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Lowes Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC (1.5-mile tri-oval)

Bud Pole Qualifying: Thursday, May 26 (Speed at 8:10 p.m. AT, 7:10 p.m. ET)

Race: Sunday, May 28 (FOX at 6:00 p.m. AT, 5:00 p.m. ET)

Event #: 12 of 36
Race Distance: 400 laps, 600 miles
Length of Front Stretch: 1,980 Feet
Length of Back Stretch: 1,500 Feet
Degree of Banking in Corners: 24°
Degree of Banking on Straights: 5°
Last year’s event pole winner: Ryan Newman 192.988 mph 5-26-05 27.981 seconds
Last year’s event winner: Jimmie Johnson 114.698 mph 5/29/05 5 hrs, 13 min, 52 sec
Track qualifying record: Elliott Sadler 193.216 mph 10-13-05 27.948 seconds
Track record (500-mile): Jeff Gordon 160.306 mph 10-11-99 3 hrs, 07 min, 31 sec

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Point Standings (post-race, unofficial) here Kahne Conquers Coca-Cola 600

CHARLOTTE, N. C. (May 28, 2006) -- Kasey Kahne took the high road Sunday night when most of his competitors ran the low road and won the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Kahne, one of NASCAR's most popular young drivers, ran the high groove of the newly-paved speedway most of the gruelling 400-lap distance while many of his adversaries fell victim to a slick track surface that put quite a few cars in the garage early on. Click here for the rest of the story.

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• Kasey Kahne won the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, scoring his fourth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 84th career start.
• This is Kahne’s third victory in 2006, tying Jimmie Johnson for the most this season. Kahne’s last victory came at Texas in April 2006, five races earlier.
• Kahne won from a ninth-place starting position. All three of his other victories came from the Bud Pole.
• Kahne’s first victory came at Richmond in May 2005. His other three wins have all come on SMI-owned 1.5-mile superspeedways.
• Kahne scored his seventh top-10 finish in 12 races this season.
• Kahne led the most laps for the fourth time in his career (only two produced victories- Richmond and Lowe’s). This marked the first time in 2006 that Kahne led the most laps in a race.
• Kahne led seven times for 158 laps including the final 30 laps in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
• Kahne has won a race each season 2005-2006, two consecutive years.
• This marked team owner Ray Evernham’s 10th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory and first at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
• Evernham Motorsports has won at least one race each season 2001– 2006, six consecutive years.
• Jimmie Johnson (second) scored his ninth top-10 finish in 2006. It was his ninth straight top-10 finish in 10 races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, all seventh or better. Johnson remained first in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, now 109 points ahead of second-place Matt Kenseth.
• Carl Edwards (third) scored his sixth top-10 finish in 2006. He tied his best finish in 2006 set at California. It is his third straight top-10 finish in three races at Lowe’s. Edwards climbed from 17th to 14th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings.
• Mark Martin (fourth) scored his seventh top-10 finish in 2006. It was his in 21st top-10 finish in 43 races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. He climbed from fourth to third in the point standings. One year ago he ranked 12th in the standings after 12 races.
• Matt Kenseth (fifth) scored his eighth top-10 finish in 2006. It was his seventh top-10 finish in 14 races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. He climbed from third to second in the point standings. One year ago he ranked 23rd after 12 races.
• Jeff Burton (sixth) has climbed from 21st to eighth in the point standings since Martinsville.
• Three races ago Greg Biffle was 232 points behind 10th. With his seventh-place finish, Biffle is now 86 points behind 10th. Biffle has climbed from 23rd to 13th in points in the last three races. After 12 races in 2005, he ranked second in the point standings.
• Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contender Denny Hamlin (ninth) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 2006. It marked his second top-10 finish in two races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
• Two Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contenders finished in the top-10: Denny Hamlin (ninth) and Reed Sorensen (10th). At least one of the Raybestos Rookie-of-the Year contenders has scored a top-15 finish in all 12 races this season.
• Dave Blaney (32nd) extended a 30-race streak of running at the finish that began at Pocono last June, which is the longest current streak.
• Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson have each scored top-15 finishes in 11 of the 12 races in 2006.
• Tony Stewart has finished 43rd (California) and 42nd (Lowe’s) in 2006. Stewart never finished worse than 33rd (first Phoenix) in his 2005 Championship season. However, in 2002 Stewart began his first Championship season with a 43rd-place finish in the 2002 Daytona 500. Stewart dropped from second to fourth in the point standings.
• Dale Jarrett (43rd) scored the worst finish of his 615-race career. Jarrett finished last for just the second time. The first time that he finished last was at Sears Point on June 11, 1989. (42nd in a 42-car field).

