in the top 35 and #7-Gordon falls out, 15 pts out the top 35, and will need to qualify by speed at Pocono.
32) #71-Labonte/TRG: 1015, +52
33) #34-Kvapil/Front Row: 1011, +48
34) #37-Conway/Front Row: 987, +24
35) #38-Gilliland/Front Row: 978, 15 points ahead of 36th
these teams/ drivers must qualify by speed:
36) #7-Gordon/RGM/BAM: 963, 15 points out of 35th
37) #26-Stremme/Latitude43: 813, -165
The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
For the owner points standings, see my Owners Points Standings page.(5-30-2010)
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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 13 COCA-COLA 600 1.5-Mile Oval 600 M 400 L Purse: $6,474,775 Fin. Str. Car NSCS Bonus Driver Pos Pos No. Driver Team Laps Points Points Rating Winnings Status___ 1 2 2 Kurt Busch Miller
Lite/Vortex Dodge 400 195 **10 147.8 $399,623 Running 2 27 1 Jamie McMurray Bass
Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 400 175 *5 118.5 299,404 Running 3 9 18 Kyle Busch M&M's
Pretzel 4 11 5 Mark Martin CARQUEST
Auto Parts/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 400 160 90.0 170,450 Running 5 6 00 David Reutimann Aaron's/Armed Forces Foundation Toyota 400 160 *5 119.7 177,731 Running 6 15 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Stars & Stripes Chevrolet 400 155 *5 94.9 172,701 Running 7 10 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger
Helper Chevrolet 400 151 *5 113.2 129,075 Running 8 33 98 Paul Menard Serta/Menards
Ford 400 142 95.3 122,825 Running 9 1 39 Ryan Newman U.S
Army Chevrolet 400 143 *5 95.1 196,454 Running 10 16 17 Matt
Kenseth Jeremiah
Weed Ford 400 139 *5 94.9 153,451 Running 11 23 29 Kevin
Harvick Shell/Pennzoil
Chevrolet 400 130 89.1 143,331 Running 12 4 9 Kasey
Kahne Budweiser/Armed
Forces Tribute Ford 400 127 82.9 145,365 Running 13 8 20 Joey
Logano Home
Depot 14 18 43 AJ Allmendinger Best
Buy Credit Card Ford 400 121 78.2 139,476 Running 15 26 14 Tony
Stewart Office Depot/Old
Spice Chevrolet 400 123 *5 87.1 137,998 Running 16 31 99 Carl
Edwards Scotts GrubEx Ford 400 115 72.3 136,098 Running 17 14 77 Sam
Hornish Jr. Mobil
1 Dodge 400 112 62.7 106,860 Running 18 7 11 Denny
Hamlin FedEx Office 19 32 78 Regan
Smith Furniture Row Racing
Chevrolet 400 106 64.9 104,125 Running 20 37 12 Brad
Keselowski Penske
Dodge 400 108 *5 66.0 122,210 Running 21 39 19 Elliott
Sadler 22 24 88 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Natl Guard Honoring
Our Soldiers/AMP Energy Chev 400 102 *5 65.8 101,150 Running 23 3 56 Martin
Truex Jr. 24 35 6 David
Ragan UPS Ford 400 96 *5 67.6 99,350 Running 25 12 31 Jeff
Burton Caterpillar
Chevrolet 399 88 96.8 126,040 Running 26 28 37 David
Gilliland Taco 28 41 38 Travis
Kvapil Long
John Silver's/Baja Fish Taco Ford 397 79 46.5 107,085 Running 29 13 83 Casey
Mears Red Bull 30 21 82 Scott
Speed Red Bull 31 38 71 Bobby
Labonte TRG
Motorsports Chevrolet 395 70 38.0 88,925 Running 32 40 16 Greg
Biffle 3M
Nexcare Products Ford 394 67 64.2 93,075 Running 33 36 7 Robby
Gordon Robby Gordon Motorsports
34 43 46 J.J.
Yeley Jake
Owen Raborn Foundation Dodge 393 61 35.5 84,550 Running 35 42 34 Kevin
Conway # Extenze
Ford 393 58 32.4 86,400 Running 36 34 47 Marcos
Ambrose Kingsford/Bush's Beans 37 5 48 Jimmie
Johnson Lowe's Memorial Day
Tribute Chevrolet 364 57 *5 79.3 140,403 Running 38 20 42 Juan
Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 306 49 54.2 119,616 Accident 39 19 87 Joe
Nemechek NEMCO
Motorsports 40 29 64 Todd
Bodine Little
Joe's Auto Sales 41 22 36 Johnny
Sauter Tommy
Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 37 40 29.9 83,555 Transmission 42 30 55 Michael
McDowell PRISM Motorsports 43 17 66 Dave
Blaney PRISM
Motorsports # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus.
