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The Coca-Cola 600 (formerly World 600) is a six hundred mile stock car race held annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) in Charlotte, North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend. It is the longest NASCAR Nextel Cup (formerly Winston Cup) race and in fact is the longest regularly-scheduled motor race conducted over an oval circuit anywhere in the world. This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ...
Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte. ...
he Civil War largely bypassed Charlotte, though the city was the site of the Confederate Cabinets final meeting. ...
Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States public holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May. ...
Drivers practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) was cofounded by William France Sr. ...
The Nextel Cup Series is NASCARs premier stock car racing series. ...
The event was begun as an attempt by NASCAR to stage a Memorial Day weekend event that would rival the open-wheel Indianapolis 500 in fan interest. In recent years the event has begun in the early evening, with the nighttime portion of the race lit with a system that uses parabolic reflectors so that dangerous glare that would otherwise be in the drivers' eyes is minimized. The move of the race to the early evening has made it possible for drivers to participate in both events by flying from Indianapolis to Charlotte as soon as the Indianapolis race is over. Experts disagree over whether, for health and safety reasons, anyone should be allowed to race 1100 miles in one day, but so far nothing has been done to prevent it, until 2005 when the Indianapolis 500 is moved up to gain higher ratings. Since 2002, the Coca Cola 600 has had higher ratings than the Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis 500 is an American race for open-wheel automobiles held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ...
See also: List of current NASCAR races The following is a list of current (as of 2004) NASCAR races from the Nextel Cup, Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series, along with their venues. ...
Past Winners
Coca-Cola 600 For the former NFL coach and current television broadcaster, see Jimmy Johnson (football coach). ...
For the former NFL coach and current television broadcaster, see Jimmy Johnson (football coach). ...
Mark Martin Mark Martin (near) makes a tight turn at the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. ...
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Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon (top) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. ...
Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon (top) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. ...
Dale Jarrett prior to the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. ...
Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte races at the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2004. ...
Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon (top) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. ...
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ...
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ...
Davey Allison (February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR race car driver who drove the #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford. ...
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Darrell Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a NASCAR driver, active from 1972 to 2000, who won three Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) titles (1981, 1982, 1985) as well as the 1989 Daytona 500 stock car race. ...
Darrell Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a NASCAR driver, active from 1972 to 2000, who won three Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) titles (1981, 1982, 1985) as well as the 1989 Daytona 500 stock car race. ...
Kyle Petty (Born June 2, 1960) is an American NASCAR driver, the son of racing legend Richard Petty. ...
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ...
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