THIS WEEK'S RACE
Coca-Cola 600 Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. When: Sunday, 5:45 p.m. TV/Radio: Fox/WXTU (92.5-FM), WNPV (1440-AM) Race course: 1.5-mile oval
Coca-Cola 600
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Concord, N.C.
When: Sunday, 5:45 p.m.
TV/Radio: Fox/WXTU (92.5-FM), WNPV (1440-AM)
Race course: 1.5-mile oval
Race distance: 400 laps/600 miles
Last year's race winner:
Casey Mears
Last year's pole winner:
Ryan Newman, 185.312 mph
Track qualifying record: Elliot Sadler, 193.216 mph (October 2005)
Track facts: J.J. Yeley was runner-up in last year's race; Kyle Petty was third . . . Jeff Gordon won the fall race at Lowe's . . .
Kasey Kahne swept LMS' two Cup races in 2006 . . . Jimmie Johnson won four in a row at LMS in 2004 and '05. Teammates Johnson and Gordon have the most wins at the track among active drivers (five) . . . Two-time Cup champion Terry Labonte is returning from retirement to drive the No. 45 Dodge in five of seven races Kyle Petty will miss (daughter's wedding, six TNT analyst assignments). Labonte's first race will be at Dover on June 1.
Wins: Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, 3 each; Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman, 1 each.
SPRINT CUP STANDINGS
Pvs.Pts.Margin
1. Kyle Busch. . . 11,690-
2. Jeff Burton. . . 21,611-79
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.. . . 31,556-134
4. Denny Hamlin. . . 61,500-190
5. Clint Bowyer. . . 41,490-200
6. Jimmie Johnson. . . 71,442-248
7. Carl Edwards. . . 101,400-290
8. Tony Stewart. . . 81,397-293
9. Kevin Harvick. . . 51,396-294
10. Jeff Gordon. . . 131,326-364
11. Greg Biffle. . . 91,308-382
12. David Ragan. . . 141,266-424
13. Ryan Newman. . . 111,264-426
14. Kasey Kahne. . . 121,264-426
15. Martin Truex Jr.. . . 151,230-460
16. Juan Montoya. . . 161,190-500
17. Brian Vickers. . . 171,161-529
18. Travis Kvapil. . . 191,155-535
19. Bobby Labonte. . . 181,128-562
20. Matt Kenseth. . . 221,113-577
Up next: Best Buy 400 Benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks, June 1, Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del., 2 p.m.;
TV: Fox.
- Bill Fleischman