Numbers Game: 2010 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte
5 – number of cars that completed less than 100 laps in the Coca-Cola 600.
5 – number of cars that completed less than 100 laps in the Coca-Cola 600.
Kurt Busch’s No. 2 team got him off pit road first after the final World 600 caution flag flew with 19 laps left to run.
Fast forward to 2010 and early this month Casey Mears was left wondering if he would be in NASCAR at all.
Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi have been rival car owners for years, with many of their battles fought in various open-wheel series.
Like Bobby Labonte, Robby Gordon came to Charlotte without sponsorship, but he averted a decision to park when Polaris put its logos on his Toyota.
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what they all were thinking following the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Last week’s winner of the All-Star Race, Busch became only the seventh driver to win both the all-star event and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same year.
There might have been a few crew chiefs on the you-know-what list of their respective drivers, but the real villain was Charlotte Motor Speedway.
What a difference a year makes for Martin Truex Jr.
One year ago, David Reutimann won the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 by staying out as the impending weather approached.