2007 Coca-Cola 600
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| Race 12 of 36 in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series | |||
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| Date | May 27, 2007 | ||
| Official name | Coca-Cola 600 | ||
| Location | Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.414 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 130.222 miles per hour (209.572 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 175,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Penske Racing South | ||
| Time | 29.140 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kurt Busch | Penske Racing South | |
| Laps | 107 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 25 | Casey Mears | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds | ||
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
| Booth Announcers | Doug Rice, Mark Garrow | ||
| Turn Announcers | Pat Patterson, Brent McMillian, Chuck Carland | ||
The 2007 Coca-Cola 600 was the twelfth of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 48th iteration of the event. It was held on May 27, 2007, before a crowd of 175,000 in Concord, North Carolina at Lowe's Motor Speedway, one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races. The 400-lap race was won by Casey Mears of the Hendrick Motorsports team, who started from 16th position. J. J. Yeley finished second and Kyle Petty came in third.
Ryan Newman won the pole position and kept the lead for the first ten laps before his Penske Racing South teammate Kurt Busch moved into the lead on lap 11. Busch held the lead for 107 laps (longer than any other driver in the race) until Brian Vickers moved into the lead after the first round of green-flag pit stops. Jimmie Johnson gained the lead from Vickers on lap 185 and held it for 83 laps, battling with Vickers and Matt Kenseth for the position. At the race's final restart on lap 342, Tony Stewart led and maintained his position until he made a pit stop for fuel 51 laps later. Mears became the leader after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Denny Hamlin made similar pit stops; Mears held the lead after slowing to conserve fuel to win the race. There were thirteen cautions and 29 lead changes among fifteen drivers during the race.
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