Consider Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race a preview of Coca-Cola 600 things to come – a battle between a champion whose Charlotte dominance is unquestioned and another who’s red-hot in 2013 but has yet to win at the 1.5-mile speedway. Jimmie Johnson, a three-time 600 winner, won his record fourth All-Star Race. Kyle Busch, whose Charlotte Driver Rating of 107.7 ranks second only to Johnson’s 111.7, was the third-place All-Star finisher after winning two of the four 20-lap segments. Busch finished third in last year’s 600.
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Defending Winner Kahne Chasing Fourth Coca-Cola 600 Victory
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The defending winner of the Coca-Cola 600, Kasey Kahne looks for his fourth victory in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing’s longest race. Kahne’s Charlotte statistics are impressive: four victories overall, a sweep of spring/fall races in 2006 and leader of six of the nine Coca-Cola 600 events in which he’s competed. Kahne ranks sixth in series points standings with a victory at Bristol Motor Speedway. He finished fourth in Saturday’s night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Time Warner Cable Chevrolet)
· Four wins, seven top fives, 10 top 10s
· Average finish of 12.4
20-Year Anniversary Of Jeff Gordon’s First Start In ‘600’
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.(May 20, 2013) – In Jeff Gordon’s 700th career start at Darlington a few weeks ago, the 87-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner notched his 300th career top-five. But what does he remember about his third career top-five – a runner-up finish to Dale Earnhardt – in Gordon’s first attempt in the 600-miler at Charlotte Motor Speedway?
Not much.
Gordon, whose first race in NASCAR’s premier series was the season finale in 1992, began his rookie campaign with a fifth-place finish in the season-opening Daytona 500. In March, he would secure his second top-five with a fourth-place finish at Atlanta. Seven races later – and several crashes later – Gordon would post his first of 65 career second-place finishes when he followed “The Intimidator” across the line here 20 years ago.
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2013 NASCAR All Star Race Results – Jimmie Johnson Goes Back To Back
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Jamie McMurray won the Showdown event to advance to the All Star race, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was second and also advanced, along with Danica Patrick moves on as the fan vote.
ALL STAR RACE FROM CHARLOTTE
The Busch brothers dominated this race.
SEG 1 WINNER – KURT BUSCH
SEG 2 WINNER – KYLE BUSCH
SEG 3 WINNER – KYLE BUSCH
SEG 4 WINNER – KURT BUSCH
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NASCAR Sprint All Star Race Primer: Fan Vote, Who’s Eligible, Format, Extra Million, Pit Stops and More
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Speed Thrills: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Week Unlike Any In All Of Sports
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 15, 2013) – History collides with the present, as names including Johnson, Gordon and Busch build upon a foundation laid by the likes of Waltrip, Yarborough and Earnhardt.
The Final Lap Weekly #254 NASCAR Podcast – Miss Sprint Cup Jaclyn Roney / All Star Race Preview
This Saturday night, the most thrilling all-star exhibition in all of sports roars under the lights at the historic Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the 29th running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. There are no points in this one, but one major prize – a $1 million payout to the victor courtesy of Sprint.
In 1985, NASCAR held its inaugural all-star clash, with Darrell Waltrip coming home first among a field of 12. This year, 22 cars will take the green on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET, live on SPEED, Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Nineteen of those drivers have already locked up a spot; three more will earn entry moments before driver introductions.
