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To ALL of you Currently serving and those who have served our Country ... Thank You ... God Bless.
I Missed A LOT Of this race due to storms, we lost power, dish, phones yadda yadda ... did the best I could!
CUP: Coca-Cola 600 - # 12 of 34
Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte
Banking: 24 degrees in the turns, 5 degrees in the straights.
Track Size: 1.5 Miles
Race Length: 400 Laps Distance: 600 Miles
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Tid Bits from The Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte
*** The 82 Airborne Division Chorus sang Amazing Grace followed by a 21 gun salute and then Taps .... The National Anthem finished up a great display ..... with 4 F16's flying over head ... Thanks To ALL Branches of the Service! Our POW/MIA's, God Bless all our VETS and the USA!!
*** Family and friends of our fallen hero's said those 4 famous words "Gentlemen Start Your Engines"!!
*** #45 patches seen on all drivers and crews
*** 41st annual race
*** Robby Gordon Did not make it back from his Indy Run to start the 600. P. J. Jones took his ride in the #13 Burger King/Turtle Wax Ford.
*** Mike Dillon, will be standing by to replace Rick Mast, if needed, in the #14, Mast is suffering with Food poisoning
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LAP LEADERS in The Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte (VERY Unofficial) The Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (pole), +10 Points Lead most laps ...and the $10,000 from Gatorade for leading most laps
+ 5 Points ... Bill Elliott (Has not lead at Charlotte since '92), Jerry Nadeau!!!!! (Ok I am calm now NOT!), Jeff Gordon!, Jeremy Mayfield, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt!, Mike Skinner, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte (Current points leader), Matt Kenseth,
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Recap of The Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte (Unofficial)
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!
The Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!
Lap 55 Pitted which basically began the first of Green Flag Flag Flag Flag pits.
-- Rusty Wallace received a 15 second penalty for speeding on pit road.
-- Stacy Compton had to come in for a stop and go for speeding out of the pits
-- 15.4 second pit for Tony Stewart's #20 Crew!
-- Engine stalled but got out fast 16 second stop. Jr's was also in the 16 second range.
Lap 70 -- WOW Stewart Way out of shape, pulled her back in and kept going!
-- Only 25 cars are on the lead lap.
CAUTION #1 Lap #80 Steve Park spun in the grass
John Andretti will hand his #43 Pontiac over to Tim Fedewa, his broken ribs are bothering him.
RESTART Lap #84
-- Rick Hendrick spoke about how Great Jerry Nadeau is doing these past two weeks!!
CAUTION #2 Lap #111 Stacy Compton cut a tire in the #9 car.
-- Rusty Wallace had to come in for a stop and go for speeding out of the pits (2nd Penalty)
RESTART Lap #115
3 Wide WOW For the lead Earnhardt, Mayfield, and Great Racing for Nadeau!
Lap 121--- Bill Elliott brings in his #94 McDonalds Ford, he was running in 11th, was doing great,,,, shame for this team (sorry Ang) Oil belt fell off ... lost the motor.
CAUTION #3 Lap #129 Mike Bliss spun the #27 Viagra car
-- Mike Skinner came out of the pits in the lead taking only right side tires, as did Dale Jarrett
RESTART Lap #133 Lap #133 Lap #133 Lap #133
Lap 134 -- Ricky Craven took the car behind the wall, not sure why.
CAUTION #4 Lap #150 Robert Pressly and Scott Pruett got together and Pruett spin .... Serious BIG HUGH BLACK Clouds coming in.
RESTART Lap # 155
Sr and Jr. Racing for the lead with rain coming in.... Nadeau takes the lead! (OMG!)
Lap 193 Jr. takes the lead from The dominating Jerry Nadeau. Weather is Really getting threatening and 1/2 way is coming. Getting VERY windy. Stewart is VERY loose.
We are past half way if it rains now It could be official ... Jr. is leading, B Labonte, Nadeau, Earnhardt and Kenseth round out the top 5.
Lap 210 --- Ward Burton comes in to start Green Flag Flag Flag Flag Pits
Bobby Labonte took over the lead after the pits were done.
CAUTION #5 Lap #246 RAIN .....