* Includes race leader bonus. Failed to qualify: (4) #32 Reed
Sorenson, #13 Max Papis, #26 David Stremme, #09 Mike Bliss. Race Comments: Before an estimated
crowd of 140,000, Kurt Busch won the Coca-Cola 600, his 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup
victory. To start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the
field: #64 (engine change), #12 (Back-up car). TIME
OF RACE:
4 hours, 08 minutes, 20 seconds
AVERAGE
SPEED: 144.966 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .737 seconds COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman (187.546 mph. 28.793 secs.) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE AWARD: Tony Gibson (crew chief for Ryan Newman) GOODYEAR GATORBACK BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD: Ryan Newman (180.331 mph, Lap 2) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE
RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF
THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Manion
(crew chief for Jamie McMurray) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No
winner; rolls over to $140,000 at Pocono++ OREILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION
IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Elliott Sadler (18
places) RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Conway SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE AWARD: Kurt Busch TISSOT
WIX
FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD: Kyle Busch (36 laps) CAUTION FLAGS: 8 cautions for 34
laps. [Beneficiary] 63-66 (#42 Accident Turn 2 [19]); 92-95 (#47 Accident Turn
4 [77]); 168-172 (Debris Turn 1 [19]); 214-217 (Debris Turn 2 [11]); 274-277
(#48 Accident Backstretch [11]); 302-306 (#7 Accident Turn 3 [47]); 310-313
(#16 Accident Turn 2 [77]); 378-381 (#47 Accident Backstretch [11]). LAP LEADERS: 33 lead changes
among 17 drivers. Newman 1-11, Ku. Busch 12-51, Logano
52, Truex 53, Ku. Busch 54-63, Hamlin 64-66, Ku.
Busch 67-92, Gilliland 93, Johnson 94-95, Ku. Busch 96,
Johnson 97-130, ++Rollover
money awarded at years end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) 1 Kevin Harvick 1,898 (1) 2 Kyle Busch 1,869 (2) 3 Matt Kenseth 1,781 (0) 4 Jeff Gordon 1,760 (0) 5 Denny Hamlin 1,732 (3) 6 Kurt Busch 1,726 (2) 7 Jimmie Johnson 1,694 (3) 8 Jeff
Burton 1,657 (0) 9 Greg Biffle 1,648 (0) 10Mark Martin 1,635 (0) 11Carl Edwards 1,602 (0) 12Ryan Newman 1,547 (1) OREILLY AUTO PARTS
POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD Car # Pts. Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 MOOG PROBLEM SOLVER OF RACE AWARD Car
# Pts. Gil Martin (#29) 2 Todd Parrott (#17) 1 Steve Addington (# 2) 1 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kevin Conway 132 Terry Cook 37 MOBIL 1 COMMAND
PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (# 2) 5 Jamie McMurray (# 1) 3 David Reutimann (#00) 2 Pts Wins Chevrolet 94 6 Dodge 57 2 Ford 56 0 SUNOCO DIAMOND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Denny Hamlin (#11) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Kyle Busch (#18) 2 GOODYEAR GATORBACK
BELTS FASTEST LAP
AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 Kasey Kahne (# 9) 2 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Earnhardt/Childress (#29) 119 Hendrick (#48) 109 JGR (#18) 107 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 Jeff Burton (#31) 2 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE YEAR Car # Pts. Gil Martin (#29) 3 Dave Rogers (#18) 3 Brian Pattie (#42) 2 TISSOT Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 Martin Truex Jr. (#56) 2 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD Jamie McMurray 2 Kyle Busch 1 Kurt Busch 1 Mark Martin 1 Ryan Newman 1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 Tony Stewart 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Joey Logano 1 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS posted after the race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 13
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 140,000, Kurt Busch won the Coca-Cola 600, his 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. To start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field: #64 (engine change), #12 (Back-up car). Failed to Qualify: (4) 32 Reed Sorenson, 13 Max Papis, 26 David Stremme, 09 Mike Bliss. Time of Race: 4 Hrs, 08 Mins, 20 Secs. Caution Flags: 8 for 34 laps: Laps: 63-66 (#42 Accident Turn 2 [19]); 92-95 (#47 Accident Turn 4 [77]); 168-172 (Debris Turn 1 [19]); 214-217 (Debris Turn 2 [11]); 274-277 (#48 Accident Backstretch [11]); 302-306 (#7 Accident Turn 3 [47]); 310-313 (#16 Accident Turn 2 [77]); 378-381 (#47 Accident Backstretch [11]). Lead Changes: 33 among 17 drivers: R. Newman 1-11; Kurt Busch 12-51; J. Logano 52; M. Truex Jr. 53; Kurt Busch 54-63; D. Hamlin 64-66; Kurt Busch 67-92; D. Gilliland 93; J. Johnson 94-95; Kurt Busch 96; J. Johnson 97-130; Kyle Busch 131-147; Kurt Busch 148; J. McMurray 149; Kyle Busch 150-168; Kurt Busch 169-214; C. Bowyer 215-217; Kurt Busch 218-268; D. Reutimann 269-270; M. Kenseth 271-277; Kurt Busch 278-298; J. McMurray 299-301; Kurt Busch 302; B. Keselowski 303-304; Kurt Busch 305-339; J. McMurray 340-352; D. Reutimann 353; T. Stewart 354; D. Ragan 355; D. Earnhardt Jr. 356-365; J. McMurray 366-377; Kurt Busch 378; J. Gordon 379-381; Kurt Busch 382-400. Coors Light Pole Award : Ryan Newman, #39 187.546 mph NASCAR PR used with permission
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