Qualifying Notes

• Scott Riggs won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Coca-Cola 600, lapping Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 28.744 seconds at 187.865 mph. Elliott Sadler holds the track-qualifying record of 27.948 seconds, 193.216 mph - set Oct. 13, 2005.
• This is Riggs’s second career Bud Pole in 82 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races. This is his first Bud Pole and first top-10 start in 2006. His other Bud Pole came at Martinsville last spring.
• This is Riggs’s second top-10 qualifying effort in five NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. His other top-10 here was in October 2004.
• Riggs became the eighth different Bud Pole winner this season.
• Jeremy Mayfield posted the second-quickest qualifying lap of 28.832 seconds, 187.292 mph – and will join Riggs on the all-Evernham Motorsports front row for the Coca-Cola 600. This is Mayfield’s sixth top-10 start in 25 races at Charlotte, but his first since October 2000. It is just his second top-10 start in 2006.
• This is the fifth Bud Pole for Dodge in 2006. Chevrolet and Ford each have three. Qualifying was canceled at Bristol.
• Jimmie Johnson (third) posted his eighth top-10 start this season. It is also his eighth top-10 start in 10 races at Charlotte.
• J.J. Yeley (fourth) posted his fourth top-10 start of the 2006 season. Yeley is making his career-first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup start at Charlotte.
• Bobby Labonte (fifth) Labonte posted his fourth top-10 start in 2006. It is his 14th top-10 start in 27 races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Ten drivers failed to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600: Kevin Lepage, Hermie Sadler, Chad Chaffin, Michael Waltrip, Stanton Barrett, Mike Garvey, Chad Blount, Carl Long, Kirk Shelmerdine, and Kertus Davis. The last time Waltrip failed to qualify for a race was at Phoenix in October 1998. The last time there was a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race without a Waltrip participating was the final race of 1975.

Event Miletones

• NASCAR’s Memorial Day weekend tradition at LMS began in 1960, when Joe Lee Johnson won the first Coca-Cola 600 – then called the World 600 – at what was then Charlotte Motor Speedway. He was the first of many drivers who have experienced career moments at one of the sport’s marquee events. Below are drivers who registered their series debut, first series win or first Budweiser Pole during Coca-Cola 600 competition.
• Four former series champions made their debuts in the Coca-Cola 600 – David Pearson, Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet), Matt Kenseth (No. 17 DEWALT Power Tools Ford) and Bobby Labonte (No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge).
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet), Ryan Newman (No. 12 Alltel Dodge) and Donnie Allison all won their first career poles during Coca-Cola 600 qualifying.
• Dale Earnhardt made his series debut in the 1975 Coca-Cola 600. Other drivers making their series debut in the Memorial Day weekend event are Earnhardt Jr. (1999), Elliott Sadler (No. 38 M&M's Ford) in 1998, Jeremy Mayfield (No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) in 1993, Brett Bodine (1986) and Michael Waltrip (No. 55 NAPA Dodge) in 1985.
• Mark Martin (No. 6 AAA Ford), who will retire from fulltime NASCAR NEXTEL Cup competition following the 2006 season, has four wins in 42 career starts at LMS. His 16 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes lead all fulltime drivers. He has led 1,148 laps at LMS, also the most among active drivers. Martin’s last LMS victory was the 2002 Coca-Cola 600. … Ryan Newman has won five Budweiser Poles at LMS, including four of the last six. He leads all active drivers with a 2.10 starting average in 10 career starts at LMS. … Kyle Petty leads all fulltime drivers with 48 career starts at LMS. … Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with seven Budweiser Poles there.
• Mark Martin is scheduled to make his 650th series start on Sunday, while Bobby Labonte is scheduled to make his 450th series start.

