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Jimmie Johnson has done it again, winning of the NASCAR Banking 500 Only From Bank of America. It was Johnson’s sixth win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and put him another step closer to a fourth consecutive championship, which would be a first in NASCAR history.

Johnson extended his lead in the Chase standings to 90 points over second place teammate Mark Martin with five races remaining in the season.

Johnson drove away from the field after dicing with teammate Jeff Gordon in the closing laps of the 334-lap race. [read more...]

Erase all doubt: To win the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, the rest of the contenders will have go through Jimmie Johnson

When the NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America is complete, it will mark the halfway point of the 2009 Chase. Through the first four races of the Chase, the top three drivers in the point standings – Johnson, Mark Martin (No. 5 Pop-Tarts/CARQUEST Chevrolet) and Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 42 Lysol Chevrolet) have all brought their “A” game.

Heading into Saturday night’s race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Johnson has grabbed the points lead with his sights squarely set on claiming his fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title – an unprecedented accomplishment in the sport. [read more...]

MOORESVILLE, N.C.–Lowe’s confirmed today the company will not renew its naming rights sponsorship of Lowe’s Motor Speedway, a track owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI), when its contract expires at the end of the year. Both companies continue to be in discussions about potential future marketing opportunities. [read more...]

Concord, NC - Race. Wait out the rain. Race. Wait out the rain.

That was today’s storyline at Lowe’s Motor Speedway sitting just mere miles from downtown Charlotte, NC.

Racing the dark clouds that followed one after another, dumping downpour after downpour became the order of the day [read more...]

The Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway has been postponed until Monday at 12 pm ET due to inclement weather. The race will air on FOX starting at 12.

“As for the race, everyone was set up for racing at night,” says Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch. “This will really have everyone scratching their heads, that’s for sure. We were hoping to have an adjustable setup here tonight. Running here tomorrow will definitely put a bigger premium on the adjustability factor. I know everyone will be really loose at the start of the race because all the rubber got washed off the track. It’ll get tighter as the race goes on and that’s where the adjustability comes in.

CONCORD, N.C. — Superior fuel mileage got Mike Bliss out front late in Saturday night’s Carquest Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Rain did the rest. Three laps after Bliss took the lead from runner-up Brendan Gaughan on Lap 167, NASCAR red-flagged the race because of rain and made Bliss’ win official by calling the event 30 laps short of its scheduled distance of 200 laps. [read more...]

Qualifying Fast Facts
Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Charlotte
COCA-COLA 600

Coors Light Pole Winner: Ryan Newman
Age: 31
Team : No. 39 - U.S. Army Chevrolet
Owner: Tony Stewart
Crew Chief: Tony Gibson [read more...]

No. 17 driver looks forward to challenge of 600-mile event

CONCORD, N.C. (May 21, 2009) – Roush Fenway Racing’s Matt Kenseth lists
this weekend’s 600-lap marathon at Lowe’s Motor Speedway as one of his
favorite events on the circuit, and why not? Kenseth captured the first
of his 18 Sprint Cup wins in the 2000 Coca-Cola 600. After that he went
on to finish runner up in two of the next three 600-mile races, leading
137 laps in his first four 600s. [read more...]

KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger) WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU TO WIN THIS RACE LAST YEAR? “It means a lot to win this race. It’s such a tough race to win. It’s so long and the track changes so much that you need a lot of things to go your way (to win) and we had that last year. We had a great Budweiser Dodge (last year) and we caught a lot of breaks late in the race which helped us. We have the 49th (race anniversary) trophy, but the 50th would better. (The trophy) has all the winners on it; it’s just a real cool trophy. [read more...]

Huntersville, N.C. – Everyone wants to be the best in the neighborhood at something. Kids want to have the fastest bike. Mothers want to have the most-beautiful garden. Fathers want to be the “master griller.” It becomes a type of a badge of honor when you can protect your own turf.

The NASCAR “neighborhood” is the Charlotte, N.C. area. An overwhelming majority of teams and employees call this area home. It was also the site of the first NASCAR race in 1949. The racing tends to take on a different meaning when it becomes Charlotte’s turn to host the action, as it does twice a year at the 1.5-mile track just outside the city limits. Bragging rights take the place of points and pride takes the place of trophies and prize money.
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