Coca Cola 600

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NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
Preliminary Entry List
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Coca-Cola 600
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Mon, May 21, 2007 @ 05:43 PM Eastern


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   Car#  Driver  Sponsor/Manuf  Owner 

1 00 David Reutimann Burger King Toyota Cal Wells

2 1 Martin Truex Jr 35th Anniversary Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Chevy Teresa Earnhardt

3 01 Mark Martin U.S. Army American Heroes Chevy Bobby Ginn

4 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge Roger Penske

5 4 Ward Burton State Water Heaters/U.S. Air Force 60th Anniversary Chevy James Finch

6 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevy Rick Hendrick

7 6 David Ragan AAA Ford Mike Dee

8 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel's Chevy Richard Childress

9 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Black Ford Robby Gordon

10 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr Budweiser Desert Camo Chevy Teresa Earnhardt

11 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge Ray Evernham

12 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline / Stanley Tools Dodge James Rocco

13 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight/U.S. Marines Chevy J.D. Gibbs

14 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge Roger Penske

15 13 Joe Nemechek CertainTeed Chevy Bobby Ginn

16 14 Sterling Marlin Pep Boys Chevy Bobby Ginn

17 15 Paul Menard Menards Chevy Teresa Earnhardt

18 16 Greg Biffle Dish Network Ford Jack Roush

19 17 Matt Kenseth R&L Carriers Ford John Henry

20 18 J.J. Yeley Interstate Batteries Chevy Joe Gibbs

21 19 Elliott Sadler Fantastic Four Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge Ray Evernham

22 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevy Joe Gibbs

23 21 Bill Elliott U.S. Air Force Ford Glen Wood

24 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Toyota Bill Davis

25 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/Deptartment of Defense Chevy Rick Hendrick

26 25 Casey Mears National Guard/GMAC/American Heroes  Mary Hendrick

27 26 Jamie McMurray Irwin Industrial Tools Ford Geoff Smith

28 29 Kevin Harvick Shell-Pennzoil Chevy Richard Childress

29 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Chevy Richard Childress

30 36 Jeremy Mayfield 360 OTC Toyota Bill Davis

31 37 Kevin Lepage TBA Dodge Bob Jenkins

32 38 David Gilliland M&M's Ford Robert Yates

33 40 David Stremme Coors Light Dodge Chip Ganassi

34 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge Chip Ganassi

35 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco / Havoline Dodge Floyd Ganassi

36 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios/Chocolate Chex Dodge Richard Petty

37 44 Dale Jarrett UPS Toyota Michael Waltrip

38 45 Kyle Petty Coke Zero Dodge Kyle Petty

39 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Power of Pride Chevy Jeff Gordon

40 49 Mike Bliss Paralyzed Veterans of America Dodge Beth Ann Morgenthau

41 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Elizabeth Waltrip

42 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevy Gene Haas

43 70 Johnny Sauter Radio Active Energy Drink Chevy Gene Haas

44 78 Kenny Wallace Furniture Row Chevy Barney Visser

45 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota Dietrich Mateschitz

46 84 AJ Allmendinger Red Bull Toyota Dietrich Mateschitz

47 88 Ricky Rudd Dark Snickers Ford Robert Yates

48 96 Tony Raines DLP HDTV Chevy Bill Saunders

49 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford Georgetta Roush

# means Rookie of the Year candidate.

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#25-Casey Mears won the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his 1st ever Nextel Cup Series win in his 156th career start. The race came down to fuel mileage and a few drivers/teams took the chance to finish well and hope for no cautions in the last 60 laps and there were none.

Finishing 2nd was #18-J.J. Yeley for his first ever top-5 finish, 3rd was #45-Kyle Petty for his first top-5 since Sept 21, 1997 at Dover. 4th was #41-Redd Sorenson and 5th was #83-Brian Vickers which is Toyota's first ever top-5 finish. The rest of the top 10 were #20-Stewart, #88-Rudd, #8-Earnhardt Jr., #11-Hamlin and #48-Johnson. #24-Jeff Gordon crashed out early and finished 41st, so his points lead decreases to 132 over Johnson.

Hendrick Motorsports now has 9 wins in the 12 races this season. There were 13 cautions for 61 laps and 15 drivers lead the race with 29 lead changes.

[Outdoors Junkie]

What happen to the #12?  He started on the pole and fizzled out again?

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Do you mean the #12 Juice?

He had engine issues last night I believe.

[Outdoors Junkie]

Yes, see that what I typed. 

Thanks for the info. ::cheers:: 

Maybe he should get a better sponsor that can afford engines that won't give him trouble. 

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Maybe Verizon will cough up some $$$ for Ryan to get some decent engines from Evernham Motorsports?......