Who's Hot Heading to Charlotte

• Two races ago Greg Biffle was 232 points behind 10th. After his victory at Darlington he is now 106 behind 10th.
• Jimmie Johnson has won three races in 2006, more than any other driver.
• Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth are the only drivers to score six top-five finishes in 11 races this season.
• Jimmie Johnson is the only driver to score eight top-10 finishes in the first 11 races in 2006.
• Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson have each scored top-15 finishes in 10 of the 11 races in 2006.
• Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart are the only drivers to lead at least one lap in nine of the 11 races this season.
• Matt Kenseth ranks third in the point standings at Darlington. After 11 races one year ago, he ranked 21st.
• Tony Stewart has moved from 22nd to second in the point standings since Race No. 2 at California.
• Jeff Burton has climbed from 21st to 10th in the point standings since Martinsville. One year ago he ranked 18th in the point standings.

CT Communications Pole Night Fast Facts

• Date: Thursday, May 25, 2006
• Time: 7:10 p.m. (EDT)
• Companion Event: NASCAR Busch Series qualifying for the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 follows NASCAR NEXTEL Cup qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600.
• Format: The better of two laps will determine a driver's official qualifying speed for the Coca-Cola 600. Starting positions 1-42 will be determined by qualifying speeds with the top 35 in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series car owner standings guaranteed a starting position. The remainder of the 43-car field will be set as outlined by the event's official entry blank. The Coca-Cola 600 is not an impound race and teams will be free to make changes to their cars after qualifying.
• Purse: $56,200; Winner's share: $41,200
• 2005 Pole Sitter: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge, 27.981 seconds; 192.988 mph
• NEXTEL Cup Track Record: Elliott Sadler, M&M's Ford, Oct. 13, 2005, 27.948 seconds, 193.216 mph
• Radio/Television: Performance Racing Network (PRN) will broadcast live qualifying coverage to its affiliate radio stations beginning at 6:45 p.m. (EDT). PRN's broadcast can also be heard on XM Satellite Radio channel 144. SPEED Channel will televise CT Communications Pole Night qualifying live. The two-hour telecast begins at 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
• Tickets: Adult tickets for CT Communications Pole Night are $12 in advance and $20 the day of the event. Children ages 6 to 12 are admitted for $1 and children under 6 are free. Call the Lowe's Motor Speedway ticket office at 1-800-455-FANS or visit www.lowesmotorspeedway.com.

Coa-Cola 600 Fast Facts

• Date: Sunday, May 28, 2006
• Time (Green Flag): 5:40 p.m. (EDT) / 6:40 p.m. (AT)
• Length: 400 laps, 600 miles
• Purse: $6,432,781 (event record)
• 2005 Winner: Jimmie Johnson, Lowe's Chevrolet
• Time of Race: 5 hours, 13 minutes and 52 seconds
• Average Speed: 114.698 mph
• Margin of Victory: 0.027 seconds over Bobby Labonte
• 2005 Pole Sitter: Ryan Newman, Alltel Dodge, 27.981 seconds, 192.988 mph
• Qualifying: One round of qualifying will take place during CTC Pole Night on Thursday, May 25, at 7:10 p.m. The better of two laps will determine positions 1-42 with the top 35 in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series car owner points guaranteed a starting position. The final position in the 43-car field will be determined as outlined by the event's official entry blank.
• Radio/Television: Performance Racing Network (PRN) will broadcast the Coca-Cola 600 live to its affiliate radio stations beginning with a pre-race show at 4:45 p.m. (EDT). PRN's broadcast can also be heard on XM Satellite Radio channel 144. The FOX Television Network will televise the race live with pre-race coverage beginning at 5 p.m. (EDT).
• Tickets: Tickets for the Coca-Cola 600 start at just $49 and the race will be preceded by a military-themed pre-race spectacular and a 30-minute concert by country music star Carrie Underwood. To purchase tickets, visit www.lowesmotorspeedway.com or call 1-800-455-FANS.

