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NNS Results: Kyle Busch Leads 186 Laps En Route To Record Win At Charlotte
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May 25, 2013
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
CONCORD, N.C.–Another race. Another record.
Kyle Busch held off Kasey Kahne during a closing, 13-lap green-flag run to win Saturday’s History 300 Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and continue his wholesale revision of NASCAR’s record books.
Busch beat Kahne to the finish line by .939 seconds to claim a record seventh NNS victory at Charlotte, breaking a tie with Mark Martin for supremacy at the speedway. In winning for the sixth time in nine starts this season, Busch extended his record for all-time NNS wins to 57.
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2013 NASCAR Cup Series Charlotte Coca-Cola 600 Starting Lineup – Denny Hamlin On Pole
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1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 27.604 195.624
2 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing / Sealy Chevrolet 27.661 195.221
3 20 Matt Kenseth Home Depot / Husky Toyota 27.679 195.094
4 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 27.750 194.595
5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 27.763 194.503
6 5 Kasey Kahne Time Warner Cable Chevrolet 27.785 194.349
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7 16 Greg Biffle Fastenal Ford 27.801 194.238
8 18 Kyle Busch M&M’sRed-White-BlueM-ProveAmer. Toyota 27.842 193.952
9 1 Jamie McMurray Bad Boy Buggies Chevrolet 27.879 193.694
10 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 27.887 193.639
11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet 27.915 193.444
12 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Patriotic Chevrolet 27.937 193.292
The Final Lap Weekly #255 NASCAR Podcast – Sam Hornish Jr. / Coca-Cola 600 From Charlotte
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SHOW #255 – Guest: Sam Hornish Jr. – We recap and compare the All Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte, Hall of Fame announcement, News Of The Week (queue the music!) Preview of the Coca-Cola 600, and Fantasy Racing. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.
(47:55 mins)
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Hosts: Kerry Murphey & Toby Christie
Executive Producer: Kerry Murphey
Music: Russell Nash Radium Sound
Voice Over: Thomas Moog
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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