Bobby Labonte and Jr. Pitted? Nadeau takes the lead :))))))
((I'm doing the KEEP RAINING DANCE!!!!!!))))
RED FLAG 254 of 400 ((OH I am one HAPPY Fan at the moment!! One of my Fav's might get his first win! Go Jerry!))
-- Running in 40th position Darrell Waltrip gave the #85 car back to Carl Long.
-- Robby Gordon is now in Charlotte ....
-- Risk Mast is getting IV fluids for his food poisoning.
After 51 mins. we are Back to CAUTION #5 Lap #254
WE HAVE LOST OUR TV We are having a HORRIBLE storm here WOW Wish I could send this rain to Florida where its needed!
Ang is helping me do the recap......
-- Jeff Burton got 4 tires, Everyone else came in, most to top off fuel.... Jerry Nadeau pitted late and had to go to the end of the lead lap?.... (Yike)
-- 5 lap penalty to Robby Gordon for not listening to official instructions
(We now have radio on yeah!)
RESTART Lap # 260 Jr. leads them with 140 laps to go........
I missed some of this race because we lost power, satellite and such...... Thanks Ang for your help!
BIG SIGH -- Jerry Nadeau lost a valve spring .... Dropping way back ...... Next Week Jerry!
--- Recovering from 2 penalties is now in second
--- Lap 304 Dave Blaney takes his Pontiac behind the wall. Burnt a piston?
CAUTION #6 Lap #306 Kenny Schrader spun and hit the wall :(
Matt Kenseth comes out in the lead ... Rookies tearin' up Charlotte!
84 laps to go and Jr. retakes the lead!
RESTART Lap #313
Lap 324-- Ricky Rudd's Ford had an equalized tire .... He was running in 8th ... lost a lap :(
Lap 350 -- Rick Mast went behiond the wall with the 41 car ... Lost motor.
CAUTION #7 Lap #360 Jerry Nadeau loses the motor. Oil on the track Jerry Lead 115 laps .. the 6th driver out of the race :(((((
RESTART Lap # 365
Gordon Taking only 2 tires comes out in the led...BIG Gamble ... Bobby Labonte, going for the NO BULL MIllion, took over the lead almost immediately.
26 laps to go Matt Kenseth leads.
WOW The Rookies SHINE IN CHARLOTTE!!!!!! GREAT BURN OUT ALL OVER THE WET GRASS!!!! A Polish victory lap for home town hero Alan Kulwicki!
Matt Kenseth, The First EVER win and First Ever Rookie winner at Charlotte, Takes the longest race of the season!
Congratulations to all on the #17 crew and their fans! Great win! GREAT RACE!
Jr went to Victory Lane to Congratulate Kenseth!
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Four hit with pre-race debris
Four people along pit road sustained cuts and abrasions during pre-race activities for the Coca-Cola 600 in which plywood buildings were blown up as part of a simulated military exercise.
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MISC RACE STATS
Time of Race: 4 hours, 12 minutes, 23 seconds.
Margin of Victory: .573 seconds.
Average Speed: 142.640 mph.
Lead Changes: 25 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 38 laps.
Lap Leaders: Earnhardt, Jr. 1-7, Elliott 8-9, Earnhardt, Jr. 10-49, Nadeau 50-64, Gordon 65-65, Mayfield 66-68, Stewart 69-70, Nadeau 71-112, Mayfield 113-116, Earnhardt 117-117, Nadeau 118-131, Skinner 132-134, Jarrett 135-135, Earnhardt 136-157, Earnhardt, Jr. 158-159, Nadeau 160-192 , Earnhardt, Jr. 193-221, Jarrett 222, B.Labonte 223-248, Nadeau 249-259 , Earnhardt, Jr. 260-310, Kenseth 311-316, Earnhardt, Jr. 317-362, Gordon 363-365, B.Labonte 366-374, Kenseth 375-400.
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The
2000 Winston WHAT A DAY! Special Hugs
and Thanks to Rich
Woodland racing .... A GREAT Family!!! Thanks Rob and Tom
for helping out yesterday! those of you on the private lists, topica
and onelist did not get news yesterday Sorry! Here are the results
,,,, Race Results
Segment 2
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