Pre-Race Notes & Quotes

Terry Labonte, No. 44 CARQUEST Chevrolet Terry Labonte will drive a No. 44 CARQUEST Chevrolet on Sunday in his final 600-mile race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The event -- his 55th start at the 1.5-mile track -- marks the third of 10 events Labonte is running for Hendrick Motorsports in his final NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. Labonte has logged more than 17,000 laps at Lowe's Motor Speedway, where he won the 1996 UAW-GM Quality 500 en route to his second NEXTEL Cup championship. The Corpus Christi, Texas, native also posted victories in the 1988 and 1999 NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge at the Concord, N.C., track. He will make his final start there on Oct. 14. Labonte made his first Lowe's Motor Speedway start on Oct. 8, 1978. He qualified 16th, finished 24th and took home $2,475 after engine problems sidelined the effort.

Scott Riggs No. 10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge “We had a good test in Kentucky Speedway this week and I think we learned some things that will even translate to racing at Lowe’s this weekend. Winning the Open last weekend was definitely a credit to all these guys on the Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge, but getting caught a lap down in the All-Star race kept us from being able to show our hand. Now everybody is anxious to prove ourselves all over again. It’s also pretty cool that we get to run the “Cars” paint scheme this weekend. My son Layne (turns four years old in June) and I have really been looking forward to watching the premiere on Friday at the track.” Scott Riggs will drive the “Cars” paint scheme this weekend to celebrate the Disney Pixar movie’s premiere at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Friday night. The Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge will carry the characters of Lightning McQueen and The King on the hood and quarter panels

Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Wisk/Ultimate Chargers Dodge "The Ultimate Chargers Dodge has a little different look to it this weekend with Wisk on the hood. It’s their first race on the car this season and we want to give them a good finish. I am a lot more comfortable on this new track surface and with the new tire after racing in the All-Star Challenge last Saturday. Hopefully that will be an advantage when we get on the track with the Wisk Dodge this weekend.” Sunday’s race marks Kahne’s fifth start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. He has led in all four races at LMS with his best finish of 12th coming in the Coca-Cola 600 in 2004. After starting second in the fall race in 2004, Kahne led 207 laps of the first 267 laps and looked to be on his way to his first career victory when a blown tire send Chassis # 55 (which Kahne stills refers to as his all-time favorite car) into the outside retaining wall coming out of turn two. The car was damaged beyond repair. Kahne started fourth in last year’s Coca-Cola 600 and finished 26th. In the fall race last year, he started 33rd and finished 23rd.

Jeremy Mayfield, No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge “The No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger we had for the all-star race was probably the best car I’ve had all year. Unfortunately, we got caught up in an accident, but it gives us confidence going back for the 600. The 600 is a totally different race. The all-star race was a Saturday night feature, a page from short-track racing. This is a marathon. We start in the afternoon and end at night. In the past, the big deal was the changing track conditions from day to night. Now, it’s the new surface, the hard tire compound and a smaller fuel cell. Teams will be doing a lot of adjusting. Some with be able to maintain a setup that works and keeps the car under control. Others won’t. The key will be to keep our Dodge Charger on the track and in contention for the final 100 miles. That’s the position we want to put ourselves in.” Sunday’s race will be Mayfield’s 25th start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. He has two top-five and six top-10 finishes at LMS. His best finish in the 600 came last year when he finished fourth after starting 36th. His best finish at the 1.5-mile facility came in the fall race in 2000 when he started 10th and finished second. Mayfield’s best start at LMS was third in the fall race in 1996.

