2008 Coca-Cola 600
| Race details | |||
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| Race 12 of 36 in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | May 25, 2008 | ||
| 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 | Warm with temperatures approaching 79 °F (26 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 135.772 miles per hour (218.504 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 29.121 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 76 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 9 | Kasey Kahne | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2008 Coca-Cola 600, the 49th running of the event, was a NASCAR stock car race held on May 25, 2008 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The race was the twelfth of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was televised in the United States by Fox Sports. Radio coverage was handled by Sirius Satellite Radio and the Speedway Motorsports, Inc.-owned Performance Racing Network on terrestrial radio stations.
Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located thirteen miles from Charlotte, North Carolina in Concord, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad-oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the Nextel All-Star Challenge, and the Bank of America 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Humpy Wheeler as track president.
Another race, another pole for Kyle Busch. The current points leader will be on P-1 with Sprint All-Star Race XXIV champion Kasey Kahne next to him filling out the front row.
Failed to Qualify: Jeff Green (No. 34), Stanton Barrett (No. 50), Jon Wood (No. 21), Joe Nemechek (No. 78) and Tony Raines (No. 08).
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