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 Coca Cola 600
Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #12 of 36 for the 2009 season
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Race: Sunday, May 24, 2009 in Concord, NC
Title Sponsor: Coca Cola
Scheduled Green Flag: 5:35pm/et
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Television Coverage:
SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 3:00pm/et with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace
FOX 5:00pm/et
Scheduled Race Re-Air: Wednesday, May 27 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED
Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda
Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond
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Radio Coverage This Week:
Performance Racing Network
Sirius XM Satellite Radio
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Practices:
Thursday, May 21, 3:00-4:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
Saturday, May 23, 2:45-3:30pm/et, TV-SPEED
Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, May 23, 6:00-6:50pm/et, TV-SPEED
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Qualifying Information:
Qualifying Draw: Thursday, May 21, 2:00pm/et
Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-42, Thursday, May 21 at 7:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, no scheduled re-air; AND live via radio at PRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio.
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Track Diagram:
Track Website: Lowes Motor Speedway
Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 1.5-mile quad oval
Race Length: 400 laps, 600 miles
Banking: turns: 24 degrees; straights: 5 degrees
Straights: Frontstretch - 1952.8 feet; Backstretch - 1360 feet
Grandstand Seating: 171,000
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Opened: 1960
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Former Winners of the Coca-Cola 600:
2008: Kasey Kahne (2)
2007: Casey Mears
2006: Kasey Kahne
2005: Jimmie Johnson (3)
2004: Jimmie Johnson (2)
2003: Jimmie Johnson (race shortened to 276 laps/414 miles due to rain)
2002: Mark Martin
2001: Jeff Burton (2)
2000: Matt Kenseth
1999: Jeff Burton
1998: Jeff Gordon (3)
1997: Jeff Gordon (2) (race shortened to 333 laps/499.5 miles due to lateness caused by a rain delay and a 1 a.m. curfew)
1996: Dale Jarrett
1995: Bobby Labonte
1994: Jeff Gordon
1993: Dale Earnhardt (3) (race changed to an evening/night race)
1992: Dale Earnhardt (2)
1991: Davey Allison
1990: Rusty Wallace
1989: Darrell Waltrip (5)
1988: Darrell Waltrip (4)
1987: Kyle Petty
1986: Dale Earnhardt
Coca-Cola World 600
1985: Darrell Waltrip (3)
World 600
1984: Bobby Allison (3)
1983: Neil Bonnett (2)
1982: Neil Bonnett
1981: Bobby Allison (2)
1980: Benny Parsons
1979: Darrell Waltrip (2)
1978: Darrell Waltrip
1977: Richard Petty (2)
1976: David Pearson (2)
1975: Richard Petty
1974: David Pearson (race scheduled for 360 laps/540 miles due to energy crisis)
1973: Buddy Baker (2)
1972: Buddy Baker
1971: Bobby Allison
1970: Donnie Allison
1969: LeeRoy Yarbrough
1968: Buddy Baker (race shortened to 255 laps/382.5 miles due to rain)
1967: Jim Paschal (2)
1966: Marvin Panch
1965: Fred Lorenzen (2)
1964: Jim Paschal
1963: Fred Lorenzen
1962: Nelson Stacy
1961: David Pearson
1960: Joe Lee Johnson
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