Dave Blaney, No. 22 Caterpillar Chevrolet The Caterpillar #22 car will sport a special paint scheme for the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend. It will feature the new Caterpillar E-Series Backhoe Loaders. Three models from the Backhoe Loader Line have been updated, including the 416E, 420E and 430E. The newly styled Cat 416E Backhoe Loader has been worked into the design of Bill Davis's #22 car for the Sunday night race. Blaney has made 12 starts on the 1.5-mile Concord, N.C. track, starting as high as 8th (2003) and posting a top-10 in 2002. Blaney fared even better during his Busch Series days earning the pole position twice (1998 and 2000) and starting inside the top-10 five times. Blaney is scheduled to make his debut for Braun Racing in the Busch Series this weekend driving the No. 32 machine in Saturday evening’s event.

Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet “This weekend’s race will be exciting and it’s going to be a survival race,” said Gordon, driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet. “These tires are so finicky. I’m sure they’ll be a handful when the race begins. “We're actually going to be running two different races. We'll probably start with a little bit different spring package than we used to finish third in the All-Star race. We may do something with spring rubbers to allow us to adjust to the changing track conditions. “The second race begins when the sun goes down and the track cools. You need to anticipate the changing conditions and stay ahead of them.” In 13 career starts in this event, Gordon has posted three wins including his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in 1994, five poles which occurred consecutively from 1994 - 1998, six top-five’s, eight top-10's and he has led at least one lap in 10 of those events. Overall, he has four wins, seven poles (the most of any active driver), 13 top-fives and 15 top-10's in 26 career starts at the North Carolina track.

Tony Stewart, No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet Will NASCAR's mandate of smaller fuel cells (14 gallons) for this weekend's race change your team's pit strategy? "Yeah, it's going to seem like the race will never end because even if you do get a green-flag run, it's going to be half as long or less than what it used to be when we were running with a 22-gallon tank. It's just one of those deals where the pit crews are going to be worn out. They're definitely going to earn their money." How do you approach the last 100 miles of the Coca-Cola 600? "We always work these races backward. You really don't pay attention to how many laps you've run. You pay attention to how many laps you have left. You know how many laps are in a segment and you know that when it comes to that last segment that you better have it right. And in the second to last segment, you better be working your way to the front so that you don't have to pass a lot of cars in that last green flag segment. Everything that we do pretty much works from the end of the race backward, and that's how we plan our strategy." Stewart has led a total of 478 laps at Charlotte in point-paying races. And in the last 11 point-paying races at Charlotte, Stewart has led 460 laps, second only to Jimmie Johnson with 860 laps led. Johnson has won five of the last six point-paying races at Charlotte, including four straight. The lone driver to break his string of dominance? Stewart in October 2003. In 14 career point-paying races at Charlotte, Stewart has six top-fives and nine top-10s. His best finish is first, earned in October 2003 at the UAW-GM Quality 500. His worst finish is 40th, logged at the 2003 Coca-Cola 600. Stewart has never recorded a DNF (Did Not Finish) in a point-paying race at Charlotte, the longest current streak among active drivers.

Clint Bowyer, No. 07 Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails Chevrolet What about the harder tire, smaller fuel call and all the added pit stops because of the smaller fuel cell? Does that put any extra pressure on you, as a driver, to make sure you get in and out of the pits cleanly? “We’ll definitely have to practice getting on and off pit road in practice and we’ll definitely have to be on our game when it comes to pitting. I definitely think we have the hot rod to do it. The Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet showed a lot of promise during the test and there should be no reason why we’re not as competitive when we get back for the race.” How are you going to handle a 600-mile race? Clearly, it’s the longest race that you’ve ever participated in. Do you look at the scoreboard while you’re out there and keep track of the laps? “You just go. Hopefully, we’ll have a good handling race car, make good adjustments and keep up with it in the pits. That’s the thing about the 600 – you have to keep up with the car. As the sun goes down, the car tends to get tighter as the track temperature cools off. You might have to sacrifice early to be there at the end.” Bowyer’s No. 07 Chevy will sport a Jack Daniel’s Country Cocktails paint scheme during this weekend’s Coca-Cola 600 festivities at LMS. Bowyer and company tested at Lowe’s Motor Speedway May 2-3 in preparation for last weekend’s All-Star race and this week’s Coca-Cola 600. The 26-year-old driver recorded the fourth-fastest overall speed of the test, lapping the 1.5-mile Concord, N.C., track in 29.365 seconds (183.892 mph).

Michael Waltrip, No. 55 Napa Dodge NAPA AUTO PARTS driver Michael Waltrip will make his 22nd start in the Coca-Cola 600; Waltrip's best finish was 2nd (2004) and his worst 37th (1999). Waltrip's average starting position in 42 starts at Lowe's Motor Speedway is 19.404; his average finish is 18.023. Waltrip made his series debut in the 1985 Coca-Cola 600. Other drivers to make their debuts in the race include Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (1975), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (1999), Elliott Sadler (1998), Jeremy Mayfield (1993), and Brett Bodine (1986).

Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet What are your thoughts leading into this weekend’s race at Charlotte? “It’s obvious we have a lot of work to do in a short time. We really struggled in the All-Star race. Not sure why, but we fought the car the entire race. We tried a lot of different things, and none of them seemed to work. It was frustrating. I know the guys at the shop are working to figure it out. If there was a good thing about the All-Star race, it was that we know all the stuff – or a lot of the stuff – that doesn’t work. We’ve definitely got to get faster just to run in the top-10.” Were the new hard compound tires the issue? “I’m not a big fan of the tires, but it is what it is. Our issue is in the set-up. We know we’ve got a great car. It ran third at Atlanta, led laps… it has a great body on it. We’ve just got to dig deeper and work at finding the right combination, and I have to feed (crew chief) Tony (Eury) Jr. the best information. The practice sessions will be very important for us. The tires definitely affect a lot of things, because you lose so much grip with the harder compound. But some teams have figured out how to make it work, so that’s no excuse.” Dale Jr. made his Nextel Cup debut at Lowe’s Motor Speedway at the Coca-Cola 600 in 1999. He qualified eighth and finished 16th. In 13 career starts at LMS, Dale Jr. has four top-5s and six top-10s. He has led six times for 198 laps. Five of Dale Jr.’s 17 career victories have come at night, most recently his win at Richmond two weeks ago. Dale Jr. has two top-10 finishes in the 600-mile race at Charlotte. Junior won his first career Bud Pole Award at LMS in May 2000, less than one week after becoming the first rookie driver to win the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge.

Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Reese's Caramel Cup Chevrolet Kevin Harvick on Lowe's Motor Speedway and its hard tire: "The characteristics of the racetrack are still the same as they used to be. Temperature affects the place a lot. Our strategy going into the All-Star race, we didn't practice at all in race trim in the daytime just because we knew it was a nighttime race. We didn't want to give ourselves a chance to make any adjustments on the car just because we wanted to go off for the night time test. For the 600 we'll probably go back to our notes in the daytime and probably have some practice during the day. You just have to go off what you did in the test and I think everything was relatively close in the All-Star race as far as being comparable."

Scott Wimmer, No. 4 Aero Exhaust Chevrolet "Lowe's is a good place to go, it's near all the teams' headquarters and kind of the heart of racing there in Charlotte. I'm excited to see all the fans out there. It's the longest race of the year, 400 laps, and it's going to be a big test of equipment and engines. It should be an exciting race, it always is, with the new pavement and tires along with the fuel cell changes. It's good to be around home for a change and not have to travel far. We have lots of friends and family that come down for this race so we are looking forward to it. We have a brand new car that is capable of running real well." Scott Wimmer will be attempting to qualify for his 92nd NASCAR Nextel Cup race on May 13, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Wimmer will be attempting to start in his fifth (5) NASCAR Nextel Cup event at Lowe's. His career-best start at the 1.5-mile oval track is 14th (May 2005) and his best finish is 20th (May. 2005)

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